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programmer at Individual
18 November 2006 10:19am
Hi I am interested in running email marketing campaigns for clients but have always steered clear of this due to negative feedback and beeing branded as a spammer. What is a good example of how to start an email campaign that will not offend people or fall foul of spam filters. Are there any examples you can give.
Thanks Keniki
President & Founder at Lazworld.com Inc.
19 November 2006 05:53am
The source of email is important, you can not buy a random list or you will be a spammer. Use a system to manage your list, obtain e-mails only with premission and from internal sources. Check out one of my websites at http://www.emailsyndicator.com to learn more. If you look at renting a list, you may find search engine marketing has a lower cpa.
-Dave
On 10:19:26 18 November 2006 Keniki wrote:
Partner at Keynet
19 November 2006 11:20am
Have a`wander round these sites - they will give you some help.
www.keymailmarketing.co.uk
www.exacttarget.com
Jeff
Managing Director at JU2 Limited
19 November 2006 13:21pm
Also take a look at http://www.emaillabs.com/ which is full of useful articles. I suggest building your own customer list.
Its my view that Email is not effective at lead generation but very effective at customer development.
Yours,
Jim Williams www.ju2.com
Partner at Keynet
19 November 2006 19:59pm
Dead right Jim. If you use email marketing from lists for customer acquisition you could cause problems - retention and development, perfect for email marketing.
Jeff
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programmer at Individual
15 January 2007 00:52am
Thats great advice thankyou, I am still very wary of this and wonder if the negative feedback outways the potential benefit. I think to be safe I will start with a letter to people who have enquired on clients site. Do you think this is correct place to start?