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Let's Go SWYN

An acronym moving into the email marketing lexicon: SWYN. It stands for "share with your network."

SWYN provides email marketers the opportunity to capitalize on the growing social network space. Icons in an email allow a person to easily post the message on a Facebook or MySpace page. Marketers hope it sets off a viral campaign. It's a new version of "forward to a friend."

Silverpop says "combine the targeting and metrics of email with the reach of social networks, and you've entered a whole new world of possibilities."

On Captiva Island this afternoon, no doubt many conference attendees will be SWYN-ning. Of course, not to be confused with phishing.

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  1. Neil Capel from Sailthru, May 7, 2009 at 12:16 a.m.

    Hey David,

    How come you didn't mention us? We were there and we specialize in SWYN emails - even hosting the address book integration.

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