Ok, but specifically, how do I warm up my domain?
What you need is to generate maximum engagement while avoiding bounces and spam flags.
Engagement can be boiled down to people interacting with your email (in ways other than trashing it and marking it as spam). This means opening it, clicking on links, and responding.
This will tell your ESP that you are a trusted sender and you should be able to send more emails.
The easiest way to generate engagement is to reach out to people who already know you.
Obviously, it's a lot easier when you use your existing china mobile database domain, as you're most likely already generating engagement through your daily email activities.
If you're starting over, this phase is vitally important to your success and you'll want to nail it. Luckily for you, I've got your back - this is the ultimate guide, after all.
1. Contact your existing network
Send an email to an existing contact list, saying that you just created a new inbox and ask if they received your email correctly.
This works great if you've just started working at a new company. Send a friendly email to your contact, saying that you started working at [company] (add a hyperlink to generate clicks) and ask if they could let you know that they received the email successfully.
You can also use your colleagues for this. In some cases, reaching out to existing customers even works. You could say, “I thought I’d send you our most important resource on [topic] – just reply with [something] and I’ll enable a discount on your account… ”
2. Black Hat Email Warm-Up Tactics
Of course, no guide to inbox warming would be complete without mentioning some black hat techniques.