Author: Jon Miller There are legal definitions of spam — in the U.S., In the eyes of consumers, however, the definition of spam can be even broader and less forgiving. An easy way to opt-out. The Definition of Implicit Opt-In. The Risks with Implicit Opt-In. MORE
What would happen to your marketing programs if every channel required explicit opt-in and opting out or unsubscribing was just a click away? Social Media cisco Facebook Google intel opt-in social media twitter unsubscribe valueAlthough it may seem absurd, this question is relevant today, and valuable to consider. Here are two ways it might change your marketing. MORE
Blog Anti-spam law B2B Marketing CASL email and privacy compliance opt-in permission The difference between the United States CAN-SPAM Law and CASL boils down to permission. MORE
To make sure you are growing your lists in a sustainable way, it’s important to understand the difference in growth strategies, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of each. After all, in today’s global economy, that could be any of us. Opting In … and Doubling Down. MORE
As an avid Sex and the City watcher back in the day, I’ll never forget the episode where Carrie got broken up with via a Post-it note. In this day and age of mass marketing and virtual anonymity, our prospects and customers can be and are sometimes total strangers to us. As a smart business person and marketer, how can you keep your customers in love with your business and engaged in your communications? There has to be something in it for them. MORE
A list of contacts is essential for any business that wants to stay in touch with prospects and customers. In order to fuel continued and sustained list growth it’s a no-brainer to have an email sign up form on your website, blog and your other digital properties like social media sites. MORE
Nevertheless, the new directive does mean changes for marketers in the EU. With that in mind, we thought we’d clear up some of the common misperceptions around the new regulations. In reality, most of those nations haven’t complied with the directive yet, with only Denmark, Estonia and the UK putting something into place as of the writing of this post. While the news about the directive has been somewhat muted, these regulations have been in the works for a while now. MORE
These alerts could be a message from another user, a breaking news story, a change in the weather, or a notification about the latest sale. When an individual downloads a application, it is a better quality opt-in. to have access to these charts for use in your own presentations. MORE
What would happen to your marketing programs if every channel required explicit opt-in and opting out or unsubscribing was just a click away? In need of popular support, this Congress may finally take on extensive privacy reform. MORE
In Canada, the law is known as CASL. Subject line has to reflect what’s in the email. Subscribers to your list must be opted-in , not purchased. The last requirement is the one that gets a lot of people, especially in the U.S. MORE
Following the recent webinar, Breaking Through the Email Deliverability Barrier with eTrigue and ANNUITAS, the questions just kept coming in on email deliverability and what it means for marketers today. Q: How do you minimize the risk of hitting a Spam Trap in your list? . MORE
Webinars, in particular, are a great tool to connect with your audiences in a meaningful way — on their terms. Match your content to your channel or target your invitations to people who you know have expressed interest in your topic. MORE
As much as I had hoped that LinkedIn’s changes to groups would have a positive effect, not much has changed in the user experience. And, that’s where Slack is capitalizing on the opportunity, that opening in the niche social media market that no other channel has filled. MORE
An unsubscribe is a little more straightforward: someone signed up to receive your messages, then changed their mind for whatever reason and opted to not receive them anymore. To do this, just follow these directions (in your VerticalResponse account): Click Lists up in the blue toolbar. Open the file when you receive it in your inbox, and delete all the columns that aren’t the email addresses you want to remove, as well as the headers, including the header that says “Email.” MORE
They may also be referred to as email opt-in forms, web forms, webforms, or signup forms. This results in more visits to your website, blog, brick and mortar location, and hopefully more sales. In the top navigation bar (link and/or form). MORE
Unhealthy email addresses lurking in your list directly impact your revenue, by reducing the number of your emails that make it to your subscriber. To experience optimal deliverability and conversion, identify and deal with all bounces, greylistings, and typos in your list. MORE
This is why an opt-in email campaign is so vital to ensuring that your emails are reaching the right contacts, the ones who expect to see your messages – and not those who could potentially harm your reputation. What’s an opt-in campaign? MORE
