MailChimp Email Marketing Blog » email marketing lists and contests http://blog.mailchimp.com MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:04:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Growing Your Email Subscriber List With Contestshttp://blog.mailchimp.com/growing-your-email-subscriber-list-with-contests/ http://blog.mailchimp.com/growing-your-email-subscriber-list-with-contests/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:20:14 +0000 Ben http://blog.mailchimp.com/growing-your-email-subscriber-list-with-contests/ practical-ecommerce-logo.pngJust wrote an article for Practical eCommerce on (The Perils of) Growing Your Email Subscriber List With Contests.

It’s written from an abuse-desk point of view, not a legal or “email marketing strateg-ery” point of view. I’ve had to shut down quite a few MailChimp customer accounts who grew their email lists from contests. Not that contests are bad. There are just a few pointers to keep in mind.

Speaking of Practical eCommerce, they just went through a huge website revamp, and it’s really impressive. If you’re a freelancer, web-developer, or vendor, you might want to try  their new online directory.

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