Hello, Douglas Sutter here and today I am sharing some of my
"school of hard knocks" online marketing experiences. A lot
of folks just starting online marketing need this information.
If you are an old pro, you may still pick up a pointer.
Do yourself a favor and read the entire article BEFORE taking ANY action.
Beginning of lesson: Guidelines for using blasters/safelists.
Today, to send emails without spamming, you either need to use
blasters/safelists, your own personal, double opt-in list, or bulk
mailers in compliance with the new anti-spam laws. This lesson
discusses the use of blasters/safelists. Specifically I will
explain how to use TheMarketingKit's blaster. This blaster sends
your email to about 6.5 million people. TheMarketingKit memberships
are a freebee on this web site. If you would like a free membership (normal cost $29.95) visit the Our Compiments! page.
Even if you do not use this blaster, the following guidelines will
prove pretty much generic to similar applications.
Once you become a member, log in.
Next, select 190 Million Ad Blasting.
A new window opens: Blast to 6,500,000 Prospects Daily
Look for a yellow box with blue writing: Access Online Blaster
Select it.
A new window opens: Marketing Kit Online Blaster...
Enter your User Name and Password as before and click log in.
This brings you to: Welcome To Your Personal Online Blaster
Control Panel
Select: Edit Profile
Fill in the blanks - Your subscription/list email address is the
one that you agree for 6.5 million folks (in this case) to write
to you. So... DO NOT use your personal everyday email address, or
any of these BANNED addresses:
.virtualave.net
.virtualve.net
cowena.com
37.com
adexec.com
ads-up.net
aol.com
atozasia.com
batuta.net
beer.com
berryscafe.com
bizoppalliance.com
boardermail.com
bodiesBest.com
bouncenomore.com
boxfrog.com
brightstarmail.com
buildyourmlm.com
canada.com
care2.com
cashpo.net
catlover.com
cognigenmail
consultant.com
coollink.net
cyrano.cotse.net
datacomms.com
datacomms.com
directvinternet.com
eemarketer.com
email.com
emailbin.com
etoast.com
everyone.net
ezinewarriors.com
fastmail.fm
freegroceries4us.com
getaheadsolutions.com
graffiti.net
hellokitty.com
highquality.com
hitsback.com
homebizness.com
hotmail.com
hotsixx.com
iname.com
inbox.lv
inbox.net
india.com
indiantimes.com
internet-fortune-4u.com
internetmoneymaking.net
isp9.com
isp.net
ispvip.com
joinme.com
kanoodle.com
killermail.com
linuxmail.org
lycos.com
mail.com
mail15.com
mail2.com
mail2buy.com
mail2Usa.com
mail2.net
mailexcel.com
mailpuppy.com
mailseeker.com
mailstates.com
mailalabama.com
mailalaska.com
mailarizona.com
mailarkansas.com
mailcalifornia.com
mailcolorado.com
mailconnecticut.com
maildelaware.com
mailflorida.com
mailgeorgia.com
mailhawaii.com
mailidaho.com
mailillinois.com
mailindiana.com
mailiowa.com
mailkansas.com
mailkentucky.com
maillouisiana.com
mailmaine.com
mailmaryland.com
mailmassachusetts.com
mailmichigan.com
mailminnesota.com
mailmississippi.com
mailmissouri.com
mailmontana.com
mailnebraska.com
mailnevada.com
mailnewhampshire.com
mailnewjersey.com
mailnewmexico.com
mailnewyork.com
mailnorthcarolina.com
mailnorthdakota.com
mailohio.com
mailoklahoma.com
mailoregon.com
mailpennsylvania.com
mailrhodeisland.com
mailsouthcarolina.com
mailsouthdakota.com
mailtennessee.com
mailtexas.com
mailutah.com
mailvermont.com
mailvirginia.com
mailwashington.com
mailwestvirginia.com
mailwisconsin.com
mailwyoming.com
makealife.net
makemoney5.com
marketingpros.i-p
marketmlm.com
midsouth.rr.com
mikes-marketing.com
mindless.com
mlmdollar.com
money-rush.com
mybrightstar
myemailsafe.com
myself.com
online.no
online-central.com
operamail.com
owol.net
peoplepc.com
post.com
promoneymail.com
promoneymail.net
promote4u.net
prontomail
psinter.org
pxmb.com
rapidfireswingtrading.com
real-incomes.com
representative.com
representative.net
runbox.com
safelistmailbox.com
safelistmailbox.net
simply-email.com
soon.com
spamarrest.com
spamhole.com
subdimension.com
teacher.com
techie.com
telocity.com
terryberesford.com
themail.com
themail.net
trafficbrokers.us
u2can-profit.com
usa.com
usa.net
vnmails.com
westillcare.com
winning.com
winnings.com
wishstars.com
witty.com
writeme.com
yahoo.com
yhoo.com
zeyad.com
zfee.com
zwallet.com
zzn.com
And I'm sure by now, more have been added to this list.
