The Department receives complaints regarding alleged breaches of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. These complaints are generally with respect to commercial electronic messages that have been sent to email addresses or via SMS text to telephone accounts. The Department, upon receipt of a complaint, will initiate an investigation to determine if a breach of the Act has occurred. If a breach has taken place, the Department has a range of enforcement options from a...
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What are the New Zealand Anti-Spam Laws?
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The Question of Value: Dos and Don’ts for your SMS Marketing Campaign
November 07, 2011
Face it, SMS marketing tools are only good if there’s a reciprocal benefit. If you’re a business owner using SMS marketing software to get the word out about your company, then that benefit is obviously greater exposure and increased business. But, what’s the benefit that you’re giving to those customers who have been goodly enough to allow you to market directly to their mobile devices? If your answer isn’t “big savings,” then you might want to...
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Recovering From an Epic Blunder via Mass Email Marketing Channels
November 06, 2011
The beauty of bulk email marketing solutions is that they can facilitate a quick and easy method of communicating with thousands of people (and if you’re really lucky, tens of thousands of people) on your bulk email list. But, ironically enough, that ease of communication is also something that can put your relationships with your customer base at risk, especially if you’re prone to certain accidents of lousy grammar, bad spelling or poor judgment.
This isn’t any reason not...
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