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Beyond Interactive found that 69% of men prefer news or compelling
information in the subject line of a permission based email and 64%
of women preferred a discount offer.
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CustomerRespect did a study of the Fortune 100 websites and found
that 45% of them forced customers to opt out from unsolicited email
(Don't you try this. They have enough money to buy themselves out of
any trouble. Also noted was that 83% do not have autoresponders
letting a customer know their correspondence has been received and
37% did not respond to general inquiries. As a small business person
you should be able to really shine and help customers much better
than the big boys and girls are.
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ILogos Research found that 91% of Fortune 500 companies are
recruiting employees on their company website up from less than 33 %
in 1998. If you need a job to finance your Internet start up, you
now know where to look.
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Outlook 11 has a new feature that will not download unwanted spam
beacons when viewing an html email in preview mode. Spam beacons
tell the sender that they have landed on a good email address. How
much this cuts down on spam and damages legitimate email remains to
be seen.
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The UK is experimenting with Cell Phone antennas being hidden in
lamp posts to increase the coverage. Health advocates are up in arms
citing health dangers from the microwave radiation.
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In a related case in my home state of MD a case was thrown out that
alleged a man got cancer from his cell phone.
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http://www.adsx.com/faq/verichipfaq.html You can now legally
have a chip implanted in yourself which carries scannable
information about you.
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READ THIS GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT EMAIL --
http://internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=7992
