Ankesh's comments are correct if you are professional in your email communications...

I respect Pete's and other comments on email and Spam But....

Too many in business have the wrong understanding when it comes to doing business by email... Spam is a totally different animal...

Make sure you read and fully understand the difference between the two....

All kinds of businesses use email communications for joint ventures, networking, bartering, discussing products and services etc. etc. It's all in how you Creatively communicate...

Helping businesses with useful information is just one method that definitely works...

Effective E-mail: How to Communicate Better
http://technology.inc.com/managing/a...tiveemail.html

I'm not sure if Skip is still regularly passing through SowPubs but many of his Excellent business ideas involve email communications with businesses that work great!

You might find a few if you read through some of Skip's posts in the SowPub archives...

Of course everyone interprets information differently since Living each day in itself is a risky business...

Phil