August 2009
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FTC ‘Hangs Up’ on Automated Recorded Phone Calls
A not-so-friendly warning goes out to anyone who uses services to automate their outbound recorded telephone calls, dubbed “robocalls” — the FTC has prohibited its use except for certain exempt groups. The new law, Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule, is due to be in effect starting September 1st, 2009.
Small Business & The ‘Cloud’
An article published by Jordan Golson from GigaOM and simultaneously ran by the New York Times discusses how small businesses are taking the Cloud — that is, Web-based services, applications or platforms. The results are not exactly promising for people who operate Cloud-based services who target small and medium-sized businesses. In fact, a majority of [...]
“Social Support” — New Buzz Word?
Social media is all the buzz and Infusionsoft is right on board. With the introduction of our new dashboard, we now have the platform to catapult us into the wave of Internet socialites. In the future, you will be able to link to such sites as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and many other sites geared toward [...]
The Demise of Social Media
Network meltdown. Disabled accounts. Termination of service. Company failure. Layoffs. This nasty scenario is all too familiar for those of us who rode the dot-com, “Internet 1.0″ wave and subsequent crash in 2000 when the market lost more than $5 trillion in value. Dot-com companies disappeared overnight. Cool services …gone.
Fast-forward almost a decade and the [...]
Blasted for Blasting: A Lesson for Every Email Marketer
Last week, a public relations firm sent a very generic, broad email message on behalf of a client to a number of bloggers, writers, publicists, and reporters. Instead of having their client picked up (which is generally the goal), a harsh response including blacklisting by many peer agencies resulted. This is a live, true example [...]
