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12 Secrets of Email Marketing You Need to Use

January 13, 2016 No Comments

12 Secrets of Email Marketing You Need to Use Have you noticed the volume of monthly emails you receive from your favorite retailer have increased significantly just after Halloween? As retailers step up their game in anticipation of Holiday sales, their one email a week/month has turned into two or three. Internet statistics support this growth worldwide, reporting that early season marketing emails have increased over 70% compared to last year. So far, open rates remain fairly stable indicating subscribers of all types of retail newsletters continue to accept this increase with open arms. If you’re in the retail email

Is this Puppy REALLY from the IRS ? … that’s what his credentials say.

November 24, 2015 No Comments

Is this Puppy REALLY from the IRS ? … that’s what his credentials say. The Dundee Internet Mailing list servers work exclusively with email. You can personalize your messages by including the list members name along with their email address and use other profile information as needed but the mail is delivered using an email address. Email addresses are normally the basis for online communication, used by almost everyone, everywhere. They are prolific by nature but also disposable, forgotten and changed, inviting fraud and can be vulnerable to attack by unscrupulous individuals. To keep your list of addresses safe Dundee

I’m Subscribed to a Cat Lover’s List but All I Get Is Dog Food.

October 12, 2015 No Comments

I’m Subscribed to a Cat Lover’s List but All I Get Is Dog Food. The numbers are typically against you. According to most online sources, each year you will only keep 70% of your subscriber base, while the other 30% will change their email address or just stop checking it altogether. Welcome to List Churn, notorious for list devastation and one of the many causes of: Lower Deliverability Decreased Click-Throughs Open Rate Shrinkage And general bad overall performance rates. List Churn is expensive. Because, you’ll want to replace those lost (30%) email addresses. And normally, you do that with acquisition

How To Increase Email Campaign Engagement in 4 Ways, Even if Your Subscribers Are Finicky.

September 21, 2015 No Comments

How To Increase Email Campaign Engagement in 4 Ways, Even if Your Subscribers Are Finicky. Email is a marketing phenomenon. It’s uncommon to find someone who hasn’t joined an email list at least once in their lifetime: even those in their 80s and beyond. And in our lifetime, undoubtedly, email marketing is historic in itself. The amount of subscribers worldwide is astronomical, the number and types of mailing lists are uncountable which, in the long- run, can be a real problem for email marketers. Why? Because, as more competitors’ join the email marketing bandwagon the odds are your “open rates” will

Can You Really Trust a noreply@____.com Address?

August 19, 2015 No Comments

Can You Really Trust a noreply@____.com Address? You are a subscriber to many mailing lists; in fact, your company requires you to be a member of one list in particular; that subscription is important. But you cannot read everything all the time. Most likely some of the lists you receive, you delete as soon as they hit your inbox because the Subject Line does not interest you. One or two lists you mark to read later and a few you open, scan through and make a quick determination if the information is relevant then file as necessary. Can you relate

5 Simple Ways to Grow Your Email List, Easier Than Riding a Motorcycle.

July 28, 2015 No Comments

5 Simple Ways to Grow Your Email List, Easier Than Riding a Motorcycle. Email marketing is atypical from most marketing channels. In an ideal world email does not invade a person’s universe unless invited. (Exclude the Spammers ) ? Email is unique, with its best feature being the ability to send “information” to people who are actually interested in that “information”, at a time they are interested in it. Not true for those others advertising avenues known as mass media. Mass media advertisers want everybody as an audience with the goal to increase consumption of their products and services. Mass

Full Time Opportunity for Nonprofit Organizations

June 26, 2015 No Comments

Full Time Opportunity for Nonprofit Organizations Dundee Internet Services, Inc. (DBA mailing-list-services.com), located in Southeast Michigan is seeking Non Profit Organizations with the desire to take control of their email marking. Candidates should be registered as a 501(c)3 whose leaders believe that their mission would benefit from using an email list hosting company. Key to Success No experience necessary. Applicants should: _Have a need to share news of achievements and goals with current supporters. _Be committed to engage list members with news and organization updates. _ Want to offer all their internal departments the ability to take control of their

How to Say Hello the way Your New List Subscribers Will Love

May 20, 2015 No Comments

How to Say Hello the way Your New List Subscribers Will Love As soon as someone subscribes to your email newsletter, right after they confirm their membership, immediately Email a Welcome Letter: Use this opportunity to set readers expectations Tell them about your loyalty programs and the special benefits they will receive as a list subscriber Consider including a special offer Provide a link to their profile page For more information visit: https://mailinglistservices.com/you-are-welcome/ How to Say Hello that your new List subscribers will love Dundee Internet List Hosting “It’s just terrific, It is just what we need.” Jeff, Attorney at

I’m Back but Never on A Monday…#email campaigns that is.

May 5, 2015 No Comments

I’m Back but Never on A Monday…#email campaigns that is. Do you realize in one year, based on 365 24-hour days, there are 8,760 opportunities to email to your list? Most marketers don’t send out daily, hourly emails; they may mail once a week, twice a month, or some other schedule that suites their business. Scheduling the right time to send email campaigns seem to have turned into a science. I’ve run across formulas, studies and wag’s. Even though everyone has an opinion, unfortunately, what works for one marketer may not work for another. Therefore, it’s best to develop your

Spring Cleaning, Its Time to Clean the Email Spam Filter

February 18, 2015 No Comments

Spring Cleaning, Its Time to Clean the Email Spam Filter The Holidays are over. In most parts of the world, the winter doldrums have set in. People go to work daydreaming of warmth and vacations. The weather seems to be a tossup of sunny and cold or dreary and cold with no change in sight. Snowstorm predictions this time of year is as common as email marking. Did I say Common? Is your email as common as snowstorms in the month of February? February, normally cold, not much to do, you would think everyone has more time to read your