What Is The Difference Between Safe-lists And Building My Own Email List And Which Should I Use
Posted in Marketing on December 17th, 2011 by John P Haskel – Be the first to commentFor those who have been in internet marketing arena for any amount of time, you have heard how crucial it is to have a mailing list to email. Owning an email list to send your offers to everyday or even every couple of days can make or break your online business. I have been in the IM arena for more than 5 years and one question that always comes up is “I use safe-lists, should I be using my own list?”
In the following paragraphs I am going to address this question and explain to you precisely how and why you should be utilizing safe-lists and your own mailing lists.
We are going to start off taking a deeper look at safe-lists Safe-lists are email lists made up of mostly Internet marketers. The manner by which it works is you can ordinarily join gratis or for a fee. When you join, you agree to get emails from other people in the safe-list. Majority of safe-lists nowadays are credit based lists so you need to click on the credit links in the emails you get. You then use these credits to send email to other people in the list, and on and on.
Bear in mind that the other members of the safe-list are the same as you — they want to email people and get traffic but they don’t want to buy something that another member is telling them about. Don’t get me wrong, it is feasible to earn money with these programs but it will be few and far between, not enough to make all your time clicking links worth it.
Nevertheless, safe-lists have a niche in Internet marketing. Using safe-lists is actually a terrific way for Internet marketers to begin growing a list of their own. Basically, all you have to do is to bribe people with something of value that you give to them for free and they share with you their email address. In no time at all you will have an email list of your own you can email whenever you want without needing to click safe-list links to get credits.
When it comes to developing your own list, if you wish to succeed in the long run as an Internet marketer, this is something you have to do. If you ask anybody who has been in the IM scene for some time they will tell you that you can make about $1 each month for every person you have on your own list. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “One dollar, yay”, but if you think about it this way 100 people equals $100 and 1,000 people equals $1,000 are you beginning to see how important it is now?
This however doesn’t mean that everyone on your email list sends you $1 a month. What this means is when you email your mailing list with a good subject line and good content in the email promoting a good product, you can expect to make approximately 1 sale for every 50 people on your email list each month. To explain this a little better, 1 person out of every 50 purchases a product worth $50 to you each month, that equals an average of $1 per person.
The great thing is when it is your list you can send your emails whenever you want. You can likewise grow your email list however big you would like it to be, where safe-lists merely let you email so many people every 3 to 7 days. There are also a lot of different ways that you can begin building your list. Safe-lists are just one way to help you get rolling. One technique which is extremely popular is just by putting a form on your web site or blog so people can sign up for your free newsletter. You can take advantage of traffic exchanges and other no-fee programs to help you build your email list. Essentially, the sky is the limit when it comes to list building.
And so back to the basic question on what type of mailing list should you use, whether you should build your own or make use of safe-lists You should be utilizing safe-lists but only to the point where it is helping you grow your own email list.
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