Buying lists
The problem with buying lists is that you never know which consumers are already on your list and you risk spamming current subscribers.
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Email marketing firm smacked by the SEC
- laura
- May 12, 2011
Yes, the SEC. Really.
Apparently the email marketing firm mUrgent, which provides services to the restaurant and hospitality industry also had a side business. According to the complaint filed by the SEC last month, they had an entire boiler room set up to sell shares for their non-existent IPO.
I’d never heard of this firm before, so I did a little digging. First step, check out their website.
User education doesn't work
- laura
- May 19, 2011
A growing OSX security problem illustrates why user education is not the solution to virus, spam or malware problems.
HT: @briankrebs
I hate spam
- laura
- May 5, 2011
But sometimes it makes me laugh. Yesterday I got a 419 that said, “[…]have been diagonalized with HIV/AIDS which has defiled all forms of medical treatment[…]” Diagonalized? Defiled all forms of treatment?
At least it was entertaining, right?