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What would you do with $2,000 in email marketing services?

Posted by Flimjo • 4/03/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging, e-mail marketing, make money, Make Money Online, making money, Marketing, money, niche, traffic

I recently won a prize at Winning The Web's craziest blog contest. It's described as "$2,000 in email marketing services from Software Projects ($2,000 value)." I'm supposed to be contacted in a couple of days. In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how best I can use this prize to increase traffic to my blog. Any thoughts?

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4/03/08

whojaybe

Yuo should sell it... or use the service...

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4/03/08

EcoInsomniac

Well it depends are they going allow you to create a marketing email that they can then blast to a list of people who are interested in your niche? If so, I'd say use it. If they're going to send your email to just a bunch of random people I'd say maybe use it? It all depends if its a directed email marketing blast I think you'll get some actual readers out of it and that'd be great. If they're going to be skating the edge of spam I'd say sell it if you're allowed to and use the money for advertising/marketing for your blog run a contest or something.

Congratulations by the way it was a good win and could turn out very helpful.

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10/23/08

moneyticks

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2/19/09

charlespalmablog

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3/10/09

revants

goody congrats .....

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3/10/09

lettershome

Email marketing services? Isn't that just spam dressed up as filet mignon?

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1. 3/11/09
  
  SaintSeanzy
  
  Call it what you will.. It's legal and it feeds people.. Or at least I'd like to think it's helping the right people along
2. 3/30/09
  
  timethief
  
  @lettershome
  It sounds like a spamming software to me as well.
3/10/09

HorsePucky

I wonder what they're doing with the blog you sent them along with all the others sent in. Probably using google adsense on each of the blogs.

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3/11/09

lettershome

@SaintSeanzy
Spam is not legal where I live. If they catch you spamming, you can get fined heavily.

spam.abuse.net/faq/

www.spamlaws.com/spam-laws.html

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3/30/09

suarnata

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3/30/09

wagerwitch

I think you should pick a group of bloggers - get some HTML write ups - and PRETTIFY a bunch of news about your blog and those of blogs that you enjoy and want to promote.

Put out ads about your blog.

THen prior to it's distribution - get yourself MONETIZED - and spruce up the place.

Here's the Product:

www.softwareprojects.com/emailmarketing.php

Could be good for you.

Take advantage of it --- sell space on your blog during that time (or get link back space with other blogs... )

And PROMOTE THE LIVING YOU KNOW WHAT outta yourself!

Good Luck - Wish I had 2000 worth of emailings... Sigh --- the possible conversions then.. wow.

WW

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3/30/09

Shiley

April 3, 2008 It's been a year since this prize was handed out.

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1. 3/30/09
  
  timethief
  
  @Shirley
  Oh no! It appears that we may have been suckered in by another thread resurrection for linking dropping purposes.
  
  P.S. Good spotting.
3/30/09

Seabuckthorn

Irrespective of the staleness of the thread, having done email marketing enough to realise that even marketing to warm leads on the internet generates spotty results, if I had $2000 in internet marketing, I'd either chuck it in the same bin as the monkey's paw someone gave me, or I'd trade it for a handful of magic beans.

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3/31/09

revants

i feel rubbish

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