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How do
I
keep
track of the
email addresses
I
get?
Create
a folder in the Inbox of your e-mail program and name it "Mailing
List". Every time someone requests info from your autoresponders
you get a copy of that request. Move it into your Mailing List folder.
You also get a copy of every request to join the mailing list on your
website. Move that request into the Mailing List folder. Every time you speak with one of your customers, be it
old or new, get their email address and, either add it to a file you
create in "My Documents" on your computer or add it to list.
How do I send out email announcements
to my mailing list?
It's
easy. You should be getting names from the people who request info using
the autoresponders we set up for you and those who join any list we set
up.
If you know how to cut and paste, you can do it in 5 minutes. First,
make sure your list of names is complete. You can copy and paste any
existing database or word processing list of email addresses to the email list or manually
type in your customers' addresses.
When you are ready to send your mail, you can use any email program that
supports blind carbon copy. Blind carbon copy is a feature supported by
most email programs that allows you to send the same email to many
recipients without publishing their addresses to the other recipients.
Create a new mail message, cut and paste the message you want to send in
the body of the e-mail, Create a catchy subject title that includes the
name of your business. Add the email addresses from all the e-mail
received to
the BCC window of your new message. Then, click send!
You can send an email to your entire list and
notify them of special discounts, coupons, new pages to your site etc. This is a great way to keep in
touch with all of your customers and it's free!
DO NOT
send
email to customers who have
not requested email from your
business!
It is against
the law and the
policy of your terms of
service to send unsolicited
e-mail
(SPAM).
Your domain account will be cancelled with no refunds if you do.
What
if
someone
wants
to
subscribe
or
unsubscribe?
Your
mailing list is configured so that you are the only person who can send
e-mail to members of the list. When a subscriber wants to unsubscribe from
your mailing list, simply have them send a message to your list with the word "unsubscribe" in the
Subject. For example:
Send To: listname-request@yourdomain.com
Subject: unsubscribe
When a subscriber wants to
subscribe to the mailing list, simply
they can send a message with the word "subscribe" in the Subject: field to the -request address of that list.
For example: Send To: listname-request@yourdomain.com
Subject: subscribe. If a mailing list is part of your design package, it
has already been configured correctly. If your subscribers have a
subsequent problem, let us know.
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