29 Ways to Collect Email Addresses for Your Business

 
Janine Popick lists 29 ways to collect email addresses [2] on the Vertical Response blog. Here are a few suggestions:

1. Put an offer on the back of your business cards to get people to sign up for your newsletter.
2. Tradeshows - Bring a clipboard or sign-up book with you to tradeshows and ask for permission to send email to those who sign up.
3. Include a newsletter sign-up link in your signature of all of your emails.
4. Send an opt-in email to your address book asking them to join your list.
5. Join your local chamber of commerce, email the member list (if it's opt-in) about your services with a link to sign up to your newsletter.

Some other suggestions for increasing your email list ...