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I was the victim of a spam attack last week.  Seizethedeal.com decided to send me email that I never signed up for.  I contacted support and was given some pretty lame excuses.  This is a great example of how someone tries to build a business through email marketing by ignoring all best practices.  There’s a [...]

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I have sent a LOT of email in my career.  I have pushed the button and been responsible for the team that has pushed the button.  I have consulted and advised clients on how often to push the button.  Billions of email messages have flown off into internets land at my direction.  There is actually [...]

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Deliverability, Deliverability, Deliverability.  We all want to get better email deliverability.  The same way you don’t build a house without a foundation, you don’t build good deliverability without a foundation.  The basic requirement for deliverability is compliance and infrastructure.  The CAN-SPAM Act clearly states the rules put in place for all commercial email delivered.  It’s [...]

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Twitter spam is less than 1% of all messages.  Email spam runs about 9 out of every 10 messages.  Twitter spam is down from a high of 11% in August 2009, according to according to a blog written by Twitter’s chief scientist, Abdur Chowdhury.  New Scientist reports on the reach of email spam in this [...]

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Today’s edition of Dr. Senne and the Email Marketing Couch will focus on the most damaging force in the Email Marketing world, the “Spam Complaint.”  I think of all the things that I talk to senders about, spam complaints are the hardest to mentally process.  It is tough for senders to understand the thought process [...]

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