Spam Free
Last week I began sending out emails to friends and family to let them know that the Poloppo shopping cart was (finally!) up and running, and that they could get a 50% discount over the next two weeks if they beta-tested the site for us (read on if you'd like that yourself).
I got up to the letter D in the alphabetical list of my Mac Address Book when things started to go a little pear shaped. My inbox began to fill up with "Mail Error Handler" messages and I began to realize I was being blocked by my friends' barricade of spam filters because of the word "discount." It's a weird and uncomfortable feeling not to be able to email your friends because of high security, and it reminds me of the frustration I feel at security in airports in having to take off my shoes, ensure I've checked in all toiletries (or be prepared to lose those I haven't), and guzzle freshly-bought bottles of water I'd forgotten not to buy.
I guess it's a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things. So far, (knock on wood), we've been terrorist free in U.S. skies since 9/11. And down on the ground our email inboxes are (for the most part) spam-free when we jack up our spam filters.
So, without further adieu, I'd like to announce that if we have your email address, you can rest assured that you will never receive anything that resembles spam (even if it is a much-desired 50% discount!). And I'm left with no alternative but to spam my own blog with the discount letter. I figure that if you've come to read the Poloppo blog that you must be a friend, if not in name, at least in spirit ...
Dear friends,
Welcome to Poloppo! It’s a world created (almost!) entirely by children. Can you imagine how wacky, fun and innocent that would be?
We’ve launched Poloppo to help you get in touch not only with your own “inner child” ... that crazy, happy, wondrous and loving person (who’s willing to try anything!), but also with the children in your life, and throughout the world. We believe the combination of creativity and children to be a powerful recipe for inspiration and development, of self, family and community.
If you love children, have compassion for children in underprivileged circumstances, and consider yourself to be even mildly creative, please take a look, and help us with feedback, suggestions, submissions of artwork, sales ... anything you can think of! All Poloppo child artists receive royalties on products that sell with their work and a portion of revenue goes to art programs for underprivileged kids in the U.S. and worldwide.
To help us fine-tune the website, we’d like to offer a 50% discount to anyone willing to beta-test the site. The 50% discount will last for two weeks (from Saturday October 27th through Saturday November 10th) and will be followed by a 15% discount for the following two weeks. At check-out, use the code = POLOPPO5 (be sure it's all caps and click the "apply code" button).
Please forward this to your friends and family who might be willing to help out! Send to people who will be interested in the concept, patient with our beta version, will provide feedback – and who might enjoy the sale.
Many happy wishes from the team at Poloppo!
I got up to the letter D in the alphabetical list of my Mac Address Book when things started to go a little pear shaped. My inbox began to fill up with "Mail Error Handler" messages and I began to realize I was being blocked by my friends' barricade of spam filters because of the word "discount." It's a weird and uncomfortable feeling not to be able to email your friends because of high security, and it reminds me of the frustration I feel at security in airports in having to take off my shoes, ensure I've checked in all toiletries (or be prepared to lose those I haven't), and guzzle freshly-bought bottles of water I'd forgotten not to buy.
I guess it's a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things. So far, (knock on wood), we've been terrorist free in U.S. skies since 9/11. And down on the ground our email inboxes are (for the most part) spam-free when we jack up our spam filters.
So, without further adieu, I'd like to announce that if we have your email address, you can rest assured that you will never receive anything that resembles spam (even if it is a much-desired 50% discount!). And I'm left with no alternative but to spam my own blog with the discount letter. I figure that if you've come to read the Poloppo blog that you must be a friend, if not in name, at least in spirit ...
Dear friends,
Welcome to Poloppo! It’s a world created (almost!) entirely by children. Can you imagine how wacky, fun and innocent that would be?
We’ve launched Poloppo to help you get in touch not only with your own “inner child” ... that crazy, happy, wondrous and loving person (who’s willing to try anything!), but also with the children in your life, and throughout the world. We believe the combination of creativity and children to be a powerful recipe for inspiration and development, of self, family and community.
If you love children, have compassion for children in underprivileged circumstances, and consider yourself to be even mildly creative, please take a look, and help us with feedback, suggestions, submissions of artwork, sales ... anything you can think of! All Poloppo child artists receive royalties on products that sell with their work and a portion of revenue goes to art programs for underprivileged kids in the U.S. and worldwide.
To help us fine-tune the website, we’d like to offer a 50% discount to anyone willing to beta-test the site. The 50% discount will last for two weeks (from Saturday October 27th through Saturday November 10th) and will be followed by a 15% discount for the following two weeks. At check-out, use the code = POLOPPO5 (be sure it's all caps and click the "apply code" button).
Please forward this to your friends and family who might be willing to help out! Send to people who will be interested in the concept, patient with our beta version, will provide feedback – and who might enjoy the sale.
Many happy wishes from the team at Poloppo!
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