http://www.marketinginprogress.com/2009/03/12/a-tale-of-two-emails/ Marketing Ideas, Marketing Tips Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.marketinginprogress.com/2009/03/12/a-tale-of-two-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Brett Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:44:58 +0000 http://www.marketinginprogress.com/?p=897#comment-1575 Claudia - I find myself often passing over the email newsletter that I actually want to read, simply because I feel so cluttered and it just feels better to have a well-organized inbox. Says a little something about email marketing, I would think. Claudia – I find myself often passing over the email newsletter that I actually want to read, simply because I feel so cluttered and it just feels better to have a well-organized inbox. Says a little something about email marketing, I would think.

]]> http://www.marketinginprogress.com/2009/03/12/a-tale-of-two-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Claudia Broome Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:23:57 +0000 http://www.marketinginprogress.com/?p=897#comment-1568 You are right on the money. If I get one more, "free" right in a row after 5 others on the previous 5 days...I'm history. The problem is that some of them make it too complicated to leave so then I have to block them. How sad when obviously there was some previous interest. Why do people think a hard sell still works. It just doesn't and people aren't stupid. When too many emails arrive, our intelligence is not respected and that doesn't make us into a loyal customer, it makes us into an annoyed adversary. You are right on the money. If I get one more, “free” right in a row after 5 others on the previous 5 days…I’m history. The problem is that some of them make it too complicated to leave so then I have to block them. How sad when obviously there was some previous interest. Why do people think a hard sell still works. It just doesn’t and people aren’t stupid. When too many emails arrive, our intelligence is not respected and that doesn’t make us into a loyal customer, it makes us into an annoyed adversary.

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