Your Email List Is Not Numbers - It's People: Email Marketing And Community Building.

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Your Email List Is Not Numbers - It's People: Email Marketing And Community Building.

So many beginners obsess over subscriber counts.
But numbers don’t build communities, relationships do.

Behind every subscriber is a real person with fears, hopes, questions, and dreams.
Write to them like a friend.
Help them without expecting anything back.
Show up consistently.

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When readers feel seen and valued, they stay.
When they stay, trust grows.
And when trust grows, affiliate marketing becomes natural, not forced.

Don’t build a list. Build a community.

Keep building, keep learning, and keep believing in youself. Your website is your story unfolding online.
– Paul

Top Comment

If only more companies would remember that instead of chasing ROI. Though, my inbox would be more time consuming to control. For one, I wouldn't mass delete on bulk knowing what emails are purely promotional. And yes, assumptions are made. I think it was Kit that started with sending out email nudges to confirm people still wanted to hear from senders as part of email cleanups. Too many focus on the numbers instead of the people behind them.
- @robert2704


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Well said.

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Thank you TheMich and wishing you a safe weekend.

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You too! (It's COLD here up in Minnesnowtah!)

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It's cold as well here in North East Region of India. The name Minnesowtah reminds me of one of my high school teacher from there. He was a truck driver there and he usually tell us about driving from one end of the country to another.

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Absolutely, I wish more people would embrace this.

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That's right, Elyta. Relationship matters.

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Treat them nice and you will notice the results. This is from my own experience.

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I absolutely agree with you. Relationship matters most and it goes a long way.

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Yes.

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Have a wonderful weekend, my friend.

Paul.

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Thank you and you do the same.

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Thank you.

Paul, I really like what you said. It’s not just about numbers, it’s about people. That’s true. When we treat subscribers like real people, everything changes, you nailed it.

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Well stated, Raymond.
Cheers.

Paul.

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If only more companies would remember that instead of chasing ROI. Though, my inbox would be more time consuming to control. For one, I wouldn't mass delete on bulk knowing what emails are purely promotional. And yes, assumptions are made. I think it was Kit that started with sending out email nudges to confirm people still wanted to hear from senders as part of email cleanups. Too many focus on the numbers instead of the people behind them.

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Thanks Robert for this insightful comment.
Paul.

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