The talk this week in Deliverability has centered around a rash of Spamhaus listings. We’re in an interesting time right now even with all of the anti-spam talk and regulations that are out there, Spamhaus is interestingly the only real power broker in the blacklisting space. MORE
If you’re trying to build your mailing list , chances are good that you’ve considered implementing an opt-in bonus, offering your site visitors a discount or free trial, for example, in exchange for their email address. Option #4: The reverse opt-in. MORE
First, there's more than one way to opt in to permission-based emails, and different content is required based on how someone has opted-in. And how do you determine what they're interested in? Not every email address is created equal. MORE
Generate Loyal Opt-Ins or LOI There is an article by Stefan Pollard on ClickZ called A Good First Impression Equals Stronger Opt-In Relationship in which he provides some easy tips on how to respond to those people who have signed up for updates from you. If someone has opt-ed in, show then value right away. Don't just think about ROI but also LOI (loyal opt-ins). MORE
The Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL) takes effect in just over a month (July 1, 2014) and B2B marketers need to be ready. The major difference between CAN-SPAM and CASL is explicit opt-in. CAN-SPAM is more of an opt-out law, where CASL is an opt-in law with express consent. MORE
In this case, however, conventional wisdom is wrong. In fact, the opposite is often true. When they receive an email that looks like it contains something relevant to them in particular, they’re more likely to open it, read it and take the action you want them to. MORE
Sending to a large amount of hard bounces, receiving a lot of complaints, hitting spam traps, and getting on a blacklist can all affect your reputation in a negative way. Blog blacklist CAN-Spam CASL Email Deliverability IP reputation opt-in MORE
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the discussion surrounding confirmed opt-in (COI) and the direction that the industry is headed. I wrote about the inevitability of confirmed opt-in becoming the standard at some point in the future. MORE
by Jesse Noyes | Tweet this Today was enactment day in the European Union, the date when member states were due to roll out the region’s new opt-in privacy requirements for businesses wishing to track consumers’ behavior online with tools like cookies. So in that spirit we thought we’d present a round up of today’s news about the EU privacy directive. ZDNet let us know that businesses in the UK will get some breathing room. MORE
You should provide them something of value in exchange for their email address. . If your business involves physical products that are shipped, you can even include an insert in each package with instructions on how to subscribe to your email list. MORE
On May 25 all the countries within the European Union were supposed to enact a directive requiring anyone doing business in the region to get opt-in permission to track consumers online. by Elle Woulfe | Tweet this What a difference a month makes! MORE
by Maria Pergolino Often times we, as email marketers, talk about different strategies and tactics to get recipients to ‘opt-in’ for future messages. But, not all opt-ins are created equal. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Double opt-in – a better choice. MORE
Once the law is in force, it will help to protect Canadians while ensuring that businesses can continue to compete in the global marketplace.” Noyes shared that The Act states your email must comply with these three elements: All email addresses you send to must be permission-based , meaning the subscribers specifically opted-in to receive your communications. Your subject line must pertain to the content in the email. MORE
Some interesting discussion at the OTA today focused on how opt-in is changing. One fascinating change is that the “places” where opt-in happens have greatly expanded. It is no longer the case that people are always sitting at their computers when they opt-in. MORE
I have been in the email marketing channel since 2003. In fact, one of my first outings was to the FTC Spam Summit in April of 2003. In 2003 the CAN-SPAM act was passed, and with that law the building blocks were laid for “permission-based email marketing.” MORE
As some of you have found out in the worst possible way over the past month, Spamhaus is on a tear. They are simply the most relevant blacklist in existence today. The ONLY way to avoid a Spamhaus listing is to double opt-in/confirmed opt-in all of your email addresses. MORE
by contributor | Tweet this Editor’s Note: Today’s blog post comes courtesy of Candyce Edelen , CEO of PropelGrowth , a B2B financial services marketing firm in Princeton, NJ. A better approach is to send these contacts a friendly note requesting that they opt-in to your communications. MORE
