I Committed A Terrible Sin Today...Not What You Think

by Steven Wagenheim

Posted: 15 years ago 38 replies

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Today, I got one of those terrible Aweber unsubscribe emails. You know the
ones I'm talking about. This lead unsubscribed from...

Well, I read the reason at the bottom and low and behold it read as follows:

"2 emails in one day"

Well, there you have it. I committed the unforgivable sin. I sent 2 emails in
one day and this person decided that it was too much.

Now, a lot of folks will say that they probably wouldn't have bought anything
anyway...but...

This was from one of my buyers lists.

So you see, you CAN piss off your buyers too.

It didn't matter that the 2 emails were totally unrelated and could have in
no way been combined into one email without killing the effectiveness of
both offers. In this person's eyes, this was excessive and justified opting
out...even though he likes my products and my info.

Now, there are several things related to this event that I'd like to discuss
because I think they're important to anybody who is building a list.

First thing, as I said, it IS possible to piss off a buyer. Don't think just
because somebody has bought something from you that it's not possible
for you to send an email that is going to bug them and cause them to
unsubscribe. No customer is THAT loyal. You must continuously earn their
trust and their business.

Secondly, you have to balance the offers you send against the chances
that you're going to drive people from your list. This can only be done
through constant observing and testing. Don't think for one moment that
I'm not going to look at today's unsubscribe rate to see if it is higher than
normal. If it is, then I have to reevaluate if it's worth sending 2 emails in
one day. And that can only be determined by the number of sales made
from those mailings in comparison to days where you only sent 1 email.

Again, much testing and observing is needed here. Sometimes the figures
will be so insignificantly different that it won't matter which tactic you use.
In other cases, you might see huge differences. If the extra income
justifies the additional opt outs (assuming there are additional opt outs)
then you may consider sending 2 emails (or more) in a day again.

Third, and this is my personal favorite, you have to have the courage of
your convictions...no matter what the stats say. Now I know there will
be those who don't agree with this because, let's face it, if you're doing
something and losing money because of it, it's stupid to continue doing
it. That's my second definition of insanity...doing something you know is
not helping your business but doing it anyway.

However, sometimes your convictions may be something that you
personally feel very strongly about.

For example...salescopy.

You may feel that certain kinds of wording in salescopy is beyond what
you feel comfortable with. You know leaving certain things out will
decrease conversions but you just don't feel comfortable using those
strategies. You need to decide if your convictions are more important than
your bottom line.

And only YOU can do that.

Same thing with managing your list. You may feel that emailing your list
more than once a week is excessive. If you feel that strong about it, then
don't email more than once a week. And don't confuse how often you
email with how much money you make. The two things don't always go
hand in hand.

What do YOU think?

Are your convictions your driving force or is the bottom line the driving
force...within reason of course (i.e. not doing anything illegal or unethical)

It's something to think about it anyway.

In the meantime, I'm going to see how many more people I pissed off
because I sent 2 emails today.

#committed #sin #terrible #todaynot

Norma Holt 15 years ago

Originally Posted by StevenWagenheim

Well, there you have it. I committed the unforgivable sin. I sent 2 emails in
one day and this person decided that it was too much.

I am disconnecting from people who bombard me with emails because it just fills my box and takes me ages to clear it each morning. I think an email every 4 days at the most is about all I want to tolerate.

This is a timely reminder of how people are getting overloaded with stuff they frankly can't deal with. Thanks for sharing Steven.

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  I was going to threaten to unsubscribe because I only received one eMail! Why were you leaving me out of the loop? What am I missing out on?
  
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  AfteraDream 15 years ago
  
  I'd unsubscribe too if I got two emails in one day... that's too much.. Send me something once a week and it will be great. If you give me great content in those, I'll be actually waiting to get your letter.
  
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Derek Pankaew

15 years ago

Hey Steven,

Don't you think you could be over reacting a little bit? I've worked with companies that get 20+ unsubscribes a day even when they're mailing a couple times a week. It's just part of the territory; people unsubscribe.

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Steven Wagenheim

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Derek Pankaew

Please point out in my post where I overeacted.

Did I even say I was upset about it?

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Clark

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Please point out in my post where I overeacted.

Did I even say I was upset about it?

Maybe the thread title could be misconstrued as an over reaction.

