What's the best advice you ever got from Halbert?

Nowadays...I get lists for specialized markets from OnLine Directories. US West (our phone co) has a "Yellow-Pages" type directory where they list businesses in Categories.

Or...you may not like what I'm about to tell you BUT...there is software available which will let you "Aim" at a Directory and it will pull out email addys. I then use a "personalized" mail-out program which places people's names in the message so it "Appears" personal...PLUS...I've found that if you did 2 things;
1) Provide a SUBJECT they should be interested in that benefits them
and
2) Offer a SHORT message giving reasons why they should visit your website and have a Link in the message to make it easy to click on.

...doing both of these have NOT gotten me accused of "spamming"...even though it IS "spamming" (just in case though, I use a "throwaway" ISP to send from)

Don Alm

> Don:

> From where do you obtain your list of
> prospects for any given project? Your own
> in-house list, rent a specialized list for
> that particular project, or other?

> Thanks and thank you for your MANY helpful
> posts, here and elsewhere.

> Tim Spencer