I love sending newsletters and email campaigns to double-opt-in subscribers on my website. I use a code that works on my hosting service (however I dont have access to the bounced reports and other important features). Now I will like to offer my program as a service to small businesses which might be interested on email marketing.

Where can I hire a mail server that allows me to send bulk mail and keep the earnings.

*This business model is used in a greater scale by other websites (icontact.com or aweber.com for instance).

Do you have any suggestion?

Thank you for your help.

You’ll need to write the code you need. As far as a mail server, run your own. An SMTP server is trivial. The problem is finding a provider so depraved that they’ll let you do mass spamming. (The internet would be about 3 times as fast as it is if all mass spamming were eliminated - it’s the majority of internet traffic.)

Earlier today, I answered a question by a user with the screen name "LIBERALS EAT BO SHlT , it was an ignorant question, but I just had to give a good answer. I received this email shorty after, and when I clicked on the question YA page said "You can not access this page", and the User allows no reply or IM’s, Here’s the text of his obnoxious email :
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You have received a message from another user!

From: LIBERALS EAT BO SHlT

Subject: Hey there

Message: I never thought there could be a Patriotic Liberal, WTF. You must be a real war hero, which I don’t believe because liberals are cowards. LMFAO, moron.

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Please find and bar this idiot from YA forever, Thanks You, Herman
Thanks Brian, (And Everyone !), I took your advice as regards the email address. You would think that I would know such things, as long as I’ve been participating here. I should have reported the question itself, but I get so tired of people saying that Liberals aren’t , or can’t be, Patriots, that I had to respond to the idiot’s blathering.
One of my better blogs has a byline that says, "The Blog of choice for All Patriotic Liberals", and I know there are a lot of them out there, it’s just that most of my Vietnam Vet. buddies are still drinking the right-wing Kool Aid, probably because the right-wing were the only one’s who treated us like humans when we came home?
Thanks again Everyone !

Here’s how you do this:

1. Forward the message to the Answers Team at y_answrs_team@yahoo.com (note the "e" has been left out) with the subject "Insulting email from another user." Be sure to give them the details on what was written.

2. Go to their profile and click Block. This action will prevent the abuser from sending you any more messages and "troll" through your posted content.

Warning: You must never respond back to the abuser at all costs and harass them. This can result in the suspension of your Answers account. Just report the matter to the Answers Team and allow them-along with Customer Care-to take care of the problem for you.

By doing as I instructed, this will get the other user’s account permanently suspended in no time flat.

If you had the contact details (ie. name, email and postal address) for a large number of people, and wanted them to opt-in to being on your own list, (so that you could maket them financial products and services), what would you do?

eg.
- send them a postcard with an advertisement & website address on it so they can go there and register their interest?

- offer them a free e-book related to their interests (eg. in return for their email address)?

- just post them a direct offer for a high-end product? (perhaps effective for up-front sales, but then they won’t be able to register their email address to opt-in to further email-based offers).

No ideas of unsolicited emails thanks, as this 1). is illegal 2). won’t reach many of the people, and 3). is more annoying and trouble than simple traditional direct mail.

While I do already have the email addresses, I’m looking for a way for them to provide it again to me, so they have formally ‘opted-in’. Thanks.

It sounds like you have bought a mailing list which you cannot import directly into an auto responder service such as Aweber. So, you will require a double opt-in to comply with UK and US laws.

To get them to opt-into your list you will have to give them something they perceive to be of high enough value to entice them to give your their name and e-mail address.

You are trying to start a relationship with the people on your mailing list. Offering a mini-course or a newsletter could do the trick, but the quality and perceived value must be high. You must be seen as giving more value than you are asking for.

In my experience, it takes a minimum of 5 to 7 contacts before a prospect will buy from you. So, offering just a free e-book is not enough. That does not mean you cannot give one away as an unannounced bonus with your mini-course or newsletter.

A blatant sales pitch will result in them deleting your e-mail super quick.

i have a lot of email addresses some are friends, some are people who have emailed over the years and others were forwarded in personal emails. I want to use these addresses in a marketing campaign. How do I email , without being accused of spamming, how do I get them to opt in. Most email companies say that I am spamming before the email is sent.

