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Google News – 021610

Google to add Social Media to Gmail Google Inc. is taking a swipe at Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends…  read more   Is Google Stealing Your Content and Hijacking Your Traffic? Giving Google the copyright to the information for free right out of the gate is the same as giving them permission to steal and develop a money making operation based on your labors wit...

Email Marketing Basics: What Is Spam?

Before we talk about Email Marketing, let's clarify What Is SPAM? If you upload a list you just bought into any email service provider and send that list an unsolicited email, this is SPAM.  If you take that list, and write one-to-one emails to each recipient, personalizing your message for each recipient, that's NOT SPAM. The United States federal CAN-SPAM Act became law on January 1, 2004. According to the FTC website, if you violate the law, you could be fined $11,000 for each offense. Rememb...