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Opt-in E-mail AdvertisingOpt-in e-mail advertising or permission maketing is a method of advertising by electronic mail wherein the recipient of the advertisment has consented to recieve it. It is one of several ways developed by marketers to eliminate the disadvantages of e-mail marketing. E-mail has become a very popular mode of communication across the world. It has also become extremely popular to advertise through . Some of the many advantages of advertising through e-mail are the direct contact with the consumer and is inexpensive, flexible, and simple to implement (Fairhead, 2003). There are also disadvantages attached to e-mail advertising such as, alienating the consumer because of overload to messages or the advertisment getting deleted without getting read. Permission e-mail marketing will transform into a technology that uses a handshake protocol between sender and receiver (Fairhaed, 2003). This system is intended to eventually result in a high degree of satisfaction between consumers and marketers. If opt-in e-mail advertising is used, the material that is emailed to consumers will be anticipated. It is assumed that the consumer wants to receive it, which makes it unlike unsolicited advertisments sent to the consumer (often referred to as spam). Ideally, opt-in e-mail advertisements will be more personal and relevant to the consumer than untargetted advertisments. A common example of permission marketing is a newsletter sent to a firms customers. Newsletters like this are a way to let customers know about upcoming events or promotions, or new products. In this type of advertising, a company that wants to send a newsletter to their customers may ask them at the point of purchase if they would like to receive this newsletter. A data warehouse stores data that have been extracted from the various operational, external, and other databases of an organization (OBrian & Montazemia, 2004). The marketers can store all their consented contact information in a database that would automatically send out promotional events on secured servers and networks. The marketers can also segment their promotions to specific market segments such as people who often shop at certain stores, outlets or even online purchases. References - Fairhead, N. (2003) “All hail the brave new world of permission marketing via email” (Media 16, August 2003)
*O'Brian J. & Montazemia, A. (2004) Management Information Systems (Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.)
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