an honest living on the Internet these days. The Internet is a
great opportunity for starting your own business. There is not a
lot of start-up cost, you can reach the whole world from a small
corner of your own house, and the income can be exceptional.
However, a lot of us publishers and Internet marketers are
running into a serious problem.
Before I start talking about it, I want to ask you all a
question - How many of you get junk snail mail? Everyone, right?
Now, how many of you call the cops when you get it? None, right?
Of course not because that would be ridiculous!
We simply throw it in the trash and forget about it. Very easy,
right?
What I don't understand is why it is not as simple as that with
your email. We have all received junk email, also known as sp~m.
Just junk mail of the Internet, right? So why do so many people
make such a big deal about it??? I know that reputable
publishers and marketers have been reported to "sp~m cops" and
were caused serious problems because of it. And why? Not because
they have done anything wrong, but because a subscriber forgot
they subscribed to the ezine or they forgot they requested
information or some other foolish reason.
Now we have to deal with a thing called "sp~m filters"! Not only
do these "filters" keep legitimate ezines, emails, reports, etc.
from going through, but the amount of sp~m has only increased!
These "filters" are also causing many problems for publishers
and subscribers alike!
I have also had an experience of being reported for sp~m.
Someone requested one of my articles by autoresponder. Well,
they received the article and then a couple of days later a
follow-up thank you note. Apparently this thank you note pi**ed
them off because they reported me to my ISP. I then received a
phone call from my ISP telling me my email account was going to
be cancelled immediately! Well, it took me awhile, but I finally
was able to explain that the person who received that email had
to have requested my article by autoresponder. There was no
other way he could have gotten that message.
So, I was able to save my account, but I know of several people
who didn't get off so easy.
I rarely gripe about anything like this because I know a lot of
computer problems are out of our control, but this is a problem
caused by people, not machines!
This is really getting out of hand.....so I have come up with a
very simple yet effective idea for getting rid of sp~m! Are you
ready for this???
Ok, first you click on the sp~m message in your inbox. Make the
determination ( be sure now) that it is, indeed, sp~m. Then you
stick up your index or other finger if you prefer ( be nice now)
;-) and push the magic button marked D-E-L-E-T-E. This will make
the sp~m magically disappear!
I have used this method of sp~m destruction since starting on
the Internet and have found it to be most effective. I receive
hundreds of sp~m messages a day, but always manage to make each
and every one disappear forever!
I also have some tips for people who do not want to receive any
so-called sp~m:
1. Do Not subscribe to any newsletters! 2. Do Not sign-up for
special offers! 3. Do Not request any information via
autoresponder! 4. Do Not send any email to anyone at anytime! 5.
Do Not use your email for any reason whatsoever!
I assure you if you follow all these tips you will never receive
any sp~m!
I know I have been a little ridiculous in making my point, but
that just is my point. All this hullabaloo about sp~m is
ridiculous. It is simply junk mail and can be deleted without
any trouble, hassle or problems!
Try it a few times and you will soon be like me - I have the
fastest delete finger in the Midwest!! Anyone care to challenge
me?? ;-)
Wishing you a wonderfully warm and joyous Christmas!