Digital + Social
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Email
What the Cox.net Snafu Means to You
In a move that, for now at least, threatens e-mail marketers
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Social
FTC Blogger Guides Create More Heat than Light
The Federal Trade Commission has revamped its guidelines concerning endorsements to take account of the new boom in social marketing, blogger endorse¬ments and word of mouth promotion.
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Email
EmailAppenders Owner Possibly a Fugitive
The man behind India-based Data Champions/Sloan Marketing—the company that seemingly operates or has operated under EmailAppenders and dozens of other aliases—may be wanted by U.S. authorities on 10-year-old immigration charges.
According to anti-spam blocklisting site Spamhaus, the owner of Data Champions/Sloan Marketing is a man named Subhakar “Sam” Surapaneni.
“Data Champions owner Subhakar ‘Sam’ Surapaneni appears to reside in the physical jurisdiction of India, probably Bangalore,” according to Spamhaus.org
In 1999, the Detroit News reported that Surapaneni was ordered to pay a $450,000 fine under a plea agreement after federal investigators found he had brought in dozens of immigrants from India under false claims and housed some in squalid conditions.
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Email
Christmas Shoppers Paying with Cash, Debit: NRF
Cash and debit cards are apparently in and credit cards are out this Christmas season.
One quarter of Christmas shoppers will pay for gifts this year with cash, a 9.1% increase from last year
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Email
More Evidence E-mail’s Not Dead
Someone forgot to tell small-business owners e-mail is dead.
According to a just-released survey done by Hurwitz & Associates on behalf of e-mail service provider Campaigner, 46% of businesses with 20 employees or fewer use e-mail marketing today and of those who don
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Email
Stupid Political Correctness Watch: The What Holiday!?
This week, we received the most irritating letter from my son
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Social
Social Media Users Open to Marketing Messages: Survey
The findings from a new Performics and ROI Research survey of more than 3,000 consumers about their use of social media many reasons to get excited about social media marketing strategies.