Archive | August, 2007

Harvested Emails and the NZ Anti-SPAM Act

A question from a NZ based business that wants to use Mobilize Mail for commercial email. “I have a harvested list of subscribers that I have built up over two years and have emailed them over a 100 times. Can I still send to my list after the 5th Sept 2007?” Short answer – NO [...]

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The cost of compliance for Business

We have quite a bit of experience in email marketing and helping businesses with their email marketing strategies especially in the small and medium business sector. This also means we see a lot of how businesses work. Now the government has been quoted as saying that the cost of compliance is roughly estimated to be [...]

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Suing companies who send email

Interesting… seems that there is a growing opportunity to make an income suing companies that send opt-out email regardless of whether they cause issues with the recipient or not. I located this article last night about a person in the US that seems to be doing quite well for himself however companies are fighting back [...]

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DIA NZ Anti-SPAM Road Show

Hello all, Details for the road show are below. Anti-Spam Seminar Schedule The Anti-Spam seminars are scheduled on the following dates: • Auckland – Crowne Plaza Hotel, 128 Albert St, Monday 20 August, 10am – 12pm • Auckland – Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere Rd & The Promenade, North Shore, Tuesday 21 August, 10am – [...]

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Heads up on NZ Anti-SPAM Road Show

The DIA has told me that they will soon be conducting a road show around NZ with Joe Stewart, Manager of the Anti Spam Compliance Unit conducting a presentation on the new Act and answering the sticky questions – I have a few! The dates and locations are yet to be decided but when they [...]

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Sending Sales Content in Emails – A Question

Here is a question from a visitor to our blog: “Is it possible to send sales content in a confirmation electronic message after the recipient has purchased goods or services. even though they have not given express consent?” The answer in my opinion is “YES” if the confirmation message “confirms” the original transaction, there is [...]

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