Building Your Own List Or Making Use Of Safe-lists — That’s The Real Question

For anyone who has been in Internet marketing for any amount of time, you have heard how crucial it is to keep a list to email. Almost 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 safe-lists, should I be using my own list?”

Here we are going to cover this question and hopefully give you a good idea on how you should manage your email marketing.

Safe-lists are the first thing we will talk about. A safe-list is a group of people who agree to get emails from other people in the group. The manner by which it works is you can ordinarily join for free or for a fee. Once you join you will be getting emails from other Internet marketers who are also a member of the website. For the most part, every email you get will include something referred to as a credit link that you should click on to earn credits, this is known as a credit based safe-list You then use these credits to send email to other members in the list, and on and on.

The big problem with safe-lists is that no one is there to pay for anything. Honestly, you can make money selling things on safe-lists, but you’re not going to make a living selling on safe-lists.

But safe-lists have a niche in Internet marketing. Using safe-lists is actually a good way for Internet marketers to start developing an email list of their own. In essence, all you do is to bribe people with something of value that you give to them gratis and they give you their email address. This way you are growing your own list which is much better.

Which takes us to the question “Do I need my own mailing list?” Yes you do, at least if you wish to be successful. If you ask anybody who has been in Internet marketing for many years they will tell you that you can earn roughly $1 per month for each person you have on your own email list. While that may not seem like a lot of money, imagine happens if you have your own mailing list of 5,000 or 10,000 people?

This is an average as every person on your email list is not going to just buy a $1 product from you every month. The way it is works out is, when you have people on your mailing list they are more apt to purchase 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 bit better, 1 person out of every 50 buys a product worth $50 to you every month, that equals an average of $1 per person.

Another thing about growing your own mailing list instead of using a safe-list is you can send out your offers anytime you wish. Plus, there is no limit to how large you can develop your list. You can employ various methods to develop your list too. You don’t have to merely use safe-lists You can incorporate an opt-in form on your blog so people can be updated, then you can email them also and your list keeps growing. It doesn’t stop there however, you can use any technique or program you wish that can help you grow your mailing list. The point is it is limitless.

Thus, safe-list or your own list, which one should you focus your efforts on? Again, safe-lists are fantastic for helping you build your own email list, but building your own list needs to be your priority.

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