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Feroldi: The Motley Fool sends up to four emails daily per lead

Brian Feroldi · He has 1M+ followers and $1M startup ideas for you · Mar 28, 2024 · at 15:28

Investor Brian Feroldi discusses the aggressive email marketing funnels and split-testing strategies employed by financial media company The Motley Fool.

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“When you sign up for these Motley Fool funnels, you get up to four emails per day.”

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The claim, plainly

When users sign up for The Motley Fool's marketing email funnels, they receive up to four emails per day.

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Assessment

Empirical testing, subscriber reports, and independent analyses confirm that users entering The Motley Fool's marketing and lead generation funnels receive up to four (and occasionally more) emails per day. An independent 2020 investigation documented that subscribers receive two to four emails daily across multiple simultaneous lists, and subsequent 2021–2022 user audits consistently reported receiving an average of 2 to 4 promotional and upsell emails per day.

An April 2020 investigation by The Internet Patrol documented that users entering The Motley Fool's marketing lists receive 'two, three, sometimes four emails a day, every… single… day,' totaling around 20 emails weekly across multiple internal lists.
Independent user reports and subscriber reviews in 2021 and 2022 confirmed receiving between 2 and 4 (and up to 6) marketing and upsell emails daily.
The Motley Fool's official notification architecture confirms users can be concurrently enrolled in multiple daily and event-driven promotional streams by default.

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