Spam I Am…Not! – Legal Email Marketing

www.listbuilding.com – Overcome Everything, Inc. Here we go again – the daily ritual of cleaning all the junk mail out of our inboxes, ‘lest we may miss an important message or offer that happens to be legitimate. If you’ve been a savvy email user for any length of time, you’ve most certainly been the victim of more than a handful of unscrupulous internet email marketing SPAM artists. These people will stop at nothing to trick you into spending a buck or two (or two hundred) on their latest bogus deal, usually promising you an instant utopia that never really ever exists. www.listbuilding.com Just like a dishonest used car salesman, lying politician or a crooked cop, these swindlers give all the good and decent email marketing businesses out there a big black eye that rarely heals completely. Think about it, once somebody gets scammed, lied to, or taken advantage of, the entire email marketing industry gets stereotyped, and comes under severe scrutiny by this person because of one bad apple. And you know what’s worse than finding a worm in the apple you’re eating? Finding half a worm in the apple you’re eating! www.listbuilding.com According to a report released by the Federal Trade Commission there are certain types of email marketing businesses that are notoriously guilty of SPAM violations. Here’s the short list: 1. Chain Letters – These require you to send money to the name at the top of the list, then add your name to the bottom. The promise is that once your name …