Spirit Airlines is at it again. Early Tuesday, well ahead of official election results, the airline sent an email to subscribers with the subject line, "
Romney Wins!" Opening the email revealed Spirit's newest airfare sale, geared towards the presidential election. "Romney Wins. And So Do Obama and You With These Incredibly Low Fares," read the email, which offered sale fares starting at $29.80 one way. Reaction on Twitter to the faux election results and airfare sale triggered negative comments, however....
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Spirit Airlines is at it again. Early Tuesday, well ahead of official election results, the airline sent an email to subscribers with the subject line, "Romney Wins!" Opening the email revealed Spirit's newest airfare sale, geared towards the presidential election. "Romney Wins. And So Do Obama and You With These Incredibly Low Fares," read the email, which offered sale fares starting at $29.80 one way. Reaction on Twitter to the faux election results and airfare sale triggered negative comments, however.
7 Reasons Why Email is Still Kicking
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Mistaken predictions about the demise of people and things are relatively common. In the 1990s, brick-and-mortar bank branches were declared dead. ATMs and internet banking were supposed to result in the end of the local bank branch. Over the last few years, similar thoughts have been shared regarding email's fate in the digital marketing mix. Social media, SMS and mobile apps have been touted as "email killers." In the background, Facebook, Twitter and other brands have strengthened their use of email marketing to improve customer relationships.