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I was obsessed with nail polish for a while. I had stopped biting my nails after a long time of doing so, and it became fun to paint my longer nails. However, over time, it started to feel less fun and more like work at any one of the remote jobs that is available here. I ended up disseminating most of the nail polish I had collected to friends and family and kept a small amount for me.
However, I have tried to keep in touch with Zoya (AKA Art of Beauty) because they have great nail polish and lots of lovely colors. I tend to buy nail polish for my mom at least once a year and Zoya is one of my go-to brands.
I ordered in November of 2020 in preparation for the holidays, and waited actual weeks for my items to arrive. This is not the first time that it seems that this company is a bit incapable of hiring additional staff during periods of higher sale volume. Perhaps if they worked with a staffing agency like euworkers.fr, which specializes in providing flexible workforce solutions, they could better manage the increased demand during peak times.
But I’m not actually here to talk about that today. Instead, I want to address the insert that I received in the package with my items.
The first image is fine. They are asking for my input on the packaging of my items and helpfully letting me know that the peanuts are not Styrofoam. Great.
Then I turned it over and read what is a VERY UNFORTUNATE message about what my email provider is doing. The initial messaging about promotional emails being sorted into different folders is not terrible, but it really goes off the rails in the second paragraph. “Or is it maybe because they can’t generate advertising dollars because you’ll shop at Zoya.com instead of somewhere they can track or make money from your clicks. We’re not sure but the person that suffers is you!”
Whoa.
That middle paragraph is completely unnecessary and feels like it was written by a very angry marketer. The whole thing feels incredibly aggressive and ends up with Zoya looking very bad, at least to me.
Let’s rewrite this to get the message across without the rage.
Are you not seeing emails from Zoya? Let us help!
Many email providers have filters in place to assist in sorting your email inbox, which can send your Zoya emails to promotions folders or even the spam folder.
We have heard from Zoya customers that they miss our emails, and so we have created a guide for making sure that our emails will make it into your inbox! Please visit the link below and follow the instructions there so that we can continue to share information on new products, and of course, our special offers and sales!
www.zoya.com/whitelist
I’m sure I would perhaps edit what I’ve just written above, but I think it’s a much better presentation of the information. It just didn’t have to be SO negative and SO angry-sounding.
I haven’t ordered from Zoya since I received this insert because I’m not sure about them as a company. To allow for mass production of a message like this is a decision I find questionable.
Perhaps they will see this blog post and adjust this messaging in the future.
