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Learn to Love Your Spam

Do you use reverse marketing strategies to build your opt in list? 
If you don't, you are probably frustrated with the volume of "spam"
messages in your email inbox. 

Allow me to share a way for you to start loving your spam, and
some may actually go out of their way a little bit to generate more of it!

First of all, never ever ever use your business email to subscribe to
safelists, FFA sites, subscriptions etc.  If you elect to use these systems
(they won't give you good results, and are really only good as a reverse
marketing system), set up a separate email account especially for that
purpose.  If you are a member of Veretekk, you have the ability to set up
an unlimited number of "stealth email" addresses for this purpose.  If not,
set up a Gmail account - it's free and it allows you to set up a one time
auto reply.

If you elect to use gmail, set up your vacation responder.  Whenever
someone emails you, they will receive an instant reply... with whatever
message you insert into your vacation responder.  I use something like this:

Subject:  In Reply to Your Email

Body:  Thank you for your email, I will read it and respond asap.  In the
meantime, please help yourself to this free marketing tool:  (insert link to
your lead capture site.  I use this valuable newsletter subscription page
Essential Rules for Email Marketing). 

Kind Regards,

Your Name
Your Website
Your rtn email
Your Ph#

Do you smell the power of this?  I gain several new opt in subscribers
daily using this simple set it and forget it strategy.  And it really is a set
and forget. 

Now that you have your email account set up, you'll want to use that
address to subscribe to newsletters, or other systems.  I use my "reverse"
email to subscribe for anything, even if it is something I want to receive.
This way I get to pre-filter - many sites that say they won't give away your
email address, actually do.  I just go to my "reverse" account and forward
emails that I do want to an account that I actually check on.

Questions?  Feel free to contact me!

Karen Weir

PS.  This is not promoting supporting or initiating spam.  It is a legitimate
method of marketing to people who purchase lead lists from unscrupulous
marketers, those who post ads on Free FFA sites and Safelists - and in
general those who are in serious need of help to learn effective marketing
strategies - which you can share through your newsletter!


Karen Weir
Parenting Special Children


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Papierre.com --- Marketplace - Apr 8 2008 07:25 Report Unrelated Comment
Thanks for opening my EYES!
http://www.papierre.com/awardb.html


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BoomSpress - Mar 1 2008 14:30 Report Unrelated Comment
Hi Karen,

Seems like you posted this some time ago.
In any case, I took your great advice then
and have never regretted it! Even added
my own little creation. When people
consistently email me, I filter their addres-
ses to go straight away to a folder. Then
when I do reply personally, to these folks.
I can write a more personal response based
on their previous emails. Sometimes I receive
likewise. Great way to network. I call this
system "Passive Networking".

Paula/BoomSpress
Make everyday a holiday...
Paula


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MermaidMonkey - Feb 2 2008 17:49 Report Unrelated Comment
I'll look into GMail. Thank you.


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Xtreme Wealth Online - Nov 11 2007 15:09 Report Unrelated Comment
SPAM IS GOOD!!!!!!!! Karen I've been making good money off spammers for years now. They actually, pay my mortgage, car note and my gym membership. Have You ever thought about monetizing a blog about The MANY USES and JOYS OF SPAM or a Blog titled SPAM IS HMMMM HMMMM GOOD. Spam has been really good to me. :-}
American People Search


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Collette - Oct 8 2007 11:04 Report Unrelated Comment
Nice post Karen.
Artfully explained. I also do reverse marketing. Have gotten some quality sign ups as well.
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maxinvegas - Oct 4 2007 18:21 Report Unrelated Comment
I was sure I posted on this topic before (maybe got deleted!)

I am slowly winning the Spam Game - Got careless as a newbie, now I am learning to have all my contacts spam protected - email and even my contact phone number . Who has the time to play games with these predators..

Once I had over 1100 return messages to one of my email addresses that someone used as return address to do mass mailing.

Recently I got some drug newsletters, but they used my email address to mail me. I was about to blacklist the sender and noticed that its my own email address. Don't know how they do that. So I blacklisted the URL in the link anyway.

If you want to have all your email addresses spam proof for free, drop me a message.

Hate Spam or You'll Eat Spam!

max2work - caring, sharing and mentoring.

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Lifestyle Home Services - Oct 4 2007 15:34 Report Unrelated Comment
Therein lies the problem, peaceful, supporting the industry.

I'm guessing since you are using FFA pages, you may be a newbie.

You may want to visit the "Conquer Your Niche", or the "Warrior Forum" to pick up some professional marketing strategies.
Eric J. Smith
Lifestyle Home Services
Lifestyle Organics


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Peaceful - Oct 4 2007 15:22 Report Unrelated Comment
I enhance my reverse-marketing strategy with a free GishPuppy email forwarding address:

Use it to sign-up for ffa and blasters, confirm or accept the offer and then immediately set your gmail to the vacation mode, with your message in there- this way you'll never even have to see spam again- plus email stripper programs will pick up your GishPuppy address and keep spreading it around- forever! :)
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Cyndi Oropeza - Aug 20 2007 05:27 Report Unrelated Comment
I had heard of this before. Just not explained in such detail. Thanks a bunch. I think this will truly be a valuable tool.
Cyndi
Cyndi Oropeza
Proud Plan4Power TeamBuilder & Member.
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BethsVentures - Aug 20 2007 04:44 Report Unrelated Comment
Hi Karen,

Spam of the sort that comes into inboxes and are truly unsolicited... I just got some that was from subrl... or similar to that.. about 2 dozen but with different names...

can be a nuisance... I have not problem with what was being called spam here in apsense... that was what I couldn't understand..

but thanks to the wonderful signature I have gone to your website and to Eric's website... and that is a much easier way to put a name, face and website together! Lots of people here to get to know and what their business is ... is definitely key to who they are online!

all my best!
Beth
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