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Monday, September 17, 2007
Newsletter Rejection

Posted by: lain // Category: Cruel Games, Technological Advances, This is awkward // 11:42 am

We sent out our first e-newsletter over the weekend, exceptionally written by fellow blogger Amelia. If you’d like to receive it, shoot me an email at lain@wrensnestonline.com.

Wren's Nest Newsletter, First Edition

We use a company called Constant Contact. They provide an email database and the means to create good lookin’ emails.

There are a lot of rules you have to follow to ensure Constant Contact that you’re not a spammer, and the first time around, I think I broke every rule.

After uploading my entire address book, I was in the midst of weeding out the email addresses I didn’t want to include. All of a sudden my account was suspended. I had to call the company, answer questions for approximately fifteen minutes, and assure them that no, I’m not a spammer, I just don’t know what I’m doing.

I got away with a stern warning. Since I am terrified of the wrath of the Constant Contact people, I went back through again and made sure that the people I on the email list were only those that would want to read about the Wren’s Nest.

Luckily for me, and perhaps a little scarily for you, I can see exactly how successful this was. The program lets me see who opened my email, who didn’t, who thought I was a spammer, and who said, “No thanks, I don’t want to receive this in the future.”

Constant Contact Interface

Constant Contact assured me they’d have my head on a stick if anyone even thought about clicking the spam button.

Good thing nobody has so far; however, two people have opted for “No thanks!” The first person was someone who I totally meant to take off in the first place, who I’m sure has no idea what the Wren’s Nest is. My bad.

The second person though, was a little surprising. Any guesses as to who it was?

Lain and Marshall

None other than Wren’s Nest board chair extraordinaire Marshall Thomas.

Um, excuse me?

To fully grasp the situation, read the above and replace “the Wren’s Nest” with your favorite Fortune 500 Company. In perhaps the entire world, I figured that if only three people would want to receive this email, one of them would be the chairman of our board.

I’m gonna give him the benefit of the doubt this time, but next time I may have to suspend his account indefinitely.

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4 Comments


  1. Jodi
    Comment // September 18th, 2007 // 11:14 am

    I want to read it. I didn’t get it though. Will you add my gmail to the list?


  2. lain
    Comment // September 18th, 2007 // 11:20 am

    Done!


  3. Marshall
    Comment // September 21st, 2007 // 5:42 am

    LAIN, I AM UNDER MEDICATION PARDON ME. PEOPLE TELL ME I OFTEN SEEM TO BE THAT WAY.


  4. lain
    Comment // September 21st, 2007 // 9:02 am

    I know, Marshall. Just playin’.

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