What to do with unresponsive email lists?

yukon

Banned 10 years ago

Originally Posted by regina57

Hi, I need advise on what to do with unresponsive email lists. I am running out of wits how to engage them!

Maybe it's a bunch of fake emails?
Maybe your emails bounce?
Maybe your emails are spammy?
etc...

Tell us something useful, or we can keep guessing.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10726297].message }}

regina57

10 years ago

i have a 3K+ email lists, i notice a few email address are a bunch of crap...but there are also real persons... i understand people don't take action and go about fence sitting for sometime before they take action, and this is frustrating coz it seems like talking to a blank wall. How to engage them another way? please advise.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10726309].message }}

yukon

Banned 10 years ago

Originally Posted by regina57

i have a 3K+ email lists, i notice a few email address are a bunch of crap...but there are also real persons... i understand people don't take action and go about fence sitting for sometime before they take action, and this is frustrating coz it seems like talking to a blank wall. How to engage them another way? please advise.

How did you get the email list?

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10726315].message }}

regina57 10 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

How did you get the email list?

Got the list from soload purchases....
- Thanks
- 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10726536].message }}
- yukon Banned 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by regina57
  
  Got the list from soload purchases....
  
  Your list is probably fake emails considering soload looks spammy as a mofo.
  
  Thanks
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727946].message }}

TomAndrews

10 years ago

What are you writing about in your emails?

Do they provide value? Are they entertaining?

If not, then that is most likely why your list is unresponsive.

I always say: Value + Entertainment = A responsive list.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Let's connect on Facebook because it's always good to meet fellow marketers. Send me a friend request: https://www.facebook.com/tom.andrews.7927

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727660].message }}

regina57

10 years ago

Originally Posted by TomAndrews

What are you writing about in your emails?

Do they provide value? Are they entertaining?

If not, then that is most likely why your list is unresponsive.

I always say: Value + Entertainment = A responsive list.

Those are the follow up emails sent from the autoresponders. a lot of them are the copy and paste done-for-you emails. I guess they don't work, but i got so frustrated that I stopped trying to engaged. However, I still see people has not unsubscribed, is there a way to re-engage them after over a month of silence?

Thank you for advice.

Regina57

Thanks

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727781].message }}

DIABL0

10 years ago

Are you getting opens?
Do you know the makeup of the domains in the list?
How are you sending and do you know how well you are inboxing?

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

How to Build LARGE EMAIL LISTS on a Budget and MONETIZE Like a PRO
Free Proven Blueprint: http://emailmonetize.com/blueprint/

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727730].message }}

regina57

10 years ago

Getting opens but low. Kindly clarify what is meant by "makeup of the domains in the list" and "inboxing"? I am sending mails through Autoresponder.

I do see fake email addresses...not names of people.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727785].message }}

DIABL0

10 years ago

Originally Posted by regina57

Getting opens but low. Kindly clarify what is meant by "makeup of the domains in the list" and "inboxing"? I am sending mails through Autoresponder.

I do see fake email addresses...not names of people.

Do you know what the breakdown of how many addresses are gmail, yahoo, aol, hotmail, etc, etc...

Are you seeding your mailings with addresses that you have accounts with and then checking if the seeda went inbox, spam, etc... So you know what is inboxing and what isn't. In addition are you testing if your messages will inbox before sending.

If your getting low opens, the first thing I would want to know is if there are any delivery problem? If you know the breakdown of your list and you know that domain X is hitting spam and it's a large percentage of your list, then that's a problem.

Thanks

Signature

How to Build LARGE EMAIL LISTS on a Budget and MONETIZE Like a PRO
Free Proven Blueprint: http://emailmonetize.com/blueprint/

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727895].message }}

Muzzamil

10 years ago

Offer Them a Free Giveaway and if they still don't respond, Chances are they are probably fake emails, they are real people but have marked as you spams, or they are just not interested in your content. Hopefully You got any help from me. Good Luck with your list building.

Thanks
1 reply

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727757].message }}

regina57 10 years ago

Thank you. Everytime I send out the email from the autoresponder, I check the spam score, and mostly is 1.1. Will try to give free something ....and hope it works.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10727789].message }}

Svetoslav Stoyanchev

10 years ago

You should see who are the real ones, the ones who opened your email and forget the others.

Thanks

Signature

SMTPBOXES - The Email Marketing Alternative

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10729863].message }}

Jeremusic

10 years ago

There are good points already made by others. Entertaining e-mails is hot. People want to be made to feel something emotionally, and you can engage using your own life experiences, that will be real to others. Example: How mad you got when your car broke down, wasted 4 hours at the side of the road, but thankfully you've got your commissions coming in on autopilot using your (offer) so it's not so bad...

Get the idea?