I will start off by giving you fair warning. In this post I am on a little bit of a rampage. You see, last week I just finished cleaning up my emails and deleting those that I did not think I needed (any longer), when I received some emails that made my hair stand strait up (not easy when you have curly hair).
Here is what transpired. I received an email from a group that I did not want to continue to follow. I clicked the unsubscribe button and followed the instructions. I arrived at a page that told me that I had successfully unsubscribed. Great (I thought). Next day, I received another email from this same email address, even though I had unsubscribed.
I clicked on their unsubscribe link again. It turned out that in stead of completely removing me from their lists, they had moved me from one list to another. I had to unsubscribe again and hope that they would not continue this practice. To me this type of behavior is worse than sending someone too many emails. This is spamming at its worst.
The other spamming tactics that has gained popularity is to send you emails with misleading headlines. Here is what I mean by that. I am receiving a lot of emails lately with a headline such as: “Re: your download”, when I have not signed up for anything. This to draw you in, thinking you are receiving a free download. In these emails they advertise a product, which makes the title of the email misleading and in my opinion pure spam.
When I get an email like that, I check if their title is legitimate. If not, I simply go to the bottom of the email and press the unsubscribe button. I will not stay on their list (if I manage to get off).
Now that I have told you about my frustration, I am wondering if I am the only one with this experience. Are you experiencing this also? Do you have other email marketing tricks that bother you? Which emails do you like? Share your opinions in the comments.
