Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) Members Discussion
Forum FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Welcome to the AAM Member Discussion List
The purpose of our Discussion List is to compare notes and exchange information, so that we can be more effective in our jobs of promoting accounting services and our firms. This is the place where you will find the newest ideas and most seasoned insight on every accounting firm marketing topic under the sun.
As a member, you will get about 10 to 20 e-mail messages a day from the Discussion List. As a Discussion List member, you agree to follow the AAM Members Discussion List Rules and you acknowledge that list owner, the Association for Accounting Marketing, has the right to enforce them in its sole discretion. This means that if you violate the Discussion List rules, we may take action against your account. This can range from a friendly warning to the termination of your account.
This is a nationwide discussion group. There are many members, probably including some of your competitors. Please be cognizant of what you say because you never know who's reading your message. This is a large discussion group composed of Marketers, CPAs, and vendors to the industry. Please be respectful in what you say because, again, you never know who's reading your message.
LOG IN AT MEMBER SERVICES!
Log in at AAM Discussion Group using your e-mail and password, then click on the button the tab "My Account". Under membership type you can decide whether to receive messages as they are contributed or to receive one daily message with all the contributions for the day either as an index or a digest (MIME or non-MIME format).
When to suspend e-mails: While you may temporarily suspend message delivery anytime you wish, you MUST suspend delivery whenever you plan to set up an AUTO-REPLY message. You are required to use this feature before you activate your AUTO-REPLY message so the list servers are not inundated with a continuous loop of repeat postings of your out-of-the-office message. Change your settings back to your preferred delivery option upon your return. Instructions for suspending e-mail are here.
Updating your member information and delivery options: All Discussion List member accounts are self-managed on the Web. If your e-mail changes, you should change your member information immediately so you do not experience a lapse in mail delivery. Please remember to alert AAM headquarters separately of changes of any kind in your member contact information. Whether it's a change of name, address, firm, phone/fax (especially area code changes), zip code and, of course, changes in your e-mail address. You can submit your changes to: info@accountingmarketing.org.
Reading and searching archived posts: At any time, you can search the entire AAM Discussion List archives by key word(s) (including author) or date ranges. Instructions for searching the archives are here.
How to quit the Discussion List: You can elect to unsubscribe from the AAM Discussion List at any time. Remember that you must be a member of AAM to participate in the Discussion List, but discontinuing your participation in the Discussion List does not affect your membership in AAM. As long as you are a member in good standing, you may rejoin the Discussion List at a later time. Go here for instructions on quitting the list.
How to Send a Message
This is called "sending mail to the list," because you send mail to the Discussion List computer, which distributes a copy to all other list members.
In your first message, tell us about yourself, your work and your favorite vacation destination, and then ask a question involving accounting marketing -- something you're working on now. Finally, sign all of your messages in the following format:
How to Switch from Individual Messages to a Once-A-Day Digest
How to Suspend e-mails
To put your e-mails on hold:
What to do when your e-mail address and contact information change
And remember to alert AAM headquarters of changes of any kind in your member contact information. Whether it's a change of name, address, firm, phone/fax (especially area code changes), zip code and, of course, changes in your e-mail address. You can submit your changes via info@accountingmarketing.org
How to Read the Archives
How to quit the Discussion List.
Remember that you must be a member of AAM to participate in the Discussion List, but discontinuing your participation in the Discussion List does not affect your membership in AAM. As long as you are a member in good standing, you may rejoin the Discussion List at a later time.
AAM Members Discussion List Rules
DISCUSSION LIST RULES
We are a Discussion List of professionals and expect members to act accordingly.
14. Every message posted to the Discussion List is off-the-record, confidential and not-for-attribution. The content available through the Discussion List may be displayed, reformatted and printed for your personal, non-commercial use only. Inappropriate commercial use includes private follow up with posters to sell your product or solution. You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, re-post, distribute, sell, publish, broadcast, create derivative works from, perform, or in any way commercially exploit any of the content, or infringe upon trademarks or service marks displayed or received through the Discussion List, including but not limited to others in the same company or organization, without our express prior written consent. (See "A special note about forwarding messages off the list" at (http://www.accountingmarketing.org)
15. Don't send personal messages to the entire Discussion List. Press "Reply" to send a message to ALL members. Press "FORWARD" to send a private message, and type the person's e-mail address in the "TO" box.
16. Job postings are not allowed on the list. If you would like to promote a job opening, contact AAM's Membership Director (816-221-1296) to participate in AAM's Job Bank.
17. Type in your real name at the end of every message.
18. Self-promotion is absolutely forbidden on the list and is considered SPAM. Offenders will face suspension from the list for a first offense and permanent termination for a second one. Advertising and promotion of commercial services are not permitted in e-mail messages. For information about paid sponsorships, please contact AAM's Membership Director (816-221-1296).
19. When you leave on vacation, please use the AAM Members Discussion List Web site, http://talk.netatlantic.com:8080/read/?forum=connected, to log-in and temporarily suspend delivery of messages. The process is explained in detail in the list FAQs. DO NOT set up an automatic message that sends out e-mail that you're not in the office. This can start an endless loop of e-mail with the Discussion List computer.
20. Do not attach documents or files to messages sent to the Discussion List. The Discussion List computer may turn them into garbage.
21. The following actions, among others, may result in removal of messages and/or termination of your Discussion List membership: Using the service for illegal purposes or for the transmission of material that is unlawful, harassing, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, tortious or otherwise objectionable.
22. Members who neglect to introduce themselves on the Discussion List or who fail to identify their name, address, phone, etc., when posting may be terminated.
23. Members who are not current with AAM dues will lose access to the Discussion List.
24. The Association for Accounting Marketing assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness or usefulness of information in any material on the Discussion List and it does not endorse any opinions or recommendations posted by members. You should exercise discretion and skepticism before relying on information in messages, because it may be incorrect or misleading.
If you are having difficulty please feel free to e-mail AAM: info@accountingmarketing.org