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Email Marketing without a Subscribed List

by Bizboy949
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We have built our list from countless hours of potential customers. We would acquire a newsletter or all of the people who would be attending a conference, jot their information down and ask each individual person if they'd be interested.

Since this list wasn't acquired through a opt-in form, what do you think the best way is to approach this as an email blast situation? I was going to use mailchimp, but am afraid of being suspended.
#email #list #marketing #subscribed
  • Profile picture of the author kennykjtan
    use aweber
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    • Profile picture of the author spearce000
      Originally Posted by kennykjtan View Post

      use aweber
      The only problem there is Aweber will make everyone on an imported list opt-in again, and (from my experience) most won't bother.

      If your web hosting account comes with Fantastico, you could try sending out your newsletter using Php List or Mailman.
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  • Profile picture of the author SamirRastogi
    As far as I know, mailchimp is the only one that allows sending emails to an imported list without having them opt-in again.
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    • Profile picture of the author Suze Thomas
      Originally Posted by SamirRastogi View Post

      As far as I know, mailchimp is the only one that allows sending emails to an imported list without having them opt-in again.
      While that may be true, MailChimp would be a poor choice for other reasons.
      If Icontact still allows it, I'd try them first, as it's a better autoresponder.
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  • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
    Constant Contact allowed you to import an offline list back in the day. I am not sure if they still allow it, but it's worth taking the time to call and ask.
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  • Profile picture of the author savvybizbuilder
    Before taking action, consider legal terms. See if you won't be penalized because of your campaign.
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonl70
    I was about to suggest iContact, as they allow imports w/o re-opting them, but Suze beat me to it.
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    • Profile picture of the author yayasvc
      I use zipsender. You just need to make sure that when you contact your list, you include a disclaimer and allow them to opt-out at that time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aswad
    Just use aweber. don't risking your business relying on free service
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  • Profile picture of the author Tangycontent
    How many emails are we talking about here? Probably best to email them with a personalized, individual email from your own account to touch base and warm them up a bit first.

    You can get them opted in later.
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