Share this post with any of 20 social networks. Just click on the ShareThis link at the bottom of every post. The Retail Email Blog monitors the email marketing campaigns of more than 100 top online retailers. Here are highlights from my inbox this morning: NFLshop, 2/1 — Steelers Win the Super Bo...

AT&T spammed a "'significant number' of its 75 million customers" yesterday with text messages advertising the premiere of American Idol. AT&T also pissed off a significant number of its 75 million customers in the process, and the company's justification for the blitz isn't exactly making AT&T soun...

Mahkeme Facebook üyelerine istenmeyen mesaj bombardımanı yapan Kanadalı Adam Guerbuez'in Facebook'a 870 milyon dolar ödemesine karar verdi. 2003 yılında imzalanan ve pazarlama epostalarının konu veya başlık kısımlarında "sahte veya yanıltıcı" bilgi içermeyi kanunsuz bir e...

The new CAN-SPAM rules are here! The new CAN-SPAM rules are here! Now I'm a direct marketing somebody (loose homage to The Jerk)! BtoB Magazine published an update about these new rule provisions last week and here's a summary. These rules clarify what's expected from marketers and make it easier fo...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a revision to the original Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (called CAN-SPAM or the Act) after three years considering public comments. The Commission received 152 comments and suggestions on the NPRM and 13,517 co...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a revision to the original Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (called CAN-SPAM or the Act) after three years considering public comments. The Commission received 152 comments and suggestions on the NPRM and 13,517 co...

Just a couple weeks ago, there was a $400,000-plus settlement between online pornographer Cyberheat and the Federal Trade Commission over CAN-SPAM violations. But the FTC lost a similar case this past Monday, according to Direct Magazine. A jury in Seattle Monday ruled that a pornography marketer wa...

The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) establishes requirements for those who send commercial email, spells out penalties for spammers and companies whose products are advertised in spam if they violate the law, and gives consumers the right...

The March 12, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing covers the use of Twitter at conferences, Pepperjam and CJ, whether Google should sell Performics, Jason Calacanis becoming an affiliate, Can-Spam, affiliate manager salaries, and Eliot Spitzer. Show Links Affiliate Summit Group Twitter Kris Jones on the...

There is an item in Direct Magazine, “What the Cyberheat Settlement Means to You,” about a recent $400,000-plus settlement between online pornographer Cyberheat and the Federal Trade Commission. The long and short is that Cyberheat and the FTC settled on the monetary penalty and some new...