Comments on: Top Ten Reasons You Should Write Top Ten Lists http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html Email marketing Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:51:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: David Hurley http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-24696 David Hurley Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:24:39 +0000 http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-24696 A great idea for getting a quick article out and using it as the springboard for ten or so more! I have a question though... How many articles is "too many"? Is there a point at which people opt out en masse because they are receiving too many messages? Is there an optimum rate of communication? David Hurley http://grasp-the-nettle.com A great idea for getting a quick article out and using it as the springboard for ten or so more!

I have a question though… How many articles is “too many”? Is there a point at which people opt out en masse because they are receiving too many messages? Is there an optimum rate of communication?

David Hurley
http://grasp-the-nettle.com

]]> By: debbi http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-24702 debbi Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:25:31 +0000 http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-24702 Hi David, Thanks for your question. There's no perfect number for the number of articles. You should write enough to say what you want to say! For instance, I'm currently writing a 30 part series for my blog on things people need to know if they are considering starting a home business. Though too long for autoresponder messages, I could certainly take some salient points and repurpose them for email. However, while I can safely post to my blog daily, I wouldn't sent an email out daily. If you're writing a series, probably once a week (twice a week at the most). On the outside, I wouldn't go past a month, or people will forget who you are and mark your message as spam. A friend told me that Jim Edwards recently polled his membership site members and they said they wanted new information no more than twice a week because of information overload. This is probably a good rule of thumb. Obviously, if you see a surge in unsubscribes at a particular point, you'll want to study everything about it, including frequency and content of that particular email. What may work in one niche may not work in another. So, whatever you decide, be sure to test! Debbi Bressler Hi David,

Thanks for your question.

There’s no perfect number for the number of articles. You should write enough to say what you want to say!

For instance, I’m currently writing a 30 part series for my blog on things people need to know if they are considering starting a home business. Though too long for autoresponder messages, I could certainly take some salient points and repurpose them for email.

However, while I can safely post to my blog daily, I wouldn’t sent an email out daily. If you’re writing a series, probably once a week (twice a week at the most). On the outside, I wouldn’t go past a month, or people will forget who you are and mark your message as spam.

A friend told me that Jim Edwards recently polled his membership site members and they said they wanted new information no more than twice a week because of information overload. This is probably a good rule of thumb.

Obviously, if you see a surge in unsubscribes at a particular point, you’ll want to study everything about it, including frequency and content of that particular email. What may work in one niche may not work in another. So, whatever you decide, be sure to test!

Debbi Bressler

]]> By: Austin Sackett http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-24982 Austin Sackett Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:53:14 +0000 http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-24982 Debbie, I am just getting into internet marketing and doing my best to learn as much as a can in as short of period as possible. I want to thank you for your informative short messages on "Get Response", which I will be using to further my marketing efforts. You make a tremendous difference in the slope of my learning curve as I work to obtain the professional knowledge needed to succeed in this ever changing and challenging field of endeavour. Thank you for your input. Regards, J. Austin Sackett Debbie,

I am just getting into internet marketing and doing my best to learn as much as a can in as short of period as possible.

I want to thank you for your informative short messages on “Get Response”, which I will be using to further my marketing efforts.

You make a tremendous difference in the slope of my learning curve as I work to obtain the professional knowledge needed to succeed in this ever changing and challenging field of endeavour.

Thank you for your input.

Regards,
J. Austin Sackett

]]> By: debbi http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-25302 debbi Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:20:03 +0000 http://blog.getresponse.com/top-ten-reasons-you-should-write-top-ten-lists.html#comment-25302 Hi Austin, Wow! I am SO touched by your comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and let me know what you think! It wasn't so long ago that I was just getting started and I still remember the panic of information overload. If you have any questions about anything you read, please stop by and ask. Debbi Hi Austin,

Wow! I am SO touched by your comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and let me know what you think!

It wasn’t so long ago that I was just getting started and I still remember the panic of information overload.

If you have any questions about anything you read, please stop by and ask.

Debbi

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