"Tell a Friend" Option on Blog

[photographer80]

Hi Everyone!

First post here. I think Yaro is great. Was just introduced to his work.

I have a question for you. I'm a photographer with a website and upcoming blog. On both sites, when someone sees a picture they like, they have the option to "Tell a Friend" via email. Yaro talked about building your "lists" for marketing purposes.

Now I have a newsletter in place - to collect the emails of the people who want to sign up. But would it be a "no-no" to add the peoples' email addresses who forward my photos on to their friends - and their friends - too? They technically didn't opt in, so I'm guessing I just answered my own question. But I'm curious about your thoughts.

Thanks,
Aaron

[Blaine Moore]

That's spam.

Just use the tell a friend script for what it's for - letting people let friends know about an article. You can include a link to your newsletter sign up page, but I wouldn't sign up the receiver under any circumstances and would recommend against signing up the sender as well.

[tyroneshum]

Yes! Putting an option of "TELL A FRIEND" can help your posts. Links of that can bring you a doubled or a tripled traffic on each link. Its a fantastic result to aim. That's what i mention in The LINKING STRATEGIES.
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