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19 Jun 2003
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a marketing email from Buy.com before, despite having been a customer there for four years. Today I got a message saying that they want to start sending out notices of sales and promotions and that if I give them permission to send me email, they’ll send me a coupon.
They understood that permission goes stale and used a good tactic to re-aqcuire my permission. The message was short (only five sentences), told me exactly when I registered as a customer (April 27, 1999 at 2:27pm), and gave me a reason to give them permission (a discount coupon).
Nice job, Buy.com.
I received the same email. I haven't made a purchase from them in over 2 years and now that I think about it, I don't think I've received an email from them in about that same time. It was a well worded email and got straight to the point. It got me to sign up just to see what deals they may give me.
that's interesting -- i've never purchased anything from Buy.com, yet i've been receiving coupons, newsletters, etc., from them for years.
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Phillip Harrington
June 19, 2003 8:40 PM
Agreed. Good job on their part. Just another example how a little creativity and honesty can go a long way to separate your marketing message from the others in a person's in box.