Difference between revisions of "Learn/Don't-Buy-Email-Lists"
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| Name = Amanda Gagnon | | Name = Amanda Gagnon | ||
| Header = Don't%20Buy%20Email%20Lists | | Header = Don't%20Buy%20Email%20Lists | ||
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| Bitly = http://bit.ly/NoEmailLists | | Bitly = http://bit.ly/NoEmailLists | ||
| Date = February 17, 2011 | | Date = February 17, 2011 | ||
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| + | Thinking of buying an email list? You do know this is a bad idea, right? What? You don't? | ||
| + | Maybe you’re new to email marketing. Or maybe you’ve been chatting with the wrong sort of marketers. And maybe you believe the promise made by email list sellers that these leads specifically requested information just like yours. | ||
| + | News flash: They didn’t. | ||
| + | It’s time to set the story straight. Think about it – have you ever requested that your email address be spread far and wide so you could get a spammed with a ton of new, random email offers for things you don't want? | ||
| + | Yeah. Neither has anyone else. And yet, email list vendors have huge databases of names and email addresses. So the question is… | ||
| + | ===Where Do Those Email Addresses Come From?=== | ||
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Thinking of buying an email list? You do know this is a bad idea, right? What? You don't?
Maybe you’re new to email marketing. Or maybe you’ve been chatting with the wrong sort of marketers. And maybe you believe the promise made by email list sellers that these leads specifically requested information just like yours.
News flash: They didn’t.
It’s time to set the story straight. Think about it – have you ever requested that your email address be spread far and wide so you could get a spammed with a ton of new, random email offers for things you don't want?
Yeah. Neither has anyone else. And yet, email list vendors have huge databases of names and email addresses. So the question is…