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Send an email to someone else's list?

by reddie
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'Sup warriors. Fairly new here. Obviously.
In a bit of a pickle at the moment and rather than focusing all my efforts and investments on the long run aiming at a long term business module, I'm kind of in need of a quick fix right now.
So while pondering upon the many many (overwhelming) ways of INSTANT online money making (and tearing a few hairs out mind you) that only work for NOW and are not "passive" or anything but just an opportunity to get a surge of cash for the now... I thought about whether it'd be possible for someone without a list to be able to purchase or acquire some way to send an email (with an affiliate link) to someone else's huge target list that would hopefully ensure a bunch of sales?
If yes, where can I find this service and how much would it cost?
And any other suggestions that could potentially be better than this one?
#email #list #send
  • Profile picture of the author retsced
    Sure. They're generally called "solo ads" and can be purchase all over the web. You pay to send your message to another persons email list.

    The problem here is that you'd be wasting your time and cash sending people to an affiliate offer. People clicking on any link in an email message very rarely make a purchase unless the person promoting the offer is a trusted source. Although there maybe some kind of trust between the list owner and their subscribers, there's no hope they're going to ruin that trust by sending their subscribers to someone elses "paid" offer (they'd make a lot more money by sending their own affiliate links instead of yours.) So they send their subscribers to "free" offers instead.

    That's how solo ads work. You pay the list owner $40 - and in return they send you 100 "clicks" to your free offer (the numbers here are just an example - but close enough what you may get.) When 100 people click on your link the solo ad sellers job is done. How you convert those 100 clicks is obviously the most important part, yes? If you send 100 people to an affiliate offer, you'd very, very likely make no sales. You can see how you'd lose more money with this approach (solo ad seller will most likely not let you promote an affiliate offer anyway)

    What most people (99%) do is send those 100 clicks (people) to an opt in page to capture their email address. When the person puts in their details, they can be sent to an affiliate offer then. But even in this case, almost none will purchase the affiliate offer unless it's super targeted to their needs (which is kinda hard to know if the offer is targeted to their needs since you don't know really anything about them - hence the reason for capturing their email address in the first place.)

    This is running long here and I'm prob'ly getting off the specific topic, but suffice to say, sending affiliate offers to someone elses list is not really a goer my friend. But, you can take a look around for yourself. Just search for "solo ads" right here on the forum, or in Google. Do your due dilligence though, not all list owners have responsive subscribers.
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    • Profile picture of the author reddie
      Ah!
      Thanks for the clarification, makes sense now.
      Guess I'm gonna be looking into list building & solo ads!
      *sigh* The billion and one ways of online marketing...
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Elss
        What retsced was explaining to you was basically you should setup a "sales funnel". You'll need a squeeze page, some like to offer a freebie, an informational report of some sort, then an OTO which can be your offer and then a downsell. Doesn't HAVE to be setup like this but it works. I am sure if you do a search on "sales funnel" you will find plenty of information.
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  • Profile picture of the author reddie
    Sounds like fun :/
    But I think I'll get on this right away.
    Thanks a bunch!
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonBennet
    Most of the solo ads sellers do not send your affiliate link directly to your list as most of them will not risk it to make their subscribers angry. If you are prepared to create your own squeeze page and start using solo ads, you will want to be aware that there are some dishonest solo ads sellers in the market.

    You will always want to check the reliability of the solo ads sellers by checking reviews so that you will not be scammed.

    Good luck to you
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