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When Should You Consider BUYING Email Subscribers? #1666
March 05, 2021

When You Should Consider BUYING Email Subscribers

In episode #1666, we talk about when you should consider buying email subscribers. At the end of the day, paying for subscribers only makes sense if your business model is already good enough for an investment like this to generate ROI. If this is the case, there are also some best practices for how to go about paying for subscribers, so tune in to hear what they are!

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:25] Today’s topic: When You Should Consider BUYING Email Subscribers.
  • [00:27] Different ways of buying email subscribers.
  • [00:46] A method of buying subscribers we don’t recommend.
  • [01:08] Advertising on the email lists of your competitors.
  • [01:53] How to look at your numbers to see if paying makes sense.
  • [01:53] Ways some of the best newsletters are incorporating this strategy.
  • [03:15] Don’t spend if your funnel is poor, or you have bad conversion rates and LTVs.
  • [03:23] Go to marketingschool.io/pro to sign up for a 14 day trial for only $1.

 

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Billy Gene Is Marketing

Morning Brew

The Hustle

 

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