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Title: Anybody have any knowledge of Silver Empire list builder?
Post by: LilyBLily on September 27, 2018, 06:47:46 AM: Here's the link to their page. (I hope links are okay. If not, google Wonder Woman Viral Listbuilder and silverempire dot org.)

https://silverempire.org/product/wonder-woman-viral-listbuilder/

Promo seems to be the usual contest plus we mention on our newsletters.
Title: Re: Anybody have any knowledge of Silver Empire list builder?
Post by: Curious on October 02, 2018, 12:27:54 AM: I have joined a couple of them and results vary. You'll get a decent amount of subs but it will be your job to convert them into readers.
Title: Re: Anybody have any knowledge of Silver Empire list builder?
Post by: Denise on October 02, 2018, 01:01:34 AM: What bothers me is that they expect you to share the promo twice in 9 days. Not everyone has weekly lists, and what are the odds that the dates fall within these 9 days?

Is the idea to also use the opportunity to annoy your list so you clean it up?
Title: Re: Anybody have any knowledge of Silver Empire list builder?
Post by: LilyBLily on October 02, 2018, 10:46:38 PM: Quote from: Denise on October 02, 2018, 01:01:34 AM
What bothers me is that they expect you to share the promo twice in 9 days. Not everyone has weekly lists, and what are the odds that the dates fall within these 9 days?

Is the idea to also use the opportunity to annoy your list so you clean it up?

Good point. Every time I send out a newsletter, lots of names gotten via giveaway promos unsubscribe. An easy way to clean the list. grint
Title: Re: Anybody have any knowledge of Silver Empire list builder?
Post by: Cathleen on October 03, 2018, 11:36:57 PM: FWIW, I wouldn't contact my list twice on the same topic in a nine-day period. It would annoy me if I got emails like that. Now if you could share to your list and then do a blog post, Twitter, etc. for the other mention, that would be fine.

But I followed the link, and it really seems you need to contact your newsletter peeps twice. And a lot of the new people on your list are only going to be there for prizes. I don't think prizes as rewards convert very well to long-term readers, so I don't think the expense would be worth it. I'd rather have people who want my free book. YMMV. :)
Title: Re: Anybody have any knowledge of Silver Empire list builder?
Post by: Bill Hiatt on October 03, 2018, 11:54:24 PM: I only contact my list when I have something important to say, like a new release or a special deal. Strangely enough, I've never sent out emails twice in nine days.