It’s not my birthday – an update

Back in July I wrote a post about my birthday even though it wasn’t actually my birthday. You might remember it.  In fact I hope you do, because it offered a really simple, actionable tip for you.  Here it is again ‘Happy Birthday to meee’.

Well, now it really is my birthday so I thought I’d offer up myself as an experiment.  I’m on dozens, hundreds of databases around the world, and a great many have my date of birth.  Lots of them have quite a bit of my cash, as I have purchased things from them. And most have active email marketing programs.  A number of them tell me when it’s their birthday – and they ask me to get in on the action by spending money with them!

So I wonder how many of them will take the opportunity to make me feel known and appreciated, with a simple triggered Birthday email, and get themselves seen too as I post them here for you to see?

They have four days.  Tick, tick, tick…

Watch this space.



  • http://Smartmailpro.com roanne parker

    UPDATE: I am genuinely gob-smacked that just one of hundreds of databases I am on has a birthday triggered eDM. Not one retail or information database has taken advantage of the potential of my weakened resolve, and tempted me to treat myself… But, yes, just in the nick of time, I have received a birthday email from a marketing database…. from the most unlikely quarter. It’s smoothly done, but not what you’d expect. Post will be up this afternoon.