Do You Support SPAM?

Have you ever supported SPAM by purchasing a product/service by someone whom you knew was using SPAM techniques?

For instance, have you every purchased anything that was brought to your attention in a SPAM email?

I haven't and don't plan to. As far as I'm concerned the companies that SPAM have already shown that they can't be trusted. Even if I wanted the product I wouldn't buy it from them. I'd simply find someone else who sells the same product and give them the business instead.

What Franklin says goes for me too.

To me spam is insulting because it tramples on the courtesies of society. Don't get me going...

SPAM is not the most effective way to market a product or service. Some companies write their entire business models around that concept. Constand Contact is just one of a few.. FireDRUM is another. But what you have to ask yourself is... what do YOU consider spam??
If you, for example, stick your business card on a bullitin board.. expecting someone to call you with a hot new lead.... but instead the business card ends up in the hands of someone who hosts/facilitates networking events... You will probably recieve an e-mail situation where your e-mail is one of 3,308 emails in a marketing campaign designed to peak your interest in regards to a networking event where you will meet 2 new clients, 1 of which referrs you to 2 other friends. Etc... the magic continues. But if you looked at that campaign as spam, you've effectivly lost out on business. So there are 2 types of email campaigns:

1.) outright spam... trash
2.) focused information ... sometimes you can hit gold via allowing them to prospect you.

My point is... It may be a benifit to you to develop, or grow the charactor trait that tries to see business oppertunity in everything... (a tip i picked up, now that i think about it, in a seminar i was prospected to attend =] )

IMO, regardless of the "opportunity" the ends do not justify the means.

No, I will not buy from someone I found through spam. I just don't like the idea of adding fuel to the fire.

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SEO-LAD	Do You Support SPAM? Have you ever supported SPAM by purchasing a product/service by someone whom you knew was using SPAM techniques? For instance, have you every purchased anything that was brought to your attention in a SPAM email?

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Franklin	Re: Do You Support SPAM? I haven't and don't plan to. As far as I'm concerned the companies that SPAM have already shown that they can't be trusted. Even if I wanted the product I wouldn't buy it from them. I'd simply find someone else who sells the same product and give them the business instead.

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AZBroker	Re: Do You Support SPAM? What Franklin says goes for me too. To me spam is insulting because it tramples on the courtesies of society. Don't get me going...

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jasonc	The question should be: can SPAM support you? SPAM is not the most effective way to market a product or service. Some companies write their entire business models around that concept. Constand Contact is just one of a few.. FireDRUM is another. But what you have to ask yourself is... what do YOU consider spam?? If you, for example, stick your business card on a bullitin board.. expecting someone to call you with a hot new lead.... but instead the business card ends up in the hands of someone who hosts/facilitates networking events... You will probably recieve an e-mail situation where your e-mail is one of 3,308 emails in a marketing campaign designed to peak your interest in regards to a networking event where you will meet 2 new clients, 1 of which referrs you to 2 other friends. Etc... the magic continues. But if you looked at that campaign as spam, you've effectivly lost out on business. So there are 2 types of email campaigns: 1.) outright spam... trash 2.) focused information ... sometimes you can hit gold via allowing them to prospect you. My point is... It may be a benifit to you to develop, or grow the charactor trait that tries to see business oppertunity in everything... (a tip i picked up, now that i think about it, in a seminar i was prospected to attend =] )

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Jackie	Re: The question should be: can SPAM support you? IMO, regardless of the "opportunity" the ends do not justify the means.

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bridger480	Re: The question should be: can SPAM support you? No, I will not buy from someone I found through spam. I just don't like the idea of adding fuel to the fire.

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