On 9/12/04 10:34 PM, in article , "Spam
me-NOT" <uh > wrote:
You’re assuming that he does not have a "real" address. I bet if someone is legitimately interested in helping contacts him, they will get all the info they need. Even his real email addy. Jeesh, you people overthink everything.
Wrong. I wrote that I don’t understand why a business would "use" a throwaway email address. I assume that a legitimate business would have a real website and therefore, a real email address to go with it. Why pay for it, then not use it? Why not show that you know how to utilize the internet better than my grandmother?
I see this all the time in advertising: a real website, but a Yahoo or Hotmail email address instead of
Robots don’t crawl newspapers or magazines to harvest email addresses. What would be the excuse for not using your "real" email address in a newspaper or magazine ad?
It’s not overthinking, it’s the way your customers will perceive you. One of the deadliest habits a business owner can get into is not taking the viewpoint of his customers.
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