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ThunderBalls · 10-09-2003, 05:35 PM

Just got this email from from AOL's marketing dept...anyone know what AOL iYP is?

From: *****@aol.com
Date sent: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:30:38 EDT
Subject: AOL iYP INFORMATION
To: **********

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Scott **** an Account Manager at America On Line for the
Advertising and Marketing Department.

After doing extensive research about your company and its operations my
colleagues and I have come to the conclusion that your company will be a
more than exceptional addition to our company and its operations. I
thought you would like to take advantage of this offer and sign up with America On Line iYP. Not only would you be seen by the biggest online market, they will also be able to directly link up to your website.

If you have any interest at all in more exposure and more revenue please
contact me at the attached e-mail address or by phone at 888-****** ext.
**** and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kindest Regards,

Scott ****

AOL iYP
Advertising Consultant

hyatla · 10-09-2003, 05:39 PM

No matter what that is, stay away from America offline. I lost huge money on its stocks and their dial up and DSL sucked big time.

InsaneGreen · 10-09-2003, 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by hyatla
No matter what that is, stay away from America offline. I lost huge money on its stocks and their dial up and DSL sucked big time.

i say: call him up and find out, just dont invest anything. either way he emailed for a reason...

JDog · 10-09-2003, 05:50 PM

How do you know that it is for real? Usually they don't email out like that!

jDoG

ThunderBalls · 10-09-2003, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JDog
How do you know that it is for real? Usually they don't email out like that!

jDoG

I didnt think so either, although I did run a reverse lookup on the 800 number and it was an AOL number. But yea, still could be bogus.

Hustler DJ · 10-09-2003, 07:29 PM

IYP typically stands for internet yellow pages.

I do know (from work I did in a previous life) that AOL is putting a big emphasis on local advertising -- to the point that they created a couple of phone/spam vaults full of minimum wage 'sales consultants' to recruit sites for their IYP product. Can't be sure if this dude's one of them or not... but could be legit.

All that said, if you're interested in generating business in your local (geographically speaking), I'd give him a shout out. When I was dealing with their management back in Reston about 6 mo. ago, they had their shit together, but hadn't really gotten off the ground yet. And 5 min of your life can't hurt, right?

10-09-2003, 05:35 PM	#1
ThunderBalls So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mesosphere Posts: 2,926	What is AOL iYP? Just got this email from from AOL's marketing dept...anyone know what AOL iYP is? From: ***@aol.com Date sent: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:30:38 EDT Subject: AOL iYP INFORMATION To: ****** To Whom It May Concern: My name is Scott an Account Manager at America On Line for the Advertising and Marketing Department. After doing extensive research about your company and its operations my colleagues and I have come to the conclusion that your company will be a more than exceptional addition to our company and its operations. I thought you would like to take advantage of this offer and sign up with America On Line iYP. Not only would you be seen by the biggest online market, they will also be able to directly link up to your website. If you have any interest at all in more exposure and more revenue please contact me at the attached e-mail address or by phone at 888-** ext. and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Kindest Regards, Scott ** AOL iYP Advertising Consultant

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10-09-2003, 07:29 PM	#6
Hustler DJ Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: El Lay, Sea Yay Posts: 469	IYP typically stands for internet yellow pages. I do know (from work I did in a previous life) that AOL is putting a big emphasis on local advertising -- to the point that they created a couple of phone/spam vaults full of minimum wage 'sales consultants' to recruit sites for their IYP product. Can't be sure if this dude's one of them or not... but could be legit. All that said, if you're interested in generating business in your local (geographically speaking), I'd give him a shout out. When I was dealing with their management back in Reston about 6 mo. ago, they had their shit together, but hadn't really gotten off the ground yet. And 5 min of your life can't hurt, right? __________________ Darren - Sales/Marketing Guy -- FlyntDigital/HustlerContent ICQ: 2907527