<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Building Your Email List (TOTW: 2/19/2012) | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/feed/</link> <description>Building Your Email List (TOTW: 2/19/2012) - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:18:52 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</guid><title><![CDATA[Ann at  greenoak replied to the forum topic Building Your Email List (TOTW: 2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</link> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:39:45 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/annfurnivall/" title="Ann at  greenoak" rel="nofollow">Ann at  greenoak</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012" rel="nofollow">Building Your Email List (TOTW: 2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> @ <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a>&#160; we love email...our e mail database &#160;is&#160;&#160; very&#160; valuable to us....&#160; 3500&#160; people....&#160; we go for&#160;&#160; quality not&#160; quantity....ours is&#160; from&#160;customers &#160;in the store mainly...we have a drawing in store&#160; [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19484</guid><title><![CDATA[Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19484</link> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:41:49 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/joanmuschampfagnani/" title="Joan Muschamp (Fagnani)" rel="nofollow">Joan Muschamp (Fagnani)</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/davidgadarian/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/davidgadarian/' rel="nofollow">@davidgadarian</a> Free reports or papers are a great way to build a list fast. The signup should be simple (email/first&#160;name) and be on every page&#160;above the fold.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19481</guid><title><![CDATA[David Gadarian replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19481</link> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:36:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/davidgadarian/" title="David Gadarian" rel="nofollow">David Gadarian</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Depends on the company but I have one client that offers up a series of reports and also lists the "Free Reports" in the navigation bar - the subscribe rates are extremely high. &#160;The reports are also nice as [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19239</guid><title><![CDATA[Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19239</link> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:09:21 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dianeaull/" title="Diane Aull" rel="nofollow">Diane Aull</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> How we build our list: we ask people to sign up for the newsletter every chance we get, every where we can. :)On our site, on our blog, on transactional emails, on social media, you name it...</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19009</guid><title><![CDATA[Nadadur Janardhan replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-19009</link> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:22:32 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nadadurjanardhan/" title="Nadadur Janardhan" rel="nofollow">Nadadur Janardhan</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Great topic and lots of learning. Glad I joined this club.<div></div><div>Janardhan</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18796</guid><title><![CDATA[JoAnn Jordan replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18796</link> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jordanem/" title="JoAnn Jordan" rel="nofollow">JoAnn Jordan</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I tend to focus more on the engagement (number of opens, clicking of links) than number of people at this point. I am still perfecting the mix on emails so I think this is more telling as to what interests [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18461</guid><title><![CDATA[Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18461</link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:13:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/joanmuschampfagnani/" title="Joan Muschamp (Fagnani)" rel="nofollow">Joan Muschamp (Fagnani)</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a>, can you link out to the articles you mention?&#160; Also, I am curious to know your opinion on good tools for opt-ins, particularly if they integrate with your email marketing systems.&#160; A lot of us are [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18406</guid><title><![CDATA[Preston Odenbrett replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18406</link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:20:35 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/prestonodenbrett/" title="Preston Odenbrett" rel="nofollow">Preston Odenbrett</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I will have to look into this more with our tech people. We have a database of local business owners in our area.. We didn't buy them from a list broker, we physically stopped by and picked up a business card and [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18353</guid><title><![CDATA[Thomas Flügge replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18353</link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:17:21 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ecumenix/" title="Thomas Flügge" rel="nofollow">Thomas Flügge</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a> Interesting to read all of the statements above. Especially the initial question, thanks!&#160;<div></div><div>In my experience the email marketing tends to become more and more kind of the lumbering part of online [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18029</guid><title><![CDATA[Fawn Morgan replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18029</link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:48:33 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fawnmorgan/" title="Fawn Morgan" rel="nofollow">Fawn Morgan</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Wow!&#160; A lot of information to soak in for a beginner.&#160; I appreciate the information and will have to come back often to study it and see what has been added.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18018</guid><title><![CDATA[Jeremy Knight replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-18018</link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:19:22 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jeremyknight/" title="Jeremy Knight" rel="nofollow">Jeremy Knight</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a></p><p>!--</p><p> /* Font Definitions */<br /> @font-face<br /> {font-family:Arial;<br /> panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-17976</guid><title><![CDATA[Ferris Stith replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-17976</link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:01:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/ferrisstith/" title="Ferris Stith" rel="nofollow">Ferris Stith</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Direct mail. At PostcardMania - not only do we specialize in direct mail for small businesses, but we also heavily practice what we preach. We send out 25,000 postcard per week - all of them have an offer and a [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-17975</guid><title><![CDATA[Frederic Gonzalo replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012) in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/#post-17975</link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:59:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/fredericgonzalo/" title="Frederic Gonzalo" rel="nofollow">Frederic Gonzalo</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-your-email-list-2192012/" rel="nofollow">TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Your Email List (2/19/2012)</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a> I think perhaps the best way to build a decent email list is to make it a part of the brand's eco-system online strategy. That is, email is a component as important, if not more, than your Facebook [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>