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By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:09:42 +0000

It would be a shame if the email auto responder that business prospects opt in to was fased out. Social Media sites can not handle the content the auto responder handles. The serious business prospect looking for further information from a person they are following and considering joining in a business investment opportunity, truly enjoys receiving updates and news. I also use this platform to give valuable information to people that have limited internet experience and appreciate receiving simple explanations of what, how to use, how much does this cost.
Erika Sanchez

By: Bill Grunau

Bill Grunau — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:51:35 +0000

It’s only a matter of time before B2C communication is done primarily through Social Networks. Here’s my reasoning:
1. It is truly permission based and less invasive than the endless emails that clog everyones InBox (this should be reason enough)
2. It gives the consumer more choices as to when to go look at or look for info.
3. Facebook Fan pages as an example offer more of a dialog than a one-way outbound email does.
4. It is more of a community environment and just more interesting than getting the equivalent of email flyers.
Bill Grunau

By: John Cass

John Cass — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:43:03 +0000

Doesn’t seem beyond the realm of possibility, I just messaging in Facebook for a lot of personal and business communications. Not always my preferred method, but maybe for the person with whom I’m writing too.

John Cass
http://pr.typepad.com

By: David Hallerman

David Hallerman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:20:32 +0000

“social networking services will replace e-mail as the primary vehicle for interpersonal communications”

What’s the advantage there? Where’s the benefit in social networking services replacing email?

Or is this just a change of habit, same thing, different clothing?

By: Social Email Guy

Social Email Guy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:58:27 +0000

This is what I think about it: http://www.socialemailmarketing.eu/2010/02/gartners-prediction-on-email-and-social-networks-disappointing.html

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uberVU - social comments — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:55:48 +0000

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