Topic

Email

  • Oh, It’s a Democratic Experiment; That Explains it

    One reason commercial e-mailers struggle with Unspam CEO Matthew Prince

  • Stupid Media Watch: Utah Paper Does Registry PR

    From Utah’s Deseret Morning News comes word that the state’s Parent Teacher Association has come out in support of the state’s misnamed “child protection” do not e-mail registry.

  • Texas Hits Spammers for $10 Million

    Self-proclaimed reformed spammer Ryan Pitylak and his former partners have agreed to pay $2.5 million plus attorney fees to settle a lawsuit bought by the state of Texas while the businesses they ran have been ordered by a judge to pay $7.5 million, according to the Texas attorney general.

  • The Link Between Content and Sales

    When e-zines first came out, chief marketing officers looked at e-mail newsletter reports and were excited about using open rates and clickthroughs to measure their success and justify the investment.

  • Hearing Loss Firm Tries Blog and Newsletter

    Some may think of blogs as just a place for the Web savvy to rant and rave. But for longtime public relations and technology executive David Capithorne, blogs became a key marketing tool for his site hearingmojo.com.

  • An E-Zine Strategies Tip Sheet

    It all sounds so complex. But do you really have to hire a think tank when mulling a newsletter program? Here are several strategic pointers to keep in mind when launching an e-zine.

  • Ignorance Has Too Much Sway in the Spam Battle

    Not to pick on AOL, but the lack of consumer outreach on Goodmail is a nice example of the current schizophrenia ISPs suffer when it comes to how they treat their subscribers and the companies that mail to them: tell subscribers nothing, yet rely on them to determine whether or not a bulk e-mailer is a spammer.

  • This Proposed E-mail Tax Wasn’t a Rumor

    French politician Alain Lamassoure last week proposed a tax on e-mail and instant messages in the EU. Unlike the e-mail hoax that periodically surfaces in the U.S. that the postal service is considering an e-mail tax, Lamassoure’s proposals were apparently no joke.

  • Authentication Makes Small Gains in May

    As of June 1, 22% of Fortune 500 companies have adopted the SIDF e-mail authentication scheme, an increase of 1% over the previous month, according to Craig Spiezle, director, technology care and safety, for Microsoft.