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when your free email account is the cause of undelivered email

When your free email account is the cause of undelivered email

Everyone seems to have a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail account. Some people have all three and more. As an email marketer, list contributor, or active list member (one who contributes to a list), sending out email campaigns with a free email account may be the cause of undelivered email messages.  As you know, the FROM […]

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email marketing or social media?

Should You Decide Between Social Media and Email Marketing

The Nonprofit Advantage with Social Media Free Social Media Sites for Nonprofits – When running a nonprofit organization, don’t you agree that free is always attractive. Especially when you are working with a tight budget.  First of all Social Media, as part of your marketing mix, should complement your virtual ads, website and Facebook presence.  Social

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old style desktop

“Discussion Lists” the Only Communication Tool Before Social Media

As a non-profit organization, communication between all departments and volunteers is key. Timely and accurate communication can be tricky, as members may be spread over the United States and unreachable the same time you’re not.   So, just how do you effectively communicate with your group when your organization members are not in the same room,

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not By Invitation Only – Because You Can Never Have Enough Subscribers.

Even with the many different social tools available, email is still the number one choice for online communications.  Email becomes a more valuable tool when this communication is between smaller groups, like committees and project planning teams.  These groups typically include individuals that are interested, not only in the main subject but also in specific

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AOL email acceptance

Have you heard? AOL recently changed their email acceptance policy – and it could affect you!

Dear Dundee Internet, What’s “uncategorized failure” all about? My posts– or, it seems, posts from anyone else using AOL–aren’t appearing in my inbox and weren’t yesterday. What’s up? Thanks for your assistance,Mr. Edwards ———————- Dear Mr. Edwards, It appears that AOL has followed Yahoo’s lead and has implemented a DMARC p=reject policy.  This breaks all

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people having a friendly discussion giving their own two cents

Are there rules when you want to put your two cents in this Discussion List?

Discussion Lists are based on a group of people of like interests, using email to “discuss” their interests among one another. They are online communities without boundaries. Unlike the traditional announcement list, the discussion list facilitates two-way communication among its members as members can read all posts to the list and can reply to the

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conversation in your head

Converse with Discussion Lists to Keep A Head

“Statistically speaking there is research that supports the fact that list subscribers worldwide, in comparison to the largest online communities such as FaceBook far outnumber all social network users”  The first computer  Chat System was introduced in 1974.  Did you know that CompuServe offered the first online chat room (a CB Simulator) in 1980?  Chat

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