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Will RSS Overtake Email?

Posted by Lee Odden on Feb 26th, 2005 in Online Marketing |

Here’s a recent release we helped with from MarketingStudies.net: “RSS Marketing May Overtake E–mail as Top Info Delivery Tool - RSS News Feeds Provide Effective Two Way Communication”

Rok Hrastnik, author of the new RSS marketing e-book, “Unleash the Marketing & Publishing Power of RSS,” is warning marketers that email may no longer be an effective form of delivering information to customers.

According to DoubleClick, only 34.3% of all e-mail messages are ever opened. AOL currently blocks 75% of the 2 billion e-mail messages received daily and sends another 4% – 7% to the bulk folder.

‚ÄúEmail marketing is dead,” said Chris Pirillo, a keynote speaker at the Blog Business Summit. ‚ÄúConversion rates are decreasing, blacklists continue to grow, and we have to pay for white-listing services.‚Äù

Since RSS feeds promise 100% delivery and are not susceptible to SPAM intrusion, there is no wonder that 6 million Americans read RSS feeds.

‚ÄúUnfortunately most marketers still don’t understand RSS or how to use RSS news feeds to substantially improve their bottom-line,‚Äù said Rok Hrastnik. ‚ÄúBusinesses can actually start publishing and marketing with RSS today with minimal, if any, costs or investments whatsoever.‚Äù

Full RSS Marketing release

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