post to this thread when I finally pick a solution
BZaccheo
On 6/30/04 6:26 AM, "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)"
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> We are about to code something like this...its usually done with a JS /
> Image style call.....may not work on new versions of Outlook though as
> people have suggested
>
>
>
> _____
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> From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 30 June 2004 14:19
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: E-mail Marketing/Tracking Software
>
> Right, but the original request included the need for "has the email been
> opened" which would suggest a push. That is what my response was to.
> Obviously there are other things you can do with passing a unique id to a
> page and checking which email address that unique id is associated with.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:18 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: E-mail Marketing/Tracking Software
>
> There are interesting things in the marketing world - although I personally
> know very little about it (not being a marketing major or anything). First
> off, there is such a thing called "Push marketing" and another thing called
> "Pull Marketing". The kind of marketing where you see a message that say
> something like "Click here for more information on a product that could help
> you do such and such." - that would be "pull" marketing. If you see a
> message that has all or most of the sales pitch right in front of you (eg:
> your HTML email example), that would be known as push marketing.
>
> Clearly, push marketing is typically more effective because it requires less
> action on the part of the customer - so that's what spammers have typically
> gone for. There are email systems out there that use pull marketing methods
> - and work well (under their given conditions) for outlook users in the
> situation you describe. They're out there. You just have to look. =)
>
> --
> Warm regards,
> Jordan Michaels
> Vivio Technologies
> http://www.viviotech.net/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Burns, John D wrote:
>
>> > Won't be very successfuly if it is written. Outlook now won't load
>> > images by default unless the user specifically asks for it and that
>> > would be the only way to track how many have been opened. This is a
>> > great thing to be able to do, but, thanks to SPAMmers, we have lost
>> > some of that ability. Good luck finding what you need, but be
>> > forewarned that it's not going to be able to give you everything you
>> > want completely.
>> >
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > From: Butch Zaccheo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Tue 6/29/2004 5:55 PM
>> > To: CF-Talk
>> > Subject: E-mail Marketing/Tracking Software
>> >
>> > I�m looking for pre-written application to start a permission based e-mail
>> > campaign. Is there anything that already exists written in coldfusion? I
>> > need to be able to track email after it�s been sent (has e-mail been
>> > opened,
>> > how many times viewed, etc.).
>> >
>> > Any suggestions would be much appreciated....
>> >
>> > BZaccheo
>> >
>
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