Jump Start Your Ad Agency Blog Using Email

Quality and Reach
by Todd Knutson  |   published on July 28, 2010

email iconIf your ad agency has or is considering writing a blog, deciding how to spread the word to acquire readers is important: If relevant corporate marketers aren't reading it, the time you invest

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Nick Cavarra  |  09/16/2010

Hey Todd,

Good post… and a sticky subject as well. Most email service providers enforce requirements that if they receive more than 0.1% SPAM reports on emails they are sending on your behalf, they will warn you first and then drop you after repeated violations to prevent being put on an email blacklist. The only way around this is to get confirmation (double opt-in) on your own email list. It is worth creating a double opt-in email to your database to get confirmation from your subscribers to protect yourself so that even if these folks later complain that your email is SPAM, you have the double opt in record that they confirmed in the past so it will not count against you.

The problem with just uploading and sending out unsolicited emails to a purchased email list is that no matter what your content is (good or bad), folks are going to hit the SPAM button, and at a higher rate than 0.1%.  The work around strategy here is this: segment your database with a much smaller group of internal contacts and clients who you know will not hit the SPAM button on your email. Send to that group often enough to establish a history of compliant emails.  Only then can you upload and send to a purchased list - and only do that sparingly, as your SPAM complaints on that email will without a doubt cross over the 0.1% threshold.  And most importantly, make sure that those who have either hit that SPAM button or asked to be unsubcribed are never emailed again (most ESP have software in place that will do that for you automatically).

Nick Cavarra
New Business Development
Fraser Communications

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