Comments on: What is a contact list?

By: Brennen McElhaney

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:51:41 +0000

Alyson: Thank you so much for driving this point home!
Your mailing list is a list of only those people who “opted-in” i.e. subscribed to your newsletter, or specifically requested to receive regular emails from you. I use MailChimp to manage the list for my “ArtNews” email newsletter (for folks who have subscribed to receive invitations to my art shows, etc.) MailChimp is fantastic – and free up to 2000 subscribers.
Your contact list – to put it in Old School terms – is your Rolodex®. You can add anyone to your contact list. But it is for one-to-one personal communications only. I use Mac Address Book.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:45:51 +0000

In reply to Sarah Griffin Thibodeaux.

Sarah: You can email them individually and you can send them snail mail. You shouldn’t send them bulk mail unless they opt in.

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By: Sarah Griffin Thibodeaux

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:09:28 +0000

So here’s a question.
In trying to gather up people for Mailing List–people in the press, curators, or others I may not know–won’t I be spamming them if I send them email?
I ask because I use my email marketing software to send my email announcements, and it’s set up with thepremise of permission marketing–that they opted in.
Is the answer to keep the Mailing List separate from the opt-in email list?
Thanks,
Sarah

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