Several times a week I receive an email that says something like the following (excerpted from one I received yesterday):

Could you please let me know your target market that you are focusing to reach.

I could help you reach this market through our 11+ million business contacts database which was released this Jan 2011.The list comes with information such as: Company Name, Website, Executive Contact Name, Title, Verified opt-in Email address, Mailing Address, Telephone Number, Fax number, Industry, Sic Code, Revenue, Number of employees etc. You can use this list for online lead generation, telemarketing, newsletter promotions, etc.

The list I really want is a list of list marketers so I can send them all a targeted message to remove me from their list marketing their lists.

Takeaway to marketers: Email to third-party lists like these is repeatedly shown to be among the absolute worst-performing online marketing tactics. Just saying.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at 1:59 pm and is filed under Marketing Stuff, Marketing Takeaways.