Most annoying Email Headline i ever got

Archeon

13 years ago

It certainly got your attention, which is always half the battle with internet marketing

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Steven Miranda

13 years ago

I think subjects like that get attention but are really annoying. They may work but why make up things? Some things in IM are REALLY annoying. I have unsubscribed to many lists just because I don't like getting 2-4 emails per day trying to get me to click and buy.

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niffybranco

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Archeon

It certainly got your attention, which is always half the battle with internet marketing

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Si

He lost the battle this time

Originally Posted by imationx

I think subjects like that get attention but are really annoying. They may work but why make up things? Some things in IM are REALLY annoying. I have unsubscribed to many lists just because I don't like getting 2-4 emails per day trying to get me to click and buy.

Oh well at least he got me to take action, i hit the big RED unsubscribe button

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Steven Carl Kelly 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Archeon

It certainly got your attention, which is always half the battle with internet marketing

Threatening my family would ALSO get my attention... but not my business. Sorry, in my own marketing there's a line that I may dance right up to, but I simply won't cross it.
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Kim Standerline 13 years ago

It maybe got his attention and he opened the email, but what was the point when he unsubbed anyway...

Originally Posted by Archeon

It certainly got your attention, which is always half the battle with internet marketing

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Nichi

13 years ago

Some users will go a step further and hit the spam button. Now thats really annoying.

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theemperor

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Nichi

Some users will go a step further and hit the spam button. Now thats really annoying.

Yep. It's almost Phishing!

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Theory5

13 years ago

Originally Posted by theemperor

Yep. It's almost Phishing!

How is a user hitting the spam button almost phishing? lol. I do it when I get on a mailing list with a broken unsubscribe link.Or I do it if they annoy me enough. I figure if they cant provide quality subject lines and quality emails, how can they provide quality with anything else?

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theemperor

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Theory5

How is a user hitting the spam button almost phishing? lol. I do it when I get on a mailing list with a broken unsubscribe link.Or I do it if they annoy me enough. I figure if they cant provide quality subject lines and quality emails, how can they provide quality with anything else?

Not you! The original email is a phish!

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Neil Morgan

13 years ago

While I don't condone the use of that particular subject, marketing is about pushing emotional buttons - blandness just doesn't work.

The trick is to find strong emotional triggers that won't offend or annoy anyone which is subjective and difficult.

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traceface

13 years ago

I agree, Neil. Finding the right emotional buttons and affecting them in a way that makes them react, but positively, that is the goal we should be striving for. Some people seem to just go for the first button that comes to mind!

Originally Posted by Neil Morgan

While I don't condone the use of that particular subject, marketing is about pushing emotional buttons - blandness just doesn't work.

The trick is to find strong emotional triggers that won't offend or annoy anyone which is subjective and difficult.

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Neil

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Steven Carl Kelly 13 years ago

Originally Posted by traceface

Some people seem to just go for the first button that comes to mind!

Laziness, really.
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CC

13 years ago

I got the same thing and I got off his list as fast as I could

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webpromotions

13 years ago

They do it because it works.

They do it because they know that their name is powerful enough to snuff out any concern that some people may have about the deceptive subject line.

After all, if there is even a SLIGHT chance that the recipient/friend/partner/jv guy/whatever can make a profit from this 'guy', its basically supported.

This was proven about a year ago on this very forum by the guy who sent the 'john doe is in the hospital!' email. He got a few token 'shame on him' comments, but in the end he was basically praised for being such a good guy who maybe made a bad judgment call 'just this one time'.

If people would call them out for what they really are, it would stop pretty quick. But thats not going to happen, because there are usually too many other hands in the pocket.

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Neil Morgan

13 years ago

The issue is that the line is different for everyone. While the PayPal subject seems to offend some people here, I for one couldn't give one jot about it.

See what I mean?

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Jimmy Sun

13 years ago

I hate the email subject that says "Congratulations! You've made a sale." but you actually don't! The email body then says something like "that's the email you will receive ..... "

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Neil Morgan

13 years ago

It maybe got his attention and he opened the email, but what was the point when he unsubbed anyway...

Hey Kim, how are you

I'd bet that less unsubbed than stayed subscribed.

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Steven Carl Kelly 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Neil Morgan

I'd bet that less unsubbed than stayed subscribed.

Well then, that's the thing, isn't it? Ethics be damned! I wanna sell more stuff! WOOOO HOOOOO!
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Kim Standerline 13 years ago

Hi Neil

I'm great ta

Thinking of retiring from nursing in a couple of years time and coming back online and making it a fulltime job.. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Neil Morgan

Hey Kim, how are you

I'd bet that less unsubbed than stayed subscribed.
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Neil Morgan

13 years ago

I hate the email subject that says "Congratulations! You've made a sale." but you actually don't! The email body then says something like "that's the email you will receive ..... "

I'd say that could be quite effective if you sent it to people who had yet to make any sales.

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Christian Little

13 years ago

Most annoying one I've gotten is "Battle.net Account - Account Change Notice"

The spammer that sends it out copied the email from blizzard word-for-word, I almost fell for it and clicked the link before checking the URL in the hyperlink.

It's the most authentic-looking spam I've seen...and it gets through spam filters.

The thing that really erks me is that the email account in question is tied to my battle.net account, so I get emails like this from Blizzard and such on a regular basis, and the way they've constructed it is making it almost impossible to identify as a spammer without actually clicking the link. Smart spammer...

This is the email:

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Neil Morgan

13 years ago

This is one of these areas where there can never be agreement simply because it's all about personal boundaries.

Someone on here has a signature file that I find highly offensive but no-one else seems bothered about it. All I can do is avoid his posts and I'm happy to accept that as the only remedy available to me.

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salegurus

13 years ago

Does it work, Yes
Is it annoying as hell, Yes
Do i hit the Spam button, Yes
Do i take 10min of my time to track down their SP and
send them a complaint, Depends how annoyed i am

If you are that desperate to make a buck go flip burgers
at Mickey D's

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Neil Morgan

13 years ago

Thinking of retiring from nursing in a couple of years time and coming back online and making it a fulltime job.

That's great - you'd really be able to hit the ground running

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Steve Peters Benn

13 years ago

Ouch!

Personally I used to hate it when the gurus went through a phase of saying things like:

'Your account is ready'
'RE: Your affiliate comission'
'We are ready to pay'
etc...