The Continuing Rise of E-Mail Marketing

Mark Cantrell writes: "Yahoo is running a story from Reuters Internet Report that says that companies like Doubleclick are becoming more popular with online businesses because of the low price they charge. $25 for 1000 people spammed is the example given. They do mention that there is a threat that spam may get out of hand, however. May get? Obviously they haven't seen my mailbox or Usenet lately. My favorite quote from the article: 'I think spam is becoming a problem,' Bluefly's Seiff said. 'Any time you get clutter in your mailboxes, it is not beneficial to e-mail marketers like us.'" The article touches on true spam, but mostly talks about the much more benign stuff lumped under "direct marketing," like reminder updates from stores you cleared to send it to you.

Comments

Screw spam , get coupons

[gelfling]

Why don't the 'direct marketers' aka dogshit licking scum of satan's asshole, just engage in coupon printing? It seems to me that they could print out coupons on the receipt when you purchase something online and that would have at least the success rate of spam.

Re:One spam story

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you tell me who first coined the term "spamhaus" so I can track them down and kick them in the balls? Of all the stupid fucking "geek" terms that have appeared in the last decade or so, that has got to be among the top 5 most annoying, along with such "brilliant" terms like "boxen".

Fuck you.