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Get In On The Great Email Experiment

March 15, 2008 | Author: Steve | Filed under: Marketing

Whether you have a list you send email to, or you just use email to contact friends and family, the ability to easily and quickly send messages online has been a great development of the last few years. But as with most things, there are problems with email.

First of all is the amount of unwanted emails. Messages that we never signed up for, sometimes with inappropriate content. Sometimes it’s just a minor problem. We just hit the delete button and move on. It becomes more of a problem when at least half of the messages are junk.

But it’s not just the spam that is the problem. Many Internet Service Providers are filtering email messages to cut down on the spam. Sounds like a good idea until you find out that there are messages that you are expecting that don’t reach your inbox because the ISP’s filters have marked the messages as spam, and either put them in a separate folder, or they aren’t delivered at all.

If you’re sending email messages to people who have subscribed to your list, it’s getting increasingly more difficult for your email to get through. You send out the messages, your subscribers don’t get the message, and they think you’re ignoring them.

It’s even more critical if you’re sending out customer support emails. Your message doesn’t get delivered, and your customer isn’t happy. There go your future sales opportunities.

An option that has been aroound for a while now is to make people pay to send email messages. Even if someone asked to receive your message, you’ll be required to pay to send it out.

I’ve recently received a message from David Perdew. He let me know that there is an effort under way to try to make the current email situation better for all of us. Here’s a part of what he sent in his email message:

“Email should be reliable. It should also be spam-free.
First, the ISPs and ESPs of the world must be exposed,
awakened into action and forced to change the way they
filter email. This experiment could be the answer. And –
the more people we can get participating, the more powerful
the results will be. Feel free to spread the link below
around to all your friends and acquaintenances, too — this
is so important I’d love to see EVERYONE involved.”

The Great Email Experiment is free to get involved in. It won’t take much of your time, and there are a few benefits that you’ll get for taking part.

Visit the link below, get all the details and sign up NOW:

http://www.maximizecommunications.com/soe2

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Hey Steve -

Thanks for posting this. It really is that important…

I don’t know about you, but I don’t really like when organizations or governments try to “protect” me from myself…I like to have that choice myself. That’s why Alan R. Bechtold’s leading this effort. And why I’m so behind it…

Thanks for getting the word out.

David Perdew

DavidPerdew wrote on March 15, 2008 - 1:56 pm | Visit Link

David,

Thanks go to you for bringing this to my attention. By the way, I am really enjoying being subscribed to your list.

Steve wrote on March 15, 2008 - 4:46 pm | Visit Link

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