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Is Safelists effective?

by beasty513
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What are your experiences with Safelists?


Is it a useful method or are people chasing their own tail?
#effective #safelists
  • Profile picture of the author Matthew Trujillo
    My advice to you is to stay far away from safe lists, they are ineffective, and you will find yourself chasing your own tail ultimately in the end. Quality traffic is the #1 thing you need in internet marketing in order to grow and scale your business. Quality traffic should always be every marketers priority, hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
    They are worth it but you have to know how to work them. While they might not work as well as in the past, the time it takes -vs- output is worth while.

    TIP: Don't advertise a product. Send them to a squeeze page to capture their email.

    People who say they don't work, frankly, haven't a clue. They either are repeating what they heard others say or don't know how to "work them".

    Garrie
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  • Profile picture of the author hostdare
    All I ever got out of safe lists is a whole lot of spam. It is just a group of others doing the same as you. Spam going to spammers with every ones permission. If you run a safe list I hope you have several alias e-mail accounts.
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  • Profile picture of the author SportsMarketer
    I would not bother. There are better ways to spend your time. You are better off long term when your traffic is targeted.

    You can get some positive results but I definitely prefer a different route for my business.

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Careygee
    Using Safelists?
    Not me.
    Look at the advice from most Mentors of most organizations on the subject of Advertising.
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    "Since you are agreeing to receive emails from all the other members you can expect to receive a lot of email daily (hundreds, even thousands).
    So under NO circumstances should you use your main email address when you join safelists!" ...
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    So WHO is reading them?
    Common sense says ....Hardly anyone.
    Wasted my time when I tried them. 'Nuff said.

    The best Advertisng for me has been Solo eMails.

    Also Viral Network Sites ...
    You click on theirs and they click on yours.
    Again same as Safelist, Do not use your main eMail.
    Best to you and Seasons Greetings to all.
    Carey
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  • Profile picture of the author dengkane
    Will you read e-mails sent from safelists? No, you won't. You would try to send more and more e-mails to others, and others do so too.
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    • Profile picture of the author biz4bucks
      I have talked with two men that use safelist and seem to do it very effectively. One named Ben almost exclusively uses safelists, I saw a interview he did and I have talked with him by phone twice --- He is my sponsor in a program that he has made over $6,000 in. You can PM me for further info if you like.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adrian Jock
    I'm not very sure what your question is.

    - If you want to know whether they are effective or not (the title of the thread), the answer is NO. It's obvious... People sending tons of ads one another... Someone already asked you... Join a safelist, you'll get tons of emails daily. Will you read them? That's why safelists aren't effective.

    - If you want to know whether they work or not (that's a different question), well, while I don't and won't use them, I guess that they work for some people. Their owners and a few others. That's why they still exist
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    • Profile picture of the author agmccall
      Originally Posted by Adrian Jock View Post

      Join a safelist, you'll get tons of emails daily. Will you read them? That's why safelists aren't effective.
      Statements like this are from people who have no idea how safelists work. It is not about the email they send, it is about the page you send them to and they have to stay on for 10-30 seconds.

      You can easily add 100+ subscribers to your list not spending a dime, but, you will need to invest about 1 hour a day.

      Just go to youtube an search for safelist marketing, or there is a warrior here that has a site with a few videos about how to do this effectively the site is directoryofsafelists

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      • Profile picture of the author Adrian Jock
        Originally Posted by agmccall View Post

        Statements like this are from people who have no idea how safelists work. It is not about the email they send, it is about the page you send them to and they have to stay on for 10-30 seconds.
        Look who's talking about people who have no idea how safelists work

        1) Not all safelists are credit-based. Did you know it? Your comment doesn't suggest that you knew it

        2) A safelist whether is credit-based or not is still based on sending TONS of emails. Before going to that page you're supposed to visit, you still face some hundreds of emails in your Inbox and especially in your spam folder Will you open (read) these hundreds or even thousands of emails? This was my question addressed to OP and it has nothing to do with the second step - visiting the landing page - that may or may not happen.

        3) Re-read my previous comment. I didn't say safelists don't work. I've said they aren't effective. If an user opens 10-15 emails out of 1000, it's obvious that they aren't effective. If an user opens almost 1000 out of 1000, that's an idiot and you may not want idiots on your list
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        • Profile picture of the author agmccall
          Originally Posted by Adrian Jock View Post

          Look who's talking about people who have no idea how safelists work

          1) Not all safelists are credit-based. Did you know it? Your comment doesn't suggest that you knew it Actually I did know that and you know what else, hardly anyone uses the non-credit mailers anymore. Most of the time when people refer to safelists they are actually referring to those credit mailers which are actually traffic exchanges

          2) A safelist whether is credit-based or not is still based on sending TONS of emails. Before going to that page you're supposed to visit, you still face some hundreds of emails in your Inbox and especially in your spam folder Will you open (read) these hundreds or even thousands of emails? This was my question addressed to OP and it has nothing to do with the second step - visiting the landing page - that may or may not happen. Agian, someone who does not know how to work one. or how to set up filters in gmail or use a solution like viralinbox. You click for credits, when you are done for the day you delete the rest.

          3) Re-read my previous comment. I didn't say safelists don't work. I've said they aren't effective. If an user opens 10-15 emails out of 1000, it's obvious that they aren't effective. If an user opens almost 1000 out of 1000, that's an idiot and you may not want idiots on your list
          They are effective if done as a strategy and not just as a little here and there thing. Just because something is not effective for you or does not work for you, does not mean it won't work for someone who wants to dedicate time and effort to it
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          • Profile picture of the author Adrian Jock
            Originally Posted by agmccall View Post

            They are effective if done as a strategy and not just as a little here and there thing. Just because something is not effective for you or does not work for you, does not mean it won't work for someone who wants to dedicate time and effort to it
            I'm wondering whether you don't understand my comments or you just pretend you don't understand them

            Of course you can setup filters in Gmail. You can even delete all emails quickly

            The point is that the percentage of emails that are opened is very low... let me repeat it coz you need it...

            If an user opens 10-15 emails or even 50 out of 1000, it's obvious that the method isn't effective. Or maybe you don't understand the word "effective"
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