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The Ethics Of The “Unsubscribe”

Partners in Excellence

Recently, I’ve had some “interesting” conversations with the CMOs about their email marketing strategies and the marketing messages they are inflicting on me. We see this in the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of these outreaches. Often, we do see unsubscribe links at the bottom of the email.

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“Forwarding This Marketing Email Is Strictly Prohibited By Law….”

Partners in Excellence

It’s been a while since I’ve whined about the stupid prospecting emails I get. I could literally post every day–even if I set the criteria “I’ll only post unsolicited marketing emails from ‘Global 1000’ corporations.” Normally, marketing loves seeing emails forwarded.

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Teaching Sales People To Lie….

Partners in Excellence

Just when you think you have seen the very worst prospecting email ever, you get one that takes you to new lows! I opened my email today and read: “Hello Dave, It has been some time since we last spoke, let alone worked together. As a result, there is a lot one can learn in deconstructing their prospecting emails.

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Using What You Sell……

Partners in Excellence

Would you Spam the emails you get? ” Email Unsubscribe Hell! How would you respond if you were the victim–I mean recipient–of your company’s own marketing, sales, and customer service initiatives. Would you not pick up the prospecting calls? Can Someone Help Me Diagnose This Sales Call?

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Email Unsubscribe Hell!

Partners in Excellence

We all get too many unwanted and unsolicited emails. Professional marketers buying lists always scrub those lists against the unsubscribe, so they don’t inadvertently send an emails to someone that has already unsubscribed. One would expect them to know the laws on unsolicited emails, SPAM, and opt out.

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We’re Communicating, But Are We Really Connecting?

Partners in Excellence

We have CRM, Marketing Automation, and Emailing systems that enable us to “communicate” in ways we never imagined or had the time to do in the past. We continue to communicate–in some cases into perpetuity or at least until the recipient gets pissed off and unsubscribes. A prospect reaches out for some information.

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Dear Outlook And Gmail Developers……

Partners in Excellence

Dear Outlook, Gmail, and developers of all email systems. I think it will improve the productivity of all email users, and how they value your tools. What if we forced users to be more thoughtful about their use of email? Email Unsubscribe Hell! I have a feature request. A LinkedIn Rant.