This is the 23rd blog post in a series taken from my book ‘Networking tips for busy female professionals’. Each week, we will take a tip from the book and publish it in a blog post.
It is a personal bugbear of mine, that if I exchange business cards or help someone out on-line and provide my e-mail address, my next contact with them is receiving their e-mail newsletter.
It is actually illegal to sign someone up to your mailing list without their verbal or written permission. In my opinion, sending them a newsletter which starts by saying,
“you are receiving this e-mail because we have either met at an event, or chatted on-line….
….
….
….please click here to unsubscribe”
Is still spam.
To keep yourself on the right side of the law and not be reported as spamming, remember to ask permission to sign someone up to your mailing list.
Action point:
- If you exchange business cards, remember to specifically ask for permission to sign up someone to your mailing list
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