| ing up email address lists of potential and real | | | | Some merchants collect email addresses about other |
| customers is important in order to convert traffic | | | | merchants in the internet. They check the email |
| into sales. People who are interested in the issue of a | | | | addresses of classified ads or other kind of ads. |
| website can be informed regularily about special | | | | There are names and email addresses on all classified |
| offers and news. A good email address list of buying | | | | ads. This merchants send their offers to the other |
| customers is a good tool for the customer | | | | merchants in the hope to find an interested audience |
| relationship management. | | | | in them. I get this kind of mailings almost daily. These |
| Different sources to catch mailing lists: | | | | people, however, display their email addresses to me |
| 1. A smart and correct way to begin | | | | and they offer me a chance to re-invite them to my |
| Opt in email lists or safelists are a smart and correct | | | | website or special affiliate program. |
| way to build up an email address list from scratch | | | | 4. Clever and appreciated |
| with potential customers. These lists are well | | | | Web sites can offer the interested audience to sign |
| maintained and updated. The people on the address | | | | up for free services, e.g. a newsletter about tips or |
| list have approved to receive promotional mailings. | | | | specials, tutorials, ebooks, games. The people who |
| Targeted email lists are available. The email services | | | | sign up are usually interested in this kind of services |
| do the mailings through their systems. The merchant | | | | and show some sympathy to the website. Most of |
| does not need a software and bandwith for an email | | | | the people do not buy after the first visit of a |
| server. Everything is hassle free. The response by | | | | website, but a lot of people appreciate it to receive |
| the audience is affirmative, if the mailings are | | | | attention. Some of them buy sooner or later from a |
| appealing. | | | | website, if the website owner can keep in touch with |
| 2. Bulk Email Lists | | | | them by regular mailings. |
| New website owners often try to generate traffic | | | | 5. Customer relationship management |
| quickly with the use of bulk email lists. Email lists with | | | | Email address lists that have been gathered from |
| up to millions of email addresses are offered. The | | | | potential or buying customers have to be maintained |
| response to such mailings in bulk is often low. Some | | | | carefully. The audience should be provided with |
| addresses are outdated, some mailings are filtered | | | | regular mailings about recent news and special offers. |
| out by Anti-SPAM-Systems, some people get upset | | | | A broad base of buying customers is a valuable asset |
| by the mailings. Merchants take the related risks, if | | | | of every business. It is an old wisdom: It’s |
| they expect that about 200 of 100,000 addressed | | | | easier to stay with loyal customers than to gain new |
| people buy a lot. | | | | customers. |
| 3. A sly trick | | | | |