Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies

JasonParker · 09-03-2008, 11:57 AM

Absolutely hilarious. I sent out a free article today for the first time in a long time trying to be giving. So I told one of my lists about a method I use to get a killer education in IM and JV partners galore.

The result: Marked as spam and plenty of unsubscribes.

While my pitches almost never get marked as spam.

Mike Hill was right the other day when he revealed this fact to me. He said statistically you get marked as spam more and you get more unsubscribes when you give away content THAN when you pitch.

Paul M · 09-03-2008, 12:16 PM

Am not sure if I heard it in this forum, but usually the customer who pays the least, complains the most.

I have found this to be true myself, In IM people don't seem to want to learn or do any hard work they just want instant cash.

I think thats why so many buy into all these programs and products that promise instant riches.

paul

Kay King · 09-03-2008, 12:46 PM

Jason -

Best one is when you send a freebie - and someone asks for a refund.

What do you do - send them 5 minutes???

kay

JasonParker · 09-03-2008, 12:54 PM

Hehe

Just send them an e-mail that says, "here's some air."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kay King

Jason -

Best one is when you send a freebie - and someone asks for a refund.

What do you do - send them 5 minutes???

kay

Colin Evans · 09-03-2008, 03:41 PM

He he...

Jason I've been saying this for months and not many marketers believed me...

I hardly ever give anything away any more - if I do give something away it'll be part of of a strategy where I also promote a product. I also avoid using words like "free", "gift", "no cost" etc.

jasonl70 · 09-03-2008, 04:20 PM

I had to delete an email in my autoresponder that was w/o a doubt my absolute best when it comes to good content, for this very same reason - it had the bulk of my usubscribes!

Bearded · 09-03-2008, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonParker

Hehe

Just send them an e-mail that says, "here's some air."

No, say "Please return the product via UPS"

Jelasco · 09-03-2008, 06:28 PM

I'm not surprised at all... yet no doubt people will continue to come here and start threads preaching to us to give more and more free stuff.

AndrewCavanagh · 09-03-2008, 09:43 PM

The majority of people value things based on what they pay for them.

So your free content will often be valued far more highly and used if you make people pay for it.

Unfortunately that is human nature.

I have noticed this trend of higher spam complaints from lists where you never pitch but only in other non tech savvy non internet marketing related niches.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

Hugh Fraser · 09-03-2008, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kay King

Jason -

Best one is when you send a freebie - and someone asks for a refund.

What do you do - send them 5 minutes???

kay

Excuse me Sir/madam here is the time you took to put your name and email address into my sign up form. LOL, yeah I know where you are coming from on this point.

Hugh

09-03-2008, 11:57 AM	#1
JasonParker Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 3,951 Thanks: 666 Thanked 814 Times in 335 Posts	Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies Absolutely hilarious. I sent out a free article today for the first time in a long time trying to be giving. So I told one of my lists about a method I use to get a killer education in IM and JV partners galore. The result: Marked as spam and plenty of unsubscribes. While my pitches almost never get marked as spam. Mike Hill was right the other day when he revealed this fact to me. He said statistically you get marked as spam more and you get more unsubscribes when you give away content THAN when you pitch.

09-03-2008, 12:16 PM	#2
Paul M Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: United Kingdom. Posts: 963 Thanks: 870 Thanked 111 Times in 92 Posts	Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies Am not sure if I heard it in this forum, but usually the customer who pays the least, complains the most. I have found this to be true myself, In IM people don't seem to want to learn or do any hard work they just want instant cash. I think thats why so many buy into all these programs and products that promise instant riches. paul

09-03-2008, 12:46 PM	#3
Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,149 Thanks: 3,716 Thanked 4,149 Times in 2,262 Posts	Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies Jason - Best one is when you send a freebie - and someone asks for a refund. What do you do - send them 5 minutes??? kay

09-03-2008, 03:41 PM	#5
Colin Evans Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Still Looking... Currently back in Zim... Posts: 674 Thanks: 117 Thanked 64 Times in 28 Posts Social Networking	Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies He he... Jason I've been saying this for months and not many marketers believed me... I hardly ever give anything away any more - if I do give something away it'll be part of of a strategy where I also promote a product. I also avoid using words like "free", "gift", "no cost" etc.
	Sig not working today - too hung over...

09-03-2008, 04:20 PM	#6
jasonl70 Software Developer War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ohio , USA. Posts: 2,273 Thanks: 416 Thanked 408 Times in 250 Posts	Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies I had to delete an email in my autoresponder that was w/o a doubt my absolute best when it comes to good content, for this very same reason - it had the bulk of my usubscribes!
	-Jason

09-03-2008, 06:28 PM	#8
Jelasco Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA. Posts: 1,248 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies I'm not surprised at all... yet no doubt people will continue to come here and start threads preaching to us to give more and more free stuff.

09-03-2008, 09:43 PM	#9
AndrewCavanagh Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cairns, Australia. Posts: 3,267 Thanks: 3 Thanked 784 Times in 425 Posts	Re: Hilarious... The Only Spam Complaints I Get Are From Freebies The majority of people value things based on what they pay for them. So your free content will often be valued far more highly and used if you make people pay for it. Unfortunately that is human nature. I have noticed this trend of higher spam complaints from lists where you never pitch but only in other non tech savvy non internet marketing related niches. Kindest regards, Andrew Cavanagh
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