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Poll: Free Hot Leads. How hard would you work?

by George Wright
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Hi All,

How hard would you work to build a list?

If you could have an endless supply of hot leads to email to but you had to take the time and trouble to email them one at a time would you do it?

Furthermore if there were about 3 minutes work involved for each "lead" would you spend the time?

At first, no squeeze page, no opt in no double opt in just loading names and emails into your email client or auto responder and sending.

It can't be illigal, unethical or any other ill or un, would you do it to build a list? A new list? Your first list?

George Wright
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    It's an interesting question, and my first reaction is...

    Sure, why not. As long as it's on the up and up.

    Also, is there anything stopping me from outsourcing the 3 minute set up?



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    • Profile picture of the author George Wright
      Hi Michael,

      In my "mental" exercise and in trying to figure this out there is nothing to stop the outsourcing of the "work."

      Thanks for adding this to the mix.

      And it would have to be on the up and up or it wouldn't be Wright

      George Wright

      Originally Posted by Michael Oksa View Post

      It's an interesting question, and my first reaction is...

      Sure, why not. As long as it's on the up and up.

      Also, is there anything stopping me from outsourcing the 3 minute set up?



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  • Profile picture of the author Dmitry
    I would rather spend 3 months developing a system that would build my list passively. It's not that 3 minutes is a lot of work. I just believe people should create, systems should work.
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    • Profile picture of the author George Wright
      I'm with you on that.

      However I was thinking of the "new" list for the newbie or the "next" list for someone who would like to have a new source.

      Of course IM is a numbers game and in the end we don't care where or who the customers are, (for the most part) however, I thought some might want to build a selective list and I was just wondering if this is true.

      Thanks for your input,
      George Wright

      Originally Posted by Dmitry View Post

      I would rather spend 3 months developing a system that would build my list passively. It's not that 3 minutes is a lot of work. I just believe people should create, systems should work.
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      • Profile picture of the author DougBarger
        Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

        I'm with you on that.

        However I was thinking of the "new" list for the newbie or the "next" list for someone who would like to have a new source.

        Of course IM is a numbers game and in the end we don't care where or who the customers are, (for the most part) however, I thought some might want to build a selective list and I was just wondering if this is true.

        Thanks for your input,
        George Wright

        Actually George, this offends me deeply and my opinion of you has now lowered significantly.

        I had suspected that you thought it was only a numbers game and only today after years do I see you finally fess up to it.

        You see, I've been watching you George as I do all.

        I very carefully observe you all and then submit your data

        to my board of directors to vote if you would be a good candidate

        or not to be a client one day.

        If you fail to score a quality score of at least 10 stars based on the

        qualifications model, then I'm afraid you just simply will not receive

        an invitation or be allowed to purchase any products or services.

        Oh well, you were in the 13th month of selection approval process

        too. Such a shame.

        Look, you've upset me so that I've completely compromised the clandestine processs of selection to the general public also.

        Just kidding! Hey, if you're allowed to have "mental excercises" about

        adding one subscriber at a time manually, then why not?
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  • Profile picture of the author getsmartt
    3 minutes a lead for unlimited leads...
    I waste more than 3 minutes wading through all of the nonsense posts here looking for the gems.

    I would definitely invest 3minutes per lead.

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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    There is one other immeasureable in this exercise. In the traditional method of list building, the time investment is though of as a whole - with the thought (or hope) that it will lead to a large list.

    But, here's what I'm getting at...

    IF you had to spend three minutes per subscriber, how would that cjange your marketing? Would you target it even more highly? Would you tighten it up, so every word had real impact? Or, would you be more sloppy bcause you knew every 3 minutes = 1 subscriber?

    I do not believe I would do the latter. How about you?

    All the best,
    Michael Oksa

    p.s. This is a good reminder that the 'I' in 'ROI' can refer to money as well as time.
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    • Profile picture of the author George Wright
      Good adds to the mix Michael,

      However, it may or may not get you one subscriber every 3 minutes. It would get you one almost certain reading of your email every 3 minutes and actually once you built your list the 3 minute time would be cut down drastically. Down to seconds.

      The "list" would be highly targeted. All of them would be IMers. All of them would be "experts" in any number of different niches of which you could target. None of them should "complain" about your emails coming. In fact you would be "unethical" if you did not email them many times over and over you probably would want to stop however, if they asked although I don't think many would ask.

      George Wright, P.S. Thanks All. you have helped me solve my problem. GW

      Originally Posted by Michael Oksa View Post

      There is one other immeasurable in this exercise. In the traditional method of list building, the time investment is though of as a whole - with the thought (or hope) that it will lead to a large list.

      But, here's what I'm getting at...

      IF you had to spend three minutes per subscriber, how would that cjange your marketing? Would you target it even more highly? Would you tighten it up, so every word had real impact? Or, would you be more sloppy bcause you knew every 3 minutes = 1 subscriber?

      I do not believe I would do the latter. How about you?

      All the best,
      Michael Oksa

      p.s. This is a good reminder that the 'I' in 'ROI' can refer to money as well as time.
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