I saw it as sarcasm in light of your customer's reaction to unsub due to receiving two promotional mailings in the same day.

In regards to the unsub, have you experienced more since you posted?

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Steven Wagenheim

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Clark

The thread title was definitely extreme sarcasm. But as it was pointed out
here, only a few days ago, you have to be careful with humor...some people
just don't get it.

I haven't checked my stats yet. I'll do it tomorrow. Right now, it's not
at the top of my priority list.

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Paul Myers

15 years ago

Steven,

Here. The past year's worth of complaint unsubs for TalkBiz News. One per line.

spam

too many emails promising things that they don't give

don't do online news letters. . . .

too much hype for me Thanks

the format is really bad - the info in it are not helping me in any matter - Unfortunately -

Too many sales pitches.

too much information. make a simpler course. thanks

now-it-all-prick

Too much rambling, too much frequency

Getting too many emails from you.

Too much clutter and not enough solid info

too much spam

Typical US bullshit about selling, the only things being sold are those e-books:-( Get a real life, profit is not everything man!

to many e-mails

Too many mails

too basic, not relevant enough

Emails offer little information, but lots of fluff. I would finish an email and wonder, "What did I just learn?" and almost 100% of the time, it was nothing. It's just trying to sell me on how to sell people. However, the email proves that this guy is just trying to sucker people in to buying his product, and instead of offering a sample, he throws out unreliable data " He's still a stay-at-home dad, but, today he runs a 7-figure a year business". Why not provide us with his name and business so we can verify that he exists? All that would do is raise you credibility. Like me saying: I know a guy who makes 10-figures an hour with my sweet system! It is vague enough to sucker some people in, but not everyone. Provide concrete examples.

it's not readably.. way to much stuff to buy and no information for free..

I was waiting for the second lesson - and You try to sell me some BS-packet. Too much - too soon... By the way - the first lesson was very good. Goodbay :-)

Didn't expect the newsletter to advertise/promote products. Products aren't something I'm looking for.

Too often. Too much hard sell.

Why do I want to receive a newsletter that only wants me to buy, I don't like flyers on my door step either....

too many words and not enough information and too many things he's trying to sell

too often posts

It was getting a bit annoying with less stuff and more click here click that for free offer and ebooks that require payment. Thanks and good luck.

Your product pumps have now overtaken the quality of what was a fine newsletter. Just another "let me reach in your pocket" blah, blah, blah. One tip... two "gotta have this". Boring.

I had no idea that I would get so much email from you. Yikes!

Format. I have to read through too much to get to the points I needed.

Useless Chatter, reminds me of a Political Science Instructor I had at Uof O

too many emails full of bullshit....one out of 10 is useful. The rest are a waste of my time.

I got a few as feedback, also, but they're mostly the same tone. (Probably a bit more literate, overall, but the same tone.)

So what? They're giving me their opinions. Just like the people who compliment the thing are giving me opinions. Everyone has opinions, and they're free to express them and act on them.

For every one of those people, those opinions are Truth.

If you're going to make decisions based on feedback, look at the trends, not isolated incidents. Read every one of those unsubs, and all the feedback you get. If you're measuring your impact, that's important.

But if you're basing the decisions on money, turn it into numbers. That takes the personal feelings out of it. That way, the vicious language of some malcontent isn't having an undue influence on your thinking. Figure the percentages of click-throughs, sales, and unsubscribes for the entire list.

Whatever you do, don't believe your own press, good or bad.

Paul

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Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Steven,

Whatever you do, don't believe your own press, good or bad.

Paul

Paul, I called you a now-it-all-prick out of admiration.
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- bt 15 years ago
  
  In my opinion, 2 emails in one day is just plain silly. No offence but i think sending out one email per week to your list would be plenty, that way your list doesn't get burnt out. Just my 2 cents.
  
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Paul Myers 15 years ago

Tina,

I don't usually even try to interpret the unsubscribe comments. For the person saying it, it's the truth. That's all that matters. For some people, a long and detailed piece is "boring bullshit." For others, it's useful content. People learn differently, have different expectations, and unique demands.

I've had people suggesting for years that I need to shorten the articles, with varying degrees of civility. My response has been to try and write more effectively, and leave them to decide if they need the info.

I also tend to write long sign-up pages, so people start off expecting long content.

