1. Send an OOPS email right after the original mailing (Oops, I sent you the wrong link! Oops, that link doesnt work! Oops! Only half of my readers got this...)
2. Crash their servers every time they launch a product
3. Blow their mind (whoah - this blew my mind!!) so many times in 6 months that you wonder whats left of it...
4. Compel you to sign up for a mailing list about a particular topic or product, only to get information about 300 other products or topics that are completely unrelated to the original request.
5. Write testimonials for each others products back and forth to the point that you wonder how in the world they reviewed that many products this year.
6. Create high-ticket products ($497+) and offer 50% commission... and publicize that fact to the general public (cheapening the perceived value of the product)
7. Use a "tricked you!" subject line in their emails that makes you open the message, only to find out that it has nothing at all to do with the subject line.
Got your own pet peeves? Let us know, using the comment form below! 😉
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Funny, I have seen numbers one and two on the list way too frequently as well.
-Jim
6 of those 7 reasons is why I decided to unsub from 90% of the lists I was on. :/
Gosh I hope the IM field begins to shift back to common sense. LOL
~ Teli
Freakin' SQUEEZE PAGES!!! Just STOP it already...
I'll never sign up through them.
😉 Robert
Another annoying thing: Send you a link to some new amazing free product, and then you need to sign up through some form and give an email adress, so now you are on two of their lists, and get two copies of subsequent emails.
Those are funny! Yes the new product launch site crash IS so annoying... it seems like with every new product launch their site goes down...
Ugh! My pet peeve. . . bragging how many millions they made in one day-- in every e-mail.
Or,
a subject line with "Overwhelming response - the requests have been staggering!"
Good for you!
Lena, if you think that's an annoying subject line, how's "Instant Payment Notification"?
A very well known marketer (won't name names) used that one and guess what? Instant unsub.
HaHa - I got that one too, and I know who you're referring to 😉
The most annoying thing I see Internet Marketer's do is to send you an email, telling you not to buy a product they are promoting until you read this email. It normally happens when a high profile internet marketing product is being offered and every man and his dog is promoting it.
I get that so many times and it is really irritating.
Cheers
Ade
Another annoying thing is those who send 4 or five of the same emails.
I'm annoyed at how every internet marketer is such "good friends" with every other internet marketer.
My "good friend" so and so just released a new product today....
I'm sure some of them are friends but I bet most of them don't even know and have never met most of their "good friends" who are releasing all these great products they're promoting.
Actually, there IS an "elite circle" and most of them truly are friends and/or have met in person. Most of their contacts and connections come from the major Internet Marketing seminars (Big Seminar, The Underground, etc).
If you want to JV with the guru's or become one of the "A-List Marketers"... these events are the place to be.
Connections are a great thing, mind you - an "inner circle" is a powerful thing in any business. But I do get your point.
My pet peeve is when half a dozen internet marketers send you the exact same press release! It is so obviously copied from the affiliate section for the product, and they cant even be bothered to change the subject line.
%#&$^%$!
I just unsubscribed from another mailing list. I was signed up to this list as an affiliate for a specific product developed by a specific Internet Marketer.
The first two emails I received through that list were related to the program, and how to maximize potential affiliate revenue. The last dozen or so emails through that list were blatant promotions with no mention of an affiliate program - just announcements and links for new sites/products from this same marketer... 😐
All I wanted from that list were details on the affiliate program, or new affiliate programs he might launch in the future. Not spam. That is the quickest way to turn off a customer OR an affiliate!
I hate it when I get emails from different lists all promoting the same new e-book or on-line course. It feels like they all try to 'get you' by tricking you into it. ugh
Number 7 has got to be the hot button for me...see it all too frequently. Spent the time to make a snazy headline but didn't invest the time for corresponding content...Jeeezzz!
Yes. All these things are annoying, and like you I've unsubscribed to many lists lately. What I find most irritating though is the lack of content shared by these alleged super-marketers. Few marketers are sharing anything other than promotional material.
I wonder what made them think I wanted to buy, buy, buy ... when what I signed up for, and really want is to learn and read something of value. Thankfully there are exceptions.
Terry, thank you for sharing valuable information. John Reese does a great job too. But I can't think of many others who provide quality content. It's ironic because receiving quality content makes me much more likely to buy when the right offer is presented.
I appreciate your comments, Judith - and I agree. And some of these are the same marketers that originally shouted from the rooftops about 'relationship marketing', building trust and 'keeping your list warm'...
No context in an email that tells me it's super important to click on a link to a video or blog post RIGHT AWAY. It's doesn't have to be much, but some explanation of what the topic is about would be welcomed. These emails usually get the "delete" click.