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Safelists

What is a Safelist?

A Safelist is a email mailing list that anyone can join. It enables you to send email offers to all the other members in exchange for agreeing to receive email from those other members. So you get to mail and, in turn, you agree to receive mail too. Safelists are what is known as "Opt In", which means, you opt to, or choose to join under the rules of the particularly Safelist always accepting to receive opportunities and offers via your email, from other members. This means no one gets spammed.

Some Safelists are free while others have various levels of Membership including Pro, Platinum, Executive and suchlike where differing levels of monthly or annual fees will apply.  Those that charge a fee normally offer you the ability to send mail without having to receive any mail in return.  There are also normally other benefits and advantageous features to paid membership.

So how does this crazy arrangement work?

 Don't people just sign up with a Yahoo, Hotmail or similar free email accounts and never read the mail in order to get to send their own mail?

Well... It used to be that way. Not any more. ;)

Today, Safelists have come of age!  It had to happen. After all, every advertising medium usually starts out, a little rough at the edges and gradually becomes more polished, as time and experience allows. Safelists have now grown up and matured in three important ways.

1.  In order to get people to actually read the mail that gets sent, many smart Safelist operators now give away points or cash money in return for reading their Safelist's emails. The trick is, they hide it in some random email. So in order to win, for example, a $1,000.00, you've got to read ALL that Safelist's mail. This strategy alone has caused Safelists to become very appealing, since much more of the mail is now being read.

 

2.  Safelist owners have instituted rules to stop people from ruining their list.  By placing a limit on how often you are allowed to post, banning attachments and suchlike. Safelist operators tend to control their lists far more tightly.

3. Safelists have become web-based. This is the big one. These days, you NEVER download a list, add it to your address book and send to it via your email program. Nowadays, it's all on the web and you can send your message to each list in a matter of a few minutes. The mail is sent from their web server, not yours.

Why Use a Safelist?

This one is easy. Ever see those ads, 'Send your message to a zillion people a day without spamming!!!' While the message may be what you find at the north end of a south bound bull, the IDEA is not!
Safelists today attract thousands and thousands of people who want to promote their affiliate programmes and opportunities they recently joined, test market a new product or service, get people to sign up for their newsletter and more. These people are opportunity seekers. While they many not read the latest herbal remedy ad that is sent to them unsolicited, they DO pay attention to ads from the Safelist that interest them. There are thousands of members to advertise to every day!

How To Use a Safelist

If you are going to use a Safelist to promote your product, service or opportunity, do it the smart way. Here are some key elements to help you get started. This is hard won information folks, so use it wisely.

1. ONLY use web-based Safelists. NEVER download a list, buy a CD or anything else where you send the mail from your ISP. No need to do this. If you do, you run the risk of loosing your Internet connection and more!  If you stick with web-based Safelists you will not go wrong and the probability is that you will do well.

2. Follow the rules. I know you wouldn't violate the rules on purpose, but who has time to read all that fine print?
Let me save you some time. Do NOT promote porn or hate, don't use an autoresponder as the email address where you receive mail and don't post more often that you are allowed (each list has different rules)! Follow these basic points and you will be fine on 99% of Safelists. When you can, DO read the Safelists rules though. Just to be doubly sure. So go forth and make money!

3. Here's an insider tip I picked up... can't remember where but the thought has stayed with me! This one really works, although it sounds... well, a little stupid! Don't try to sell your primary product on Safelists.
Told you it sounded stupid. ;)  What I mean is this; People on Safelist read a *lot* of mail.

Don't try to close the sale in the three to five seconds they give you. That is virtually impossible!

Think of it just like you would a classified ad. Use a powerful headline (subject line) and try to create curiosity about your product or offer. Get the reader curious or interested enough, to want to ask for more information or visit your website.  Use Safelists to get prospects into your marketing system!  Then, let your follow-up system... YOUR Autoresponder, go on to make the pitch... AND CLOSE THE SALE FOR YOU!

Don't hype it up and don't over promise. Make sure that what you offer is the real deal. Explain the benefits! What's in it for them? That's what they REALLY want to hear.  If at all possible, try to write your own ad so you don't sound like a hundred and one othes!

4. Target your ad. Really good Safelists are broken into categories. You will notice this when you join many lists, not all... but many. You can choose which Categories interest you most, when you join. Look out for these tyes of lists. This way, you can advertise to a smaller BUT much more targeted group of people who have expressed a prior interest in your product or opportunity's subject or Category.

