IS SPAM CANNED?

The CAN SPAM Act of 2003 was passed by Congress yesterday. It awaits a signature from President Bush. Is it strong enough? Probably not. Good overview in today’s CNET story about the new anti-spam bill.

MY LEAST FAVORITE TOPIC

Yeah, you guessed it. It’s spam. I know I shouldn’t be putting my head in the sand, but I find myself unwilling or unable to follow every twist and turn of the anti-spam bill which has (finally) been passed by Congress. Will it be the antidote to your...

REAL VOICE = REAL PERSON

Publishing an e-newsletter on a regular schedule is a heck of a lot of work. Every now and then a subscriber writes in with a comment that makes my day. Here’s one from Steve Quartermaine: “Debbie, you are one of the few ‘real’ people on the...

TALK RADIO BLOGGING

That’s how someone described a teleseminar to me recently. Talk radio… as in NPR (National Public Radio) or Rush Limbaugh. Whatever; I guess I’m more the NPR type. Anyway, today’s inaugural WordBiz Blogging for Business teleseminar went off...

STEALING TIME

Have you ever found yourself in another city with a few hours to kill and no deadlines to meet? What better place to steal time than San Francisco. After meeting with WordBiz subscribers for coffee, I wandered up Grant Street into Chinatown. Beautiful sunny day; no...

WORDBIZ IN SAN FRANCISCO

I had the pleasure of meeting today for a leisurely coffee in downtown San Francisco with five WordBiz subscribers. Here’s who showed up to chat knowledgeably about blogs, e-newsletters, online advertising and the challenges we all face right now in our...