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Small Business: How to avoid spamming clients

Quick ReadWinnow the e-mail list of your business to clients who have indicated they welcome your information otherwise you are just 1 in 200 billion daily spam e-mails

Small business owners who are marketing their enterprise

Photo credit: Getty Images | Small business owners who are marketing their enterprise through e-mail must be careful to avoid becoming spam. (2003)

Jamie Herzlich

Newsday columnist Jamie Herzlich Jamie Herzlich

Herzlich writes the Small Business column in Newsday.

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No one likes getting spam, yet about 200 billion spam e-mails are sent daily worldwide.

This poses a particular challenge to e-mail marketers, who are trying to get their message out to a highly skeptical audience.

The best way to avoid being labeled a spammer is to send your e-mails to recipients who actually want to receive them. This means having a highly targeted opt-in list, experts...

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