If you want to tell me why I'm getting an email (newsletter) that's fine. It's actually quite helpful, as I could easily forget how I ended up subscribing myself to a list or if I ordered from somewhere... However putting this kind of text in your email footer is one sure fire way of getting me to list you as a spammer: DISCLAIMER: This message is not "SPAM" because it … [Read more...] about Reasons Your Spam is a Spam
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Latest Silly Marketing Idea
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Oracle Ireland Spamming Everyone. How NOT To Use Email Marketing
Oracle Spam, originally uploaded by blacknight. While I doubt this is Oracle's normal policy, they really do need to teach their staff how to market properly. Using email to help promote sales is a good idea, but the way that this is being done is incredibly bad and damages email marketing in general. So far today I have received 5 separate copies of an Oracle "offer" on my … [Read more...] about Oracle Ireland Spamming Everyone. How NOT To Use Email Marketing
Honest Advertising
I don't watch a lot of television partially because I hate the interruptions of adverts breaks. Now if the ads on TV were anything like this I probably would start watching a lot more TV: … [Read more...] about Honest Advertising
Before You Hit Send
I send and receive a lot of email (I've mentioned this more than once in the past).In order for an email to catch my attention it needs to be engaging at some level. It doesn't need to be an artistic masterpiece, but something clear and engaging. Yet again today I got an email which was the exact opposite of this...To start with the subject line was a disaster. Starting the … [Read more...] about Before You Hit Send