5. Use the power of repetition. Get a great ad. Go to your Safelists on a regular basis. Set yourself a schedule and post the same ad over and over. This really works! The reason it works is because repetition is the mother of learning (statistics show and prove that people need to see the same ad seven times before they actually buy or commit!) and, of course, because so many new people join the Safelists every day!

It doesn't matter if you are sick to death of your ad. It matters that your ad works. When it stops working, pull it. Until then, if it ain't broke ... don't fix it.

Are Safelists Safe?

To be sure, there was a dark side to the old fashioned Safelists. You would sign up and get spam coming out of your ... ear. There is still a case and it may well still makes sense to use a free email account on Safelists. However, this is not as critical as it used to be. Nowadays, I could just pay a little, become a Pro or Upgraded Member and choose not to receive mail.  Most good lists offer this option to their paid Members!  Just look for those that do!

The good news is that Safelists have been around long enough now, to become a legitimate Internet marketing tool, even if most of your competitors haven't figured that out yet.  But then... that's good for you isn't it?

Big-time Internet marketers like Andrew Fox and Lawrence Pryor have started their own Safelist services.  Most well-known Internet marketers have used Safelists from time to time to boost sales or add new subscribers to their ezine.

Is there anything I need to know about the sign up process?

Yes... One or two points to remember.

When filling out the sign up form, be careful when entering your email address. Make sure you understand what address they are asking for.  Your Contact Email refers to your main email address, which will be used for verification and Admin purposes.  When they refer to your Safelist address, that's the email address where the Safelists' Members offers will be sent to. If they only ask for one email address, give them the Safelist Subscriber email address that you wish to use to receive the offers from the Members.

What is email verification?

When you sign up for a Safelist, usually before you can send an ad to the list, you will be required to verify that the email address you have submitted is valid.  In other words that it is working and the emails the Safelist will send to you will actually arrive and not bounce!  To do this you will click a button that will send an email to your Subscriber email account. You must then open that email and click on a link to verify your email address is valid. For this reason, it's always a good idea to empty your Trash/Deleted Items folder before you sign up or send an ad in a Safelist, because finding the verification email will be easier with a empty Trash / Deleted Items folder.

How do I keep track of the Safelists I join?

Keeping track of the Safelist you join and are a Member of is important and difficult if you don't organise yourself properly.  Best and simplest way I found was this; Create a folder in your Favourites called Safelists. After you sign up and get your personalised site, add it to your Favorites for quick access. At the same time, open up a simple Notepad text document and list your Safelists in there.  Use it as you might use a note book.  Just copy the name of the Safelist, the URL, your username, your password, how often you can post an ad, the number of current Members etc., whatever you feel you will find useful.  I found all those mentioned useful at some time or other... but it is not absolutely necessary as, if you have the URL, all you need to do is visit the site and you will get the info there.

Another very useful tool, which does not solely apply to Safelists but your Business in general, is RoboForm!   RoboForm is just THE best password manager on the net.  Easy to use, does not pop up ads in my face or grab information from me. Most importantly, it simply works well.  I could not live (work) without it!  You can download RoboForm free here.

Where do I find ads to advertise in the Safelists?

All good Affiliate Programs offer tailor made emails that you can use to advertise and promote your programmes with Safelists.  You will find several ads, I am sure in the Advertising/Marketing/Promotional  section of your programme's website. If you decide to write your own ad, keep it short, no one reads ads that are too long.  Get right to the point.  Make sure you tell the reader in the first couple of sentences... "What's in it for him"!!

Is it important to have a good subject line?

Yes, the subject line is probably the most important part of your ad!  If people don't find your subject line interesting, if they don't find it "eye-catching", if they don't find it at all... they will never click on it!  If they don't click on your Ad subject line to open it, they will never READ your ad. Yes... your subject line should grab the readers attention... and make them want to know more. You will find some subject lines to use in Safelists in the Advertising Material section of your website.

Does it cost anything to join a Safelist?

Most Safelists offer a FREE membership to join.  They also offer differing levels such as Pro, Premium, Executive, Platinum etc.  Each level varying in price and of course the features and benefits it buys you.  These vary greatly from list to list.  Normally, Free Members are restricted in when and to whom they can send.  Typically, a Free Member can send to the whole list once every seven days.  Some lists allow Free members to also mail to portions or categories within the list once every 48 hours.  It just varies from list to list and you really have to check each one of them out to find out for yourself what Member options and benefits and of course what costs are involved!

