Mailing Lists!!!!!!!

Question

I am looking to promote my new copy typing business, and I need any people's email I was wondering whether there was a site that could provide this for me?

Thanks

Answer 1

Think before you spend your money on mailing lists.  Consider who your target markets are and then start on finding e-mail addresses for them.  Yell.com is a good place to search for specific types of businesses.  Do not, however, just click on the e-mail this company link.  As a business owner it annoys me intensely that people do this to promote their products and services.

Go to the company's website and find the name of the person to contact and their e-mail address.  That way, you send a more personalised message and stand a far better chance of getting a response.  I will usually reply to someone who's taken the trouble to find out who I am and something about my business.

It's not a fast solution but it's better than buying lots of e-mail addresses that you send to "the copy typing buyer" or "to whom it may concern".  It smacks of mass mailing, spam even.

Good luck with your new business!