Are you looking to grow your B2B marketing database by buying an opt-in list? This is everything you need to know: If someone offers to sell you an opt-in email list, don’t even respond. You have the only list of people who have opted in to receive email from you. MORE
In their eagerness to take advantage of mobile, however, some marketers have gone a bit too far, disregarding certain best practices and legal requirements. Here are some ways to invite a lawsuit if you’re engaging in mobile marketing. However you do it, get people to opt-in. MORE
We require an explicit opt-in to communicate with customers. This might be an eye-opener for some senders who have relied on implicit opt-in as the permission method of choice. What are explicit opt-ins? MORE
Here are our top 10 recommendations for social media tools that will wow your followers and get them to click on your opt-ins. PromoRepublicPromoRepublic recently was rated first place in Product Hunt’s […]. MORE
I located the spackle, grabbed a six pack (of batteries), and was in the checkout line in record time. Me: Sounds great, but I don’t have time to fill out the form right now (pointing to my son who was squirming in my arms). 18 characters and 7 numbers later, I was in. MORE
An opt-in email list is a list of email contacts that you''ve acquired because they''ve voluntarily given you their contact information. Not only do purchased or rented contacts not want to hear from you, but reputable ESPs won''t let you send emails to contacts that aren''t opt-in. MORE
They’re more grounded in tactics than strategy, except in one key sense. That’s where the sign-up boxes come in. In other words, your blog is a soft-sell environment. A very, very soft sell, but that is what’s going on in the background. 12) An email opt-in box. MORE
Email marketers have shied away from the idea of confirmed opt-in, also known as double opt-in, for a long time now. Given the evolution of email and its current entrenched state in our daily lives, it’s time to take another closer look at this topic. MORE
In fact, two in three are open to connecting with a new vendor and three in four are ready to have a conversation with a new vendor on social media. They want you to work harder to earn their trust and interest before they give you an opt-in and a right to market to them further. MORE
Opt-in Related Topics Act-On
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
I have been in the email marketing channel since 2003. In fact, one of my first outings was to the FTC Spam Summit in April of 2003. In 2003 the CAN-SPAM act was passed, and with that law the building blocks were laid for “permission-based email marketing.”
Modern Marketing
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Email marketers have shied away from the idea of confirmed opt-in, also known as double opt-in, for a long time now. Given the evolution of email and its current entrenched state in our daily lives, it’s time to take another closer look at this topic.
Modern Marketing
DECEMBER 1, 2013
by contributor | Tweet this Editor’s Note: Today’s blog post comes courtesy of Candyce Edelen , CEO of PropelGrowth , a B2B financial services marketing firm in Princeton, NJ. A better approach is to send these contacts a friendly note requesting that they opt-in to your communications.
Modern Marketing
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
As some of you have found out in the worst possible way over the past month, Spamhaus is on a tear. They are simply the most relevant blacklist in existence today. The ONLY way to avoid a Spamhaus listing is to double opt-in/confirmed opt-in all of your email addresses.
Modern Marketing
OCTOBER 3, 2016
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the discussion surrounding confirmed opt-in (COI) and the direction that the industry is headed. I wrote about the inevitability of confirmed opt-in becoming the standard at some point in the future.
Digital B2B Marketing
MAY 12, 2014
Are you looking to grow your B2B marketing database by buying an opt-in list? This is everything you need to know: If someone offers to sell you an opt-in email list, don’t even respond. You have the only list of people who have opted in to receive email from you.
Digital B2B Marketing
AUGUST 11, 2011
What would happen to your marketing programs if every channel required explicit opt-in and opting out or unsubscribing was just a click away? In need of popular support, this Congress may finally take on extensive privacy reform.
Modern Marketing
JUNE 24, 2011
On May 25 all the countries within the European Union were supposed to enact a directive requiring anyone doing business in the region to get opt-in permission to track consumers online. by Elle Woulfe | Tweet this What a difference a month makes!
Modern B2B Marketing
AUGUST 19, 2013
Author: Jon Miller There are legal definitions of spam — in the U.S., In the eyes of consumers, however, the definition of spam can be even broader and less forgiving. An easy way to opt-out. The Definition of Implicit Opt-In. The Risks with Implicit Opt-In.