Where can I find other Safelists?

One way to find new Safelists is to scroll through the subject lines of the mail sent to you by Safelist Members, once you join.  Look for new Safelists being promoted by these members, Safelists that are just launching.  You can often receive some good offers such as a Pro Membership for FREE if you are one of the first few hundred to join.  If it helps, I have naturally my own current Safelist List and I have published my favourite Safelists here.

Is there anything else I need to do before I sign up for a Safelist?

Yes!  Before you sign up to a Safelist make sure you have two working email accounts or addresses in place!  One to receive your Admin emails, the second one, more importantly, specifically for the emails you will receive from your Subscribed Safelists' Members!

If you haven't got these yet, you must open a couple of new email accounts, because as soon as you sign up you're going to start to receive a lot of emails from other Members of these lists. You do not want all of those emails coming to your main email account.

The best thing to do is to have proper email accounts.  These are available at quite reasonable prices.  Email me if you wish to get info on one that I offer which is very workable!

Alternatively, you can open a free email account with Hotmail.com or Yahoo.com.  Be careful where you get your account as many Safelists have long lists of email providers who are banned because these either do not work very well or have SPAM blockers and cause your emails to bounce.  Bouncing emails, as already mentioned, will cause Safelists to place you "On Vacation" and you will need to constantly verify your Subscriber email!  Continuous bouncing will cause your Safelist to stop your account!  So... choose your email account carefully and read the list of banned email providers that many Safelists publish.

Auto Submitters

The other tool I would strongly recommend you use is a good Auto Submitter!  What is an Auto Submitter?  Submitting to many, at times, hundreds of Safelists can be a very laborious task.  An Auto Submitter basically takes away most of the very time consuming and duplicative actions.  With a good Auto Submitter, you get a ready made "Available Safelists" list!  You simply fire up (Start) your Auto Submitter... normally stored on your PC's Desktop... you search through the available lists, pick and choose which you like or have been recommended to you and join them.  You then go through the process of becoming verified, as explained above and once verified, you can submit your ads!  All within the one control panel or window.  They really simplify your Safelist experience and I strongly recommend you get one.  There are various very good Auto Submitters on the market.  The one I use, my favourite, is SafeList Boys Submitter.  You can obtain this great tool for the huge price of $5.00... I know... horrendous!  It will be the best $5.00 you'll ever spend in Advertising your programmes!  Best thing is... they also offer a very good referral programme!  So if you click my link here... Thanks!

Another excellent Submitter is Michael Rasmussen and Tom Dahne's Automatic Safelist Submitter software!  You can send email messages to thousands of targeted buyers at ease, with this great tool.  You can download it and obtain all future SMass™ releases FREE for life.  Here's a recent Testimonial:

"Part of what I do at SafelistSupplies.com is test tools safelist users may use. I've poked and prodded several Safelist Auto Submitters that are available and I believe SMASS™ is possibly the easiest to use and most feature rich Safelist Submitter available. Features and functions such as Auto-Join and Auto-Post are perfect examples of how this great program can save any safelist user many hours of work. I believe SMASS™ will be an extremely useful tool in any safelisters arsenal." Matt Western www.safelistsupplies.com

So there you have it!  As with most excellent tools... it does come at a price... but well worth it!  On special offer right now for $47.00.  You can get more info or download it here!

There is also a brand spanking new, apparently, revolutionary Safelist submitter just come available on the net!

It is said about The Ad Builder Safelist Submitter that "...it uses the latest technologies, is Guaranteed to be the best you’ll find today and is the new wave of submitters!"

These are the main features:

• Auto Join THOUSANDS of safe lists!

• Setup your Ads and Scheduling

• Submit One Ad or Multiple Ads to All Your Lists

• Do All of this in a Matter of MINUTES!

The Ad Builder  was only launched on the 20th October... so I have to be perfectly honest and say... I haven't used it... yet!  If you want to have a look at it... be my guest... they do offer a rather good referral programme too... just click here! 
 

So... My Conclusions on Safelists?  The bottom line is this!

Safelists work!

  How well they work is up to you.  Use the information above as a starting point and get a good Auto Submitter and give Safelists a try. Don't expect to get rich overnight but you should see results quickly if you do it right.   Good luck... hope you make pots of money!

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