[Hidden-tech] Constant Contact

[Marcia Yudkin]

About four years ago I had the same experience as Jim with
Constant Contact - people kept signing me up for it without
my permission.  I was so irked that I called and spoke to
someone rather high up in the organization.  

It was clear to me that at that time, they were much too
tolerant of people moving their whole "contact list" onto
Constant Contact without getting an opt in.  The guy I
spoke with at that time would not agree that someone who
clearly spammed once should get their account cut off.  The
only thing he could suggest to me was putting me on
Constant Contact's "do not mail" list if I was unhappy with
getting put on people's lists.  I said good, please do it.

It sounds like the company may not have changed much since
those days.

And unfortunately, too many people still don't understand
the meaning of "opt in."  Lots of people think that if they
opted in to my newsletter they can put me on their list
without asking me.

Marcia Yudkin
www.yudkin.com
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Sorry to hear that, Jim. Constant Contact works really hard to avoid spam. I
get almost no Constant Contact spam. But when I do, I take the extra step to
mark it as spam.

 

When you click on unsubscribe, you have an option to indicate if it's spam.
Do it. It keeps the system clean for everyone.

 

I personally am very careful only to send to people who have given me the
OK, so I get some unsubscribes, but hardly any spams. But if I did get a
lot, Constant Contact would be calling me pronto.

 

--Susanna

 

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There has been some favorable comments about Constant Contact. I have a

wait and see attitude. Here's why;

 

I get a lot of spam thru Constant Contact. Almost all of it is because of

my business name, National Wireless, Inc., and because fo my URL,

nationalwireless.com.

 

As you might think, most of this spam has to do with the cell phone

business. A small amount is for what I acctually do, radio and microwave

engineering.

 

Today the spam level hit 16 messages from Constant Contact out of a total

of aout 125 spams. So I called Constant Contact to see if I could get

removed. Yes, in the past I have clicked on 'remove' within the message but

that only does one spammer, and doesn't do that well. I still get it.

 

Talked to Eric. Then forwarded him the afternoon's mess. The upshot is I

was then asked if I wanted my URLs removed from their lists, which means I

would never get email from Constant Contact (sob, sob).

 

I requested that they go for it.

 

If anyone is interested, I'll let you know what happens in a few days.

 

My fingers are crossed, but breath is not held.

 

 

Jim Ussailis

jim at nationalwireless.com 

 

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