How to develop a mailing list for free
January 17, 2008
Would you like to keep your customers informed about new products or other news? An easy way to do this is to develop a mailing list. Developing a mailing list can be simple if you have a basic knowledge about your website host. The basic idea is to have a website that offers a service such as a free newsletter or free product upgrades, so that you can capture a customer's email address with their permission. This forms a relationship between you and the customer so that both of you benefit. Read on to learn how to create a mailing list.
1. You will need to determine if your website hosting plan includes a MySQL
database and if it supports PHP. If not, then you can visit a free mailing list
server and sign up for an account. Copy and paste their HTML code in your site.
2. If your hosting plan does include a database and PHP, you can download free
scripts that will help you set up a mailing list. Go to a webiste called
free-php.net and search for the term "mailing list." This will take you to a
script that sets up the database and the web pages needed.
3. Another option would be to use a Frontpage, if your server supports Frontpage
extensions. You can create a form in Frontpage which captures data to a text
file. Then, import the text file into Email Marketing Professional. Do a Google
search for "frontpage forms results tab delimited file" to learn how this is
done.