Musings and Memes

... or at least try. As we're considering white-labeling the Campaign Monitor system, I was curious as to what competition there is out there for "email marketing software".

Well, Campaign Monitor themselves only come up on page four of the Google search results, so I figured we had a lot of SEO work ahead of us. Who's first? Well, EliteEmail, that's who.

So, first I did a search to see who all's linking to EliteEmail, and that's where it gets interesting.

First, there's EliteAnswers (see link in footer "Email Marketing Software"), a 1,700 page site, part of the Elite network. And, if you don't see your site listed, you can add it via Elite Web .. get Express Submission for only $39! And, of course, there's a link for "email marketing" in the footer.

Then there's Elite Lottery Results. Again, with "email marketing software" link in the footer.

Why, even Z Bear Diapers is giving them link juice via a link their newsletter tool signup box (lower left corner)

Did I mention there's an Elite Scheduler? Only $25/mo .. an, oh, a link to "email marketing" in the footer.

So really the trick is to have a network of sites and services. Like I mentioned to my wife, I may not have a million-dollar idea, but I think a have a million one-dollar ideas now. Does that count?