The one thing that I find hysterically funny is the number of people who complain publicly because they don't get enough FREE!!!! information from the lists they sign up for, and then gripe privately because the stuff they get is "too long."

I gave my subscribers a free book for Christmas. 112 pages of some of the best stuff I've ever written on the business. Pretty concentrated information. A few people complained, suggesting it should have been packed into 20 pages or less.

Yeah. Right.

I looked at the comments from people with demonstrated clue and serious attitudes, and adjusted things a little bit based on those.

Never take advice from people who want you to think for them, or who just prefer that the thinking part of business "go away." And don't try to assign motives or character to something as short as most of those comments. There isn't enough context.

Shaun,

You hit the nail right on the head. Expectations are everything in this business.

Matt,

It's mildly uncommon for me to send 2 emails in one day. I did it 7 times last year, and two of those were in response to a flood of comments on the first email of the day. (The one with the subject line "What the HELL do you want?" drew a lot of that...

Those surprised folks enough to draw comment, because I can occasionally go for weeks without sending anything.

Like most of us, I'm on some lists that will send emails 5 or more days a week, and often send two a day twice a week. Some people want that steady flow of information. I prefer it in big gulps that make me think, and then enough time in between to do something with it.

Personal preference. It's what makes markets.

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  uncommon for me to send 2 emails in one day.
  
  Yes Paul I should have made that clear so that folks would not get the wrong impression. Goes to my point too. That because of the relationships already established, ( here at the forum and knowing your email patterns ) that I would not be upset at getting a change up from you once in a while.
  
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Brad Gosse 15 years ago

The key here is like Derek says. Don't take it personally. We are so connected to our businesses that we take it hard when people don't like us. Move on

McDonalds and Walmart are some of the most successful companies in the world and both have hoards of people who actually form groups urging people to boycott them. The more people you are exposed to the more you will piss off. Focus on the ones who see your value and deliver.
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grumpyb

15 years ago

Its a difficult thing to decide
I get about 1 email in 25 that I am actually interested in so I delete most at a glance
My mailwasher works overtime these days as every thing you do generates emails.
Buy a bit of soft ware and you get boimbarderd with information which almost suggests that what you bought is rubbish and will only work if you buy an upgrade now.
We only send our customers an email around every 2 weeks This is done on the do unto others as you would have then do unto you theory

I have not started unsubscibing yet as I have not had time to decide who to unsubscribe BUT if i am on your list and you send me more than 1 a week then you can expect an un subscribe sometime soon

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Steven Wagenheim

15 years ago

Originally Posted by grumpyb

I have not started unsubscibing yet as I have not had time to decide who to unsubscribe BUT if i am on your list and you send me more than 1 a week then you can expect an un subscribe sometime soon

That's very interesting. And the reason I say that is because I have one
newsletter, actually 2, that send out purely content based emails every
3 or 4 days. So in spite of the fact that these are not promotional and
just content intended to help you with your business, you would
unsubscribe simply because I emailed more than once a week?

As Mr. Spock would say...fascinating.

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Alan Petersen 15 years ago

This is a great discussion. I'm careful about this. I try to wait at least four days between emails. If a good deal pops up I'll make it clear why I'm sending the email out so soon to the last one. I personally stay away from sending two emails in one day no matter what.

As to what I would do as a subscriber, if I know the person and it's not the norm to send multiples in a day I probably wouldn't unsubscribe if the info was good. If it's a new list I'm on and they start sending 1-2 emails every day then I would bolt.
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Shaun OReilly 15 years ago

OK - I'll admit it - I was the guy who unsubscribed.

Let me start off by saying I like to read most of Steven
Wagenheim's posts on this forum and love how he brings
personality to his writing.

Here's exactly what went through my mind:

First e-mail received: a pitch. No biggie - we are marketers
after all. Let it slide.

Second e-mail received (< 3 hours later): a review
leading to a pitch.

Here's why I unsubscribed:

2 e-mails in one day + ...

I literally thought - I haven't heard from this guy in ages
and now two pitches in one day - cheerio. Wags or no
Wags.

At the time I thought - two pitches in one day from someone
I hardly hear from is not on (for me). I appreciate that other
people feel differently.

More to the point, the last time I received an e-mail from
Steven Wagenheim, before these two was February 19th
- 11 days ago. And that was another pitch.

