spam | Decoding the new economy http://paulwallbank.com Society and business in the 21st Century Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:08:24 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 16560829 email because you can http://paulwallbank.com/2009/02/01/email-because-you-can/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=email-because-you-can http://paulwallbank.com/2009/02/01/email-because-you-can/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:08:24 +0000 http://paulwallbank.com/?p=256 Seth Godin studies two email marketing campaigns. One that obtained his permission before sending emails and another that didn't. Guess which one works. This is a subject close to my heart. A loophole in the Australian Spam Act allows spamming if the sender has "inferred consent" which can be anything from giving your business card…… Continue reading email because you can

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