Affiliate since: 07/28/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ingrid 's 138 other Ask SC answers

A Safelist enables you to grow your list of leads. It is a form of e-mail marketing and advertising where the members have agreed to receive each others promotional messages. Usually, the Safelist administration reserves the right to mail its members. Types of Safelsists include a monthly fee and then there is the free credit based where you sign up as a member for free than you surf for credits.

What makes them different is how many other members the Safelist has and what is offered; therefore you should see what is enticing in the free membership.

Free membership -Free Credit for joining: Some Safelists offer as much as 25,000 credits for joining their list while registration is free. If registration is not free observe what the monthly payments are.

Check if you will receive credits every time you receive another member’s promotional message or ad. You can spend the credits on sending out email to other members on the Safelist. Check the limit of credits they give away each month.

Contests - Some Safelist offer contests. When you click on the link ads you have the chance of winning jackpot prizes – for credits, banner credits or cash.

Frequency - Check how often you are able to send out messages. Some Safelists offer you the option to send emails every day, every 3 days or every 5 days. Choose which is best for you.

Options: Check the options for advertising. For example, do they offer banner ads, solo ads or text ads. Observe what is the word limit if text ads are allowed.

If you are looking to advertise your business or affiliate, and you have no money, this is the best way to get started. It may take a few weeks of advertising. However, to be successful, you have to post regularly, everyday, if possible.

If you want to make money using Safelists as a launching platform, you need at least 5 or more. The Safelists are useful because you can learn what’s going on in the market. You can decide which business to join, based on the longevity of the ads and the value of the program.

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A Safelist enables you to grow your list of leads. It is a form of e-mail marketing and advertising where the members have agreed to receive each others promotional messages. Usually, the Safelist administration reserves the right to mail its members. Types of Safelsists include a monthly fee and then there is the free credit based where you sign up as a member for free than you surf for credits.

What makes them different is how many other members the Safelist has and what is offered;
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Affiliate since: 05/05/2004, Power Rank: 320 | Read Robertson's 212 other Ask SC answers

Getting targeted traffic to your SFI websites is one of the most important things required to build a successful SFI business. Safe-lists is one of the ways to obtain traffic to your SFI websites.

The following criteria makes one better than the other:

A free to join credit based safelist.

A safelist where you can run your own banner ads.

A safelist with a text ad rotator which increases your exposure.

A safelist with a huge member base.

A top 20,000 ranking by Alexa.

A very responsive safelist.

A good click through rate of at least 5%.

A professional looking website.

A safelist which offers free credits.

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Getting targeted traffic to your SFI websites is one of the most important things required to build a successful SFI business. Safe-lists is one of the ways to obtain traffic to your SFI websites.

The following criteria makes one better than the other:

A free to join credit based safelist.

A safelist where you can run your own banner ads.

A safelist with a text ad rotator which increases your exposure.

A safelist with a huge member base.

A
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

This is a difficult question to answer Mary, as there are literally hundreds of Safelists available on the internet these days. I have used many, many, Safelists and Traffic Exchanges over the past few years, and luckily have now wittled them down to a handful that actually work, totally through trial and error. I think the best advice I can give you is to Google 'safelists' and 'traffic exchanges', and all the really good ones should be on the first 2 pages of your Google search. Even the very best have a FREE joining option, so if you are just starting out I suggest you stick with these, and then as your SFI business grows (and your budget increases)it is probably a good idea to slowly join them (the best performing ones, anyway), and then you can start earning good commissions from them as well as receiving hits on your website.

From my experience, the sites that constantly hound you to upgrade are not all that good, the best sites I have found let you get a good feel for them before they wish you to upgrade, that way you are happy with their services and you would be confident in investing your money with them.

Good luck
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This is a difficult question to answer Mary, as there are literally hundreds of Safelists available on the internet these days. I have used many, many, Safelists and Traffic Exchanges over the past few years, and luckily have now wittled them down to a handful that actually work, totally through trial and error. I think the best advice I can give you is to Google 'safelists' and 'traffic exchanges', and all the really good ones should be on the first 2 pages of your Google search. Even the very
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Affiliate since: 01/25/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Connie's 11 other Ask SC answers

Great question!

I search for safe lists, then once I find one that I am interested in; I search for reviews on it. Also I search using different search engines, like google, bing, yahoo, etc.... ( you can also search for search engines if you are not familiar with this.

After I find one with good reviews, I join, if it's free. Set up a separate email address just for it, so you can keep track of the emails just pertaining to that list. I then read all the emails to get credits so that when I am ready to send out my email I will have enough credits to do it properly.

I have also researched the best time/day to post or send emails; that is noon on Tuesday.

After doing my research, getting my credits, deciding on which link to promote with a key code attached; I add all the information into a spreadsheet.
I can then go into the key code tracking feature on SFI and note where the hits came from and if I received any sign-ups.
I track for a week, adding more safe lists as I go....
There is no substitute for tracking your own results regardless of the online reviews. With all this information, you should then be able to decide which ones are the most productive.
I hope this helps!
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Great question!

I search for safe lists, then once I find one that I am interested in; I search for reviews on it. Also I search using different search engines, like google, bing, yahoo, etc.... ( you can also search for search engines if you are not familiar with this.

