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Top 3 Personal Email Auto-responders

October 28, 2005

#1
"A long, wet sip of Oregon wine followed by...a handful of Oregon hazelnuts and a nibble of Oregon cheese on top of a juicy Oregon pear!

Hi.....I am away at meetings through Friday, OCT. 28 and will check
e-mail intermittently. In the meantime, check out Oregon's bounty and WIN a weekend in wine country at www.traveloregon.com/bounty. If your need is urgent, please contact"

#2
"-----Original Message-----
Subject: Abwesenheitsnotiz: We Are Your eMarketing Resource

Ich bin bis auf weiteres nicht im Büro. Ihre Emails werden nicht weitergeleitet oder gelesen.

In dringenden Fällen kontaktieren Sie Dominik Janko unter "

#3
"NY EMAIL ADRESSE OG KONTAKTDATA Tak for din mail. Leandersens aktiviteter er overtaget af Globase International ApS. I den forbindelse har jeg fået ny mail adresse; mln@globase.com Her er mine øvrige kontaktdata, som du venligst bede notere dig; Michael Leander Nielsen Adm. direktør/CEO Globase International ApS Bredgade 36, forhuset, 2. sal DK 1260 København K Telefon: 70-- Mobil: 28-- Besøg gerne Globase på."

Comments (0) | Posted by ryan at 6:21 PM | Permalink

Why Blog?

October 25, 2005

The folks at the American Marketing Association - Oregon asked me to speak on "The Truth about Blogs" and I was amazed by how much self-discovery and learning there was in the process of creating this presentation on "Why Blog" (PDF). The presentation highlights case studies like the Email Days Blog, and the substantially more impressive case study of 80 year-old Jack Klugman blogging on his Tony and Me Blog.

My colleague and co-presenter, Janet Johnson, VP Communications at Marqui, offers a fascinating perspective on the controversy surrounding Paying Bloggers. It's given Marqui massive exposure, but not all good. Janet is an excellent presenter who learned some valuable lessons during the eye of the storm of getting tremendous heat from bloggers and journalists covering the Blogosphere.

View the Why Blog eROI presentation >>
View the Why Blog Marqui presentation >>

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Casual Email Gone Too Far

October 23, 2005

A certain Mern(a), who I've never heard of before wrote me a memorable bit of SPAM the other day. What caught me by surprise was how casually it was written. Email is an informal medium, but c'mon - this takes it too far.

-----Original Message-----
From: M
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: We got mad skillz~

Hola! Salud! & Greetings!!

Merna Reynolds here from StudioBard, sound and audio post. Man....I was checkin out some of your recent work and was thinking how we'd love to be workin on your sound!

There's nothing less like work than working on kewl projects! That's the GOOD STUFF! Recently we've been fortunate to be hashing out sound on the recent Miller High Life campaign, and did some stuff for the TV series the Dead Zone, as well as DIY's Totally Tricked out and VH1's driven. So as you can see....we've definitely got the street cred. But, what we'd really like to do is work with you all. I can fully hook you up with some great rates for the studio...we are ISDN capable....we have casting options, SFX for any medium, custom scoring and jingles.....you name it.

Cheers and Congrats!
~Mern

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Ron Jeremy and Groan Tones

October 22, 2005

What do Virgin Mobile and Vodafone have in common? They are both co-presenting with Ron Jeremy at a tradeshow in Miami in January 2006 called the Mobile Adult Content Congress. This is a very serious tradeshow talking about the future of mobile phones, prepaid wireless, and other mobile technology that helps improve our quality of life.

I encourage you to check out Ron Jeremy's RJ Mobile website to see if it's the right service for you.

Comments (0) | Posted by ryan at 1:22 PM | Permalink

Sometimes, the best email is just One Web Link

October 14, 2005

I got a text email from a buddy of mine and all it had was a web link in it. Simple, boring email EXCEPT the website that it sent me to was MINT!

This "Obey Your Suit" website doesn't resonate with everyone, but it worked for me. I'm a 30 year old male in Portland, Oregon. I could care less about ever wearing a designer men's suit in my life, but the delivery of this carefully orchestrated video floored me. Enjoy!

www.obeythesuit.co.uk

Comments (1) | Posted by ryan at 5:37 AM | Permalink

SPAM with a Picture

October 6, 2005

Email, as with most things, is all in its delivery. Implementation is everything. The following SPAM was pretty generic until the strikingly real photo of a priveleged Ms. Nicole Johnson. As one of my colleagues commented after reading the SPAM, "Oh, you sent a photo. Well now I trust wiring you some funds."

"Hello,I am Ms nicole johnson and I was married to Dr.Henry Nnobi who is the Audit and Computing Manager of
(U.T.B) Bank Johannesburg South /Africa
Attached is a copy of my Photo Picture.
I really would like us to talk about some issues.
Kindly try as much as possible to reach me back if its ok by you for us to talk these matter.
I am German by Nationality but my ex-husband is a South African.At the moment,I am here in Johannesburg(South Africa)
Kindly reply me on my Private e-mail address: n26nc@netscape.net
Now,till I read from you, Have a Nice Day,
Friendly Yours
Ms nicole johnson

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