Define "Success"... Read? Responded to? Thrown into a spam folder? Delivered?
Mike Kear wrote: > I'm being asked to consult on writing an email marketing application, > and I'm thinking about how to track responses. > > At the moment I'm planning on being able to send out text and html > emails as two-part emails, and tracking readership of the emails by > using a link wiht suitable URL variables to a CF page on my server > that loads a transparent gif into the reader's email, and adds a > record to a DB table recording the userid and content id etc. > > That will record who's opened and presumably read the html version. > > But how do people track who reads the text-only versions of emails? > > Is there any better way developed to track the success or otherwise of > emails than having a link back to a url? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
