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From: Carolyne Gould <>
Subject: Re: Listbuilding
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:54:02 -0500
References: <200007241900.e6OJ0hl19554@lists5.rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <200007241900.e6OJ0hl19554@lists5.rootsweb.com>


>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am Admin of several list and a few don't have subscribers and
>>others aren't
>> active. Can someone please give me some suggestions about getting
>>subscribers
>> and make my list active.
>>
>> Thank You
>> Jan
>
>Jan, In my experience, the most important part of building a great list
>is having a sense of adventure about it. You can dream of the service
>you can offer your subscribers, and that they will offer one another.
>
>Keep that dream in mind, as you consider your strategies. Keep doing the
>ones that offer you success, and are enjoyable for you. Stop doing the
>ones that seem hard, and don't give you new subscribers!
>
>First, and most important: make sure that John Fuller
><> has your list information! That will make sure that
>all of the info RW has about your list is correct.
>
>Now for the nitty-gritty: The best thing ever (so far) is PML. I have
>spent quite a bit of time setting up my filters so I don't get too many
>"false postives." Of course, a lot of the stuff that comes through won't
>be from fellow researchers -- but if it's significant, you can still
>write to the person for permission to forward, and give a little bit of
>information about your list. That creates some "advertising" about your
>list. Notice where your surnames keep popping up, too. Some of those
>surname lists will be "allied families", and some of the locality lists
>will be places that your people lived. You can send announcements about
>your list via the list-admin, if you don't feel it worthwhile to
>actually subscribe to the list...........


I read your reply to Jan with interest as I, too, have a small list
that is very inactive.
I am about to show my ignorance, so please be kind. (Smile) What on earth is
PML?

Carolyne



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