NONE: Re: ONLINE-ADS>> e-mail marketing the right way
Re: ONLINE-ADS>> e-mail marketing the right way
Ray (wb6siv_at_cyberg8t.com)
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 00:26:02 +0100
Terry Brainerd Chadwick wrote:
>I consider all unsolicited
>fax or email to be spam! When I receive an
> unsolicited fax or email, I will not buy that product
>from that company no matter how much I am
>interested in the product....I will not buy that product
> from that company no matter how much I am
>interested in the product or how good the product is,
>ever. And I will tell others not to buy the product from
>that firm...
>Yes, there are a lot of people on the 'Net who agree that
>if they want the product it isn't spam. But there are a lot
>like me. The question is, is it worth alienating people like
>me, when it is so easy to do it right!
Are Terry's comments an example of spam hysteria or what?? Let's get real
Terry! First, such "unsolicited" e-mail messages as Terry discribes above,
are most likely to result from a newsgroup post. Terry, would like us to
believe the following scenerio: If Terry were monitoring a newsgroup and
someone posted a message to a friend saying "I am looking for a used Ford
1/2 ton pickup" and Terry just happened to be living in the same community
as the poster, and just happened to have a used 1/2 ton Ford pick-up for
sale, Terry would *not* send an e-mail to the poster so informing him of
that fact. Why you ask? Because, Terry argues that would be technically an
"unsolicited" e-mail. Do you find this hard to believe? I do.
Terry, IMHO I doubt that 5% of the net community would fail to send an
e-mail per example described above. I ask you, who has been harmed by this
"unsolicted" e-mail? More importantly, what is the potential gain to both
parties that could result from sending such an "unsolicited" e-mail? The
answers to these two questions speak volumes as to why your argument
doesn't make any sense!
I would argue, that when one post's a message to a newsgroup indicating an
interest in a particular product or service, one is by logical inference
requesting a response from all who read the newsgroup, otherwise why post
to a newsgroup? Just send a private e-mail. Terry's response is a prime
example of how the debate over spam often lacks logic, and boarders (I'm
being kind now) on hysteria.
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