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14 years ago @ Spamtacular - Oral arguments in e360... · 0 replies · +1 points

No, I'm thinking of Linhardt suing his own attorneys.

Judge Posner was quite clear that there are likely no damages, but it was still Linhardt's burden to show that there was some basis in fact for an award of any amount. Guiding Linhardt through that bit was the job of his attorneys, but they not only completely failed to do so, but completely failed to do so in a way that Judge Posner found not only incompetent, but "grotesque."

15 years ago @ Spamtacular - An Average Email User ... · 0 replies · +2 points

I think that we must listen to what customers say. When we stop listening to what they say and start assuming things that run counter to what they tell us because we THINK that their actions say something different, then we need to stop pretending that we respect our recipients at all.

While all analogies are poor, when we get to this point then we stand pretty much in the same place as the man on trial for sexual assault whose defense is "She said, 'No,' but her body language said 'YES!'" It's disrespectful to say that we can disregard what you're saying because of how you're acting or how you look.

15 years ago @ Spamtacular - The Most Wrong-Headed ... · 0 replies · +1 points

The point there is that your attitude is not "I don't care either way." You do care, even if you don't remember.

15 years ago @ Spamtacular - What will not happen t... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, I am interested to see how this all plays out.

I'm also wondering if Facebook will provide a way for folks to monitor where their messages go so that they can do things like remove people who deprioritize them.

15 years ago @ Spamtacular - What will not happen t... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, it is true that they see lots of address churn. However, I think that one of the things that people like about them is the ease with which new accounts are created. Churn, at least, here does not necessarily translate to lost users.

15 years ago @ Spamtacular - Inertia is not email m... · 0 replies · +1 points

You know, I figured I was missing something and leave it up to good people like you to help the rest of us remember.

Thanks!

15 years ago @ Spamtacular - Inertia is not email m... · 0 replies · +1 points

This is so important for people to know. Doing email marketing right is about constant evaluation. If you can't figure out why people are not engaged by your efforts then you are doing something wrong.

Testing is the only way to see if your strategy is a good one. Some tests are easy to do, some are hard, but you cannot let inertia dictate any part of your marketing efforts.

16 years ago @ Spamtacular - It's easier to be angr... · 0 replies · +1 points

You're a real pal, Al.

16 years ago @ Spamtacular - It's easier to be angr... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks!

What I'd really love to do is find some of those silent heroes and see what things we can learn from them. That would make a great series of blog posts.

16 years ago @ Spamtacular - Which "experts" do you... · 0 replies · +2 points

How about I get things started. It's hard to listen to myself, at least that's what I'll claim so I don't get locked away in the loony bin.

Folks I talk to directly:
Steve & Laura Atkins
Al Iverson
Annalivia Ford

Blogs that I try to read immediately (in addition to the blogs of the people I just mentioned)
Box of Meat
AOL Postmaster
Prof. Eric Goldman
Venkat's Spam Notes
John Levine
Mark Brownlow
Spam Diaries
Spamhaus' News Blog
Bronto Blog
MailChimp's Blog

And, of course, lots of folks on Twitter.
I'll point out KNLorenz specifically because several of her tweets have turned into or pointed me to material that's become blog posts here.

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