Don’t Let Your Newsletter End Up In The Trash

June 30th, 2009 by Shawn Leave a reply »

When writing newsletters, one of the most common problem to reaching your clients is the spam filter. As there are many tips and tricks out there for avoiding this, covering the common “blacklisted” words can help you get through to your clients.

Here are some alot of words and phrases that you should try to avoid in your newsletters (or any e-mails for that matter):

4U 
Accept credit cards 
Act now! Don’t hesitate! 
Additional income 
Addresses on CD 
All natural 
Amazing 
Apply Online 
As seen on 
Billing address 
Auto email removal 
Avoid bankruptcy 
Be amazed 
Be your own boss 
Being a member 
Big bucks 
Bill 1618 
Billion dollars 
Brand new pager 
Bulk email 
Buy direct 
Buying judgments 
Cable converter 
Call free 
Call now 
Calling creditors 
Cannot be combined with any other offer 
Cancel at any time 
Can’t live without 
Cash bonus 
Cashcashcash 
Casino 
Cell phone cancer scam 
Cents on the dollar 
Check or money order 
Claims not to be selling anything 
Claims to be in accordance with some spam law 
Claims to be legal 
Claims you are a winner 
Claims you registered with some kind of partner 
Click below 
Click here link 
Click to remove 
Click to remove mailto 
Compare rates 
Compete for your business 
Confidentially on all orders 
Congratulations 
Consolidate debt and credit 
Stop snoring 
get it now 
Special promotion 
Copy accurately 
Copy DVDs 
Credit bureaus 
Credit card offers 
Cures baldness 
Dear email 
Dear friend 
Dear somebody 
Different reply to 
Dig up dirt on friends
Direct email 
Direct marketing 
Discusses search engine listings 
Do it today 
Don’t delete 
Drastically reduced 
Earn per week 
Easy terms 
Eliminate bad credit 
Email harvest 
Email marketing 
Expect to earn 
Fantastic deal 
Fast Viagra delivery 
Financial freedom 
Find out anything 
For free 
For instant access 
For just $ (some amt)
Free access 
Free cell phone 
Free consultation 
Free DVD 
Free grant money

Free hosting 
Free installation 
Free investment 
Free leads 
Free membership 
Free money 
Free offer 
Free preview 
Free priority mail 
Free quote 
Free sample 
Free trial 
Free website 
Full refund 
Get paid 
Get started now 
Gift certificate 
Great offer 
Guarantee 
Have you been turned down? 
Hidden assets 
Home employment 
Human growth hormone 
If only it were that easy 
In accordance with laws 
Increase sales 
Increase traffic 
Insurance 
Investment decision 
It’s effective 
Join millions of Americans 
Laser printer 
Limited time only 
Long distance phone offer 
Lose weight spam 
Lower interest rates 
Lower monthly payment 
Lowest price 
Luxury car 
Mail in order form 
Marketing solutions 
Mass email 
Meet singles 
Member stuff 
Message contains disclaimer 
Money back 
Money making 
Month trial offer 
More Internet traffic 
Mortgage rates 
Multi level marketing 
MLM 
Name brand 
New customers only 
New domain extensions 
Nigerian 
No age restrictions 
No catch 
No claim forms 
No cost 
No credit check 
No disappointment 
No experience 
No fees 
No gimmick 
No inventory 
No investment 
No medical exams 
No middleman 
No obligation 
No purchase necessary 
No questions asked 
No selling 
No strings attached 
Not intended 
Off shore 
Offer expires 
Offers coupon 
Offers extra cash 
Offers free (often stolen) passwords 
Once in lifetime 
One hundred percent free 
One hundred percent guaranteed 
One time mailing 
Online biz opportunity

Online pharmacy 
Only $ 
Opportunity 
Opt in 
Order now 
Order status 
Orders shipped by priority mail 
Outstanding values 
Pennies a day 
People just leave money laying around
Please read 
Potential earnings 
Print form signature 
Print out and fax 
Produced and sent out 
Profits 
Promise you …! 
Pure profit 
Real thing 
Refinance home 
Removal instructions
Remove in quotes 
Remove subject 
Removes wrinkles 
Reply remove subject 
Requires initial investment 
Reserves the right 
Reverses aging 
Risk free 
Round the world 
S 1618 
Safeguard notice 
Satisfaction guaranteed 
Save $ 
Save big money 
Save up to 
Score with babes 
Section 301 
See for yourself 
Sent in compliance 
Serious cash 
Serious only 
Shopping spree 
Sign up free today 
Social security number 
Stainless steel 
Stock alert 
Stock disclaimer statement 
Stock pick 
Strong buy 
Stuff on sale 
Subject to credit 
Supplies are limited 
Take action now 
Talks about hidden charges 
Talks about prizes 
Tells you it’s an ad 
Terms and conditions 
The best rates 
The following form 
They keep your money — no refund! 
They’re just giving it away 
This isn’t junk 
This isn’t spam 
University diplomas 
Unlimited 
Unsecured credit/debt 
Urgent 
US dollars 
Vacation offers 
Viagra and other drugs 
Wants credit card 
We hate spam 
We honor all 
Weekend getaway 
What are you waiting for? 
While supplies last 
While you sleep 
Who really wins? 
Why pay more? 
Will not believe your eyes 
Winner 
Winning 
Work at home 
You have been selected 
Your income

And More:

Act Now!
All New
All Natural
Avoid Bankruptcy
As Seen On…
Buy Direct
Casino
Cash
Consolidate Your Debt
Special Promotion
Easy Terms
Get Paid
Guarantee, Guaranteed
Great offer
Give it away, Giving it away
Join millions
Meet Singles
MLM
No cost, No fees
Offer
One time
Online pharmacy
Online marketing
Order Now
Please Read
Don’t Delete
Save up to
Time limited
Unsecured debt or credit
Vacation
Viagra
Visit our web site
While Supplies last
Why pay more?
Winner
Work at home
You’ve been selected

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This is a large list, but being aware of these words can keep your newsletter out of the spam filter, and into your clients hands.

This blog post was inspired by:

http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/ezine-publishing/avoid_spam_filters.html

http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt8/spamfilter_phrases.htm

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