5 Simple ways to create Email List for Free from Scratch and Get Paid
Abhijeet Balsaraf
Trust & Procurement at AvidExim | Former Marketing Professional & MIT-SOM Alum
When was the last time you received any type of Email from any Business? This Fine Morning, Right?
Businesses keep spending a huge chunk of their money to create an Email List and to be in regular contact with their customers or potential customers via Emails. If Email Marketing is Dead, why are they still sending these Emails and spending their Money & Time on it?
This is a clear indication that Email Marketing works - EVEN TODAY. In Fact, Emails are here to stay for a long - long period of time. It’s not going anywhere.
Whatever these Businesses and Companies invest, whether it's their money or time in creating Email Lists and Emails - they are definitely getting something in return - otherwise, they would have stopped it a long time back.
Now - the real issue begins when you want to start getting into Email Marketing - but have no experience in doing so and without a clue, where to start. Most Importantly, How to create a list of Emails of people, who are interested in your Service / Product.
Buying an Email List is definitely not a good idea when starting (or at a later time, for that matter). You want to send Emails to people who want to listen to you and have opted for your Mails - not to just anyone who will just mark your Mail as Spam.
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But how can you create an Email List of people who will be interested in what you have to share - that too, from scratch? Also, How can you be so sure whether they want to buy from you or not? - Because your Target Customers belong to certain Categories - it could be based on Geographical Area, based on specific Industry, based on certain interests, based on specific Job Titles, etc, etc.
When you target your people based on these specific characteristics - they are most likely to become your customers.?
Actually, there are many ways to do this. Some of them will be applied to your Business, based on your Business type. Or all of them could be applied if leveraged smarty - That's for you to decide.?
But the following ways to make an Email List have been working very well for Businesses - especially for Small and Medium Size Businesses: