What Is The Difference Between Safelists And Having My Own Email List And Which Should I Use
Many people simply don’t seem to understand how important it is to have an email list. Just about every Internet marketer online will state that without a list you don’t have anything. I have been an Internet marketer for at least 5 years and one question that invariably comes up is “I use safelists, should I be using my own list?”
Here we’ll cover this question and hopefully give you a good idea on how you should run your email marketing.
We’ll start off with safelists. A safelist is a group of individuals who agree to get emails from other individuals in the group. You can normally join without paying fees. Everyone who signs up for these sites automatically agree to let other members to send them their emails. Majority of safelists these days are credit based lists so you need to click on the credit links in the emails sent to you. Here, you can trade your credits for sending out mailings to other members, and when they get your email they will have to click the credit link to earn credits and they see your website when they do.
Now, everyone is there to get credits and send out their own offers, but when it comes to paying for things, nobody is interested. Honestly, you can earn money selling things on safelists, but you’re not going to make enough money there.
These safelists can be employed for other kinds of marketing which are worthwhile. Now, if you are interested to have your own email list, safelists can help you develop it. You can obtain people’s email addresses by giving stuff away and having people provide you their name and email address in order to have access to the free item. In no time at all you will have a mailing list of your own you can email each time you want without needing to click safelist links to earn credits.
When it comes to building your own email list, if you wish to succeed in the long run as an Internet marketer, this is something you must do. To explain how important it is to have your own mailing list, on average for each one person you get to sign up to your mailing list you will make approximately one dollar each month from. While that may not seem like a lot, think about what happens if you have your own mailing list of 5,000 or 10,000 people?
Don’t misinterpret me, you are not charging these people $1 a month for being on your list. The way it is works out is, when you have people on your list they are more inclined to purchase from you as long as you provide quality, and you should be able to sell 1 product every month to every 1 person out of 50 who are on your list. This is merely an example, but if every sale you close makes you $50, there is your $1 per person every month.
The great thing is when it is your list you can send your emails anytime you desire. You can also develop your list however big you would like it to be, where safelists only let you email so many people every 3 to 7 days. You can employ many different techniques to develop your list too. You don’t have to just employ safelists. One technique which is really popular is just by placing a form on your website or blog so people can sign up for your free newsletter. List building is only limited by your imagination, you can develop it everywhere. In essence, you can develop your own list to any extent you wish.
And so back to the initial question on what type of list must you utilize, whether you should grow your own or utilize safelists. Once again, safelists are fantastic for helping you build your own list, but building your own list should be your priority.