This week on The ’90s Sucked! Adam and Chet look back on one of the most effective direct mail marketing campaigns of all-time…AOL’s infamous free internet service discs!
Download and Streaming Links
iTunes: https://apple.co/2IT9klR
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZoPuWe
Google: http://bit.ly/2KmYzv5
Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2Xp0eq2
Megaphone: http://bit.ly/2ZwXJzv
Reference Links
A Brief History
http://mentalfloss.com/article/87291/youve-got-mail-history-aols-free-trial-cds
Quora Thread About AOL Discs
Campaign to Send Them All Back to AOL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2440911.stm
AOL Got In Trouble With the SEC
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/34-42781.htm
They’re Collectibles Now!
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwxngw/inside-the-weird-world-of-aol-disc-collecting-511
The Internet Archive Project Has A Huge Collection Of Them Online
https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/internet-archive-aol-free-trial-cds/
Jan Brandt On the Internet History Podcast