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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bonita Brakus" data-source="post: 18916" data-attributes="member: 7853">I want to start a newsletter aimed at local businesses, and looking to build a clean list for LESS than the $2-5 per subscriber I'd pay from FB ads.My initial goal is 1k subscribers, so my budget on Facebook would be upwards of $2k. I know that scraped lists don't convert well but wondering if would still work out cheaper if I can scrape a huge list and get some small percentage to opt in to my newsletter.Local population is 230k. Anyone have experience converting mass emails to a clean list?I guess the problem is if the conversion rate is super low like 2%, there would not even be enough businesses in the town to reach my goal.Some ideas I had:1 - Offer some freebie if they subscribe?2 - Send x5 newsletters to the whole scraped list using a burner domain, then switch everyone that opened all 5?3 - Promise free advertising space if they subscribe?4 - Figure out if there's a way to partner with someone with an existing list?Would I be fighting a losing battle here, or is there a way to make it work?</blockquote>