How to Choose the right mailing list
If you decide to buy a list, make sure it's a list of purchasers. What do I
mean? I mean don't just buy a list of people that came out of phone books.
And don't buy a list of people that have simply made inquiries about a
product or service. Most companies refer to the list of people that have
contacted them but not yet purchased, as their prospect list or lead list.
Don't buy these mailing lists. Only buy lists of people who actually are
on a companies list because they made a purchase from them. In most cases,
the company will even be able to tell you how much the cost of the item the
people purchased was. The point is that you want buyers and not
tire-kickers who are generally window shoppers. If you have a list of
people that have recently bought something similar or related to the product
or service you are selling, the odds are infinitely better that you'll get a
sale out of them too. Just be sure to find out the purchase price of the
product they bought from the other company. If they bought something for
only $19.95 from the other company, you're probably going to get poor
results if you try to sell them something similar for $299.00
Also, when buying lists, be sure to ask how old the list is. Don't buy
lists that are older than 6 months old. The best lists are no more than 4
months old. I like lists that are between one and four months old. I've
done best with these.
Keep in mind, you don't have to use mailing lists if they don't sound like
something you'd like to do, but they do work well. I'll be going over
several other great marketing methods as you continue reading.
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