Hi
I'm guessing most of you know by now about the new Gmail spam policy that will go into effect this coming February (read about it here from Google if you don't).
Well, because this policy will greatly affect not just senders but also email providers (Aweber, MailChimp, GetResponse, etc.), these providers will be blacklisting email
receivers more often.
What do I mean?
Case in point: During my launch of "Sales Copywriting and ChatGPT", I had a woman buy it and she was not added to
my list, and she could not sign up for my "Course Updates", because Aweber blacklisted her email.
Why did they do that?
Because over time she carelessly abused the "spam
report" feature. Instead of simply clicking the "unsubscribe" link, she would mark legitimate email as spam.
And those spam reports affect the reputation of the email provider companies as much as they do the senders of the emails.
If you sign up for something and get put on someone's list, or if you buy something and get put on someone's list - that's legitimate email.
Legitimate emails you get are always legitimate from that point forward - even if the sender emails you 50 times a day. It's not spam unless you
unsubscribe and they continue sending you emails.
People who are quick to report legitimate email as spam are abusing the spam report feature, and in the coming days the email providers will be blacklisting email receivers more often and more quickly who do that.
Now, if you didn't sign up for something or buy something and you get email from true spammers, for sure you should mark those emails as spam. In the coming days, those boneheads are going to be stopped.
But for legitimate email just click the unsubscribe link if you no longer
want email from that person or company who you bought something from or who you signed up to their list for something.
This will save you from the apocalypse that is coming and from a lot of future headaches.
You don't want to be blacklisted by email providers. You'll have a tougher time gaining access to things you buy and sign up for, and a tougher time getting updates if you get put on their blacklists.
Just like the lady who bought my product. Aweber has her email blacklisted. Now she can't sign up to anything or buy
anything and get updates where Aweber is the email provider.
I hope this information is helpful to you in some way for what is already happening and for what is coming soon.
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Joan Altres
DFYData.com
(My latest PLR release
is "Sales Copywriting and ChatGPT". See the offer here)