I just did a search of my inbox to check.

If I was managing that list, I'd send out the top priority e-mail
today and then send out the other one on another day. If it's
usually over a week between e-mails - then send the other
one in a few days.

And I think enough of Steven to actually give him feedback
via AWeber.

By the way, I'm on some lists where they do e-mail me every
day - e.g. Clayton Makepeace. However, that is his pattern
and I've grown to expect it. In fact, I think he's even e-mailed
me more than once a day on some occassions - but that's not
far away from his normal behavior. And his e-mails do contain
a lot of great content - not pure pitches.

The way I approach my lists is to send them useful content
in the majority of my weekly e-mails to them. Then I'll have
the odd pure sales e-mail (e.g. one per month). But that's
my way and I'm pretty predictable.

My takeaway from this is to have some form of predictability
in the frequency of your broadcasts otherwise you increase
the chances of getting the WTF reaction.

And Steven - I still love your posts and hope that this feedback
is useful for you and helps you understand my own reasoning
for unsubscribing. I respect you enough to give you detailed
feedback.

Dedicated to your success,

*Shaun O'Reilly
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Mangozoom 15 years ago

Unsubscribing is a fact of list marketing life ...but I do appreciate you sharing your thoughts and wisdom!

On one of my facebook lists I got a real nutter objecting to simple message and then going on about it for days even though I graciously apologised for any offence ... altho I did not do anything to apologise for

I think the bigger your lists grow this type of stuff will happen

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P1R4T3 15 years ago

Makes perfect sense - I've opted in a few internet marketer newsletters and it really ticks me off when I don't have time to read the emails and it just keeps packing up. What really ticks me off is what you've just experienced - 2 posts in one day.
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Matt Bard

15 years ago

Again, it's all about your relationship.

Steve, I got both of your emails today and I didn't get bothered at all because of the tone and maybe I already have an idea of how you communicate from being a member here.

I've gotten more than one email in a couple of days from Paul Myers too but it does not bother me because it seems more like a conversational tone and again from knowing a little about him from these years at the forum allows me insight into some of his nuances in his use of language that I would not get with someone that I did not know.

Just like the "real" world, we all have different levels of relationships and I would not expect my neighbor down the street to trust my recommendations as much as my brother.

I can call my brother up everyday and ask him if he bought that television I suggested but if I try that with my neighbor I would be accused of harassment.

Not that I expect to only "sell" to my brother but if I wanted my neighbors to act on my suggestions then I should expect to spend more time visiting with them first.

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ExRat

15 years ago

Hi Steven,

So you see, you CAN piss off your buyers too.

Don't think just because somebody has bought something from you that it's not possible for you to send an email that is going to bug them and cause them to unsubscribe. No customer is THAT loyal.

From a buyers/subscriber's point of view, if I have made a purchase then I will be even more disappointed with the seller (and likely to unsubscribe) if they annoy me with any of their follow up emails, than if I had not bought from them.

I think purchasing decisions might be less to do with loyalty and more to do with WIIFM from the customer's point of view, and I think you could benefit from looking at the first quote from the opposite angle - you are more likely to piss off a buyer than a prospect in relation to your follow ups - but obviously, I haven't polled your list and this is just my opinion

Hi Kay,

The point you should look at is not losing one subscriber but whether sending two promotions in one day was successful from a sales standpoint.

I see where you're coming from, but I agree and disagree. I think he's right to be considering that one lost subscriber - to a point.

I think it's a balance. If someone ONLY focusses on the sales and results, then that one subscriber could turn into many. As I said I think it's a balance between maximising conversions and maximising subscriber satisfaction - too far either way and in my opinion, you are less effective.

For example, the classic pattern is to follow conversions only, and before you know it the original concept has disappeared and the original agreement made with the subscriber about the content is broken and forgotten, as recriprocal JV offers, increasingly regular offers, cut and pastes and obviously higher profit offers are forced upon them.

In IM subscribers aren't dumb - they recognise bait and switch and they know when they've been sold-out and are getting carpet bombed. Unless the long term plan is churn and burn, this is undesirable.

