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Mailing List Management

Background

Electronic mail (email) is the most powerful, but often overlooked, aspect of the Internet. Although the World Wide Web has attracted a lot of attention, there are many times more email users than there are Web surfers. Email can be used to distribute information to a wide audience as well as supporting direct person to person communication.

Email can be used in the same way as postal mailshots, to keep in touch with your customers, or let them know about special offers or new products etc. Use of email lists can dramatically reduce the volume of printed information you need to distribute. The speed of delivery of email and its low cost are extremely attractive qualities. It works well for Press Releases too - many journalists now prefer to receive press releases by email, since they can simply cut-and-paste your quotes direct into the copy they are preparing.

Email must be used carefully. Junk email is extremely unpopular and likely to be counter-productive. It's important to allow irritated recipients to remove themselves from your mailing list automatically. Indeed, there are many attributes of mailing lists that both can and should be automated.

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West Yorkshire Office

GBdirect Ltd
Consulting Division
Bradford Design Exchange
34 Peckover Street
BRADFORD
BD1 5BD
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

consulting@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


South East Regional Office

GBdirect Ltd
Consulting Division
18 Lynn Rd
ELY
CB6 1DA
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

consulting@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


Please note:
Non-training enquiries should be directed, initially, to our UK national office in Bradford (West Yorkshire), even if the enquiry concerns services delivered in London or South/East England. Clients in London and the South East will typically be handled by staff working in the London or Cambridge areas.