Should you email people who didnt double opt in to your list?

by coreytucker

Posted: 15 years ago 23 replies

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I have about 100 people who signed up for my newsletter but did not double opt into my list. So I have all of their emails at aweber, so im thinking about emailing them all.

I figure I would just copy and paste all of the emails and send out a mass email to them all informing them that they opted in to my list but never did confirm their email address.

Would this be wise to do? I feel like im leaving money on the table if I dont.

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Paul Myers 15 years ago

Corey,

It is my understanding that this would be against Aweber's policies. I'd check before doing that.

Also, keep in mind that some 5-15% of the addresses entered aren't valid in the first place. Look at the numbers and see how they stand with that in mind.

I'd say you're better off working on improving your confirmation rate than on going after people who've failed to confirm in the past.

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- DavidSaaf 15 years ago
  
  yep, I agree with Paul here. Try to figure out how to increase your confirmation rate, by adding some free bonuses may be...
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

Thanks guys! Do you guys think its important that I change the default aweber thankyou page?

I tried to create a custom thank you page that tells my readers to check their spam and bulk folders plus telling them the email could take hours to arrive etc.

But I made the thank you page private on my wordpress site but theres a bug. The private thank you page will not show up in firefox and gets an error.

I really think im losing double opt in's simply because I dont have a custom thank you page informing my readers that the confirm email could arrive in the spam box, take hours etc.

But if I cannot make a private thank you page on my site for this what is the best route to go? I was thinking about using a free blog at blogger.com as the thank you page with instructions but im not too sure about that.

I wish there was a way to make a thank you page on my wordpress site without it being private and without it showing as another page on the sidebar. Anyone know how I could pull this off, im willing to bet that out of those 100 who never opted in I could have gotton say 25 of them to with the instructions on the thank you page.
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- Diana Lane 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by coreytucker
  
  I wish there was a way to make a thank you page on my wordpress site without it being private and without it showing as another page on the sidebar.
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

Thank you so much Diana! Im going to give this a try
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OmarNegron 15 years ago

Hey. I am not sure if it's just something I do but I turned off my double opt in (even though aweber said not to)

I have heard from some mentors that it kills your conversions....and also when I read info millionaire it said the same thing...

Now I just have single opt in and once they enter the info...there on my list....
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  Corey,
  
  Yeah, that would help.
  
  Why does the custom page need to be part of your blog?
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

yea but like you said, single opt ins kill conversions. So im wondering if this is even worth it.
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coreytucker 15 years ago

I installed that plugin and it totally screwed up my site. I deleted it and its still screwed up, like a virus or something?
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coreytucker 15 years ago

ok I fixed it. Thank god,lol. It had a file that just would not delete through the wp admin, I had to go into my ftp to delete it.
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coreytucker 15 years ago

any other ideas of how to set up my thank you page without it showing on the sidebar of my page? I would use blogger but I just dont trust them compared to hosting the thankyou page on my own site.
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  Corey,
  
  any other ideas of how to set up my thank you page without it showing on the sidebar of my page?
  
  Yeah. Just create the page and upload it to the site, being sure not to give it the same name as any existing files in whatever directory you use.
  
  You can have pages in the same directory as a blog that aren't part of the blog.
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

Oh I see. So just upload a normal html page to my root directory and it wont show up under the page tabs. Thats Paul, can't believe I did not think of that,lol. Let me that a try
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

hows this sound for the thank you page:

"Thank You For Subscribing! Please Check Your Email Address Now!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

In order to get your FREE "subject" Guide you must confirm your email address. You will get a confirmation email that you will need to open and click a link to confirm your email address.

This confirmation email may be in your bulk or spam folder, this is especially true if your using a free email provider such as Yahoo or Gmail. This email could arrive instantly or could take hours to arrive, if you did not get the confirmation email please email me at myemailaddress@yahoo.com

Once you open the confirmation email and click the link to confirm your email address your free guide will be emailed to you instantly! I look forward to you joing my newsletter and let me know if you have any questions at all "
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PoundAd 15 years ago

As long as you give them an "opt out" option you should be fine.
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coreytucker 15 years ago

LOL thats true Paul, thats why the best hiding spot is the most obvious
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Trieu 15 years ago

emailing them is not a good idea, but in your thank you page you must tell them in big writing that they must confirm. I always put a nice ecover on the page as well to remind them what exactly they will be receiving
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- Blondmoo 15 years ago
  
  That's some great information, Thank you!!
  
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  Corey,
  
  Good start.
  
  I would also tell them what the subject line is, and include a graphic that shows the link they need to click on. (I need to update my main sign-up system with this, now that I think of it...)
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

Oh I see. so actually show what the email will look like? Does this actually raise the opt in rates compared to just telling what the subject of the email is?
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  Corey,
  
  Does this actually raise the opt in rates compared to just telling what the subject of the email is?
  
  It has where I've used it. The only way to know if it will make a difference for you is to test it.
  
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coreytucker 15 years ago

Awesome, thanks Paul! I just put in the title of the email in my thankyou page. I will give it a few days and see how it does then I will put the image in to see how it goes.

Either way I know this thank you page will raise my double opt in's compared to the default aweber message that just says check your email,lol. Thanks for the help
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