{"id":419,"date":"2010-01-29T12:36:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2020-04-19T08:22:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T12:22:16","slug":"knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee-jerk Reaction: Infogroup Email"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talk about setting a bad example…let me count the ways:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Identical messages, sent days apart<\/li>\n
  2. Both hit my junk folder<\/li>\n
  3. Multiple use of the word \u201cemail blast\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Two separate opt-out mechanisms<\/li>\n
  5. I\u2019ve never opted-in to receive email from Infogroup, formally infoUSA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"infoUSA<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"Email<\/a>
    \nUpdate: <\/strong>I received yet another identical email today (01\/29\/10). Geez.<\/p>\n

    – Scott Hardigree | Indiemark<\/a> | @indiescott<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Talk about setting a bad example. Let me count the ways that Infogroup (formally infoUSA) has desecrated my inbox, I mean spam folder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,28],"tags":[202,45,198],"yoast_head":"\nKnee-jerk Reaction: Infogroup Email - Email Critic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Hardigree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Hardigree\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e2710fe0f549a043c5d05bd2f06f8240\"},\"headline\":\"Knee-jerk Reaction: Infogroup Email\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-29T16:36:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-19T12:22:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/\"},\"wordCount\":61,\"commentCount\":10,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Email Marketing\",\"Email Marketing Mistakes\",\"Knee-jerk Email Reaction\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Email Marketing Strategy\",\"Knee-jerk Email Reaction\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/\",\"name\":\"Knee-jerk Reaction: Infogroup Email - Email Critic\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-29T16:36:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-19T12:22:16+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/knee-jerk-reaction-infogroup-infousa-email\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/\",\"name\":\"Email Critic\",\"description\":\"The Bloody Truth About Email Marketing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Email Critic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emailcritic-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/emailcritic-logo.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":91,\"caption\":\"Email Critic\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e2710fe0f549a043c5d05bd2f06f8240\",\"name\":\"Scott Hardigree\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.emailcritic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6aab7943edae63ab32813d607644cea8?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6aab7943edae63ab32813d607644cea8?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Scott Hardigree\"},\"description\":\"Scott Hardigree is founder of email industries and Indiemark, an email marketing agency. 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