DISQUS

Hector · 1 year ago

that may be against the 'rules', i don't know anything about it but to me it makes sense... i was not going to ask you
“what the hell is wrong with her?!”, i'd rather say "hey nice idea, why didn' t they think of that!"

Forrest · 1 year ago

You had asked:

If you haven’t signed up for my list, please let me know why. Is the incentive too lame or are you just avoiding extra email? I would really appreciate any feedback you can give.

And the interesting thing is, you touched on the main answer in your question. I don't want the email. I have two addresses: one for personal correspondence, and the other, which seems to be down, is more of a honey pot. My Excite email address gets hundreds of messages a day, and has become useless, apart from having an address to give out at will.

The other reason - and I mean no offense by this - is that, as you mentioned, the reason for building these types of lists is to sell them. I have respect for you, based on everything you've expressed in your blog. I wouldn't be offended in the least if you decided to write me. But that respect doesn't carry over to partners you may have ... again, I'm not trying to single you out, but this general line of thinking is why I don't join lists at all.

In terms of incentives, I've joined the Union of Concerned Scientists' mailing list a few years ago, when my best friend stood to win a nice prize by recruiting enough people. I guess that's really the only type of incentive that would convince me ... making a personal friend happy.

I hope that reasoning and feedback is even a little bit useful?

Forrest's last blog post..4th of July Fireworks on Lake Union

JR @ Internet Marketing Strate · 1 year ago

Hi Sara, I signed up for the list, but the Directory Buzz software link is not working, says, "nothing found" when clicking on it.
Thanks,
JR

JR @ Internet Marketing Strategies's last blog post..Link Building - Another Do-Follow Social Bookmark on Turbo

Sara Ch. · 1 year ago

JR,

I fixed the link on the download page, thanks for the heads up. I sent you an email with the download page link as well as a link directly to the file. Please let me know if you have any problems.

Thanks,
Sara

Rod · 1 year ago

I wanted to create a list but how do I find an affordable mailing list software to do it?

Rod's last blog post..3 Worst Copywriting Mistakes You Should Avoid

Sara Ch. · 1 year ago

Forrest - Sorry I missed your comment before. I'm not offended at all. You are absolutely right that lists are generally meant to sell. The first thing I remember being told when I started internet marketing was "the money is in the list." But I hate the idea of flooding people with sales emails.

That was exactly the type of feedback I was looking for. I know lists really work for some people, but I hate being hype-y. Also, I stick to my guns when I say i won't recommend something if I haven't tried (unless I state that I haven't) so it could get pretty expensive for me if I was sending out new offers every other day!

I'm signed up to TONS of lists, but more to study the sales pitches than to learn about the products. Every once in awhile I'll purchase, but I hate MLM type stuff. I think selling people a product that tells you to sell other people a product when the product itself is simply the selling is the most asinine circle of bullsh!t ever.

So, yeah, no offense taken if you don't want to join my list. I'll just spam your blog comments with MLM offers. Kidding! LOL.

Darryl - I know what you mean. I am a bit addicted to free stuff myself. That's why I like to give stuff away here.

Rod - I mentioned aWeber in the article and that's really the only mailing list service I would recommend. It's stable, inexpensive and get the job done.

Sara

credit imobiliar · 1 year ago

You can spot all of these lists from a common trait: they're all spread on one single page, make use of bold and colored text extensively.

Anunturi imobiliare prahova · 1 month ago

all that talk about lists...