Wednesday, December 2, 2009

How To Use Safelists Effectively

By Brian Tubbs

Are you one of the people online making a living using safelists for your email marketing. I didn't think so. Most people get very few sales from safelists.

The main problem with safelists is that most of them only have 200 to 500 members, and you email the same members the same offers over and over again.

Maybe you had the idea of joining all the safelists online. Not a bad thought, but everyone else is already doing this. So you waste your time joining all these lists, and your just emailing the same email addresses over and over again every day. For the most part no one reads these emails anyway, so don't waste your time.

If you have been thinking about using one of those online services that will sign you up to all the safelists and send your email out everyday from each list, don't waste your money. Again they are using the same lists to sign the same people up to so you are still sending your email advertisements to the same people over and over again.

While all the free safelists online are pretty much not worth your time or effort. There are paid safelist programs that still work rather well. These programs charge everyone who uses them. And when people pay for something they take it seriously.

So how to you find the good safelists and stay away from the bad ones. This is actually very simple. If the safelist offers a free membership, stay away it is not worth your time. On the other end if they want to charge you over $100 stay away. The $100 program isn't worth anymore than the $15 program. Some people even sell memberships for $200.

If possible, sign up for lists that will also allow you to put your banners and contextual ads on there pages. It is a good way to get even more from the email program.

Now that you know how to find and use the best safelists, make sure not to neglect other forms of online advertising. If you want to succeed online you need to have multiple ways of advertising your website or affiliate link. Choosing the right safelists is just the beginning.

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