When you hear the word SPAM, what comes to your mind? Is the
term worse then the meaning? This word SPAM has been
blown out of proportion. It is causing unbelievable hysteria on the
internet.
Many businesses are spending more and more time each day getting frustrated,
yelling at the spammers, and reporting the spammers.
-Is it really worth it?
-Is there are way OUT?
Unfortunately we will never get rid of spam. It is like getting rid
of the junk mail in your mailbox. It is always there. You can bank
on it almost everyday. It is the same way with SPAM. As long as you
have any kind of existence online, your email box will be littered
with SPAM.
There is a way to cut a lot of it out though. Ever since I got my
new email server, I have had very little spam in my email box. Sure
I get one or two a day, but it is not like it used to be.
So, HOW do we get rid of SO MUCH spam mail?
The BIGGEST CULPRIT of Spam is FFA LINK pages. Now, I know many people
feel that since they agreed to receive this junk mail in exchange
for placing their link that it is not spam. Well, SPAM is basically
unwanted EMAIL. Do you WANT to receive all these emails?
Many business who host an FFA LINK page do it for one reason and one
reason only - FOR YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS! I am not saying ALL FFA Link
pages do this, but MOST of them do. If you submit to FFA LINK
pages, you can be guaranteed at least 100 emails a day. And then all
the follow-up emails after that, so it is never-ending. You will be
automatically subscribed to ezines and newsletters, which you never
personally subscribed to. But somewhere on the FFA page in real
small writing is your agreement. In fact, alot of these newsletters
even put on top of their publication, that you have agreed to receive
this newsletter by subscribing, corresponding with them, or placing
your LINK on their FFA page.
Of course the owners of FFA Pages will not agree with me. But, if
you want complete honesty-
-you will not increase traffic to your site.
-you will not reach thousands and millions of people to view your
ad.
-you will not even be able to keep your link there for more than one
day.
(and that is good for FFA pages. Normally you are off within hours).
-So WHY post to FFA sites when you are off of them in hours or a day?
-So WHY post to FFA sites when your email box is flooded with Emails?
-So WHY post to FFA sites to gain exposure when all you get is hundreds
-of emails selling their product?
-Don't you want people to read about YOUR product?
-Don't you want people to see YOUR link?
-Don't you want people emailing you about YOUR product?
FFA LINK pages do you more harm than good. The time and energy you
spend at posting to these links, could be time and energy spent on
doing something productive for your business. These pages are
there only to get your email address. Many of these pages
have members who pay to get your email address and spam you.
These are called, "Opt-In email Lists for SALE, or for RENT". That
is where many of these companies get their addresses. Don't get me
wrong, I am sure there are legit ones out there, but they are few
and far between.
It does state in small writing on the site that when you submit to
these pages, you are agreeing to receive all these email messages.
But what kind of business would want to send an email to someone who
is not personally asking for it? WHY? People who do post to
FFA LINKS will never read it, just delete it. So what is the
point? It is like a cat and mouse game that will never end.
So, is that what you really want? Because it does not stop there.
Your email address is added to spam databases, and posted to opt-in
mailing lists (real "opt-in", huh?). NOW, your email address is a
pawn for spammers. Every piece of software for harvesting email addresses
will grab yours, and now your email address is for sale everywhere.
Do yourself a favor....
There are so many ways to do productive advertising. Stay away from
FFA LINKS. You will make NO money, and you will be a VICTIM of constant
SPAM.
When I was a newbie, I submitted to every FFA link I could find.
Gee, submitting your link to hundreds of thousands of possible clients?
And for FREE? How could you go wrong? It was SO easy!
I would wake up the next morning with hundreds of emails in my box.
In my opinion, YES< it is SPAM! Because I DO NOT WANT THEM!
I posted to an FFA LINK page, that is all. I HAD to agree to
receive some emails, but not HUNDREDS!!! That was the only way
to get my link on the page! I was in for a rude awakening.
Not one thread of business came through and I could not desifer what
was JUNK MAIL, and what was business.
I literally had to get another email account. I do not touch FFA Pages,
and I get an average of a few spam mails a day. Everything else is
business. I love it! I will never totally get rid of spam. In
fact, now it is a pleasure, because I just reply with my AD.
Anyone who does business online is guaranteed to receive some. But
if you want to get rid of the hundreds of emails in your box, then
STOP POSTING TO FFA Pages! They are, in fact, the biggest culprit
of SPAM.
Most successful businesses have learned to stay away from FFA Pages.
These practices are not part of a successful business. They are part
of a desperate ploy to make money without spending any.
Now, not everyone will agree with what I am saying, however, the facts
are in front of you. You decide whether you want to deal with all
the junk mail. I, for one, can say that it is a pleasure doing business
online, now that I do not have to wake up to hundreds of spammers.
You can save yourself a lot of headaches by NOT falling VICTIM to
SPAMMERS!
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Author: Debbie Solomon
Please visit her site at:
http://www.marketingtrendz.com
editor@marketingtrendz.com
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