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One or Two Lists??? or Three?

by wolfmmiii
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Hi all...

I'm hoping to receive some guidance from some of you who use lists.

I'm about to start offering my services to those interested in Amazon affiliate marketing. There are a few different services I'd like to offer and they are all related.

However, one list signup includes an offer for a freebie, the other is simply a mailing list for notification of when one of my other services goes live. The third service is something not quite as related to the other 2.

I want to customize the funnel for each product but the confirmation pages and thank you pages would need to be different unless I just make one big page and mention all of the offers on one page. That said, I'm concerned that potential clients will become confused when they hit a "thank you" page that mentions something they were not expecting.

How do you guys do it? Do you typically manage multiple lists although the offers/content are related? If so, do your members typically sign on to each one?

Tom
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Hi Tom, in general it always seems to me that the more you segregate lists, at the outset, the better. It seems to me to be all potential advantages and no real disadvantages at all, to "err this way".

    So from your title-line, I instinctively say "three", myself.
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    • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Hi Tom, in general it always seems to me that the more you segregate lists, at the outset, the better. It seems to me to be all potential advantages and no real disadvantages at all, to "err this way".

      So from your title-line, I instinctively say "three", myself.
      Thanks. That's kind of what I'm thinking. I just worry about people getting on multiple lists of mine and being bombarded with multiple emails.

      I guess if I make it clear in my emails what they are for, readers can always unsubscribe.
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      • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
        Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

        Thanks. That's kind of what I'm thinking. I just worry about people getting on multiple lists of mine and being bombarded with multiple emails.
        If you have something for all three lists, send that email to all three lists - not individually to each list. Your list provider will collapse the recipient list so everybody only gets one copy.
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        • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
          Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

          If you have something for all three lists, send that email to all three lists - not individually to each list. Your list provider will collapse the recipient list so everybody only gets one copy.
          Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that. I'm using AWeber so I'll have to do some more playing around with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Keith
    depending on how related your lists are going to be i use a hybrid type of method fow aweber in some instances.

    basically if i was looking to do what you are suggesting i might have 4 lists. 3 entry point lists like you mentioned already. then with the automation system aweber has, i dump all 3 main lists onto list 4 (main list for the niche) like any system there are some advantages and disadvantage of all methods. This allows you to have a separate short AR series for each list and then a main AR series that is a bit more generic but longer for all 3 groups.

    the more individual lists you manage and build AR series for and such, the more work and upkeep. there is just no way around that. But in general, the more separated your lists, the better.
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  • Profile picture of the author andynathan
    I wish I segmented my list better when I started. I say as many as you need.just make sure not to stretch yourself on products.
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