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JayXtreme 15 years ago

Originally Posted by ExRat

you are more likely to piss off a buyer than a prospect in relation to your follow ups - but obviously, I haven't polled your list and this is just my opinion

Yes.. but a very wise and well constructed opinion Roger.. one that I happen to agree with

There comes a time when list segmentation is HIGHLY important... that time is right after the first opt-in (freebie opt-in or sale).. what matters for me is being fully aware of where I am up to with people... list segmentation gets even more important each time someone carries out an action..

A "buyers" list is not a group of people begging to buy stuff, they are individual people who have expressed a solid enough interest in a topic to pay for it..

If we don't know where THEY are up to in their cycle of progression (regardless of the niche), how can we tailor our mail to help them accordingly?... doing this enables us to show them something that will lead them to say.. O yes!.. that's WIIFM

Jus Sayin

Peace

Jay

p.s. The above is just my opinion, born from studying my lists and what has worked for me.. and more importantly, by studying what hasn't worked come to think of it...lol
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giselle.benites

15 years ago

Well like you said it's all about testing & seeing what worksor what doesn't work. We all learn from our mistakes. Just don't beat up yourself about it. If your client decides he misses your e-mails he might just suscribe again =)

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Steven Wagenheim

15 years ago

Shaun, thank you so much for the feedback. So, it was the inconsistency
that was the problem more than anything else.

Got it.

And another problem may be that you're on a buyers list that, quite honestly,
I don't email very often because it's rare I have anything important enough to
say. I hate sending emails just for the sake of sending them. In other words,
if you hear from me it's because I have something I feel is important to say.

Probably what I should have included in my welcome email to that list was
a note saying just what I said above. Still, you'd probably forget I sent it
if you didn't hear from me in 2 or 3 weeks anyway.

Yes, this feedback did help me a lot.

Oh, and just for the record, that list was only created so that people
would know how to contact me in order to get their copywriting critique
so this list is not my ordinary list. That's another problem.

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Shaun, thank you so much for the feedback. So, it was the inconsistency
that was the problem more than anything else.

Got it.

And another problem may be that you're on a buyers list that, quite honestly,
I don't email very often because it's rare I have anything important enough to
say. I hate sending emails just for the sake of sending them. In other words,
if you hear from me it's because I have something I feel is important to say.

Probably what I should have included in my welcome email to that list was
a note saying just what I said above. Still, you'd probably forget I sent it
if you didn't hear from me in 2 or 3 weeks anyway.

Yes, this feedback did help me a lot.

Oh, and just for the record, that list was only created so that people
would know how to contact me in order to get their copywriting critique
so this list is not my ordinary list. That's another problem.

So...

That explains the 11,676 posts.

Just kidding, couldn't resist.

All the best,
Michael

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Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Dude, one guy out of, I'm guessing between 500-1,000...unsubscribed for a stupid reason(and yes, it was a stupid reason). I wouldn't sweat it. Sometimes you're not the problem....they are.

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Kay King 15 years ago

It didn't matter that the 2 emails were totally unrelated and could have in no way been combined into one email without killing the effectiveness of both offers.

You're right - it didn't matter.

What mattered for this person is two promotions a day. Some marketers are aggressive and send promotional emails daily or twice a day. If you don't usually do that, changing to that model (even if it is a one time thing) may shake up your readers a bit.

The point you should look at is not losing one subscriber but whether sending two promotions in one day was successful from a sales standpoint.

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Clark

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Matthew Maiden

Not that I expect to only "sell" to my brother but if I wanted my neighbors to act on my suggestions then I should expect to spend more time visiting with them first.

That's the knockout punch right there!

I read a cool article today for those who are interested in their customer's behaviour and what you need to do to keep your competitive advantage through nurturing the relationship with your customer.

The 7 new truths about your customers | poweredByProfit | Canadian Business Online

This quote may best explain why the person unsubbed, "Consumers are deserting companies in record numbers when they encounter experiences that don't meet their expectations,".

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Matt Bard 15 years ago

Shaun,
I don't want to insinuate in any way that you are wrong because you're not.

There is another way of looking at getting these two from Steven and the only reason that I'm going to say this is because he ( Steven ) runs the risk of self promotion if he does it so here it goes.

One of those emails was a time sensitive offer that gives you an advantage for acting early on his "pitch" and if I trust his recommendations and actually appreciate getting a notice from some of the marketers here that I trust then not only can I overlook a few "extra" emails I also have an opportunity to look into a product at a price reduction which can save me some time and money.

