<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/feed/</link> <description>Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging</description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28700</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28700</link> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:26:29 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> And in some cases, I love to use&#160;Contact&#160;Form 7 and create a&#160;separate&#160;form to control the subject line, and other contact specific&#160;features,&#160;<br /> <span>to make sorting through&#160;</span><span>emails</span><span>&#160;easier</span>. Just a thought, "when you want [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28697</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28697</link> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:51:33 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a> Great point, Amy. Knowing where that lead came from is very important. I actually started putting my email in some of my posts, but will start referring them to my contact form because of this. Thanks [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28589</guid><title><![CDATA[Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28589</link> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dianeaull/" title="Diane Aull" rel="nofollow">Diane Aull</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Add me to the contact form column. I like being able to specify certain fields as required... otherwise people are liable to, say, send me an email requesting a phone call but forget to give me their phone number. [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28545</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28545</link> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:02:14 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow">@supereb</a> Thanks E.N. my mind is a bit frazzled of late with our conference coming up in just over a week. I couldn't remember CAPTCHA!</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-</guid><title><![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-</link> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:55:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/" title="E N Brown" rel="nofollow">E N Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <span><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow">@kc_kreative</a> said "a filter program (i.e. “type in the letters above”) to slow down the spammers."</span><div><span></span></div><div><span></span><span>This type of little aid is called a "CAPTCHA" program and stands for&#160;</span><span>"Completely Automated Public Turing test [&#8230;]</span></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28483</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28483</link> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:59:46 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a>&#160; Contact form - that way I know where the lead originated from. :)</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28446</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28446</link> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:48:35 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow">@kc_kreative</a> noticed that about linkedin and other sites, They must have some anti scrapping software, like <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> mentioned, to prevent the bots. Interesting.&#160;</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28438</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28438</link> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:30:53 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> My site isn't launched; however, I would lean towards a contact form. If I do put my email out there, I'll use the generic info@ and probably have a filter program (i.e. "type in the letters [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28417</guid><title><![CDATA[Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28417</link> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:01:08 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/charlene-kingston/" title="Charlene Kingston" rel="nofollow">Charlene Kingston</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I don't have my email address listed on my site. My contact form emails me. Anyone who has a business relationship with me knows my email address from my newsletters, etc.&#160;<div></div><div>It's a calculated decision I've made. [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28383</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28383</link> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:01:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> Ok headed over there now. Thanks.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28376</guid><title><![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28376</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:46:02 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/" title="Mac" rel="nofollow">Mac</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/trudy/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/trudy/' rel="nofollow">@trudy</a> knock wood :)</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28375</guid><title><![CDATA[Trudy Phillips replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28375</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:44:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/trudy/" title="Trudy Phillips" rel="nofollow">Trudy Phillips</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/iamconsulting/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/iamconsulting/' rel="nofollow">@iamconsulting</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/' rel="nofollow">@richardmclaughlin</a>&#160; <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a>. &#160; I have both options, hyperlink to send email and a contact form. &#160;Seems to work well and I seen no increase in spam.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28352</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28352</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:39:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> I use Email Address Encoder (<a href="http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html</a>). &#160;You just put in your email address and it gives you the HTML for each character. &#160;It makes it a lot harder for spam bots to [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28347</guid><title><![CDATA[Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28347</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:19:13 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/iamconsulting/" title="Nichole Schlecht" rel="nofollow">Nichole Schlecht</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a><div></div><div>I use both a form and my email address. &#160;I did get some spam at first but it's stopped for the most part. &#160;My anti-spam solution... &#160;Many of the emails I received were in violation of the CAN-SPAM [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28346</guid><title><![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28346</link> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:15:06 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/" title="Mac" rel="nofollow">Mac</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/" rel="nofollow">Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I used to write it as name at gmail, but I realize that I don't see much spam and having a hyperlink makes it easier for a technically challenged person.</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>