J.D. Falk posts over on the Return Path blog about the new proposed standard for expiring email. It’s an interesting concept, but like J.D. I don’t see it going very far.
Marketing on Facebook
An interesting look at what doesn’t work when marketing on Facebook.
Brand engagement in social media
Adobe has a good post up about consumer reaction and interaction with brands in social media like Twitter and Facebook.
Plenty of Fish hack
There’s been a lot of press recently about the Plenty of Fish hack and their response to it.
Groupon and science
And interesting reaction to a recent Groupon offer for spa services.
Legal analysis of Hypertouch v. Valueclick
Venkat has an analysis of the Hypertouch v. Valueclick case and recent appeals court ruling.
Fines for not honoring unsubscribes
Virgin Blue has been fined $110,000 by the Australian government for not honoring unsubscribes.
Still more spam stats
Mailchannels put together another post looking at spam volumes. Related to that, many people are reporting that bot levels are climbing again.
Changes at Yahoo
Deliverability.com has a blog post from Naeem Kayani at Adknowledge about the recent Yahoo changes. They point to the reputation of the From: address as a factor. I’m not sure anyone knows what exactly Yahoo is doing, but the suggestions from Naeem are good ones.
The hard sell works
Ken Magill, dad extraordinaire, describes how he went above and beyond the call to get his son a DVD while battling hard sell marketing techniques.