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What to do with my 10K+ list in the IM niche?

by The BizHelp Banned
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Hey Warriors,

The question sounds weird but it's not. Here's what I mean.

I built a list of 10,283 in the IM niche using AWeber. I don't market a lot to this list only when I have a great product from a reputable marketer with guaranteed results. Which means I send email to this list just once every week.

Now, AWeber charge me a lot for this list. I want to ask for the advice of fellow warriors on this.
What other autoresponder will charge me less managing this list for me? I was considering MailChimp but they seem to charge more than AWeber for lists above 5000.

Please I need your advice and suggestions too

God bless.
Ken
#10k #email #email marketing #list #list building #niche
  • Profile picture of the author vandernath
    Hi Ken,

    It depends on the quality of your list. If you have a good click-through rate with the list I would recommend selling the whole list (if aWeber is okay with that, I'm not sure) or have the reputable marketers pay a fee for the e-mails you send.

    I would be interested either way! I will send you a PM so we can discuss this
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    • Profile picture of the author FriendlyRob
      I routinely search through my aweber lists and weed out the non-clickers.

      You can easily do a search for those who haven't opened an email in, say, 6 months. If they haven't opened in that length of time, they likely won't.

      Why pay money to keep these people in your database?
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      • Profile picture of the author Fireworks Freelancer
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        Originally Posted by FriendlyRob View Post

        I routinely search through my aweber lists and weed out the non-clickers.

        You can easily do a search for those who haven't opened an email in, say, 6 months. If they haven't opened in that length of time, they likely won't.

        Why pay money to keep these people in your database?
        Hey Rob,

        Thanks for that. It's a great idea )

        I will do it right way.

        Ken
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    • Profile picture of the author Fireworks Freelancer
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      Originally Posted by vandernath View Post

      Hi Ken,

      It depends on the quality of your list. If you have a good click-through rate with the list I would recommend selling the whole list (if aWeber is okay with that, I'm not sure) or have the reputable marketers pay a fee for the e-mails you send.

      I would be interested either way! I will send you a PM so we can discuss this
      Hey Nathan,

      Thank you for that. I just sent you a reply to you PM and added you on Skype as well

      Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author azsno
    Since you DON'T Market to them on a regular basis, there is a way to make decent money from the list....

    Become a solo ad vendor. You can charge .35 per click initially, until you get some positive feedback, then increase your rates....If you can get just 100 clicks, you could be making $35 off that list everytime you send out a solo ad email...

    If you did this 2x per day for only 3 days a week, that would put an extra $210 per week in your pocket; more than enough to pay for aWeber...

    There are "ton's" of WSO's on HOW to become a solo ad vendor, it's a great way to leverage a low response/non-responsive list and put some ca$h in your pocket...

    Hope this helps,

    ~AzSno...
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    • Profile picture of the author Fireworks Freelancer
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      Originally Posted by azsno View Post

      Since you DON'T Market to them on a regular basis, there is a way to make decent money from the list....

      Become a solo ad vendor. You can charge .35 per click initially, until you get some positive feedback, then increase your rates....If you can get just 100 clicks, you could be making $35 off that list everytime you send out a solo ad email...

      If you did this 2x per day for only 3 days a week, that would put an extra $210 per week in your pocket; more than enough to pay for aWeber...

      There are "ton's" of WSO's on HOW to become a solo ad vendor, it's a great way to leverage a low response/non-responsive list and put some ca in your pocket...

      Hope this helps,

      ~AzSno...
      Thanks man. I know of Solos but you gave me a new insight. Thanks for that.. I will surely try it out and see if that favors me.

      Blessings,
      Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Ken,

    If you have people on your list who are buying and you are not able to be profitable then why not do this:

    Find really good products that can bank you higher commissions ($100-$1,000 per sale) and then you will be in profit and you will be able to afford to keep everyone on your list.
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    • Profile picture of the author Fireworks Freelancer
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      Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

      Ken,

      If you have people on your list who are buying and you are not able to be profitable then why not do this:

      Find really good products that can bank you higher commissions ($100-$1,000 per sale) and then you will be in profit and you will be able to afford to keep everyone on your list.
      Hey thanks man! I have thought of this however, can you suggest where I can get quality products with such high-commissions - with high-conversions too?

      I did thought of it but it will take a lot of time researching this. If you can give me good info, I will be grateful

      Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author aman072
    please tell the name of your im profile .
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    • Profile picture of the author The BizHelp
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      Originally Posted by aman072 View Post

      please tell the name of your im profile .
      IM profile? What are you gonna do with that information?
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    • Profile picture of the author agmccall
      Originally Posted by aman072 View Post

      please tell the name of your im profile .
      What is the purpose of this question

      al
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  • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
    keep building your list through swaps. make sure your partners offers can bring value to your list if you are worried about your rep.

    mail out offers to your list more often and focus on what kind of EPC you will need to get you to where you want to go.

