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I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - shoju - 10-29-2008
So, I'm a web designer. I've taken a job at a local company designing their site, doing some graphic design, and generally just building an online presence for them.
Now that the site is up and going, they have decided to cultivate an email list of customers so that they can send newsletters, coupons, etc..
I'm going through and building the list of emails, and I haven't seen this many Aol, hotmail, and bright.net email addresses in YEARS. Are these services still popular on a whole? Or is it really just the byproduct of my backwards little corner of the world?
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - Maitre - 10-29-2008
Quote:So, I'm a web designer. I've taken a job at a local company designing their site, doing some graphic design, and generally just building an online presence for them.
Now that the site is up and going, they have decided to cultivate an email list of customers so that they can send newsletters, coupons, etc..
I'm going through and building the list of emails, and I haven't seen this many Aol, hotmail, and bright.net email addresses in YEARS. Are these services still popular on a whole? Or is it really just the byproduct of my backwards little corner of the world?
Depends on your customer base. A number of "older" folks who got on the internet years ago have stayed with the first provider they used (ex: my parents who maintain an AOL account for their personal email and internet use). On the otherhand, I haven't seen an aol or hotmail address for a business or individual professional (e.g., realtor, CPA, etc.) in years.
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - ShadowHM - 10-29-2008
FWIW, I am finding that many folks have several email addresses. And the one that they give out, when asked for an address by a company, is usually the hotmail one. Reasons cited include a distancing from their personal mail for relationships with companies and an assertion that hotmail gets less spam.
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - roguebanshee - 10-30-2008
Quote:an assertion that hotmail gets spammed to hell.The hotmail/gmail/yahoo mail accounts are generally seen as disposable containers for spam around here (gmail less so), and they are therefore safe to give out to some random company. Safer than your private mail account.
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - VinnieJones - 10-30-2008
I was looking down the list of realtors in this city a few days ago and was amazed at home many had hotmail, gmail, and yahoo emails. PErsonally I use gmail for my work email since it's web based and fairly easy to organize, however I have it all redirected there from a remax.net address for a more professional appearance.
edit: And anyone who claims Hotmail gets less spam than other emails has no clue imo.
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - Mavfin - 10-31-2008
Quote:I was looking down the list of realtors in this city a few days ago and was amazed at home many had hotmail, gmail, and yahoo emails. PErsonally I use gmail for my work email since it's web based and fairly easy to organize, however I have it all redirected there from a remax.net address for a more professional appearance.
edit: And anyone who claims Hotmail gets less spam than other emails has no clue imo.
I don't give out my 'real' account to companies.
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - --Pete - 10-31-2008
Hi,
Quote:I don't give out my 'real' account to companies.I do. I've got a 'special' account that I use just for that. And the Outlook rule for that account is "delete". Only if I'm looking real close when checking mail do I ever see that spicy pork product;)
--Pete
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - Archon_Wing - 10-31-2008
Hotmail is free and easy to set up, though I must admit it was annoying that it'd get shut down if you didn't use it long enough. I still have one somewhere.
Oh yea, and people that use MSN messenger would probaly have one as well.
I feel like I live in a backwards part of the world - ShadowHM - 11-11-2008
Quote:edit: And anyone who claims Hotmail gets less spam than other emails has no clue imo.
After reading that assertion, I decided to pay more attention to my three email accounts for a while. In the past week and a half, my main email account - the one proviced by my ISP, Rogers - got fifteen spam messages sneaking into my InBox, as opposed to the Spam box. My private and very-seldom-given-out email for my cottage address got zero. And my hotmail account also got zero!
Small sample, perhaps, but even so...