3 Things to Avoid When Mailing to Your List

When you decide to have an opt-in list, it is not just a matter of sending your subscribers your
promotional newsletters or catalogs. There are many things to consider in avoiding many
complications. While there are so many ways you can make people subscribe to your list, there
are also some things you must do to avoid subscribers from wanting to get off from your list.

Aside from that, you also want to avoid any problems with the law and your internet service provider
or ISP. There are now many laws and rules that are applied to help protect the privacy of the internet
users from spamming and unwanted mails. With the popularity of the electronic mail as a medium
for marketing because of the low cost, many company�s have seized the opportunity and have flooded
many people�s e-mail accounts with promotional mail.

But, with an opt-in list, you avoid this annoyance because people subscribe to the list; they want to
receive the newsletters and promotional materials. They have consented to being on the list by
subscribing themselves, just don�t forget to put an unsubscribe feature everytime in your opt-in list
so that you avoid any confusion. There may be times when an email account was provided when the
real owner didn�t want to subscribe.

It is essential that you keep your list clean and manageable. Arrange it by using the many tools and
technologies available for your opt-in list. Do not worry; your investment in this marketing strategy is
well worth it with all the coverage you will get which will likely be converted into sales then to profit.

Keep yourself and your business out of trouble and potential run-ins with the law and the internet
service providers. Keep your operation legit and clean. Your reputation as a legitimate businessman
and a legitimate site depends on your being a straight and true marketing strategist. As a tip, here
are three things to avoid when emailing your list.

1) Take notice of your unsuccessful sends. These are the e-mails that bounce. Bounced emails,
also known as undeliverable messages, are those messages that, for whatever reason, were not
successfully received by the intended recipient.

There are bounces that happen or occur because the server was busy at that time but can still be
delivered in another time. There are also bounces because the inbox of the recipient is full at that time.
There are those bounce messages that are simply undeliverable ever. The reason for this is that it may
be an invalid email address, a misspelled email address, or an email address that was abandoned
and erased already.

Manage your list by putting markings on those that bounce. Erase an email account from your list so
that you have an accurate statistics and records as to how many are actually receiving your mail. You
may also want to check the spellings of your email addresses in your list. One common mistake is
when an N instead of an M is placed in the .com area.

2) Always provide an unsubscribe feature in your site and an unsubscribe link in your mails. When
someone in your list files a request to be unsubscrembed, always take that request seriously. If you
don�t take them off your list and keep sending them your e-mails, you are now sending them spam mail.

When you are reported as a spammer, you and your business can get into a lot of trouble. You can be
reported to the authorities and maybe blacklisted by many internet service providers. You will lose a lot
of subscribers this way and many more in potential subscribers.

3) Do not provide pornographic or shocking and disturbing content in your newsletters. It is hard to
decipher the age of the recipient and many complaints may stem from these. Controversial issues
also are to be avoided to not be branded by your subscribers. Stick to the nature of your site and business.

Always remember these tips in this article so that you can have a healthy relationship with your subscribers
as well as be kept within the boundaries of what is allowed in sending mails to an opt-in list.

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