Comments for Welcome to the Opt-In Age (You Have No Choice) at http://www.geoffpeterson.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.geoffpeterson.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:52:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.geoffpeterson.com/news/welcome-to-the-opt-in-age-you-have-no-choice.html#comment-45 ...is a delicious treat. Spam in my inbox, not so much. Set up a separate account for unsolicited newsletters, retail notifications, and any other persistent e-mailers. If you're like me, and you like to buy things on the interwebs, you may have to link your Paypal Account to this email address (make sure your passwords are super secure). Once a month or so, I visit the spam ghetto, just to make sure nothing important is going there. Biggest offender for me: Talbots -- the seller of Mom jeans and ill-fitting grandma pants. They somehow found my other email address. Grrr. I get back at them by disparaging their Mom jeans in blog comments. - Carmen Hudson Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:52:47 +0100 http://www.geoffpeterson.com/news/welcome-to-the-opt-in-age-you-have-no-choice.html#comment-8 I used to feel fortunate that with my gmail account, and an excellent spam filter, I rarely got any email I didn't specifically ask for - but in the last few years, as I've become more prolific with my online presence, I've been inundated. (Primarily after I was layed-off, and started to have to use job boards.... hmmm...) I try to spend a few moments every week opting-out of emails, but really, that takes more time than setting a filter and hitting delete. Thankfully, its not paper - if we were killing trees, I'd be taking a more proactive stance. - Tammy Colson Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:27:21 +0100 http://www.geoffpeterson.com/news/welcome-to-the-opt-in-age-you-have-no-choice.html#comment-7 Geoff.. now factor in "Personal Branding" and "Social Recruiting." Recruiters no longer have an exclusive on prolific networking. This causes the same problems for the average job seeker...if they choose to recognize and leverage the value of being socially recruited. After all; they need to leave a trail to be found. Consequently, SPAM devalues Social Recruiting. This also brings the discussion of anonymous profiles or pseudonyms back to the surface. Many call for transparency and openness online. Yet, what you've described in your post is painfully true. And, if one set's the "privacy" settings to tight, they block the electronic trail...or restrict access to those who can pay to get through. That makes pseudonym profiles, created with disposable emails, a logical choice (along with all the problems that causes.) For business owners...we take the risk because the cost of exposure (to those who we wish to be exposed) is so darn cheap. We could not have done this in the past without tens of thousands of dollars. However, we then argue among ourselves about whether we are investing our time properly (ROI.) "Where are the candidates?" "Where are the customers?" "I'm not seeing an results." Well...there out there. And, I'm sure they would appreciate value. Who doesn't? But, my bet is; They're also intimidated. Can we blame them? You're savvy and look what's happening to you (and me.) We have hurdles to overcome as a digital society. And, I do think the lure of value will win out in the end. But, I it's going to take time to find balance and teach the not-so-savvy how to be public and not be intimidated. I wish I had the answer to this situation. If I did, I'd have a spot reserved for me on every beach in the world. :-) Just had to vent in agreement with you here. - medXcentral (Jim) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:20:27 +0100 http://www.geoffpeterson.com/news/welcome-to-the-opt-in-age-you-have-no-choice.html#comment-6 I've been using otherinbox.com and I'd really recommend it to anyone. Whilst it doesn't help after your email address has been captured, it does allow you to be as proliferate as you wish with your email address knowing that you can pull the plug if it's abused. - Steve Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:21:22 +0100