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Subject:  Rented Email Lists - vs Renting Newsletter space
Author:   JeffBarnes:   view profile | all posts by this author | add to favourites
Date:   08:27:36 24 July 2006
 
I completely agree with your comments about email list rental and the fact that some people still think it is OK to send out emails to a list compiled by a "trusted partner" amazes and saddens me. The idea of spending money to pay for ad space instead is a slight improvement but I never take any notice of online ads or click on them and I don't know anyone who does.

Now here's a novel idea - if you want to collect people's email address why don't you try asking for them. You can do this on your site, when you meet them, why they buy something, when they ask for something etc. and provided you ask them whether it is fine to do so you then have a list that you can segment, and send targetted emails that will be well received and not have you labelled as a spammer and potentially black-listed by your ISP.

Remember that the number of emails that you send out is no longer a measure of success - the number that get delivered, received, opened and clicked is.

Jeff Barnes
jbarnes@exacttarget.com
 
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    • Rented Email Lists - vs Renting Newsletter space, JeffBarnes, 24 Jul 08:27
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