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  1. Darren Olander
    I think there are very few who use standard mails anymore, but I would agree, it would not encourage me to use their site.
  2. Darren Olander
    I agree with Don, for the ability to always follow-up .. it is important to be building your own list.
  3. Darren Olander
    Many list sizes are inflated. For example, if a site claims 100k list you can mail to, I would bet that 90% of that list is inactive and will never even look at the email. I can speak for myself that my sites are constantly scrubbed, so you ONLY send to a list that has a RECENT history of reading and clicking on mails. Anyone who is not reading we stop sending them mails, so as an advertiser you get the most value. Some other lists clean up their member sizes as well so you aren't sending to "dead" prospects, but there are quite a few that will claim the higher numbers just to look good and as a result you will receive a very low CTR because those people just aren't reading the email.
  4. Darren Olander
    Sorry to hear of what happened to you. Unfortunately even when scammers like that are caught, there are always more of them.. the best way to defeat them is to stay educated and careful on such things and try to let others know. Thanks for sharing.
  5. Darren Olander
    How many of those mailers are any good now though? The ones without some cheat protection are worthless to even use.
  6. Darren Olander
    State of the art mailer has just released a new section on their site for CFC ads (Click for Cash), basically anyone sending out to their viral list - the highest button escalation or upgrade get included in the CFC section for free. Members can earn 0.001 for each email they click on, if they are clicking for cash they are not earning any mailing credits and vice versa. What do you think, is this good or bad?
  7. Darren Olander
    Well some type of anti-cheat protection is important I believe, otherwise you can have a site full of bots that just earn credits on their own. However, you do make a point... how often should that verification be needed? Maybe every email is unnecessary.
  8. Darren Olander
    Yes.
  9. Darren Olander
    Of course! This forum is about voicing opinions One thing I don't like? Sites that force upgraded members to read mail each day before they are allowed to send their ad.
  10. Darren Olander
    Interesting campaign, congrats to whoever wins!
  11. Darren Olander
    I just didn't reply because I never heard of getting traffic from Fiverr, that is new to me... I've always known it as a place for buying/selling services, or do you mean buying traffic from people who sell it on fiverr?
  12. Darren Olander
    Any files like that you can keep a copy on Google Drive for free - https://drive.google.com , or at least I know you can for PDF/HTML, Google may "convert" it so you can open it in Drive, but you can download it again for any format. Other then that, almost free is ViralHosts, they offer a $7 lifetime account which provides 50 mb storage. I would be wary to rely on any other free hosting service to be honest... your files could be there one day and gone the next.
  13. Darren Olander
    I'd have to agree with Jerry, I don't write so much but I've had my own self hosted wordpress blog for many years and always been happy with it.
  14. Darren Olander
    Are you saying you found sites that have no timer to earn credits? Personally I think it is important for a site to have the timer.
  15. Darren Olander
    Thanks very much! We're definitely here to stay
  16. Darren Olander
    Paul, I'd say anything that attracts extra traffic to your site is definitely a good thing!
  17. Darren Olander
    I don't even own any bitcoin but I have been keeping an eye on it. Unfortunately there will be some bad companies.. Mt. Gox is just the first.. not trusting any third party with your bitcoins is probably the wisest decision. I'm glad to hear that you saved yourself from too much loss.
  18. Darren Olander
    Hi Phyllis, I don't think this is a problem with your computer, although I could be wrong.. I think it is just the way the scripts are for those sites. Have you contacted the sites about the problem? I noticed in some sites if you open more than one mail at a time they will always give an incorrect click.
  19. Darren Olander
    I tested it for about a month, and to be honest - judging by the traffic - it seems to be some elaborate scam. I don't throw that word around easily. My case study: I signed up and had them send traffic to my Prosperity Marketing System Raw hits: 11512 Unique hits: 258 Opt-ins: 0 Sales: 0 They are sending a large amount of repeat traffic that has not even opted in for free... I feel they will have a lot of one month customers and then we will not hear about this site very much anymore. That is just my experience.
  20. Darren Olander
    Then if you are not seeing progress it is probably not the traffic that is the problem... You probably need to take a good look at your offer/landing page and make sure it is appealing to the market. Split testing different landing pages to see which converts better would allow you to at least see noticeable differences and room for improvement.
  21. Darren Olander
    Hi Paul, have you tried solo ads? Also, would you consider upgrading in list mailers "free" or "paid" traffic?
  22. Darren Olander
    I don't use them, but sounds like they are under scrutiny.. at least you can get your money out now.
  23. Darren Olander
    Agreed! It's really cool to hear from someone else from back then! And Welcome to MC Don, you've contributed a lot already so thank you What you say about lists is what a lot of people actually overlook... A user can be on your list for years and do nothing and finally do something one day, the same as a member in your site who does nothing for a couple years then decides to upgrade and be super active - it happens! That is the value of building that list in the first place - those people will always be there unless they decide to unsubscribe.
  24. Darren Olander
    Awesome! Welcome back and glad you like the change
  25. Darren Olander
    This should be interesting to see the poll results!
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