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Elie Ashery

Elie Ashery

Elie is a true entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to the Internet and new media. He is responsible for the vision and strategy execution for Gold Lasso and drives the innovation behind the Company’s products and services. Elie’s career as an Internet entrepreneur has been chronicled in numerous media outlets including Entrepreneur Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine and most recently in The Washington Post. Elie has written numerous articles for trade journals and blogs covering a wide range of Internet marketing topics from strategy to ethics and speaks regularly at various trade events. In 2007 he was asked to provide research and write the forward for the book The Complete Guide To E-mail Marketing by Bruce Brown. Elie donates his time to both religious and secular charities as well as provides entrepreneurial mentorship. Elie holds a bachelor degree in finance from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and is currently enrolled in their Executive MBA program.

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The Death of Foward to A Friend

Posted by Elie Ashery
Elie Ashery
Elie is a true entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to the Internet and new
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on August 30, 2007
in Industry Commentary
I'm officially declaring that the Forward to a Friend feature email service providers include in their application as the most stupid thing ever created.  Yes, we at Gold Lasso are just as stupid for including it in eLoop.  The simple fact is that since 100% of the most common used email clients have a forward email feature people use that instead.  The Forward to a Friend gimmick is a failed attempt by email service providers to incorporate "viral" marketing tools into their applications.  We tried to reinvent the wheel and we failed.  The only thing we email service providers can do to save face is to hope that our Forward to a Friend feature reminds people to use their forward button....
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GT loves ellipsis dive! said,
  Elie, I'd agree with you regarding the fact that many people make mistake by simply buying leads lis  
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Kristin Logan said,
  70%! Not too shabby :-)  
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