Add to above:

Unless your business name is plainly obvious "DogFoodByPost.com", then you must add a brief description of your products/services.

It would not be wise for me to set-up an account with aweber or something like that starting out but am willing to upgrade in the not so distant future. I just need a platform to get started with email marketing campaigns and opt-in forms.

Thanks

I will send you the contact information for my rep at EmailDirect.com. He allowed me to build my database and get everything established without charging me. I have now been working with them for 2 years.

Anyway, look in your email for my rep’s contact information. Tell him that "The Other Clay" sent you and he should hook you up with the same deal.

*** you have email turned off, so email me on my profile page and I will reply with his contact info

Copyright (c) 2008 Dan Dimit

In order to explain this system, let’s use a familiar illustration that most people would not expect: A lady that’s famous for her tips and techniques for cooking, gardening and decorating. I think you can guess who this is.Exposure is the first step in any business marketing.

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She sends you a new email every 4 to 5 days full of great recipes and décor ideas that you just HAVE to try, but (mysteriously!) each of the ideas requires a utensil or ingredient or decorating material that almost no one has. But the good ol’ patron saint of gardening saves the day by providing a link (her affiliate link, of course…) to a website that sells exactly what you’re looking for and since you have to buy it anyway, why should she (let’s call her Martha) NOT get a percentage?

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I’m exploring options for marketing my web site, and I’m wondering if the ‘Opt-in Bulk emails’ work.

I work for a digital marketing agency - we expect to see an average open rate of between 8-12%.

Copywriting is very important for your affiliate marketing business. Copywriting can be simply defined as a skill of writing copy for advertisement or public releases. This article will explain where copywriting is being use, why copywriting is so important and what are the ways that you can learn copywriting skills for free or for very little investment.

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Lots of online businesses make their money from building opt-in email lists of qualified prospects and not from their website. Indeed, in many cases the sole purpose of the company website is simply to encourage visitors to give their email addresses in exchange for specific information, usually in the form of an email newsletter.

When visitors to your website opt in to your list they are giving you permission to email them on a regular basis. This permission-based marketing strategy offers the marketer an excellent opportunity to build customer loyalty. The People on your list have already told you that they want to hear from you, and if you supply them with information that is well written, relevant, and of benefit to them, they will be much more responsive to your sales pitch.

So what are some of the fastest ways to build your opt in list?

First of all you will need to have something of value to offer prospective subscribers to your list, such as an email newsletter or an e-course that they can subscribe to. Once you have your product set up you can promote it in order to build your list.

Here are seven of the best ways to do that:

1. Advertise your email newsletter, tip-sheet or e-course in other people’s email newsletters and e-zines. Your ad will reach thousands of prospects, but you will have to pay to advertise.

2. Promote your newsletter on E-zine announcement directories such as Ezine-Dir.com, IdeaMarketers.com, New-List.com, SparkList.com, Subs.Zinester.com and many others.

3. Publishing articles on article directories is a great way to generate targeted traffic to your opt-in page via a link that you can place at the foot of the article along with some information about yourself and your newsletter. Your article may be picked up by Internet marketers who visit the directory in search of fresh copy for their own websites or newsletters.

4. Approach bloggers who blog about your niche market and offer to be a “guest blogger” - each time you post a guest article you can add a short blurb about yourself and a link back to your opt-in page.

5. Join a number of traffic exchanges and make an attractive squeeze page to promote your newsletter on the exchanges.

6. Write an e-book. Advertise it on your opt-in page as a free bonus for new subscribers. Write reviews of the e-book and publish them on blogs and other people’s newsletters, with a link back to your opt in page so that people can get a copy of the book - when they join your list!

7. Publish a free sample issue of your newsletter on your website. Doing this shows people that you are confident in the quality of your product. It is a great way to encourage people to sign up will stop.

These are just a few suggestions for promoting your email newsletter. There are many others that you can try as well, such as PPC campaigns, banner ads, classified ads and so on.

Whichever methods you use to promote your e-newsletter, you will not get anywhere if the email newsletter itself is not well written and packed with useful and relevant information.

Darrell Howell
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