If I don't know the person and I don't have the time to look at every offer they send then it gets a little annoying but some of us subscribe to some of the folks here as a way to get notified of new products, (that are recommended by someone we trust. So they are worth a look.) and many times can get a good deal or a bonus.

That, in my way of thinking, is worth the amount of emails from select marketers.
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Audrey Harvey

15 years ago

I don't mind two emails in a day, if it's someone who writes something decent in their emails. I get very frequent emails from one marketer, but it's fine, I like the guy and he's usually got something interesting to say. For other emails, my delete key works fine when I choose to use it.

I've just this morning unsubscribed from three lists, because the three marketers promoted the same product. That in itself isn't a problem, but what irritated me was that the emails were all exactly the same, word for word, link for link. I just don't like the cut-paste-broadcast approach - three emails that are exactly the same from three different marketers is worse than two emails in a day from someone I respect.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Audrey Harvey

Two emails in one day? How could you?!:-) At least the member had the decency to give useful feedback as to the unsub.

Audrey I agree with your statement about the blanket broadcast mails. If you're not going to take the time to try and develop some kind of connection with your list, then... bye.

I was always under the impression that the templates provided by the merchant were to be tailored to your personality. Well I guess that's a good lesson in what not to do.

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tomcam 15 years ago

I'm a nut for good customer service, but I fire a few customers a year. Customers aren't always right.
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Steven Fullman 15 years ago

Paul,

I have to say...you're a touch of class.

Steve
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Steven Fullman 15 years ago

Folks are a little more forgiving in the niche trenches...but not a lot.

What I (you, we) need to keep in mind is:

1. People's inbox's are sacred.

2. Mostly, they don't care about either you OR your offer.

3. They signed up for a reason...your message made sense to them at the time.

Keep #3 in your mind before you write your next blast...

Steve

4. But Oh Boy! If you can speak to them personally...you have a friend ( and customer ) for life.
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- rmx 15 years ago
  
  Sometimes it's just a matter of timing..
  
  More than once I've unsubscribed from good ezines or lists because I can't keep up with everything and just need to clean house from all the lists I'm on.
  
  Just the last few days I've unsubscribed from 3-4 who emailed daily. These emails didn't
  contain good information, mixed with offers, but they contained pitch after pitch.
  
  No thanks.
  
  2 emails in 1 day would definately put a list at the top to unsubscribe if it happened often.
  
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11Levels 15 years ago

Hi Steven,

Personnaly, if I give my email to someone that's because I'm interested in what they're offering, whether it's a product or information, and I want to know more. Otherwise I wouldn't give my email in the first place. So unless it's constant selling, I wouldn't unsubscribe because I get more information. Even if one email is information and the other is a salespage, well that's fine too. I mean maybe i think like an internet marketer, but if you're giving away valuable information, you're allowed to promote your products and try to sell them to your mailing list.

Bottom line, I don't know what the contents of your emails were, but as I said even if one of the email contained useful information and the other was a salesletter, I would not unsubscribe.

I guess at the end it really depends on the person, on their mood at that specific moment, etc. etc.
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TimRobinson 15 years ago

Heh... one subscriber.... I think you're going to need more stats than that.

It's like saying one sales page outperforms another after you've had 20 visitors and one makes a sale and the other doesn't...
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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  Tim,
  
  It's like saying one sales page outperforms another after you've had 20 visitors and one makes a sale and the other doesn't...
  
  Or if one makes 20 sales and the other makes none...
  
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- Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago
  
  I thought I'd come back and report my unscubscribe stats for that day's
  2 emails.
  
  My unsubscribe rate for the day was about a half a percent of my total list.
  
  That's just slightly higher than normal.
  
  However, so far the income figure hasn't changed much for the better, so
  I may reconsider ever doing another 2 email day.
  
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  Sonni 15 years ago
  
  I also got the 2 emails, but didn't think anything about it. He's a marketer and I knew that when I subscribed. I'm a wanna be marketer so I subscribe to his and a few others in here to help me learn and to buy something that may help me make more money.
  
  I look at Steve's pitch as a lesson he's good at it, I can learn from him and so can you if you look at it in a different perspective. Unless you think you know it all and are past learning. It would take a lot more than 2 emails in one day to persuade me to cancel.
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