After I find one with good reviews, I join, if it's free. Set up a separate email address just for it, so you can keep track of the emails just pertaining to that list. I then read all the emails to get credits
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

What makes a safe list better than another is the response rate. Besides that, it's nice to have a suite of advertising and promotional material done for you. All you really have to do is cut and paste. Now if you want to perfect your craft then you can customize everything so that it works better for you. This is done through split testing one over another. Track for improvement. The safe list that produces the best overall results is declared the winner based on your advertising efforts.

Nothing is constant in business except change. Adapt and overcome. Safe lists are free to use. So what I do is produce good results then upgrade to get better results. It is the cheapest form of advertising when compared to ppc. With proper tracking for improvement you can even generate comparable quality with safe list when compared to ppc.
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What makes a safe list better than another is the response rate. Besides that, it's nice to have a suite of advertising and promotional material done for you. All you really have to do is cut and paste. Now if you want to perfect your craft then you can customize everything so that it works better for you. This is done through split testing one over another. Track for improvement. The safe list that produces the best overall results is declared the winner based on your advertising efforts.
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thank you for your question!

I think the number of active members is of a primary importance when choosing
which safelist to join.

The more active members a safelist has, the more chances you've got that your advert will be seen and your voice will be heard. Advertisement world has its own rules,and one of these rules says that the volume of your work must be big, because otherwise people just won't notice it.

Also, the folowing things are important when choosing a safelist to sign up to:

1) Reputation
(Join only a site, that is legitimate and reliable. It means it won't send your adverts to any people who do not want to read them at all. If you do not obey this rule, appellations could follow from this group of people. If such an appellation comes to SFI, you can even be thrown away from the business for not respecting company's policies)

2) Delivery speed
(Your messages should be delivered in time, one business day is a maximum)

3) Simple, comfortable site's interface
(Some sites have very complicated, overloaded appearence with a million of unneeded buttons and annoying untargeted adverts. Programmers sometimes call such sites "explosion at the pasta factory" in their slang. Avoid these sites. There are tons of fresh-looking, top-notch interfaced safelists on the Web today)

4) Competitive affiliate programs
(for those who are interested in them)

5) Bonuses

6) Payout options (PayPal, STP, Credit Card etc. They must comply well with your country)

Hope this helps!

Good luck!
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Thank you for your question!

I think the number of active members is of a primary importance when choosing
which safelist to join.

The more active members a safelist has, the more chances you've got that your advert will be seen and your voice will be heard. Advertisement world has its own rules,and one of these rules says that the volume of your work must be big, because otherwise people just won't notice it.

Also, the folowing things are important
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Almost any Safe-list is good IF you are good at writing "eye catching" ads.

My tip is to keep your ad VERY short, BOLD type and in COLOR. It must make the searcher stop immediately to spend 3 seconds reading your ad and taking action by clicking on your gateway URL.

Also, space the ad so that the searcher must scroll down with two quick turns on the scroll wheel of his mouse. After all, he is looking for the 'Credit Link'. You want to make your ad make him, the searcher, stop and think about what he just saw.

Do not fill the page with paragraphs of information.

Good luck!
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Almost any Safe-list is good IF you are good at writing "eye catching" ads.

My tip is to keep your ad VERY short, BOLD type and in COLOR. It must make the searcher stop immediately to spend 3 seconds reading your ad and taking action by clicking on your gateway URL.

Also, space the ad so that the searcher must scroll down with two quick turns on the scroll wheel of his mouse. After all, he is looking for the 'Credit Link'. You want to make your ad make him, the searcher,
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

A safe list is a web based program where your message is sent to other members of that particular list. The term "safe" means there's no spam, because everyone on the list has agreed to receive each others message by email.
- You must agree to receive email messages from other members.
- You must have a working email with no bounces.
- You can only post one message per day. (free safe list)
- You must NOT send adult, hate, or offensive messages.

Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Safe lists takes time to build, but to answer your question, the safe list that has more on it is most likely the better one.

Getting results from lists can be measured as to how good your "take action" call is.
Sometimes it can be measured by how persistent you are on working that list (without appearing to be spammy). Results can also vary on the timing as to when you are sending out your campaign. Knowing which one is actually takes actual test because as they say "not all safe-lists are created equal".
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Safe lists takes time to build, but to answer your question, the safe list that has more on it is most likely the better one.

Getting results from lists can be measured as to how good your "take action" call is.
Sometimes it can be measured by how persistent you are on working that list (without appearing to be spammy). Results can also vary on the timing as to when you are sending out your campaign. Knowing which one is actually takes actual test because as they say "not
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The benefit of using a safe-list is they can assist with you growing your list of leads. The use of safe-lists does require that you do a little review to be sure that the Safe-list does do what you need it to do.

Safelists can definitely work. Don't expect a miracle, though. The best thing you can do in your business is to build your own mailing list of clients who will grow to trust you and stay with you. Don't use safelists as a substitute. Nothing is more effective than promoting to your own list; to people who have signed up to receive emails from YOU specifically.
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The benefit of using a safe-list is they can assist with you growing your list of leads. The use of safe-lists does require that you do a little review to be sure that the Safe-list does do what you need it to do.

Safelists can definitely work. Don't expect a miracle, though. The best thing you can do in your business is to build your own mailing list of clients who will grow to trust you and stay with you. Don't use safelists as a substitute. Nothing is more effective than promoting to
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