I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential customers

Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by peteforde on Sunday September 05, 2010 @10:41PM (#1665686)

Your (or my) definition of "shouldn't matter" is not at issue. The two primary above-board email distribution services (MailChimp and Campaign Monitor) will boot you to the curb if you go beyond 1% unsubscribes. I'm stating fact, not opinion.

Therefore, the issue is that if you serve them anything more than a few months after you get their email address, they are much more likely to unsubscribe. And on those services, unsubscribes count against your standing.

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Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by ryanwaggoner on Monday September 06, 2010 @01:40AM (#1665990)

The two primary above-board email distribution services (MailChimp and Campaign Monitor) will boot you to the curb if you go beyond 1% unsubscribes. I'm stating fact, not opinion.

I call bullshit. A 1% unsub rate at MailChimp triggers a warning but not even a manual review, let alone "kicking you to the curb". You can see them talk about it more in the comments on this post:

http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/how-to-reactivate-inactive-sub...

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Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by peteforde on Monday September 06, 2010 @02:04AM (#1666029)

Thanks for the insanely information-dense link, Ryan.

I assure you that no bullshit was intended; the stuff in the comments directly contradicts both the account suspension emails received and the contents of the MailChimp FAQ.

A big part of the reason I posted this was to get more background information, and today you were that special someone.

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Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by ryanwaggoner on Monday September 06, 2010 @07:02AM (#1666427)

Can you post something a little more specific to your point, like the contents of the emails in question or the FAQ page where it backs up your point?

And thanks, I feel special.

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Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by peteforde on Monday September 06, 2010 @12:43PM (#1666962)

I actually don't have the emails I question, because the article is not about me or a client. They are, from what I've been told, a fairly scary sounding "one strike" template, nothing special.

The FAQ pages in question are linked prominently in the article. They have an entire section on this topic.

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Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by ryanwaggoner on Monday September 06, 2010 @08:38PM (#1667704)

Wait, you've never seen these emails?

And I checked the FAQ and didn't see anything about a 1% unsub rate resulting in account suspension or anything. Maybe I missed it? Care to point it out?

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Re:I'm not a spammer, I just need to blast these potential c... by peteforde on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @12:39AM (#1668062)

The people in the article are not clients of mine. They are clients of my girlfriend — why is this a factor? I don't have access to their emails.

As for the 1% details... you missed them:

http://www.mailchimp.com/kb/article/about-warnings/

They are all over the MailChimp FAQs.

You seem kind of hostile towards me, and I'm honestly not sure why.

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