I was chatting recently with someone from one of the Canadian arms of the Better Business Bureau. He told me that not only do they get a lot of inquiries from people looking for more information on Internet-related companies, but complaints about Internet-related companies rank very high compared to other types of businesses.
To date, the Better Business Bureau has apparently logged (across North America) 253,015 inquires about Internet-related companies and 15,250 complaints, putting Internet-related companies fourth on the list of most complained about companies behind only credit card companies (third), cell phone companies (second), and auto dealerships (first). Ouch!
Month: July 2005
In the ongoing battle against spam and, more specifically, the targeting of children, Utah and Michigan lawmakers are looking at creating an email registry that will act like a ‘do-not-call’ list.
Read the Yahoo article from Associated Press.
I applaud the idea of trying to curb pornographic and otherwise inappropriate messages from reaching children but I believe there are fundamental flaws in this line of thinking.
From Click Weekly you can read about the recent CMO RealityCheck survey of marketing chiefs. One of reports interactive marketing spending boost in Q2.
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