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<\/a>have a large number as well.\u00a0 Go to https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/people\/export\u2013settings<\/a> and select \u201cCVS.file\u201d or any appropriate format, and your entire email contact list with names and more will be available to you.<\/p>\nHere \u2013 from \u201cTwo Minute Drill\u201d \u2013 is how to download your Twitter follower list: https:\/\/www.fullcontact.com\/blog\/how\u2013to\u2013export\u2013twitter\u2013followers\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0[Email readers, continue here…] \u00a0<\/em><\/span>So you begin to get the idea.\u00a0 Your lists are yours to use for marketing, and depending upon your mailing list server provider, duplicates can be identified and removed immediately.<\/p>\n These are all verified contacts, in each case having accepted your invitation, and resolving the issue from the mass mailing companies such as Constant Contact or Mail Chimp as to their opt\u2013in status.<\/p>\n Next week, I\u2019ll cover purchased lists, which are much trickier and subject to challenge by the mass mail companies, looking to eliminate the possibility of their servers being identified as spam sources.\u00a0 It is enough to say here that you must be very careful with purchased lists.<\/p>\n Many new sites with content to offer now cover over their content after a few seconds with an opt\u2013in \u201cSign up or sign in\u201d message that can be over\u2013ridden but will come up each time you visit the site as a very effective nag to obtain your reader\u2019s email address and opt\u2013in.\u00a0 This is more than fair in exchange for the free content underneath, and a tool for you to consider if you offer any valuable content to your readers, even if specific to your industry or company.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may not know that you have access to many \u201cfree\u201d sources of social media contacts to help you in your marketing effort. The first semi\u2013secret source is your LinkedIn contact list.\u00a0 You probably thought it was proprietary to LinkedIn, … Continue reading