A lot of people just don't seem to see how vital it is to have an email list. You can see it on just about every Internet marketing web site on the Internet "The Money Is In The List". I have been in the IM scene for at least 5 years and one question that always comes up is "I use safelists, should I be using my own list?"
I am going to go a bit deeper in this article on how email marketing must be executed.
We are going to start off taking a deeper look at safelists. A safelist is a group of individuals who agree to receive emails from other individuals in the group. Usually, you have the choice to join gratis but 99% of these websites have extra features for folks who wish to pay for them. When you sign up, you agree to receive emails from other members. Generally, every email you receive will have something called a credit link that you will need to click on to earn credits, this is known as a credit based safelist. Here, you can trade your credits for emailing other members, and when they receive your email they need to click the credit link to earn credits and they see your site when they do.
Remember that these other members are like you -- they want to email people and receive traffic but they don't wish to purchase something that another member is telling them about. Frankly, you can generate money selling goods on safelists, but you're not going to make a living selling on safelists.
Nevertheless, safelists have a place in Internet marketing. Now, if you are interested to have your own email list, safelists can help you grow it. You or your palm springs web design company can obtain people's email addresses by giving stuff away and having people provide you their name and email address in order to get the free item. In a short time you will have a mailing list of your own you can email each time you want without needing to click safelist links to get credits.
Which leads us to the question "Do I need my own email list?" Yes you do, at least if you want to be successful. To explain how crucial it is to have your own list, on average for every one person you get to sign up to your email list you will make roughly one dollar per month from. While that may not seem like a lot of money, imagine happens if you have your own list of 5,000 or 10,000 people?
This however doesn't mean that every person on your email list sends you $1 a month. The way it is works out is, when you have people on your email list they are more inclined to buy from you as long as you offer quality, and you should be able to sell 1 product every month to every 1 person out of 50 who are on your email list. To explain this a little better, 1 person out of every 50 buys a product worth $50 to you each month, that equals an average of $1 per person.
The great thing is when it is your mailing list you can send your emails whenever you desire. Also, there is no limit to how large you can grow your list. You can utilize various methods to develop your list too. Safelists are merely one way to help you get rolling. Someone from your Palm Springs web design company can put a web form on your blog so people can be updated, then you can email them also and your email list grows. You can use traffic exchanges and other no-fee programs to help you grow your email list. The point is it is limitless.
And so back to the original question on what type of list do you have to use, whether you should grow your own or use safelists. Again, safelists are great for helping you start your own mailing list, but building your own list should be your priority.
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