Spamming Questions...

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by genkied, Jan 9, 2006.

  1. #1
    Sending emails to the yahoogroups member is this consirdered spamming?coz i am a member of a yahoogroups and i have notice that our member is now 5,000
    so if i send them an email with invitation to visit my website is this considered spamming?tnx!:)
     
    genkied, Jan 9, 2006 IP
  2. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    #2
    yeah, that's spamming.
     
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    I would say that it depends on your email. If your email and the website link is relevant and useful to the subject of the group - it isnt spam.

    If your just sending an email to get people to click, i think you are abusing your membership in the group - and you might get kicked from the group.
     
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  4. genkied

    genkied Active Member

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    ok tnx for your reply...another Question guys is the SE prohibiting this kind of marketing strategy ?coz as far as i know they are happy for email coz most of my post messages are tips in web designing..

    tnx a lot!
     
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  5. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Dude, it's spam!
     
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  6. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    Just out of curiosity: what is the Yahoo! group about and what is your site?
     
    Blogmaster, Jan 9, 2006 IP
  7. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Guys! I just found out that DP has like 10,000+ members!

    If I spam them all is it spam? :rolleyes:
     
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    I'm trying to figgure out if there is anything useful on that site he wants to share with the Yahoo! group or if it's just a wonderful dating/viagra/p0rn sort of resource :D
     
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  9. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    Mike, but do you really care?
     
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    no ... unsubscribe!

    heh
     
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    Unless you are the owner of the mailing list, I wouldn't send them a message...
     
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    Not sure if they changed it, but the way Yahoo Groups used to work is that the members could decide whether to get emails or not when someone posts a new message to the group.

    So if you post a message to the group, it only goes out to the members that have it set up to receive. There's nothing wrong about posting message in a Yahoo Group as long as you follow the rules that the group owner set up (which is usually that the message you are posting is on topic with the group). You may want to check if you are allowed to post a link in that message first though.

    If things have changed and you are talking about sending emails to all members (even those set up not to receive), then I think that would definitely be spam.
     
    Chopster, Jan 10, 2006 IP
  13. genkied

    genkied Active Member

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    actually i just want to share my blog which all about digital arts and web designing... and the groups is for web designers.
     
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    That's actually incorrect dude. If you haven't opted in to receive the email, then it's unsolicited, period. I get what you are trying to say though. If the email you send to the correspondence is relevant to them, they won't care so much...
     
    dcristo, Jan 10, 2006 IP