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FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: Speaking as a "loser net cop, antispam zelot" (etc, etc) (Mel. White)
Sunday, 4 June 2006, at 12:04 p.m.
> Why don't you take the easiest and safest route and set it up as a private
> Yahoo group?
Actually, I started to do that several months ago, then I decided I was just finding yet *another* excuse not to do a proper mailing list. (I could make a book out of all the excuses I've created over the years.)
> Posting there is ridiculously easy, maintenance is as simple
> as this board, and they can decide for themselves if they want the
> messages dropped in their mailbox or read on site.
That's the problem.
> There's a ton of "membership only" groups on Yahoo (I belong to
> several, in fact.)
So do I -- homeschool groups -- and I *never* get the emails dropped in my mailbox. They drive me completely insane. And the truth is, sometimes I forget to check certain groups for weeks or months at a time.
I've decided I need to do a proper email list, like everyone else who makes "real money" online.
They're deciding to have the emails dropped in their mailbox when they subscribe, then confirm their subscription (and of course they can cancel at any time). That way, my message gets in front of them and there's no Yahoo group to forget.
I won't be emailing all the time. Here at FIB, it will only be when I have something seriously worthwhile to say. At AZoo, it will be monthly. At FFat, it will be a Daily Hotsheet...
Some people say if you don't have an email list, you aren't "in business on the internet" at all. Like I said, I've invented a bzillion ways to pretend that ain't true -- obviously I'm "in business" because I make money every month, right?
Ummm, sort of.
But now, three-fourths of our income HAS to start coming from my internet business or we're going under in the not-too-distant future. I've gotta do what I've gotta do (within certain limits, of course; the $6 PayPal plan isn't in my future, and neither is Emerald Passport, bwahahahahahahaha!!).
I appreciate the suggestion and I may yet use Yahoo Groups in the future, but not for my main mailing list.
Luv,
MaaMaw
P.S. I haven't thanked you yet for the advice you emailed me... THANK YOU!!
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