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'Don't Get Grief From Ezine Readers'
Ten Reasons To Always
Use A "Double Opt-In" Policy For Your Ezine
My friend Joe was very angry. He has just launched his ezine.
Last week, he called me in a panic.
"My ISP is threatening to shut me down" he cried.
"Why, what happened?" I asked.
Slowly, working through his agitation and angst, I gathered
that one of his ezine 'subscribers' had accused Joe of
'spamming' - sending email (or in this case, an ezine) to
someone who had NOT requested it. It took a week of repeated
phone calls and emails to his ISP before he could get back to
his ezine publishing tasks.
It could happen to anyone. Even you!
And this made me wonder - Why would any ezine publisher 'spam'
readers? Or even open him/herself to such accusations?
The simple answer - Many just don't know how easy it is to
avoid.
In my book "Ezine Launch - Creating 'Killer' Ezines", I
strongly emphasize the importance of the subscribing process.
And that's what this article will do too - give you TEN reasons
to keep your ezine subscribers happy, enthusiastic about your
writing, and ultimately make them your most valued customers.
Do it right and you can play them like a musical instrument,
get them to sway to your tune, listen to what you're saying,
believe you, respect you.
And presto, you have yourself a
new customer.
Once this trusting relationship is established,
you can name your own price and your readers will order from
you. Your sales will explode, profits will skyrocket.
But only if you do it right !
Today unforgiving subscribers are less tolerant of poor ezine
design and administration. They vote for bad ezines by
hitting the "Unsubscribe" button. The margin of error in
ezine publishing is small.
That is why a tutorial like
Ezine Launch - http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezinelaunch/ is an invaluable tool, a hand-holding guide to
your initial ventures into publishing email newsletters,
leading you step-by-step through the difficult first steps
to e-publishing success.
And well begun is half-done. That's where Double Opt-In
comes in.
What does this mean?
With double opt-in, you don't send out
your ezine to everyone who asks for it - until they have
confirmed their request by either visiting a website or
responding to an email message. This not only verifies that
the ezine request is genuine, it also provides you - the ezine
publisher - with proof of this request.
To see what I mean, visit our ezine sign-up page at
Ezine Launch Monthly at http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/ezlmonthly/
Detractors claim that with double opt-in you lose readers.
True, some people who ask for your ezine may not re-confirm.
But think about it - how many of them are likely to become
loyal customers or long-term readers? What you're losing
are the tire-kickers, the freebie seekers who transiently
flit from one thing to another.
And that is a good thing. Because those that remain are the
serious prospects, people who are really interested in you,
your product, your service. They are potential customers.
So here are ten reasons to go down a double opt-in route.
With double opt-in, you can
1. Attract the most interested, responsive target audience
as subscribers
2. Gain respectability and professionalism for your ezine
by behaving responsibly
3. Quickly establish a trusting relationship with readers
4. Ensure most subscribers will actually read your ezine,
since they asked for it - twice
5. Enhance the value of your ezine to advertisers who can
now reach receptive opt-in audiences
6. Improve the effectiveness of your ezine as a marketing
vehicle for your own product and services
7. Have documented proof that subscribers asked to be
included on your mailing list
8. Avoid mischievous people signing up someone else's email
addresses for your ezine
9. Save yourself time and money otherwise spent handling
complaints from angry 'subscribers'
10. Spare yourself the anxiety and anguish of being shut
down by your ISP, or worse, legal action
For all these reasons and more, a double opt-in subscribing
process is today's 'gold standard' for ethical and responsible
ezine publishing.
Short cuts work in the short term. In
the long run, however, quality and professionalism in your
ezine publishing efforts will reap the greatest rewards.
Here are a few more resources that explain the most effective ways to grow your list quickly -- and ethically!
Good luck and happy e-publishing
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