A few Wordpress Database questions

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Hi Guys,

I've started a review web site as a wordpress blog and want to keep it to the blog format with comments etc rather than revert to a forum. I've never used wordpress as a database before but i need to be able to market to people who subscribe etc...

Is this easy to do? If so any advice on how? Or, should i really make a forum instead?
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  • Profile picture of the author twmaffun
    Just place and optin form somewhere, use a user-system, and you are all good to go
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    • Profile picture of the author SFitzpatrick
      Do you mean something like Mail Chimp or Awebber?
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      • Profile picture of the author stma
        Sure - get them to opt into your newsletter. Most people aren't going to register for your blog. If you want to force them to to read content by making them regsiter first - check out something like wishlist (which integrates with aweber I believe).
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    You can use this plugin for the opt in box...it also has an autoresponder..

    WordPress › WP Autoresponder And Newsletter Plugin « WordPress Plugins

    About the login box, Wordpress comes with user registration, enable user registration in your Dashboard >> Settings >> General and then use this login box..

    WordPress › Sidebar Login « WordPress Plugins
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  • Profile picture of the author SFitzpatrick
    Cool schwarzes - the blog is a review type product, where an initial review is written but then readers are invited to also review products. So i've turned on forced registration to the web site, will look at the sidebar login.

    Will that make it easy to collect a database of names also that i can later market to? Or is that where i need to get teh autoresponder set up?
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    • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
      Originally Posted by SFitzpatrick View Post

      Cool schwarzes - the blog is a review type product, where an initial review is written but then readers are invited to also review products. So i've turned on forced registration to the web site, will look at the sidebar login.

      Will that make it easy to collect a database of names also that i can later market to? Or is that where i need to get teh autoresponder set up?
      First of all... your use of the word "database" is a bit loose... like when you say "using WordPress as a database". Since WP uses a MySQL database to store your content - this could result in misunderstandings.
      You don't have "A few Wordpress Database questions" as your title suggests, you have "how to build a list" questions.

      Now, as for the legality of using 'forced registration' to put commenters/contributors on your mailing list - that's a different question.
      Unless you EXPLICITLY clarify before registering that you would use their data for marketing to them... you should NOT assume that by registering to your blog they agreed to receive junk/spam mail from you! Because they didn't.

      Just by registering to be able to post a comment/guest-post, normally, WP users don't expect to be placed on a marketing mailing list.
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      • Profile picture of the author SFitzpatrick
        That's one reason why i like the idea of forums. Generally on entering a forum you agree to their rules etc... one of which can easily be that they go on their mailing list etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    WordPress › WP Autoresponder And Newsletter Plugin « WordPress Plugins

    This plugin will help you collect name and emails for your mailing list. You can send out newsletters to the subscribed people and it also has a built-in auto responder.

    The plugin also has a widget which will place an opt-in form in the sidebar.
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  • Profile picture of the author zeeshi570
    You can use newsletter plugins
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