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Posting Opt-in Information Again After a First Opt-in???

by Marvin Johnston
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I've seen a number of times where people in the IM arena give a squeeze page to opt-in for some information. Then when you go to download that information, you have to enter your information again.

Or you get an email from someone you have opted to receive with a link to another opt-in page.

Why is this done? Is this just carelessness on their part, or is there a reason?

And does this irritate the hell out of more people than myself?

Marvin
#information #optin #posting
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Marvin Johnston View Post

    Or you get an email from someone you have opted to receive with a link to another opt-in page.

    Why is this done? Is this just carelessness on their part, or is there a reason?
    It confirms that the person who typed the email address into the squeeze page actually has access to that email address (i.e. hasn't put a friend's address for a "joke", or something, and that the opt-in is therefore probably genuine).

    From the autoresponder company's perspective, this reduces the number of spam complaints they get, and the number of complaints made about them by recipients to their own email service providers, which in turns keeps their deliverability higher (and therefore serves their customers well, collectively) because email service providers are less likely to block their emails to protect their own customers from spam.

    Originally Posted by Marvin Johnston View Post

    And does this irritate the hell out of more people than myself?
    Oh, I'm sure it must do, though there perhaps won't be many internet marketers amongst them. One's never the only person who finds things irritating. But it's all in a very good cause, in this instance.
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    • Profile picture of the author RaptorGabe
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      It confirms that the person who typed the email address into the squeeze page actually has access to that email address (i.e. hasn't put a friend's address for a "joke", or something, and that the opt-in is therefore probably genuine).

      From the autoresponder company's perspective, this reduces the number of spam complaints they get, and the number of complaints made about them by recipients to their own email service providers, which in turns keeps their deliverability higher (and therefore serves their customers well, collectively) because email service providers are less likely to block their emails to protect their own customers from spam.



      Oh, I'm sure it must do. One's never the only person who finds things irritating. But it's all in a very good cause, in this instance.

      Dead on and yes it is irritating as hell but we're stuck with it
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    • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      It confirms that the person who typed the email address into the squeeze page actually has access to that email address (i.e. hasn't put a friend's address for a "joke", or something, and that the opt-in is therefore probably genuine).
      I can understand and appreciate the double opt-in process requiring confirmation. I don't think I was clear enough when I wrote the first post .

      In this case, I double opted into a first email list ... fine. One of the emails talking about a keyword research tool sent me to another opt-in page. Okay. And that opt-in page took me to another opt-in page. At which time I exploded .

      And before I write them off as a total loss, I thought I'd double check here to see if I was missing something.

      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      From the autoresponder company's perspective, this reduces the number of spam complaints they get, and the number of complaints made about them by recipients to their own email service providers, which in turns keeps their deliverability higher (and therefore serves their customers well, collectively) because email service providers are less likely to block their emails to protect their own customers from spam.
      And I thought I could write long sentences . BTW, no offense at all intended, but rather admiration at the way you used punctuation and kept it readable. Kind of makes me wonder how long a sentence could be and still be readable?

      Marvin
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by Marvin Johnston View Post

        In this case, I double opted into a first email list ... fine. One of the emails talking about a keyword research tool sent me to another opt-in page. Okay. And that opt-in page took me to another opt-in page. At which time I exploded .
        Ah, I see what you mean, then - sorry. Yes, that does all sound a bit "de trop", doesn't it? :rolleyes:

        Originally Posted by Marvin Johnston View Post

        Kind of makes me wonder how long a sentence could be and still be readable?
        There's a wonderful sentence in one of Bernard Levin's fantastic books of his collected journalism which is two and a half pages long, delightfully readable, totally comprehensible and magnificently entertaining from beginning to end.

        He developed Alzheimer's towards the end of his life, and died not knowing who he was or that he'd written anything at all. Utterly tragic.
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