For those who have been in IM scene for any amount of time, you have heard how essential it is to keep a list to email. Nearly every Internet marketer online will tell you that without an email list you have nothing. But the question is, must you grow your own mailing list or can you utilize safelists.

Here we are going to answer this question and hopefully give you a good idea on how you should run your email marketing.

Safelists are the first thing we will discuss. A safelist is a membership web site made up of hundreds or even thousands of other Internet marketers. How it works is you can ordinarily join for free or for a fee. Everyone who registers for these web sites automatically agree to allow other members to send them their emails. Mostly, each email you receive will have something called a credit link that you will need to click on to get credits, this is known as a credit based safelist. These credits can then be used to email your offers to other people in the list.

The big issue with safelists is that no one is there to purchase anything. Honestly, you can earn money selling things on safelists, but you’re not going to make a living selling on safelists.

These safelists could be used for other types of marketing which are worthwhile. Safelists are a great way to start growing your own mailing list. Basically, all you do is to bribe people with something of value that you give to them for free and they give you their email address. This is the easiest way to get started growing your own mailing list.

Now, there is one thing you actually must realize if you’re serious about becoming and remaining an Internet marketer and that is You Need Your Own Email List. To explain how important it is to have your own mailing list, on average for each one person you get to sign up to your mailing list you will make approximately one dollar every month from. Now, I know what you’re thinking, “One dollar, yeah right”, but if you think about it this way 100 people equals $100 and 1,000 people equals $1,000 are you beginning to see how important it is now?

Don’t misconstrue me, you are not charging these people $1 every month for being on your mailing list. The way it is works out is, when you have people on your mailing list they are more inclined to buy from you as long as you give quality, and you should be able to sell 1 product every month to every 1 person out of 50 who are on your mailing list. So, if you have 50 people on your mailing list and you sell only 1 item worth $50 to a person on your mailing list in a month’s time, that is how you get your average, and when you think about it, it’s not that hard to do.

The best thing is when it is your mailing list you can send your emails whenever you wish. You can likewise develop your mailing list however big you want it to be, where safelists merely let you email so many people every 3 to 7 days. Plus, you are not limited on how you develop your mailing list, feel free to utilize any strategy you want. Safelists can help you to develop your mailing list but there are a lot of other ways to list building. You can add an opt-in form on your blog so people can be updated, then you can email them also and your mailing list grows. It doesn’t stop there though, you can utilize any technique or program you wish that can help you build your mailing list. In short, you can develop your own mailing list to any extent you wish.

So which one must you use — safelists or your own mailing list? And the answer is both, utilize safelists to start growing your own mailing list.