If you're an Internet
newbie, spam is a very difficult
concept to grasp...let's take a closer look...
Question: Neil, if
I send bulk email to webmasters
after harvesting their email addresses, am I spamming?
Answer: Boy! This is
a thorny question. :-)
The simple answer is
yes. But...
You should try to ignore
the phrase "bulk email". The
*recipient* doesn't know if you sent 1 or 1,000,000
emails. So it's not the numbers sent that are important,
it's the *intent*.
If you send one sales
pitch to someone you don't know,
that's spam.
If you send 1,000,000
emails to people who have opted
into your mailing list, it's not spam.
See how the numbers
are irrelevant? ;-)
OK. Here's the gray
area... if you send a personalised,
researched email to a webmaster whom you don't know, it
COULD be perceived as spam, but most likely won't be.
No business exists
in isolation. If I started out not
being able to email people I didn't know, or have them
email me, I'd have no business!
I know I don't mind
receiving personalised, tailored
emails (that's why my email address is on my website).
But some people may
object to even this unsolicited
contact, so limit the numbers you send to each day.
If you're trying to
strike up relationships with
people you haven't had previous contact with, here's
my advice...
Only send a few emails
a day (this is so that your
ISP and Webhost won't get upset in the event that
someone does complain).
Only send well planned,
tailored, personalised and
considerate emails to people whom you consider will be
interested in your offer. My Irresistible Formula goes
through this in detail.
http://www.scamfreezone.com/spider/
Only send emails YOU
wouldn't mind receiving if you
were in the recipient's shoes! ;-)
I hope that helps.
This InfoShock was written by Neil Shearing, Ph.D.
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