Bulk Email Lists

Bulk email lists are the secret weapon of many a company. They help generate leads, get people to sign up for services, or simply ensure that their customers never forget them. 

A bulk email list is a group of user’s email addresses that advertise a sender’s interest in their customers (or potential customers). The most common use for this technique is to contact people who have placed an order from your company before. This ensures customer loyalty and creates good buying habits since they are more likely to purchase from you again in the future.

It can be very expensive to purchase bulk email lists on websites like jiffylist.com. But you can create your own list for free or at a very low cost.

The most important question to ask is:

Why do you want this list? What are your goals for creating this list?

Some people want to generate leads, some want customers, and some just want to make sure their customers never forget them. The possible uses of a bulk email list are endless and the benefits of using one are plain to see. So how do you get one without investing a whole bunch of money? Here is an easy way to set up your own email address list and how it works. I recommend creating several lists, so that you can tailor each one to its specific use.

I will use the example of a list geared towards emailing my customers to create good buying habits.

Create Your Own Bulk Email List: A Step by Step Example

If my business were called “Pawn Shop”, and I wanted to buy bulk email lists off the internet in order to remind my customers never to forget me, I would create a list of people from all of the areas surrounding my location. In this way I could target everyone who lived within 10 miles of my shop.  Here is how it would go:   1) First things first, you need an account with an email marketing service provider like constant-contact.com or mailchimp.com. You could use hotmail or yahoo's but you would have to own the domain name and the mail server, which could be a pain. So I recommend creating a hosted email account with these guys. [Link] 2) After you sign up, take your list and click on the "create campaign" button to start out. The process will show you what fields are required and how to create them: 3) Everything about this step is pretty straightforward, but just as a heads up, there are some new ways to create lists that will make your life easier in the future.

The first thing you want to do is click on the “plus sign” in the "To:" field. You will see a drop down menu appear. From this menu select “Subscribe”. This will make it so your list of email addresses only has people who want to be added to your list (and therefore are more likely to buy from you).   4) The next step is to create a message and an email template . These are pretty easy, but if you need help, here is a quick tip:

a) First thing you want to do is take one of your emails and change it so that it would be sent out as an email campaign.

Conclusion

Bulk email lists can be a great way to reach out to customers and remind them about your business. I recommend creating multiple lists because you might find one type of list more effective than others for your business.   Creating your own list is free, so you only need to pay the cost of purchasing a hosting plan for your email account.  Once you have created your list, it will be ready to use with no additional work required from the customer.