I just acquired a small business, and I'd like to import approx. 10k email addresses from the business' database into Hubspot CRM, and check that they want to be contacted with an opt-in confirmation campaign.
The seller of the business has never contacted these addresses before, so how should I go about this with Hubspot CRM?
In answer to your query, it is only permissible to email contacts through either the HubSpot Marketing tool or CRM if they a) are expecting to hear from your organization b) have a prior relationship with your business, having been contacted at least once in the last year. Lists acquireed by a third party, in this case an acquisition, are not valid lists for use.
You'll be provided with a checklist (see below) when importing contacts to either the Sales or Marketing tools.
You can import An opt-out list: this allows you to upload a .csv file of contacts who are disqualified from receiving email from you because they have opted out.
Let me know if I can be of any further help / information on this.
@roisinkirby Ok, thanks for confirming! So it appears I'm in a bit of a catch-22 - I can't email this list until I have permission to contact them, and I'm unable to contact them to ask for their permission. Any thoughts as to how I can go about getting permission to contact this list?
@primeintellect could you provide some further detail on the nature of how you acquired these contacts and their relationship to your business? Happy to help you out here.
Sure thing - I received this list as a part of a small business I acquired (it's an iPhone app). The previous owner tells me the list has never been contacted via email. The list contains the email addresses of everyone who's logged in to actually use the app. There are both trial users, and paid users of the app contained in this list, so I'm pretty confident that with the right prompting in an opt-in email campaign many of these folks would remember who we are. But as I said, I need to be able to contact them to opt them in, first.
In the copy of the email, you should mention the app that the recipients are users of and that your company acquired the app. OThose who click on the email to confirm their opt-in will then be opted in and anyone who does not take action will be opted out. Those who don't opt-in can be archived in your portal or imported asn an opt-out list (full details here).
Let me know if you have any specific questions about Permission Pass. The gist of it is that the recipient must take action to confirm their opt in.
Yes, I'd found the same guide from Spamhaus myself prior to posting here - my only question is, how do I actually send out this Permission Pass campaign if I'm not able to import email subscribers into Hubspot (or really any CRM or ESP) that haven't explicitly opted in yet? Or would I be able to import them in order to conduct the Permission Pass campaign as my first send to those contacts?
Happy to help! I'd encourage you to post to the Marketing Best Practices Board in future to share your experience with using Permission Pass emails. I'm sure it's a process that many of our customers are either a) unaware of or b) considering using.
I would be interested to see how this process works for you 🙂