ANNUITAS
AUGUST 14, 2014
Sending to a large amount of hard bounces, receiving a lot of complaints, hitting spam traps, and getting on a blacklist can all affect your reputation in a negative way. Blog blacklist CAN-Spam CASL Email Deliverability IP reputation opt-in
Marketing Action
MARCH 11, 2015
To make sure you are growing your lists in a sustainable way, it’s important to understand the difference in growth strategies, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of each. After all, in today’s global economy, that could be any of us. Opting In … and Doubling Down.
ANNUITAS
JUNE 19, 2014
Following the recent webinar, Breaking Through the Email Deliverability Barrier with eTrigue and ANNUITAS, the questions just kept coming in on email deliverability and what it means for marketers today. Q: How do you minimize the risk of hitting a Spam Trap in your list? .
Biznology
OCTOBER 21, 2016
In fact, two in three are open to connecting with a new vendor and three in four are ready to have a conversation with a new vendor on social media. They want you to work harder to earn their trust and interest before they give you an opt-in and a right to market to them further.
Hubspot
MAY 17, 2014
An opt-in email list is a list of email contacts that you''ve acquired because they''ve voluntarily given you their contact information. Not only do purchased or rented contacts not want to hear from you, but reputable ESPs won''t let you send emails to contacts that aren''t opt-in.
ANNUITAS
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Blog Anti-spam law B2B Marketing CASL email and privacy compliance opt-in permission The difference between the United States CAN-SPAM Law and CASL boils down to permission.
Modern Marketing
JUNE 12, 2013
Webinars, in particular, are a great tool to connect with your audiences in a meaningful way — on their terms. Match your content to your channel or target your invitations to people who you know have expressed interest in your topic.
ANNUITAS
MAY 29, 2014
The Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL) takes effect in just over a month (July 1, 2014) and B2B marketers need to be ready. The major difference between CAN-SPAM and CASL is explicit opt-in. CAN-SPAM is more of an opt-out law, where CASL is an opt-in law with express consent.
Biznology
AUGUST 11, 2017
As much as I had hoped that LinkedIn’s changes to groups would have a positive effect, not much has changed in the user experience. And, that’s where Slack is capitalizing on the opportunity, that opening in the niche social media market that no other channel has filled.
Digital B2B Marketing
AUGUST 11, 2011
What would happen to your marketing programs if every channel required explicit opt-in and opting out or unsubscribing was just a click away? Social Media cisco Facebook Google intel opt-in social media twitter unsubscribe valueAlthough it may seem absurd, this question is relevant today, and valuable to consider. Here are two ways it might change your marketing.
Modern B2B Marketing
MAY 31, 2011
by Maria Pergolino Often times we, as email marketers, talk about different strategies and tactics to get recipients to ‘opt-in’ for future messages. But, not all opt-ins are created equal. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Double opt-in – a better choice.
Vertical Response
JULY 17, 2014
You should provide them something of value in exchange for their email address. . If your business involves physical products that are shipped, you can even include an insert in each package with instructions on how to subscribe to your email list.
Vertical Response
MARCH 20, 2015
A list of contacts is essential for any business that wants to stay in touch with prospects and customers. In order to fuel continued and sustained list growth it’s a no-brainer to have an email sign up form on your website, blog and your other digital properties like social media sites.
Vertical Response
JUNE 19, 2014
They may also be referred to as email opt-in forms, web forms, webforms, or signup forms. This results in more visits to your website, blog, brick and mortar location, and hopefully more sales. In the top navigation bar (link and/or form).
Hubspot
JUNE 6, 2012
First, there's more than one way to opt in to permission-based emails, and different content is required based on how someone has opted-in. And how do you determine what they're interested in? Not every email address is created equal.
Vertical Response
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
As an avid Sex and the City watcher back in the day, I’ll never forget the episode where Carrie got broken up with via a Post-it note. In this day and age of mass marketing and virtual anonymity, our prospects and customers can be and are sometimes total strangers to us. As a smart business person and marketer, how can you keep your customers in love with your business and engaged in your communications? There has to be something in it for them.
Vertical Response
JULY 27, 2017
In this case, however, conventional wisdom is wrong. In fact, the opposite is often true. When they receive an email that looks like it contains something relevant to them in particular, they’re more likely to open it, read it and take the action you want them to.
