Want to run a free group or mailing list for your blog?

Morning!

Here’s a neat, quick and to the point tip for your blogging.  I always advocate that you sign up for an autoresponder if you want to run a newsletter for your blog – it provides an extremely effective method for followup marketing, customer care assistance and much much more.

But what if you don’t to go that route?  You can simply start your own group at Yahoo! or MSN Groups or heck, even Google groups!

Back in 2001 or so, I started my own group for auctions, Barbs Auction Network.  The neat thing about groups is that you can set it so only the moderator can post (effectively running a broadcast mailing list).  True, you cannot do followup marketing (ie, send a message one day, and then three days later, schedule another one to go out), but if you’re looking for a free way to develop a group, it’s certainly one direction in which you can gaze.

Here’s some blog-related Yahoo groups that encourage interactivity:

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Starting your own Yahoo group is easy!  Simply visit the Start Yahoo Group page and work your way thru.  I always make certain to add various and sundry enhancements like message footers like my Barbs Auction Network one:

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So!  If you run a blog and want to send out a weekly or monthly newsletter, but aren’t yet ready for an autoresponder, you can take advantage of the various group/mailing resources out there and make things happen yesterday. 

Remember….every improvement you make on your blog starts with taking that first step….to make it so.  Nothing will happen unless you give yourself permission to succeed!

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Beginners blogging tips: You can use Yahoo Groups to run a free broadcast list

Intermediate and/or Advanced blogging tips: You can also build a fan base around it as well.

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