Never use a non-monitored email for your list address – Today’s Make Money Tip

Morning!

Today I received a fascinating email from a rather big name Internet marketer, who wrote about his nifty neat coaching program that, and I quote:

"…I want you to get to where you want to be in
online business.

And our team of experts will hold your hand and
guide you at every step…

… However, MOST PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN. If
you get accepted into the program, here’s what
you’ll get:…"

Love the copy!  But anyways, the problem was….the email included an invalid link.

So, figuring the individual would want to know about it, I responded to the message with a "Headsup, your link was incorrect!".

And received back:

"Hello – IMPORTANT – Your email was not seen.

The email you sent to ………
will not be seen by a human.  It is a "no reply"
address we use when sending out our newsletters.

Unfortunately this email receives in excess
of 20,000 spam messages a day.

However we are here to support you."

My immediate reaction was, okay, ummmm, NO.  I am NOT going to write out a support ticket to let you know you goofed on your email blast.

Now, on second examination, a followup email was generated with more information…but I chose to ignore that until I decided I’d write this post.  That’s the only reason why that email got opened.

Which brings me back to the main point!

Whenever you send email to your lists, ALWAYS check your outgoing links…and ALWAYS make it EASY for people to drop you a line.  That might mean including a direct link to your contact form if you get too much spam, but hey….at least it will help YOU in the future with your customer relationships.

And that, of course, is a Very Good Thing indeed.  🙂

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling