Friday, September 19, 2008

Best Example Yet on E-Mail Marketing Abuse

This was one of those 'you won a free iPod' ads put out by ConsumerIncentiveRewards.com. Don't do them. After just a handful of pages, and might I add, opting out of everything, it took only hours for the flood to start. We don't even have a page for them yet, and they're already one of the top abusers.

This is nothing but a scam to gain a foothold in your e-mail and never let go. Furthermore, they do give your e-mail address to other (affiliated) marketers, and then those marketers give your
e-mail to other marketers, and so on. It's pretty clear you couldn't stop it if you wanted. We're already seeing incoming e-mail from non-ConsumerIncentiveRewards.com domains absolutely dwarfing anything actually originating from them.

It's absurd to think that anyone would want this much incoming e-mail. And it's also clear no one but the uber-wealthy has enough money to actually take advantage of all the offers presented . . . In other words, they inundate you with WAY more than the average American could ever possibly afford.

Tracking Page: ConsumerIncentiveRewards.com

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