Comments on: Who owns digital marketing? http://www.techleader.co.za/kevinlourens/2008/07/08/who-owns-digital-marketing/ Thu, 17 May 2012 15:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Karen http://www.techleader.co.za/kevinlourens/2008/07/08/who-owns-digital-marketing/#comment-25790 Karen Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:07:55 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/kevinlourens/2008/07/08/who-owns-digital-marketing/#comment-25790 Webmail International should be investigated for bad business practice, lying to clients and customers and breach of contract. After being approached by Webmail and being assured that there was no spamming, fantastic response rates (30%-40%) and examples of the other companies who had great results. I signed up. Since then, they don't return calls, they are amateur in the extreme, they threaten legal action at every turn and refuse to engage at all. I have since found out that the database that 'signed' up to receive direct mail is their own email database. In order to get a free Webmail email address they require huge amounts of personal information. They use this info to spam their own clientele and then charge me for the pleasure!!! The privacy they promise their email clients is a farce. Every time somebody clicks through I get their phone number and their email address. I'm sure they love that! 96% of my direct mailers were deleted without opening! So much for a target market. The response rate has been 0.01% - if I had given away free product to these 69 people I would have saved thousands of Rands. I paid R30k to spam consumers and I am so furious. Webmail must be stopped!! Webmail International should be investigated for bad business practice, lying to clients and customers and breach of contract. After being approached by Webmail and being assured that there was no spamming, fantastic response rates (30%-40%) and examples of the other companies who had great results. I signed up. Since then, they don’t return calls, they are amateur in the extreme, they threaten legal action at every turn and refuse to engage at all. I have since found out that the database that ’signed’ up to receive direct mail is their own email database. In order to get a free Webmail email address they require huge amounts of personal information. They use this info to spam their own clientele and then charge me for the pleasure!!! The privacy they promise their email clients is a farce. Every time somebody clicks through I get their phone number and their email address. I’m sure they love that! 96% of my direct mailers were deleted without opening! So much for a target market. The response rate has been 0.01% - if I had given away free product to these 69 people I would have saved thousands of Rands. I paid R30k to spam consumers and I am so furious. Webmail must be stopped!!

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]]> By: Ross http://www.techleader.co.za/kevinlourens/2008/07/08/who-owns-digital-marketing/#comment-24619 Ross Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:26:55 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/kevinlourens/2008/07/08/who-owns-digital-marketing/#comment-24619 "The interface — it is not print Web design is not print design. While agencies set the overall look and feel, designing digital interfaces is a specialist skill." Shout it from the rooftops! Write it in the sky! Please, for the love of all that is good in the world, let this fact be known! I pray for the day when I no longer receive designs created by a print designer to code and implement into a CMS!! “The interface — it is not print
Web design is not print design. While agencies set the overall look and feel, designing digital interfaces is a specialist skill.”

Shout it from the rooftops! Write it in the sky! Please, for the love of all that is good in the world, let this fact be known!

I pray for the day when I no longer receive designs created by a print designer to code and implement into a CMS!!

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