Some quick basic email marketing questions
Relative newb to email marketing. I have a couple of basic questions. Let me paint picture of who we are and what I'm trying to do.
We are a brick and mortar store that sells utility and cargo trailers. We have a website but no sales are taken on it. I am trying to build an email list and begin a newsletter. We want to be as ethical as possible about this but also don't want to over complicate something if we don't need to.
Here are my questions:
1. If a person reaches out to me using the Contact Us form on our site with a general inquiry about us or a trailer does that give me permission to add them to a marketing list?
2. I am assuming the answer to the above is "no". If that is the case, do i at least have the right to send them an invite email from my regular email address (not mailchimp) asking them to join our mailing list based on the fact they initially contacted us?
3. If the answer to 2 is "yes" then can I send separate emails, one answering their inquiry and a second asking them to join my list? If this ok from an ethical point of view what is the best practice?
4. If a person buys a trailer from us over the counter and provides their email address to us as part of the paperwork, do I have permission to contact them manually via email and 1) ask them to leave a review and 2) ask them to join our mailing list?
Thanks in advance!
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