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The Best Safelists for September 2010

Author: Jerry Iannucci

What?  September already?

Somehow we managed to survive the blistering summer heat here in the midwest.  If you believe in the summer slow down then now is the time to start promoting again because the busy season is about to begin.

So what’s new in safelists?  Not a whole lot.

I did join Quality Safelist which is the new safelist from Michael Coursey that launched about 2 months ago.  The results have been decent but i’m not blown away.  There’s only about 2,200 members right now though so hopefully it will continue to improve as the membership grows.  Mike has been in this business for a long time though so you can bet Quality Safelist will be around for awhile.

I am being told that there is a new viral list builder getting ready to launch tomorrow.  I can’t say anything else about it right now.  You’ll just have to check back here tomorrow after it launches.

Ok, let’s get to the stats!

These stats were obtained by promoting my rotating splash pages for Safelist Marketing Tactics on all of the top credit safelists and viral list builders.  I had been promoting the same two splash pages for awhile but I just added a 3rd new splash page about a week ago.  I’m not sure if the new page is converting as well as the others but overall the results this month have been pretty good.

Total Clicks Unique Clicks Action Sales CTA CTS
List Joe 1,855 1,314 60 17 4.57% 1.29%
State of Art Mailer 4,239 2,109 122 16 5.87% 0.76%
AdTactics 2,897 1,029 81 11 7.87% 1.07%
Adsolutionline 2,392 915 40 9 4.37% 0.98%
List Auction 1,180 626 32 9 5.11% 1.44%
List Zillion 1,386 735 42 8 5.71% 1.09%
Elite Safelist 2,190 993 36 8 3.63% 0.81%
List Effects 973 611 30 6 4.91% 0.98%
Quality Safelist 525 379 27 6 7.12% 1.58%

“Clicks” is how many people viewed my splash page.  “Action” is how many people clicked the link on my splash page to go to the main site.  “Sales” is how many people joined my site.  CTA and CTS are “clicks to action” and “clicks to sale”.  I ranked these safelists by sales but it is also important to look at the other numbers to determine how responsive each safelist really is.

Looking at the stats.. List Joe is back on top!  Even though State of the Art Mailing System brought me a lot more traffic I think List Joe got a nice little bump this month because they have been offering random credit multipliers for every email read.  I’ve been earning as much as 50 credits per email which is pretty nuts but worth taking advantage of while it lasts.

As you can see Quality Safelist just managed to creep it’s way onto the list.  While it didn’t generate a lot of new sign-ups from me you can see by the numbers that even though the membership base at Quality Safelist is still relatively low they are definitely some active members there.

That’s about it for this update.  Keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for the new viral list builder that is getting ready to launch!

And of course, don’t forget that the stats above are my only personal stats.  Your results may vary.  The important thing to remember is that you will never know how good your ads or advertising sources are unless you track your ads!  You can get your own free link tracker from from TE Toolbox.

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7 Responses so far to "The Best Safelists for September 2010"

  1. 1 Lisa
    September 1st, 2010 at 10:28 pm  

    Hi there, I am on a couple of the lists you mention – do you have an opinion on how well Safelists work for niche marketing?
    Best wishes, Lisa

  2. 2 Jerry Iannucci
    September 1st, 2010 at 11:01 pm  

    They are mostly targeted to the “make money” and “free traffic” niche. If what you are promoting falls into that category they can be great. It’s been awhile since i’ve tried promoting anything else on safelists so it’s hard to say how well they would work for you without knowing exactly what you are promoting.

  3. 3 Jim Howard
    September 2nd, 2010 at 4:26 am  

    Really cool website Jerry – Thanks

  4. 4 Nina Nestoroff
    September 2nd, 2010 at 9:12 am  

    Hi Jerry,

    I enjoy reading your posts. You give great information and your reviews are very honest. No blowing smoke just because you know the owner. That says a lot about your character.

    Nina Nestoroff
    http://NinaNestoroff.com

  5. 5 Carmel Burke
    September 8th, 2010 at 5:54 pm  

    Hi Gerry, great site, tons of good information i love safelists, some very good advice , i do come back to check on a regular basis of new updates thanks again

  6. 6 Yancey the BasicEmployeeRights Advocate
    September 16th, 2010 at 2:46 pm  

    Looking at your # total clicks, how many credits do you normally spend on each safelist?

  7. 7 Jerry Iannucci
    September 16th, 2010 at 4:08 pm  

    I try to spend the maximum number of credits as often as I can. I’m not always successful but that’s always the goal.