    Focus on CTR, EPC, and monitor your unsubscribe rate
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanGueterbock
    If it's not very responsive I would trim the fat, and send out a few emails "if you would like to stay on my list" please opt-in here.
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  • Profile picture of the author JRWashington
    I may have something that interesting you? No investment needed at all. Just message me if you're curious
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  • Profile picture of the author XGooooogle
    i agreed with vandernath, depend on your list quality..

    You can make JV with any vendors here..
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    start emailing twice a day, there is no point in having a list if it doesn't make you money and in your case you mine as well be flushing money down the toilet
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketingBees
    Would have to go with Friendly Rob. If you've got subscribers on your lists who are not clicking or not even opening your emails then it's worth weeding them out.

    Just create a segment in Aweber of those people who haven't clicked/opened an email in the last 3 months IF they joined over 3 months ago (obviously don't weed out people who joined in the last few weeks).

    You'll often find, if the list is old, that you can half the list size. DO NOT be scared of this. Ultimately, you're still going to have the same number of ACTIVE subscribers.

    It's a bit scary seeing your list size go from 10,000 to 7,500 or 5,000 but don't panic!

    I was there once and hated it. But when you do that initial 'weed out' and then send another email you'll see your open rate and click rate ROCKET!
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  • Profile picture of the author Bronwyn and Keith
    Hi Ken

    Whatever you decide to do make sure that it provides great value for your subscribers and that if possible you can add value for them.

    We don't mean adding a load of PLR stuff (and call it a Bonus) that will fill up their hard-drive either.

    Most people these days have heard it all before and giving real value and having real interest will benefit you in the long run.

    Regards

    Bronwyn and Keith
    Originally Posted by The BizHelp View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    The question sounds weird but it's not. Here's what I mean.

    I built a list of 10,283 in the IM niche using AWeber. I don't market a lot to this list only when I have a great product from a reputable marketer with guaranteed results. Which means I send email to this list just once every week.

    Now, AWeber charge me a lot for this list. I want to ask for the advice of fellow warriors on this.
    What other autoresponder will charge me less managing this list for me? I was considering MailChimp but they seem to charge more than AWeber for lists above 5000.

    Please I need your advice and suggestions too

    God bless.
    Ken
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  • Profile picture of the author affguy89
    I think it's a good idea to get rid of the non responsive subs who never open or click in the past month or so. Never understood the idea of paying every month for people who don't engage with you.

    As others have said previously trim the fat. Spring is around the corner. Time for a good list cleaning perhaps. You can experiment with cpc monetization and affiliate offers.
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  • Profile picture of the author ineagu
    Originally Posted by The BizHelp View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    The question sounds weird but it's not. Here's what I mean.

    I built a list of 10,283 in the IM niche using AWeber. I don't market a lot to this list only when I have a great product from a reputable marketer with guaranteed results. Which means I send email to this list just once every week.

    Now, AWeber charge me a lot for this list. I want to ask for the advice of fellow warriors on this.
    What other autoresponder will charge me less managing this list for me? I was considering MailChimp but they seem to charge more than AWeber for lists above 5000.

    Please I need your advice and suggestions too

    God bless.
    Ken
    Hi,

    I would suggest to try an email marketing platform that doesn't charge you based on your list, but charge you based on number of the emails you send.

    So instead of paying $50 for aweber you can pay $7.47 for 40k emails at SendinBlue ( please note that I am affiliated to SendinBlue, but this is not the reason I am recommending it to you )
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  • Profile picture of the author thequietmind2014
    Originally Posted by The BizHelp View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    The question sounds weird but it's not. Here's what I mean.

    I built a list of 10,283 in the IM niche using AWeber. I don't market a lot to this list only when I have a great product from a reputable marketer with guaranteed results. Which means I send email to this list just once every week.

    Now, AWeber charge me a lot for this list. I want to ask for the advice of fellow warriors on this.
    What other autoresponder will charge me less managing this list for me? I was considering MailChimp but they seem to charge more than AWeber for lists above 5000.

    Please I need your advice and suggestions too

    God bless.
    Ken
    Hi you can do an email swaps with other email list owners, or solo ads service where you charge money for each email sent to your list.
    another big idea is do a CPA offers with your liste
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  • Profile picture of the author thequietmind2014
    Also you can eliminate all autoresponder fee by creating your own autoresponder, it's free and you can email hundred of thousand emails for free
    pleas see this wso, it helpe you creat your free autoresponder:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...less-cost.html
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