Golden Rules For Using Autoresponders
Dan Ames
Autoresponders are a perfect way to increase traffic to your
site. They can save many valuable hours by automatically
answering emails concerning frequently asked questions about a
service or product or by sending a welcome letter to new
members of your program. There are many ways that
autoresponders can help your business. One of the most
important is their ability to track the effectiveness of your
promotions. Since autoresponders are one of the most popular
marketing tools available today, they are being used by a lot
of different kinds of business and websites. Some of these take
advantage of the system to use the autoresponders in a negative
manner. You should be aware of some of the “Golden Rules” when
using autoresponders.
Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder Address When Submitting to
Search Engines.
Since you will most likely submit your site to search engines
such as Google or Yahoo!, directories, classifieds, and free
for all sites, you should be made aware of the fact that these
sites commonly use an autoresponder as well. If you were to use
your autoresponder to contact these companies, their
autoresponder will reply to yours and so on and so on. Thus
creating a cycle of autoresponses that will flood your email
box and theirs as well.
Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder to Subscribe to Ezines or
Discussion Forums.
Since most of the time an Ezine will send you updates and new
information regularly, your auto responder will send them a
message each time. In a discussion forum, every person in the
discussion forum will receive your auto response. This can be
irritating and most of the time you will be unsubscribed. It is
often hard for the administrators of the forum or ezine to
determine who is using the autoresponse and therefore it is
simply common courtesy to never use an autoresponer in this
manner.
Thou Shalt Not Use an Autoresponder to Take Advantage Of
Unsuspecting Individuals.
Some very unprofessional companies will use autoresponders to
respond to an automated message when this is done the address
in the “from” field will be automatically subscribed to their
mailing list. This is a extremely un ethical use of
autoresponders and those who do it are in jeopardy of creating
a very negative image of themselves and their company. Rather
than promote their service or business, this usually leads to
people becoming very upset and spreading a negative word about
your company rather than a good one.
The Internet can be a great place to do business and
autoresponders can be an excellent way to save time, however
when used in an unprofessional way, they can lead to
frustration and aggravation for others. Your company will
suffer the loss of much business if you choose to participate
in these abusive practices. The appropriate use of auto
responders can generate a large amount of business, while
inappropriate use can drive away that business.
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