Vertical Response
JUNE 24, 2014
Once the law is in force, it will help to protect Canadians while ensuring that businesses can continue to compete in the global marketplace.” Noyes shared that The Act states your email must comply with these three elements: All email addresses you send to must be permission-based , meaning the subscribers specifically opted-in to receive your communications. Your subject line must pertain to the content in the email.
Modern B2B Marketing
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Some interesting discussion at the OTA today focused on how opt-in is changing. One fascinating change is that the “places” where opt-in happens have greatly expanded. It is no longer the case that people are always sitting at their computers when they opt-in.
Modern Marketing
MAY 25, 2011
Nevertheless, the new directive does mean changes for marketers in the EU. With that in mind, we thought we’d clear up some of the common misperceptions around the new regulations. In reality, most of those nations haven’t complied with the directive yet, with only Denmark, Estonia and the UK putting something into place as of the writing of this post. While the news about the directive has been somewhat muted, these regulations have been in the works for a while now.
Anything Goes Marketing
OCTOBER 29, 2006
Generate Loyal Opt-Ins or LOI There is an article by Stefan Pollard on ClickZ called A Good First Impression Equals Stronger Opt-In Relationship in which he provides some easy tips on how to respond to those people who have signed up for updates from you. If someone has opt-ed in, show then value right away. Don't just think about ROI but also LOI (loyal opt-ins).
B2B Marketing Insider
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Here are our top 10 recommendations for social media tools that will wow your followers and get them to click on your opt-ins. PromoRepublicPromoRepublic recently was rated first place in Product Hunt’s […].
Hubspot
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
These alerts could be a message from another user, a breaking news story, a change in the weather, or a notification about the latest sale. When an individual downloads a application, it is a better quality opt-in. to have access to these charts for use in your own presentations.
Act-On
MAY 13, 2016
Unhealthy email addresses lurking in your list directly impact your revenue, by reducing the number of your emails that make it to your subscriber. To experience optimal deliverability and conversion, identify and deal with all bounces, greylistings, and typos in your list.
Modern Marketing
MAY 25, 2011
by Jesse Noyes | Tweet this Today was enactment day in the European Union, the date when member states were due to roll out the region’s new opt-in privacy requirements for businesses wishing to track consumers’ behavior online with tools like cookies. So in that spirit we thought we’d present a round up of today’s news about the EU privacy directive. ZDNet let us know that businesses in the UK will get some breathing room.
Vertical Response
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
An unsubscribe is a little more straightforward: someone signed up to receive your messages, then changed their mind for whatever reason and opted to not receive them anymore. To do this, just follow these directions (in your VerticalResponse account): Click Lists up in the blue toolbar. Open the file when you receive it in your inbox, and delete all the columns that aren’t the email addresses you want to remove, as well as the headers, including the header that says “Email.”
Vertical Response
MAY 14, 2015
In Canada, the law is known as CASL. Subject line has to reflect what’s in the email. Subscribers to your list must be opted-in , not purchased. The last requirement is the one that gets a lot of people, especially in the U.S.
Modern Marketing
JULY 29, 2016
We require an explicit opt-in to communicate with customers. This might be an eye-opener for some senders who have relied on implicit opt-in as the permission method of choice. What are explicit opt-ins?
Act-On
MARCH 10, 2016
They’re more grounded in tactics than strategy, except in one key sense. That’s where the sign-up boxes come in. In other words, your blog is a soft-sell environment. A very, very soft sell, but that is what’s going on in the background. 12) An email opt-in box.
Modern Marketing
AUGUST 24, 2016
The talk this week in Deliverability has centered around a rash of Spamhaus listings. We’re in an interesting time right now even with all of the anti-spam talk and regulations that are out there, Spamhaus is interestingly the only real power broker in the blacklisting space.
grow - Practical Marketing Solutions
MARCH 12, 2014
In their eagerness to take advantage of mobile, however, some marketers have gone a bit too far, disregarding certain best practices and legal requirements. Here are some ways to invite a lawsuit if you’re engaging in mobile marketing. However you do it, get people to opt-in.
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