I personally think that it's not a good idea to reply to anything unless you are actually interested in it and wish to do business. You are wasting your own time, you have to provide for your family, and theirs that could be better spent actually making money and doing deals.
Normally I'd agree. But some email you regularly (eg every few weeks) until you respectfully decline. Granted that's infrequently enough where I could just ignore it. But the disruption to my workflow getting these emails is enough to warrant registering my disinterest (I prefer not to mark the messages as spam on services I'm not interested in but may come to need at some point in the future).
> That being said, I always try to be respectful when I get one and politely reply. Always remember there's a person on the other end trying to provide for his/hers family.
Eichmann was also trying to provide for his family. Respect is something you earn for not being mediocre.
I love the way they've rebranded spam as cold email. They even have a page defending it [1]:
Since launching LeadFuze, the single most asked question has been: “What is cold email?”, followed by, “is it SPAM?”
You won’t find the term ‘cold email outreach’ in the dictionary, but this is the basic definition: Cold Email Outreach – Is an ‘outreach’ plan that uses a personalized email to make contact with an individual person/prospect who you have had no prior connection.
There are 5 key differences in Spam vs Cold email. Here they are.....
So sending unsolicited email isn't spam, because it's an "outreach program". Anyone might confuse them with trying to help troubled teens.
Their key argument is that that complying with the CAN-SPAM act makes their spam not spam.
They even suggest that since the law doesn't require an unsubscribe link, don't inlclude one. Instead make people actually reply to your emails asking not to be spammed by you:
You don’t have to use an “unsubscribe” link which takes away some of the personal aspects of the email. Instead, ask them, “Please let me know if you are not the right person to contact for this.” It’s a good alternative that keeps things personal.
2. Recognise this person is intruding on my time. What if everyone with an app to sell did similar? There would be no time in the world for anyone. Blacklist.
Alternative:
Start with leadership. Provide valuable content and input for others to appreciate. Become the go-to team in your niche. Spam the people that like to be spammed, like tech bloggers in your field. Try to provide value.
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 25.3 ms ] threadThat being said, I always try to be respectful when I get one and politely reply.
Always remember there's a person on the other end trying to provide for his/hers family.
Every time we (trip.com) have some kind of press, I get about 15 service providers in different fields emailing me.
Eichmann was also trying to provide for his family. Respect is something you earn for not being mediocre.
Since launching LeadFuze, the single most asked question has been: “What is cold email?”, followed by, “is it SPAM?”
You won’t find the term ‘cold email outreach’ in the dictionary, but this is the basic definition: Cold Email Outreach – Is an ‘outreach’ plan that uses a personalized email to make contact with an individual person/prospect who you have had no prior connection.
There are 5 key differences in Spam vs Cold email. Here they are.....
So sending unsolicited email isn't spam, because it's an "outreach program". Anyone might confuse them with trying to help troubled teens.
Their key argument is that that complying with the CAN-SPAM act makes their spam not spam.
They even suggest that since the law doesn't require an unsubscribe link, don't inlclude one. Instead make people actually reply to your emails asking not to be spammed by you:
You don’t have to use an “unsubscribe” link which takes away some of the personal aspects of the email. Instead, ask them, “Please let me know if you are not the right person to contact for this.” It’s a good alternative that keeps things personal.
[1] https://www.leadfuze.com/what-is-cold-email-and-is-it-spam/
1. Expect phishing, fraud.
2. Recognise this person is intruding on my time. What if everyone with an app to sell did similar? There would be no time in the world for anyone. Blacklist.
Alternative:
Start with leadership. Provide valuable content and input for others to appreciate. Become the go-to team in your niche. Spam the people that like to be spammed, like tech bloggers in your field. Try to provide value.