Know what really bugs me? People who send me email without bothering to find out what my name is. I'm not talking about the thousands of spam emails I receive that are sent out by robots. I'm talking about the emails I receive that start out, "Dear friend" or "Dear #username" or "Dear enter name here" or worse, "Dear Ezine owner" or "Dear myemailaddress". What kind of boneheads are sending these to me? My name and/or contact information is on every website I own, on every email I send and in every ezine I send out. Heck, my picture is on the front page of most of my websites so that anybody who takes the few seconds it takes to check should even know what I LOOK like BEFORE they send their blurb to my inbox. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy receiving email. I get to know some really great people this way. I don't care if you send me your ad. I'll never accuse you of spamming me. Just take the time to get my name right. Don't call me "Friend" until I at least know who you are and you know who I am. Incidently, I don't read email that starts with "Dear AnythingButMyName". I DO read a lot of email that starts with "Hi" or "Hello" from people I don't know. At least they're starting out honestly. Right from the outset, they are admitting that they don't know me. (Although it's pretty easy to find my name!!) But it REALLY bugs me when people try to be cozy with me when they really can't be bothered knowing who I am. Their first few words tell me that they don't give a hoot who I am as long as I turn over some cash to them or join their crappy program. That begs another question: Why on Earth would I want to be in the downline of someone who cares so little about their business that they can't even be bothered finding out who they're going to be working with? Do you think they're likely to be supportive? Not likely!! So now you know what really bugs me. Or at least one thing that really bugs me! I hope this helps YOU with YOUR marketing efforts. If this bugs me, it probably bugs a lot of other people, too. Don't do it. If you want to be successful in business, take the time to find the contact information of the person you are about to write to. If all you can find is an email address, then use "Hi" or "Hello". "Dear Friend" ain't too friendly, in my books. It's just plain annoying. God bless, Dave

Hello Dave, Yes, I know exactly what you mean. The little bit of marketing I did do, I wanted to be friendly and stay in contact with my downline. Some accepted some did not. At least I know I tried. We get it here too in our invites to be friends. As soon as you accept that invite you are sent there business, if you don't accept it then you don't hear from them again or later again and again about the offer. No friendship is established, not even pleasentres, you know. It is all around, what do you do. Thank you for sharing. Blessings,

Dave, Don't you just love the ones that invite you to be their friend, and their invitation letter is nothing more than an advertisement. How about the ones that send you a personal email that is all advertisment! I appears that these bone heads as you called them have no concept of how to build a personal relationship. (Or don't care to build one.) Personally I can't feature doing business untill I know them and can determine their intigrity.

Hi Dave, You're right, that is annoying. It makes sense when you think about how 80-90% of network marketers fail. You can probably figure that if you were to actually be in one of these persons downlines you may never get an E-mail or a phone call ever from these people. One other thing that I get alot is people who send me an E-mail that says "I saw your website and I have a couple of questions. Call me at this number." Oh really? Which website? I usually just delete these because I have learned what this is all about. If these people actually think that this is an effective marketing tool, I surely would not want to be in their downline. Thanks, Dave for the forum. Ezra ps These people should get to know your name. You are truly a great person to know. pps Tower hits rocks

Hi Dave, Glad you got that off your chest, lol. Do you get the emails addressed to: Hello First Name? Even when the autoresponder has my name correct I usually don't feel as if the person is trying to get to know me, just trying to make a living off people like me. However, that's life on the internet I guess. DonnaZ