If you haven't already got yourself a subscription/list address,
when you are finished reading this, get one. It only takes
about 5 minutes. Just do a search on Google for free email
addresses. Might as well get two different ones. One each from
two different organizations. I'll explain in a moment. Make sure
that this account self cleans itself, (unless you have the time
to do so), or is a very large account. Blasters/safelists frown
on bouncing emails and will suspend your account or put you on
vacation until you clean your inbox. You could quite easily
receive thousands of messages. So choose your subscription/list
address with care. Two I can recommend are Moomia.com and
coolgoose.com.
Now that you have two acceptable email addresses the next step
is to enter your contact email address.
The contact email address is where you receive messages from the
admin only for their use in contacting you. Many tend, however,
(how should I say this), to abuse this privilege, which is close
to spamming YOU LEGALLY. So, a word to the wise, if you don't
want them coming to you in your everyday, personal email inbox,
then use one of the free ones that you just created. Your contact
email address doesn't have to be a large account. Gawab.com is a
good one to use for contact. WARNING: Using your personal email
address as a contact address will result in you legally receiving
thousands of messages in your inbox.
I like to use different companies for ease of remembering what is
my contact and what is my subscription/list address, but that's your
call. Remember, Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL are all banned addresses
from most blasters/safelists due to their filtering systems.
OK, back to TheMarketingKit blaster.
After you enter your contact address, then click update.
Log in again.
Select: Send Ad
Read: Please fill in all fields below (explains name codes).
Then enter a name code (or not) in your subject line (Most
blasters/safelists offer personal name codes.) People like to
see their name, but it's your call.
Fill in the rest of your subject, ie.: (name code), how to save
money on long distance.
Don't say for instance: (name code), AT&T offers a personal long
distance plan.
Who cares? Don't they all? (Remember, this was just an example,
I don't know what AT&T is doing.) The point being is you want to
create curiosity. Your goal is to want that person, who you've
never met, to at least open your email.
For the most part, use lower case letters in your subject line.
Subjects like: L@@K ---> AT&T OFFERS A PERSONAL LONG DISTANCE PLAN////
scream spam and will probably be deleted immediately by your
prospect, if not automatically by a filter.
Always try to use at least one of these 16 sets of words that
stimulate/give power to your subject line. (Notice in my example
I easily used three sets.)
(how to) (save) (money) on long distance.
free
New
Money
Now
Get
Save
Your
How to
Sale
You
Be a
Value
Best
Deal
More
Make
Next it's time to enter the text in the body. A word to the
wise. Many blasters/safelists time out without warning you!
This includes The Subber automatic safelist mailer. I made
the mistake one day of typing in a message. When I clicked
"save" a screen appeared wanting me to log in again. Obviously,
my session had expired, and my message was lost. I wasted my
valuable time. To prevent this, here's what I recommend you do.
PASTE the text of a previously created message in the body area.
Also I recommend you use their name codes, in strategic spots
throughout your message, to better personalize it. Use a
notepad or word pad to prepare your message text before hand.
Use this time saver.
012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
Copy and paste it on your notepad to aid in message text
width. (Remember to erase it before you send your message.)
It is exactly 60 characters long, a majic email size.
Then once you are happy with your text, copy, paste, and click
send. You're done. Your message has just been sent.
OK, this first one took forever, but just think about how fast
the rest will be!
Blasters/safelists do all that legal beagle stuff for you so you
can concentrate on your pitch. Some blasters/safelists you can
use once a day, others vary. The new anti-spam laws require
you to include your name, complete mailing address, (P.O. boxes
are legal), usually a disclaimer, and a way to unsubscribe (I
think that pretty much covers all the bases), but who knows???
It's a pain in the you know what, and as I don't spam, I am not
concerned. Here's an example:
This is a commercial solicitation.
Barney Rubble, GenerationX-Solutions, Inc., 1809 South Broadway,
Suite P, Minot, ND 58701
If you would like to stop receiving our mailings, please click: Here
I'd never even heard of this outfit! Yet, one day, their message
was in my inbox. Could I cry "You spammed me!" Perhaps. They
got my email address from somewhere but, as you can see, they
covered all the bases and were just trying to do business.
One of your biggest problems with blasters/safelists is setting
up the two email addresses that will be accepted by them, but
once you are accepted and know 100% which is which, then it's
easy to enter your subscription/list and your contact addresses
in any blaster/safelist you join. You will, however, have to
verify your email addresses before they permit you to send a
message. They usually quickly send an email to your address
and you simply click-on the verification link. It's easy.
One last item: A word to the wise. Always include a P.S. in
your message that briefly describes your offer and a URL, or an
auto responder email address for your prospect to click-on.
Many times folks are in a hurry and only read the first sentence
or paragraph and then skip all the way to the bottom.
End of Lesson.
Please recommend this web site to anyone that you feel would benefit.
To your continued success,
Douglas Sutter
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