SPAM: The Online Marketing Definition

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Definition of SPAM: E-mail spam, also known as junk e-mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. A common synonym for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE). Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk. Whether in emails like gmail or in social media SPAM is SPAM.

What is NOT SPAM?

Tweets (as long as they are NOT 20 times in a row the same tweet) via twitter.If you don’t like someones tweets then unfollow them. But don’t incorrectly call them a spammer when YOU chose to follow them.

Messages sent out to groups you have started on social media (Facebook, linkedin). Think of it like this when you join a group you gave them permission to communicate with you.

Answering a specific question about an exact subject by sending links to that solution.  You asked so it makes sense others answer.

CLASSIC Monty Python SPAM