I’ve recently noticed an uptick in hacked email accounts. I’ve received quite a few messages from people I know that are clearly spam. How Can You Tell It’s Spam? I typically notice them when I get an email from an address that I recognize, it typically doesn’t have a subject, and if you look at [...]
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Tag Archive: spamming
This is Not the Way to Market Using Facebook Questions
Here’s why: This arrived in my email inbox. That’s an unsolicited business message (aka SPAM). I don’t know the person who sent it (at least not well.) We don’t have any kind of personal relationship. It’s annoying. Honestly, what a dumb question. It’s not about me. It’s about what you want to sell me. Your [...]
The Etiquette of Facebook Groups
This past week I’ve been added to 3 different Facebook groups without my knowledge or consent. Now if you’ve read what I’ve written in the past about Facebook Groups, you know that as soon as you add someone to a Facebook group, they start getting emails and notifications about all group activity. Imagine how overwhelming [...]
Tagging Ads is Lame
This week I got a notification on Facebook that I had been tagged in someone’s note. I went to see what it was about, and lo and behold, it was an ad. I was one of MANY people tagged in this note. HOW LAME. And I’d just like to take a moment to explain what’s [...]
The Facts About Email Spam
It never ceases to amaze me when I get emails from direct sellers who I don’t know that either: Solicit business Ask for a donation to some cause Are one of those email forwards (photos of our troops, this will give you goosebumps-type email) Really? You’re filling up my email box with this stuff when [...]
What is “Spam”?
You hear me talk about spam a lot on this blog, and how you should avoid it for your direct sales or network marketing business. Yet I sometimes get questions about what actually constitutes “spam.” I do actually extend the concept of spam beyond the legal definition as it relates to your business. So here’s [...]
In Defense of Common Sense
As part of my job, I provide online monitoring services for direct selling companies. We have tools that allow us to monitor the internet 24×7, and provide regular reports to companies on what is being said about the brand online. But what continues to surprise me are some of the consultant posts we find. Blogs [...]
One Size Does NOT Fit All: What You’re Doing Wrong with Your Messages
This morning I got a chain Facebook message from a direct seller about a status update game that’s being planned. Remember the “What color is your bra” game a few years ago? Ladies just posted the color and it made people wonder what was going on. This was something similar. Now at first I was [...]
