Hey White House, You’re Spamming Again

Posted by on Oct 21, 2009 | 0 comments

But truth be told, you never really stopped…. Oh, sure, there was that brouhaha over White House spam last August, but what made that stand out from the business-as-usual spamming was the appearance of some possible address harvesting going on.  But I’m not here to rehash that today; nope.  I’m not going to go on and on about Sender Roulette or other bad email practices that...

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MoveOn from Bad Email Practices

Posted by on Oct 16, 2009 | 3 comments

You know, I really do hate to love talking about political entities and email, but there are just so many silly and downright stupid things that political mailers do that it can be a real smorgasbord of blog fodder.  And just as I’d never anticipated my first blog post to be about political emailers, I didn’t expect my first post after a brief hiatus to be about political...

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Don’t Play Email Sender Roulette

Posted by on May 11, 2009 | 1 comment

If you repeat the same stupid tactics long enough and loud enough do they stop becoming stupid tactics?   I’m not the first one to mention the practice of Sender Roulette, but think that I’m the first to give it a label.  Sender Roulette is found predominantly in email messages from political organizations, and is the practice of using the names of different people within the...

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Townhall.com, Please Remove Your Kick-Me Sign. My Leg Is Getting Tired….

Posted by on Apr 17, 2009 | 0 comments

Oh man, oh man, oh man….  When someone attaches their own “Kick Me” sign, don’t you somewhat feel obligated?  And when they put it on in flashing neon with an arrow, I mean, really…. If you read, “Are Republicans Spamming or just Stupid Emailers?“, you’ll remember that I called Townhall.com out for pimping pre-paid cellular phones.  So on 4/16,...

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Verdict In: Stupid Emailers

Posted by on Apr 17, 2009 | 0 comments

So, I’ve exchanged a few emails with Republican & Conservative Publishers since the posting of, “Are Republicans Spamming or just Stupid Emailers?“  The emails from the Publishers are all pretty much on the same theme: We don’t sell or share our lists; Advertisers often buy banner placement and email marketing bundles; Advertisers often buy from multiple Web...

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Are Republicans Spamming or just Stupid Emailers?

Posted by on Apr 2, 2009 | 0 comments

I think that we all have our favorite email days.  I don’t mean your favorite days to send; I mean the days that you receive your favorite subscriptions.  One of those days for me is Tuesday when the latest from Ken Magill arrives. This week’s lead article – and attention-getting Subject Line, Stupid Political Watch: Republicans Spamming, reminded me that I’ve had a...

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