[Hidden-tech] follow-up to question about rejected emails

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:45:06 -0400 Christine Polaczak <chris at cpdesignworks.com> wrote:

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> Hi again,
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> Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about emails being  
> bounced back to me by Google.
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> A follow-up question: We'd like to use Constant Contact (We already  
> have an account.) to distribute a press release to a list of 265  
> publications. None of the people on the list have given their  
> permission to receive our mail. What's the most reliable, least time- 
> consuming method of getting permission? Does direct mail work for this  
> purpose?

I would suspect that *publications* have an E-Mail account setup just
for the purpose of receiving *unsolicited* press-release E-Mails. 
Otherwise what would these publication be writing about?

If you are sending out ligitimate, properly formatted press-releases, I
would not think you would need to get permission in advance. Just make
sure you are sending the messages to the proper E-Mail addresses set
aside for that purpose.  And it would certainly make a difference if the
message has 'Press Release' in the subject its body is clearly organized
as a press release, something so that a busy editor or reporter can
quickly skim and see if it is something that makes sense to follow up on
or not.

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> Enjoy the day.
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> Chris
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> Christine Polaczak
> chris at cpdesignworks.com
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