Affiliate Marketing: Know The Can-Spam Act
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The amount of false information available about e-mail marketing on the net is staggering.If you are advertising your affiliate program through e-mail campaigns, make sure you know what your responsibilities are.
The lawless days of spam e-mail are over, at least for U.S.A. based advertisers. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) sets forth specific requirements for advertising via e-mail. The law has been tested numerous times since being passed and fines have been levied, property seized, people have even been sentenced to prison.
As an affiliate marketer obviously you don't want to be on the wrong side of this law. Luckily, complying with the provisions in the law is fairly simple. Here is what it requires:
No misleading or fake header information. This includes the "From:" and "To" fields.
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