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IN THIS ISSUE
>> E-mail Marketers Slopping it up: Part 47
>> Stupid Legal Watch: CA Anti-Spam Bill Passes State Assembly
>> Everett-Church Joins Responsys
>> ExactTarget Publishes SMS Marketing Guide
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The Big Picture
E-mail Marketers Slopping it up: Part 47
08/19/08   
OK, so “Part 47” is an exaggeration, but every time a new study on e-mail marketers’ practices comes out, it without fail illustrates how loosey goosey we are on this particular channel.

The most recent e-mail slop reminder comes courtesy of online marketing agency eROI in the form of its Q3 2008 Elements of Email Survey.

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Stupid Legal Watch: CA Anti-Spam Bill Passes State Assembly
08/19/08   
An anti-spam bill that would give individuals the right to sue over allegedly false and deceptive unsolicited e-mail has passed the California state assembly and will reportedly go to the governor’s desk sometime after the state’s budget is passed.

This bill will do nothing to put a dent in spam and poses a serious threat to law-abiding marketers. However, it looks like it’s about to become law.

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Endnotes
Everett-Church Joins Responsys
Privacy expert Ray Everett-Church has signed on with Responsys as the e-mail service provider’s new director of privacy and industry relations, it was announced yesterday.
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ExactTarget Publishes SMS Marketing Guide
08/19/08   
ExactTarget is releasing ExactTarget’s Field Guide to SMS to educate marketers on the best ways to use SMS text messaging, the e-mail service provider has announced.
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