5 things to notice when buying an email list or Database
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- Make sure it’s worth it to deploy your email broadcast.
- Is the list of email you’re purchasing opted-in?
- Do you have “versatile-use” rights to the email list?
- Is your “creative” enhanced to get passed spam filters and CAN-SPAM compliant?
- Do you have the apt Unsubscribe option in your email and are you keeping your Unsubscribe list updated?
Several people opt to have a marketing company do the broadcast for them because of all of the broadcast laws and the heavy penalties assigned for breaking those laws. A marketing company has relationships with the servers to which they send their email broadcasts hence their emails are much more likely to get through the spam filters that will maximum likely block your email. If you decide it is worth it to buying an email list, it’s authoritative that your email list provider puts in writing that their email addresses are opted-in. Not only is this a part of the CAN-SPAM Act, but you also only want to be contacting people who are sincerely interested in your product or service.
As with many marketing methods, the name of the game in email broadcasting is reiteration. One of the advantages of owning your own email list is that you don’t have to pay a marketing company to send out your message a second or third time. Make sure your email list provider provides “various-use” rights with your email list so you don’t breach the Terms and Conditions of your list contract.
If you choose a marketing company to broadcast your message for you, they will make sure your email “creative” is set up properly to get through the typical spam filters and that it is CAN-SPAM compliant. If you purchase your email list, you may be on your own in this department.
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