How to Find Free Mailing Lists
Mailing lists are an effective marketing and advertising tool. Businesses can use mailing lists to reach a target market with product and service information, while individuals or groups can use mailing lists to alert like-minded persons about a organization or cause that needs support. There are several websites dedicated to creating mailing lists for a variety of topics, hobbies and industries, it is simply a matter of finding the best mailing list for your needs.
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Bravenet.com. Bravenet is one of the oldest and most respected mailing list websites on the Internet. It offers double opt-in features, meaning people on the mailing lists had to manually agree to be on the list. This assures that the people you target are actually seeking information on a particular topic. Bravenet offers members who are interested in hundreds of topics, automatic email alerts when someone joins your mailing list, and newsletter capabilities from the website.
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Topica.com. Join a discussion group and meet like-minded individuals to whom you can target your message. For a fee, you can create a newsletter and mailing list. There are thousands of newsletters and discussion groups to choose from, such as the Internet, small business, personal finance and music. Although you have to pay to use the newsletter and mailing list features, the services are robust and used by over 4000 businesses worldwide.
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CataList. This site is the directory for all ListServ lists. You can conduct searches based on lists with more than 10,000 members, less than 10,000 members, by the host country and by interest.The number of lists on ListServ is well over 50,000 lists.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure you message is targeted for the specific mailing list. If you offer a product that will vary by region on country, it is best to have separate lists for each target market and customize you message for that particular market.
Do not spam the mailing lists. This will get you banned from most mailing list sites.