How to Email People for Free

With virtually no production costs, email marketing is the best way for new and experienced businesses to immediately communicate with potential customers and customers. As a matter of fact email marketing is considered the single most effective way to advertise on the web. So knowing this, how can someone who is new to making money online take advantage and boost sales with pocket change or none at all? In this "how to" I will show you how to use email marketing for low to no cost.

Download Software. Software was created to do all this for you. After you get people to opt-in your site you can download a free email marketing software program. You can send out as many as you want as long as you offer people the opportunity to opt-out. This feature usually comes standard with the software. Try freedownloadcenter and sendblaster for starters.

Take advantage of Safelists - Safelists are good because you can email an unlimited amount of people for free without an opt-in. This is a guaranteed way to get people to your website. As a matter of fact the people who join these safelists have to look at your website to get credit. They already agreed to read your email so no need for opt-in. Of course there is your ups and downs. Safelist in my opinion are only effective if you know what you are doing. Think about it, most people who join safelists are just like you and me they are trying to get free traffic in hopes of selling their product or service. Nine times out of ten you are dealing with people who are new online and haven't really found a "for sure way to make money". They are usually expecting to get rich quick so they tend to jump and get excited when they see ads with fancy graphics promising them unrealistic results. And marketers( usually paid marketers) know this and they take advantage of this method. This can work if you think outside the box a little and come up with an ad that stands out. To experience with some safelists see resources below.

Use Trial offers - Email marketing companies such as constant contact and stremsend. These companies will allow you to try out their email marketing packages. Mailchimp will allow you to open a free account as long as you do not email over 500 people a month. Others will give you a 30 day trial period but you can only email between 200-500 people monthly. I like these services because the email editor is easy to use with nice graphics and the ability to import images into actual email (as oppose to an attachment). When you decide to upgrade they have nice starter packages for $10 per month.

Difficulty: Easy