Once you learn a bit about the unique social niceties that have grown up around e-mail, you can use it to sell.
Predictor: McCarthy, Ken
Prediction, in context:Ken McCarthy, founding publisher of the Internet Gazette, includes this August 1994 prediction on his personal archive on the Internet: ”Now you need one more line on your business card; your Internet e-mail address. This simple step will open a new channel of communication between you, your company and an audience of what some estimate to be as many as 50 million well-educated, affluent people worldwide. Your prospects and customers can use e-mail to make inquiries, order products and offer suggestions. And once you learn a bit about the unique social niceties that have grown up around e-mail, you can use it to sell.”
Date of prediction: February 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: kenmccarthy.com
Title, headline, chapter name: Predictions
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://kenmccarthy.com/predictions/
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry