I believe there are better ways of marketing than a mass email. (I think =
that is the only reason to mass-blast 50 million people - 50% of which =
are the same person with two email addresses)
Better marketing for the buck.... You can put a page or two up for =
about $30.00 a month. Tell people what you are presenting, give them the =
opportunity to buy or ask for more information.
If they are intrested in more information, then they are intrested and =
more likely to buy.
It is fairly easy to get people to view your site. Announce it over =
newsgroups that address the specific area/s you want to present or over =
the groups who allow you to 'announce' or 'sound-off'.
When I receive email I look at the sender and the subject. If I don't =
know - I don't read.
I'll defend your right to mass email anyone and everyone - it's lawful =
for now. But I can't believe that you would spend all that time and =
effort into obtaining all them names (addresses), and dumping all those =
messages out only to get 15% returned as bad addresses, 40% returned =
requesting 'removal'. Your email will be filled with what.... 25 =
million responses - none of which put food on your family's table? And =
if you do throw an autoresponder into the mix, those things don't run =
themselves... you have to care and maintain it as well.
Do what people are finding successful now. Put up a page or two. Offer =
something educational about your product (tell them why they need it) =
and then ask them for a week's wages.
Have fun, this was just my two cents.
Jim
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From: Richard A. Paris[SMTP:raparis@nova.org]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 1996 5:35 PM
To: robots@webcrawler.com
Subject: email spider
I do not want to reinvent the wheel. Is there anything written or would
anyone like to be part of a project team to write a spider that can deal
with the 30-50 million email addresses.
Please send any replies to raparis@cyberwrld.com
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