[KeeneMaverick]

I've seen various levels of strictness. At the moment, I've decided to go with a Virtual Server from fiber.net (they're local to me). It's a much more expensive option, but they're a little more flexible. We're still using a confirm-opt-in method, but with how many different sites and clients we host with dreamhost, I thought it best to push the risk somewhere else. It would really suck if one marketing campaign shut down an entire list of clients.

[seiler]

If you send an email asking them to join your mailing list, a lot of people will probably report that as spam. And if they do, there will be no record of them ever asking you to email them.

Instead of collecting email addresses with little cards, why not hand out cards that tell people where to go to sign up, if they want to? If they really want to receive your mail, they'll go sign up for it.

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[rlparker]

That's a pretty reasonable way of looking at it, and even though it will cost more money for hosting, I think it was probably a good business decision.

--rlparker

[Mustikos]

ummmm spam to me...
crap I don't want and didn't ask for, sometimes, so aggravating; at my desk, is personal. Someone getting in my face like that... of course they don't have a pair to try in person they'd probably only reach about a dozen people before they got a black eye or two.

I see all kinds of things wrong with that..

only trying to help of course..

Why not entice them with a good website? Take advantage of what people are looking for. I don't mean pages full of garbage content... I'm talkin'... nice graphics, proper wording..

Of course it all depends on your tactics, objective. Trying to make money? Do you not care about your customers?

Express your business with heart through your website; as long as it's valid and something people want, I'd like to think you would have a date with success... shortly thereafter, a second date.. <hold me>

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