Bryan

Bryan,

 

SafeLists is an integral member of a network of safelists, so the affiliate program you joined is not SafeLists.us specific. I have kicked the thought around of starting my own program; but, at this time I have not. I expect you have noticed that some pages do not look like they are mine. They are not; they are maintained by the network; as the affiliate program is.

 

I broke away almost as soon as I purchased my site! I use the network, so that my members will have the full database to mailto; but, that is where the similarity ends. I didn't like the idea that my members were automatically being added to an additional database and I didn't relish the idea that my site was a clone of hundreds, maybe thousands of others. So I discarded the stock site and built my own from scratch. It took some time as I had never done this before; but, it worked and I feel a lot better about what I offer. My site is unique within the network and nobody is arbitrarily added to that second database. In fact, on my FAQ page, you will find a Global Remove link that will remove you from the entire network! Took some time to find that boy; but, it's there and anyone is free to use it. My contribution to eliminating "legal spam" if you like.

 

I have given a lot of thought to adding an additional database of own! Big difference, only my members could mail to it and by using it, they do not become a part of it! That will come when I break totally away! Of course, my members would still be a part of the membership database and send and receive accordingly; but, the addtional database would allow sends only with no receives.

 

There is a lot to do to set up an independent safelist and believe me a mailto only database of a million or so is not cheap. I have taken some of the not so obvious steps: my own hosting being one of the big ones. I can now set up any one of my members with a safelist site and link them right into the network; but,  I have not done it, because it just wouldn't be right. Sort of like stealing and that is not me.

 

As to the question: You will have to re-enter and mail whichever offer you want to send every day. This actually is a good thing as your offer will get stale after just a few mailings. This is not in the Tips; but, you should have three (3) killer Subjects and three (3) variations of your offer! They don't have to be totally different; but, presented in slightly different ways to avoid stagnation.

 

Hope this answers your questions and forgive me for telling you a lot more than you wanted to know!

 

Lou