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Posterous Introduces "The Last Email List You'll Ever Need"

By Mike Melanson / December 15, 2010 9:00 AM / View Comments

Today, Posterous, the site we previously referred to as a "minimalist blogging platform", has again expanded its functionality in its own, minimalist fashion. This time, rather than adding rich editing features or increasing social interaction the service has gone and reinvented one of the Internet's "wheels" - the email list.

We spoke with Posterous co-founder and CEO Sachin Agarwal yesterday and he told us that the new feature is an "email list on steroids" and that it's "the last email list you'll ever need."

AwayFind Helps You Escape Your Inbox With an iPhone App

By Mike Melanson / December 8, 2010 5:49 AM / View Comments

Email can be a burden. Whether you're sitting at your desk obsessively checking your inbox for that special email while you should be doing other things or you're surreptitiously glancing at your smartphone while you're out on the town, it can be a constant distraction. Would phone calls have made it this far if you constantly had to ask your device "is someone calling me?"

Enter AwayFind, a Web-based service that lets you escape your inbox by alerting you to those critical, "can't miss" messages. And today, AwayFind leaves beta with the arrival of an iPhone app that makes separating yourself from your email account easier than ever before.

Redefining What It Means To Be A Mobile Marketer

By Guest Author / November 26, 2010 8:00 AM / View Comments

guest_circuitboard.pngIf you work in the digital marketing field chances are you've met someone with "mobile marketing" in their title. Not long ago there were no such roles, but today mobile plays such an important part in the marketing and fulfillment mixes for many businesses that one or more dedicated resources are necessary. It goes without saying that the same case could be made for those specializing in social media marketing.

As mobile and social media functions establish themselves, they join another, more mature digital channel: email. Unlike offline or analog marketing, digital channels present marketers a lot of flexibility around the frequency and timing of campaigns and other types of communication. When you consider as well that many consumers are often opted into multiple channels, there's the possibility that messages from different channels compete with one another for attention.

Why You Shouldn't Do an Email Startup

By Audrey Watters / November 19, 2010 8:05 PM / View Comments

mail_slow_old.jpgLast night 500 Startups co-hosted an event called Inbox Love on the Google campus that brought together a number of entrepreneurs and companies who are working in the email space. The night featured several ignite talks, starting with Google's Stephanie Hannon who gave a post-mortem on Google Wave's attempts to revolutionize email and ending with Facebook developer Joel Seligstein who spoke about Monday's launch of its new messaging system. Being in company like Facebook and Google may be a little daunting for startups who too are attempting to address some of the problems surrounding email.

But if you need still more reasons why launching an email startup may be an uphill battle, Bijan Marashi can list them for you. Marashi is the co-founder and former CEO of Xoopit, an email indexing service that was acquired by Yahoo last year.

Live Blog: Facebook's "Not Email" Announcement

By Audrey Watters / November 15, 2010 9:42 AM

At Facebook's Mobile Event two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg said that there was still at least "one big announcement" to come this year. And as we're hearing rumors that Facebook is about to unveil "Project Titan," it seems likely that today is it.

Facebook is holding a press event this morning where it is expected to launch a web-based email client, as well as further integration with Microsoft's Office Web Apps. Some are speculating that users will also get access to their own personal @facebook email account.

SMB Tech Roundup: Facebook Email, Google Voice for Business and More

By John Paul Titlow / November 13, 2010 5:00 PM / View Comments

Keeping up with every RSS feed item and tweet is hard enough for anybody, let alone someone trying to run a business. That's why at the end of every week, ReadWriteBiz rounds up the week's most important tech news and insights for small and medium-sized businesses.

On Tuesday, Fortune magazine writer Seth Weintraub discussed the availability of Google Voice to Google Apps business customers, and what it may mean for companies big and small. Weintraub compares the significance of Google Voice for businesses to that of email, and suggests that "a frugal business can now forgo the purchase of a phone entirely, instead relying on Google Voice."

Collaborate on Microsoft's Docs.com Within Facebook Groups

By Audrey Watters / November 13, 2010 11:24 AM / View Comments

docs_com_nov10.jpgMicrosoft's Docs.com announced today that it now supports sharing documents within Facebook Groups. Microsoft's Fuse labs brought Docs.com to Facebook back in April, but the service hasn't necessarily taken off, in part because sharing documents with a specific group was unwieldy, as you had to add people manually.

Now Docs.com promises integration into Facebook Groups, something that wasn't previously possible for third-party apps. Users can share documents within a Group for others to view or edit. Updates to Docs.com will post a story to the Group's Wall as well as to the newsfeeds of its members. And you can leave comments about documents on the Group Wall or within the document itself.

Inboxes Rejoice: Spam Volume Down 47% Since August

By Frederic Lardinois / November 12, 2010 8:49 AM / View Comments

symantec_logo_nov10.jpgThe total volume of spam hitting our collective inboxes continues to decline. According to the latest data from Symantec, the global spam volume in October declined by 22% month-over-month and over 47% since August. This reduction can be attributed to the shutdown of major spam networks like spamit.com and the Bredolab botnet. Even with this decline, though, spam still made up 86.6% of all emails in October. This is the lowest number Symantec has reported since September 2009.

Facebook Email Coming Monday with Office Web Apps Integration

By Mike Melanson / November 12, 2010 6:02 AM / View Comments

Facebook is having another one of its all-hands-on-deck press events next Monday and the speculation this time around, a la the telegram-esque design of the invite, is that the company will unveil its "Gmail killer".

The offering, dubbed "Project Titan", would potentially offer @facebook.com email addresses with POP access, not to mention integration with Microsoft's Office Web Apps.

Survey: SMBs to Keep Spending on Digital Marketing in 2011

By John Paul Titlow / November 1, 2010 5:00 PM / View Comments

smb-marketing-chart.pngThe majority of small and medium-sized businesses will either increase their digital marketing budgets or keep them the same in 2011, according to a new survey released by Zoomerang in partnership with GrowBizMedia.

The survey results came from a sample of over 750 SMBs, the vast majority of which have 1-25 employees. More than half (55%) of respondents reported having a marketing budget of $1,000 or less.

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