It seems like some domain investors continue to see outbound marketing as spam. It's a complicated topic: Outbound marketing needs to be done properly, making sure it does not violate the […]
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So, to get the ball rolling, the best we can probably do for now is to tell the social media moderators or other organisations we belong to when we receive domain name (and other) spam.
That is another solution altogether. You may just have identified a big gap in the market for a professional marketing & PR company that understands domain name marketing. There may well be lots of takers within the group who currently rely upon landers and/or advertising only.using the services of a professional Domain Marketing Company
BIG companies are doing exactly that.
here's a trick. use bogus
How can this be used in real life?CASL is a new anti-spam law that will apply to all electronic messages (i.e. email, texts) organizations send in connection with a “commercial activity.” Its key feature requires Canadian and global organizations that send commercial electronic messages (CEMs) within, from or to Canada to receive consent from recipients before sending messages.
Oldtimer...i use to be in the professional debt collection business, and collecting a debt legally and in accordance with federal regulation (FDCPA) is very similar to selling a domain. While snail mail and email were our initial contact, it was the professional telecall that resulted in a debt being paid or not. Required reading for debt collectors was/is "The Art of Negotiation". This is the very same book sales people in most industries are required or should read.When you are on a domainers forum you got to put your domainer hat on and ask yourself how can domainers be able to present their domains to narrowly targeted end users who could benefit from those domains without coming across as scammers and spammers.
I myself would probably be using the services of a professional Domain Marketing Company to promote couple of my domains if such company existed and believe that if everyone else also did the same thing it would cut down on a lot of the spamming that is going on right now once the domains that are going to be outbounded are filtered for suitability and usability for certain end users.
Nevertheless that's just how I feel about this situation, but I am not saying that I have all the answers or that such endeavor is guaranteed to work, it's just an idea after all.
IMO
That is another solution altogether. You may just have identified a big gap in the market for a professional marketing & PR company that understands domain name marketing. There may well be lots of takers within the group who currently rely upon landers and/or advertising only.
But I can't see the people who think making complete nuisances of themselves is OK paying a third party to up their ethical standards. They don't even recognise the fact that deliberate spamming is bad marketing, a nuisance and unethical, as the next quote amply illustrates.
Big companies who did that on this side of the pond would open themselves up to some very hefty fines. It is illegal. They don't do it. I am not familiar with marketing law or practices in North America.
Sounds like a lot more trouble than doing it all ethically in the first place! And for lower returns. Those folk are not going to join your mailing lists. They are not going to be repeat customers. They are not going to be introducing their associates.
Ethical marketing offers tremendous benefits. Not least, it enables you to move your higher value domains a lot quicker and for the best available prices. It gains respect, helping you to stand out from the whole swamp of "me too" offerings out there. It enhances the opportunities to attract brokerage assignments. Some will even sign up for your newsletter, so you can send regular updates - think of the kudos if you'd been the first to tell them about GDPR and what it meant for their own marketing efforts, as an instance - without being blacklisted. Not to mention the aforementioned opportunities for referrals and introductions.
Thank you of course I never publish or discuss anything someone sends me in private, I am sitting on two $1million sales.
I re read what you wrote and I see that you just helped out, you did not try to sell them anything so yes I think that's cool. I have done that with people I know, and they have always been nice, no one sending $500 hahahaha.
Here is a good example of spamming.
1 unsolicited email, that is not compliant with the CAN-SPAM act despite what it says.
3 follow-up emails (so far).
This is not "outbound". This is spamming.
Brad
1.) On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 5:44 PM Rob Emison <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi there,
Would you be interested in buying the domain Dogwalker.co?
It recently got listed for sale with us at a reasonable price.
Regards,
Rob Emison
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This is an advertisement mail strictly on the guidelines of CAN-SPAM act of 2003. Clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this mail and this is no way misleading in any form. We have found your mail address through our own efforts by web search and not through any illegal way. If you find this mail unsolicited, please reply with "Remove" and we will take care that you do not receive any further promotional mail.
2.) On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 4:48 PM Rob Emison <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi there,
Just wondering if you got my last mail?
Regards,
Rob
3.) On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 5:08 PM Rob Emison <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi there,
I would really appreciate if you can take a minute and let me know if you would be interested in the domain name?
Regards,
Rob
4.) On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 Rob Emison <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi there,
Can I please get a response?
Regard,
Rob
Spamming is not cool for sure, but domainers want to sell.
More from this serial spammer...Notice the different throwaway email from their previous spam.
Hi There,
Just wondering if you got my last mail?
Regards,
Rob
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This is an advertisement mail strictly on the guidelines of CAN-SPAM act of 2003. Clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this mail and this is no way misleading in any form. We have found your mail address through our own efforts by web search and not through any illegal way. If you find this mail unsolicited, please reply with "Remove" and we will take care that you do not receive any further promotional mail.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 7:25 PM Rob Emison <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi There,
Would you be interested in buying the domain BusinessBankrupt.com?
It recently got listed for sale with us at a reasonable price.
Regards,
Rob Emison
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This is an advertisement mail strictly on the guidelines of CAN-SPAM act of 2003. Clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this mail and this is no way misleading in any form. We have found your mail address through our own efforts by web search and not through any illegal way. If you find this mail unsolicited, please reply with "Remove" and we will take care that you do not receive any further promotional mail.