EMAIL MARKETING DOESN'T WORK!

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EMAIL MARKETING DOESN'T WORK!


This is a real response that was forwarded to the NYTimes, CNN, Atlanta 
Newspapers and Television stations. Steven Langford is running for 
governor in Georgia. For more information on this, read the following 
article on the excellent online journal, The Case-Against. 

http://www.case-against.com/politics/spam.htm

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We have all received email messages proclaiming that "Targeted Email 
Marketing Works" that you too can make a million just by sending out 
email messages. heck you could even become governor just by sending 
email messages. 

Here's the News: Steve Langford is running for governor of Georgia. 
Steve Langford has been mislead. 

Have pity on him. he obviously knows nothing about the internet. Nothing 
about privacy. Nothing about marketing. Nothing about choosing people 
capable of making decisions for his campaign. 

I received this message from his organization. I did not ask to hear 
anything about his campaign. (I cannot vote for Steve. I live in 
California.)This mass-mailing is known as SPAM. Spam wastes internet 
resources, and an immense amount of time. I hope that my small investment 
of time will save others' later. 

I suppose that by sending this to you, I am now as guilty as he. The one 
difference is that I hand-picked the people to whom I am sending this 
message. You'll find this list of email addresses in the cc: field to be 
a relevant collection of media sources, government and law-enforcement 
officials. 

I sincerely apologize if I have wasted any of your time or precious email 
inbox space. I hope that you will see the value in this message as I do. 
The issue of SPAM has popped up now and then on NPR. I figured I would 
share my experiences with other people who may be interested in this 
matter. Please forward this message to anyone I omitted from the list. 

Steve, if I may address you directly, please use greater caution on your 
next foray onto the internet. But, of course, you probably won't be a 
public figure when that happens. 

Thank you. 

Chris Greacen
Web Site Manager
http://www.course.com/





-- Forwarded by Chris Greacen/CourseNotes/US on 07/16/98 02:30 PM --
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cc:	 (bcc: Chris Greacen/CourseNotes/US)
Subject:	Steve Langford for Governor




FOUR REASONS TO VOTE FOR STEVE LANGFORD

HE IS PRO-BUSINESS
Steve Langford is the only candidate for Governor who has paid the 
bills of a business and passed bills in the General Assembly. Langford 
Construction, his family business, was awarded the Family Business of 
the Year Award for 1995 by the Michael J. Coles School of Business at 
Kennesaw State University.  Steve Langford was given a score of 92% by 
the National Federation of Independent Business (the only other 
Democratic candidate for Governor in the General Assembly got 67%).

HE IS PRO-CHOICE
Steve Langford opposes any government interference in your right to 
make decisions about reproductive health--and he has the voting record 
to prove it: 
-  Voted against state-mandated lectures and forced waiting periods.
-  Voted against -- and took the Senate well to speak against -- Senate 
   Bill 357, which would have banned certain abortion procedures. The 
   Ohio version of this bill was recently ruled unconstitutional by the 
   U.S. Supreme Court.

HE IS PRO-ENVIRONMENT
Steve Langford's Senate Bill 500 is the bill that made the City of 
Atlanta pay fines for polluting the Chattahoochee--and finally got the 
city moving toward a solution to the persistent problems of Atlanta's 
water and sewer systems. Why does it matter?  Each time it rains more 
than 1/10 inch, Atlanta sewers overflow into the Chattahoochee.  Of 
course, if you live downstream of Atlanta, you already knew that.

HE IS PRO-TAXPAYER
Steve Langford introduced a bill in the 1998 General Assembly that would 
give you a rebate when the state has a surplus (if you owed $1,000 in 
Georgia income taxes last year, you would have gotten a $100 rebate on 
your taxes).  No surplus?  No rebate.  Makes sense, doesn't it?

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?  
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE?
VISIT STEVE LANGFORD'S WEBSITE AT 
www.steve-langford.org

GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?  E-MAIL STEVE LANGFORD AT 
stevelangford@mindspring.com

THOSE YET TO ENTER THE COMPUTER AGE CAN CALL STEVE LANGFORD AT 
(770)984- 1998, 

OR WRITE HIM AT:
FRIENDS OF STEVE LANGFORD
1955 LOWER ROSWELL ROAD, SUITE A
MARIETTA, GA 30068


Steve's website

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