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E-Mail Marketing: Hyundai aims for 'dialogue' with
buyers
By Cara B. Dipasquale
Published: May 27, 2002
Hyundai USA is taking e-mail marketing for a test drive in an effort to begin an online conversation with
interested consumers.
The automaker's first foray into e-mail communication is a cautious, soft message,
according to James Fabin, Hyundai's manager of Internet marketing. "We're not trying to
sell cars [with the e-mail messages], we're just trying to start, very gently, a dialogue with
consumers," he said.
The first phase consists of e-mails to 100,000 to 150,000 hand raisers, providing
information about a Hyundai sweepstakes with Viacom's MTV and an online game called
the "Hyundai Rally Challenge," which consumers can access at hyundaiusa.com.
"The concept of just blasting out e-mail didn't make sense for them," said EchoMail
Chairman-CEO V.A. Shiva.
EchoMail has the tools to create and deploy e-mails, but also to track responses and
detect moods and attitudes-not merely key words-through automated technology.
"If [respondents] begin dialogue with us, the EchoMail technology will help us determine
who's in the market for possible future communications," Mr. Fabin said. "If consumers
accept it and like it, we'll continue."
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