Comments on: Use Your Neighbors and Partners to Build Your List http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mandi http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412518 Mandi Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:39:23 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412518 This is a really fantastic article. My husband and I own a tire store, and we actually share a parking lot with a similar business. We end up referring customers to each other all the time, because there are services we don't perform at our store that the neighboring business does and vice versa. It makes for a much more amicable and, consequently, profitable circumstance. This is a really fantastic article. My husband and I own a tire store, and we actually share a parking lot with a similar business. We end up referring customers to each other all the time, because there are services we don't perform at our store that the neighboring business does and vice versa. It makes for a much more amicable and, consequently, profitable circumstance.

]]> By: thewriteblogger http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412414 thewriteblogger Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:01:14 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412414 This truly is a great idea. Working together benefits everyone involved. Even virtual businesses can take advantage of the points you made. For instance, mothers who regularly subscribe to parenting advice also might be interested in diaper deals, baby clothes sales, birth control news, and work-at-home mom tips. The only possible problem with collaborating - some may not work as hard as others. What do you do if you're working to update your info every week when your fellow business owner has the same, out-dated information? Pick up the slack for them? Drop them? I'd want to drop them. This truly is a great idea. Working together benefits everyone involved. Even virtual businesses can take advantage of the points you made. For instance, mothers who regularly subscribe to parenting advice also might be interested in diaper deals, baby clothes sales, birth control news, and work-at-home mom tips. The only possible problem with collaborating – some may not work as hard as others. What do you do if you're working to update your info every week when your fellow business owner has the same, out-dated information? Pick up the slack for them? Drop them? I'd want to drop them.

]]> By: ronnichols http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412410 ronnichols Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:40:34 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412410 I love when the author presents examples on the article. Thanks for the great insights and easy to understand explanation! <br>Email marketing is definitely a must for small businesses.<br><br>Join the conversations at <a href="http://startups.com" rel="nofollow">http://startups.com</a> I love when the author presents examples on the article. Thanks for the great insights and easy to understand explanation!
Email marketing is definitely a must for small businesses.

Join the conversations at http://startups.com

]]> By: janinepopick http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412408 janinepopick Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:47:28 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412408 Hi Jason - <br><br>You're right. It is so important to set expectation when asking someone to opt-in. It's also a good reminder to communicate if your email marketing policy changes. <br><br>Janine Hi Jason –

You're right. It is so important to set expectation when asking someone to opt-in. It's also a good reminder to communicate if your email marketing policy changes.

Janine

]]> By: Deborah Richmond http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412403 Deborah Richmond Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:33:10 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412403 This is a simple yet excellent idea. I am meeting in a few days with two business owners to discuss putting on a joint workshop in our area. I am also going to mention this strategy to them to assist each other in building our lists. Thanks! This is a simple yet excellent idea. I am meeting in a few days with two business owners to discuss putting on a joint workshop in our area. I am also going to mention this strategy to them to assist each other in building our lists. Thanks!

]]> By: businessinsurance123 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412395 businessinsurance123 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:15:25 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412395 Keeping it honest is the key here. People absolutely hate getting on lists they didn't ask to be on, so you'll need to make sure you disclose what you are doing and give people a choice to opt-in or not. If you don't, you'll get complaints that you are sending SPAM, and you'll lose your email marketing service and/or your Web host.<br><br><a href="http://www.small-business-insurance.com.au" rel="nofollow">http://www.small-business-insurance.com.au</a> Keeping it honest is the key here. People absolutely hate getting on lists they didn't ask to be on, so you'll need to make sure you disclose what you are doing and give people a choice to opt-in or not. If you don't, you'll get complaints that you are sending SPAM, and you'll lose your email marketing service and/or your Web host.

http://www.small-business-insurance.com.au

]]> By: robertflorish http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412394 robertflorish Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:23:17 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412394 Really a very useful information.Thanks for giving up. Really a very useful information.Thanks for giving up.

]]> By: Jason Shindler http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/03/15/use-your-neighbors-and-partners-to-build-your-list/#comment-412391 Jason Shindler Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:21:07 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=5674#comment-412391 Keeping it honest is the key here. People absolutely hate getting on lists they didn't ask to be on, so you'll need to make sure you disclose what you are doing and give people a choice to opt-in or not. If you don't, you'll get complaints that you are sending SPAM, and you'll lose your email marketing service and/or your Web host. Keeping it honest is the key here. People absolutely hate getting on lists they didn't ask to be on, so you'll need to make sure you disclose what you are doing and give people a choice to opt-in or not. If you don't, you'll get complaints that you are sending SPAM, and you'll lose your email marketing service and/or your Web host.

]]>