Comments on: Email Lists That Don’t Self-Destruct In 5 Minutes http://finchsells.com/2010/01/31/email-lists-that-dont-self-destruct-in-5-minutes/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shane http://finchsells.com/2010/01/31/email-lists-that-dont-self-destruct-in-5-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-15523 Shane Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:46:28 +0000 http://finchsells.com/?p=659#comment-15523 Hope you enjoyed your break. Not answering mail for a bit can be a real blessing. (also shitty when you need to catch up afterwards, though) Very interesting idea about going with small, local lists. I had never considered that myself. Hope you enjoyed your break. Not answering mail for a bit can be a real blessing. (also shitty when you need to catch up afterwards, though)

Very interesting idea about going with small, local lists. I had never considered that myself.

]]> By: andrew wee http://finchsells.com/2010/01/31/email-lists-that-dont-self-destruct-in-5-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-15496 andrew wee Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:01:39 +0000 http://finchsells.com/?p=659#comment-15496 one thing that's useful when doing emailing is to solicit questions from your readers. Besides encouraging interactivity (and possibly reducing "Report as spam" clicks), I've read that there's an email metric that measures 2-way communication, as wholly unidirectional communication (you to list) is one of the flags for spam (who replies to a viagra ad anyway...). my 2 pence. one thing that’s useful when doing emailing is to solicit questions from your readers. Besides encouraging interactivity (and possibly reducing “Report as spam” clicks), I’ve read that there’s an email metric that measures 2-way communication, as wholly unidirectional communication (you to list) is one of the flags for spam (who replies to a viagra ad anyway…).

my 2 pence.

]]> By: Tom | Build That List http://finchsells.com/2010/01/31/email-lists-that-dont-self-destruct-in-5-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-15492 Tom | Build That List Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:33:47 +0000 http://finchsells.com/?p=659#comment-15492 I love how you mention that we need to go for maximum relevance. If we are not focusing on solving our list members problems, then there is going to be a good chance that we will get marked as spam. I love how you mention that we need to go for maximum relevance. If we are not focusing on solving our list members problems, then there is going to be a good chance that we will get marked as spam.

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