It’s June!
It seems that many people think that this is the time of year business slows down. Ask anyone who has been in this business for a few years and you will know that this is the best time to really ramp up your advertising while your competition is lounging on the beach.
I think the biggest news this month in the safelist and VLB world is the release of the new LFMVM script for running viral list builder sites. I’m using the original LFM script to run my ebook websites. That script was later developed into one of the most popular traffic exchange scripts called LFMTE. The new LFMVM script is very similar to LFMTE but works as a viral mailer. Does this mean that there are going to be a whole slew of new viral list builders using the LFMVM script launching in the next few months?
Yes.
The first new LFMVM site rolled out about two weeks ago from Da Riley called 1 Modern Mailer. It offers some unique features including earning a percentage of your credits back from any unopened emails. Two more LFMVM sites quickly followed with Viral IM List from Amanda McEwan and Max Mailer Pro from William Brant. No stats to share yet but hopefully this will be the first of many great new mailers to come.
Ad Master Safelist is now owned by Mark McCulloch. I’ve seen this site around for awhile but never joined. Now that Mark is in charge I decided to check it out a few days ago. The design is nice but so far I haven’t had a chance to test it out much yet. I will say that if you do join plan to spend a little money. Ad Master Safelist has one of the best one-time-offers I have seen in a long time. Of course you can still join for free but Mark has put together a crazy offer that will make almost anybody who uses safelists want to buy an upgrade. I’m looking forward to seeing what Mark does to the site.
I joined a few new safelists at the beginning of last month.
Most of them sucked and aren’t worth mentioning.
One site that surprised me though was Solo Effects. I joined this because it was ranked in List Hoopla. It feels a little too much like a text ad exchange for me but it works just like a safelist. So far so good. You can check out my results in the stats below.
Speaking of stats…
You probably already know how this works. Every day I am using 30-40 safelists and viral list builders to send out ads for my free ebook Safelist Marketing Tactics. I am promoting a lead capture page and I use a free link tracker to see how often my emails are read as well as how many new subscribers I receive to my list. Every month I dig out my stats to see which safelists and viral list builders are producing the best results and which ones are wasting my time. I then share those stats here on my blog.
I always like to point out that I do have upgraded memberships at most of these sites which often gives me the ability to send my ads more often than free members. My ads are also very targeted to other safelist members which does help to increase my response rate. Your results my vary.
Ok, enough of that. Here’s the stats…
| Hits | Unique | Signups | Ratio | |
| List Bonus | 2005 | 69.00% | 14 | 0.70% |
| TopTierMailer | 2159 | 66.00% | 13 | 0.60% |
| Your EZ List | 1025 | 56.00% | 12 | 1.17% |
| Viral List Builder Plus | 1587 | 49.00% | 11 | 0.69% |
| List Adventure | 1307 | 51.00% | 10 | 0.77% |
| Quick List Profits | 337 | 55.00% | 9 | 2.67% |
| List Surfing | 2493 | 78.00% | 8 | 0.32% |
| Genie Mailer | 778 | 42.00% | 7 | 0.90% |
| Solo Effects | 1771 | 47.00% | 7 | 0.40% |
| Adchiever | 2984 | 67.00% | 6 | 0.20% |
| Email-Hog | 1263 | 71.00% | 6 | 0.48% |
| EZ Profit List | 472 | 53.00% | 6 | 1.27% |
| List Outbreak | 1000 | 58.00% | 6 | 0.60% |
| Global Safelist | 930 | 41.00% | 5 | 0.54% |
| State of the Art Mailer | 2494 | 71.00% | 4 | 0.16% |
It was really a fight to the finish between List Bonus and the new TopTierMailer. Of course Your EZ List and Viral List Builder Plus were not far behind.
Next month is going to be a condensed listing as I will finally be taking some time off to visit my family. That means setting “vacation” mode for all my lists until I get back. I expect there will be even more new LFMVM sites out by then and it will be interesting to see how well those perform.
Before I go I always like to remind people that these stats are the result of my own personal marketing efforts. I post these stats on my blog every month to show which sites are currently working best for me. I provide this as a jumping off point for people who are looking for new safelists and viral list builders to try. What works best for you might be something entirely different than what I have here but you will never know unless you are tracking your ads. You can get the same free link tracker that I use from TE Toolbox.
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