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Greetings. It’s been sometime since we’ve been in touch with our newsletter. A lot has changed at Act-On in the past year, and we are excited to be starting up our newsletters again to give you up to date insights on what’s going on in the email delivery world. Take a look at our features for this quarter, and please let us know if you have questions or want more information. Happy sending!
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Feature: Combatting Spam Bot Appliance Emails
The Other Walking Dead
Zom·bie OR ˈzämbē / Noun: the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose.1
The infamous “Zombie” email address has been recognized in the industry for some time now, and it’s often referenced by sophisticated data cleansing companies and purveyors of e-marketing alike. The term is used to describe addresses that are no longer actively used by their owners, who are either deceased or simply piloting a different inbox.
Yet the addresses linger on your list, unengaged and undead.
These annoying cyber monsters suppress your reported mailing statistics, and, even worse, eventually get recycled into a spam trap. Regardless of the circumstance, your list will no longer be receiving engagement from those users ― that’s for sure. Or will they?
Unfortunately, Zombie email addresses have relatives. Perhaps you’re familiar with a branch of the family tree that’s closely aligned with the actual definition of what it means to be a Zombie. These email addresses are what I like to call “The Other Walking Dead.” Although they’re close cousins of Zombies, in some ways these addresses act in a complete opposite way. In fact, they falsely boost your campaign’s engagement rates. The emails I’m referring to are the living representation of this apocalyptic nightmare. I’m talking about the dreaded spam bot appliance email!
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Regardless of the circumstance, your list will no longer be receiving engagement from those users that’s for sure…or will they?
Related Resource
5 Simple Ways to Write Better Emails. By some estimates, six percent of our total working time is wasted, simply because we have to wade through murky writing. Not all of that reading time may be in your in-box, however better writing does give better results. See more at full Act-On Blog Post.
Outlook on General Data Protection Regulation
GDPR – What to Know
In this article, you will find guidelines and information on the key changes for the upcoming EU Data Protection Regulation. If you send to the EU or have clients that do, make sure you check this out!
“ The aim of the GDPR is to protect all EU citizens from privacy and data breaches in an increasingly data-driven world. ”
A world that is vastly different from the time in which the 1995 directive was established. Although the key principles of data privacy still hold true to the previous directive, many changes have been proposed to the regulatory policies; the key points of the GDPR as well as information on the impacts it will have on business can be found from the EUGDPR. Included are increased territorial scope, penalties, consent, breach notification, right to access, and privacy by design.
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GDPR was approved by the EU Parliament on 14 April 2016. It will enter in force after its publication in the EU Official Journal. Enforcement date is 25 May 2018 - at which time those organizations in non-compliance will face heavy fines. More at: EUGDPR.org.
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Email Best Practices Guide
Today, most of the buyer’s journey is done digitally. You
can set your sales team up for success by reaching out
to your prospects via email marketing. See Best Practices Guide.
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