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Hello all, I am brand new to the industry. Just starting out and have gone through some training videos. I am curious to know where I can purchase an email list. I understand that this is one of the very first steps. My web presence isn't large enough to gather leads on my own so I'm looking for an alternative.

Thanks in advance.
#email #lists #paid
  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Purchasing email lists, while it seems tempting, is a very bad idea for several reasons.
    1. The people on the list have not given you permission to contact them.
    2. Many such lists are simply scraped from the Internet and are not at all "warm" meaning the names and addresses will often not lead you to active email accounts.
    3. Such lists are typically not targeted to any market or niche. The response rates to these lists are usually terrible.
    4. Often such lists are sold over and over again and the buyers simply spam the folks on the list. The people you will be contacting most likely will not want to hear from you and may contact your email service provider with complaints of spam.
    5. The average person in the U.S. changes their primary email account about every 5 months so a majority of the list could be dead email accounts.
    6. Real and genuine Internet marketing is done by the owner building his own list of people that want to subscribe. Your credibility will suffer if you resort to purchased lists and many people will complain giving you a credibility issue.
    Just don't purchase email lists. Build you own list, one subscriber at a time.


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    • Profile picture of the author Noukanshi
      Thanks Steve. This list should be started using squeeze pages am I correct?
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      • Profile picture of the author TheNewJames
        Originally Posted by Noukanshi View Post

        Thanks Steve. This list should be started using squeeze pages am I correct?
        Probably, yes.

        You can also have an opt-in on your site!
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        • Profile picture of the author Noukanshi
          I have a blog on Wordpress.com

          Is this a good place to have one? Or can someone recommend a better one? Also, I want to create a domain through GoDaddy.. is that recommended? Does it matter?

          I'm really wanting to become successful and do what I have to do. I'm not afraid of doing some work.
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