OK so I've now started a Niche Laboratory mailing list. I did this because so many people on make money/niche website blogs and websites say you gotta have a list! So now Niche Laboratory has one.

I've used the MailerLite service. I chose this provider because it's free if you have less than 1000 subscribers.

I can't remember when I started my list. Maybe it was 5-6 months ago. Anyway, I now have 100 subscribers. I'd have a lot more but I've only added a subscribe button when you register to use the Niche Laboratory keyword tool.

So far I have sent 2 newsletters. The first one had a 19% open rate. A few links were clicked but not many. I'd have to increase my success margins by a lot if I want to make money from this.

But at the moment that's not the main aim. The good thing about a mailing list is that it should encourage more brand loyalty.

One good thing to come out of it was that I got a nice email from a subscriber. And I found 3 comments awaiting approval on the blog. So I think the mailing list could be a good way to get subscriber interest in the site.

I didn't get any unsubscribes which was good I guess. One guy bounced me back a weird email that told me I had to pay for him to receive the mail. How rude! Well anyway I deleted him from the list.

I'll post more updates when I get them.

Have you started a list? Have you got any success from it? Leave suggestions below.