Comments on: Weeding Out Your Email List http://blog.mailchimp.com/weeding-out-your-email-list/ MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikehttp://blog.mailchimp.com/weeding-out-your-email-list/#comment-121 Mike Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:51:00 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/2007/06/19/weeding-out-your-email-list/#comment-121 I have a "belt and suspenders" tip for Outlook inbox weeding. If you are taking private, personal contacts and believe they are more than happy to receive your new business venture's propaganda, send them an email from your personal account first.In that personal email from your personal account, explain to them what they will be receiving (and when), why they are getting it but most importantly, give them the opportunity to opt-out within that email. Specifically, give them a link to your Mail Chimp unsubscribe page.By doing this, you're doing a few good things:1. Keeping Mail Chimp and your company away from any spam issues 2. Weeds your Mail Chimp list of folks that really don't think your propaganda is as important as you do :)I suspect there may be a downside to this suggestion -- and perhaps the Mail Chimpers will point them out -- but I thought this tip may be a bit more helpful.Thoughts? I have a “belt and suspenders” tip for Outlook inbox weeding. If you are taking private, personal contacts and believe they are more than happy to receive your new business venture’s propaganda, send them an email from your personal account first.

In that personal email from your personal account, explain to them what they will be receiving (and when), why they are getting it but most importantly, give them the opportunity to opt-out within that email. Specifically, give them a link to your Mail Chimp unsubscribe page.

By doing this, you’re doing a few good things:

1. Keeping Mail Chimp and your company away from any spam issues
2. Weeds your Mail Chimp list of folks that really don’t think your propaganda is as important as you do :)

I suspect there may be a downside to this suggestion — and perhaps the Mail Chimpers will point them out — but I thought this tip may be a bit more helpful.

Thoughts?

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