Comments on: Can You Market Too Much? http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/ By Joel Osborne of TwentyTen.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sharon Bray-McPherson http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-202 Sharon Bray-McPherson Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:01:50 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-202 I agree with all comments above. After a well-known marketer came out with a new report that 'condemned' the idea of bombarding your subscribers with email after email - and I was bombarded with email after email promoting his report - I began clicking the unsubscribe link in a majority of them, including the author of the report, who in my opinion, is among the worse for practicing the very tactic he was condemning. I've now whittled it down to where I'm only subscribed to mailing lists that are feeding me more than just a "Buy NOW" diet. You Joel, are still on the menu I agree with all comments above. After a well-known marketer came out with a new report that ‘condemned’ the idea of bombarding your subscribers with email after email - and I was bombarded with email after email promoting his report - I began clicking the unsubscribe link in a majority of them, including the author of the report, who in my opinion, is among the worse for practicing the very tactic he was condemning.

I’ve now whittled it down to where I’m only subscribed to mailing lists that are feeding me more than just a “Buy NOW” diet.

You Joel, are still on the menu

]]> By: Linda http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-185 Linda Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:53:44 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-185 Hi, You're getting an "Amen!" from this corner. List owners who give me good information without the hype for this or that "new thing" and only mention their newest item in their signature are more likely to get my continued support. Especially if they also tell me when they don't like something or that there is a workaround for a problem with something. Best wishes, Linda Hi,

You’re getting an “Amen!” from this corner.

List owners who give me good information without the hype for this or that “new thing” and only mention their newest item in their signature are more likely to get my continued support. Especially if they also tell me when they don’t like something or that there is a workaround for a problem with something.

Best wishes,
Linda

]]> By: Charlie~ http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-184 Charlie~ Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:07:33 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-184 Hi, Joel~ I agree with you most wholeheartedly. I have unsubscribed from almost every list I was subscribed to this year. I am flooded with hundreds of offers a week, and most of them for the same thing. It has become predictible to the point where you can know what the offer is by reading the header. In a day and age where information is both needed and searched for, I think that too many marketers are overdoing things. Few of the emails I get from these folks have any useful information for me - just another offer... Peace, Charlie~ Hi, Joel~

I agree with you most wholeheartedly. I have unsubscribed from almost every list I was subscribed to this year. I am flooded with hundreds of offers a week, and most of them for the same thing. It has become predictible to the point where you can know what the offer is by reading the header.

In a day and age where information is both needed and searched for, I think that too many marketers are overdoing things. Few of the emails I get from these folks have any useful information for me - just another offer…

Peace,

Charlie~

]]> By: Donna http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-183 Donna Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:35:34 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-183 You ask me to add before I have coffee? lol. I have been studying internet marketing for about a year now. Signed up for everything under the sun. I am on so many lists, I had to create a new email address. Yes, you can over-market, and it is a very good way to get your list unsubscribed from. Another good way is to bombard your list with offers and provide no real content or useful free advice. Those that occasionally give me great information have kept me as a subscriber, those that don't offer me anything but the lastest gadget have gone out with the trash. Marketing to scare your prospect into buying is not a good way to build a good reputation. You ask me to add before I have coffee? lol. I have been studying internet marketing for about a year now. Signed up for everything under the sun. I am on so many lists, I had to create a new email address. Yes, you can over-market, and it is a very good way to get your list unsubscribed from. Another good way is to bombard your list with offers and provide no real content or useful free advice. Those that occasionally give me great information have kept me as a subscriber, those that don’t offer me anything but the lastest gadget have gone out with the trash.
Marketing to scare your prospect into buying is not a good way to build a good reputation.

]]> By: Christine http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-182 Christine Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:20:52 +0000 http://www.twentyten.com/can-you-market-too-much/#comment-182 Joel I can't tell you how many newsletters I have resigned from when it became obvious that their purpose was entirely to bombard me with just enough information to supposedly camouflage their latest affiliate signups. Even newbies learn fast and know who to blacklist for ever. Marketers beware. This is not the way to earn long term clients. Thanks for realising this. Christine Joel
I can’t tell you how many newsletters I have resigned from when it became obvious that their purpose was entirely to bombard me with just enough information to supposedly camouflage their latest affiliate signups. Even newbies learn fast and know who to blacklist for ever. Marketers beware. This is not the way to earn long term clients.
Thanks for realising this.
Christine

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