When you first start out with the idea of building a list of subscribers and managing the process all yourself it can be quite manageable. However if your list is growing and or you’re creating more opt-in forms for a number of offers then you could start to find it overwhelming not to mention very time consuming manually sending out follow up emails to your list. So is it time you stopped fiddling with this and instead look into the many email marketing services on offer? Read more »

I’ve been discussing how you can set up a contact form to collect subscriber emails to build a list. Then I talked about how to write ebook content quickly and easily that you could give away to your subscribers. But now what? Should you just send out any old email to your subscribers as you feel like it or should you have an email marketing strategy? Read more »

If you’re trying to build a list of subscribers then you’ll no doubt have realised that simply giving them a place to put in their name and email address isn’t going to drive a ton of sign ups. You need to of course give the subscriber something in return for their email address. There’s nothing to say you must give something away for free but I would strongly recommend it. Who doesn’t like getting something for free? A freebie for a simple exchange of an email address can be very enticing for your readers; sounds easy doesn’t it? Well don’t think that just ’cause your report or newsletter etc is free that people will sign up. Read more »

In yesterday’s post I gave you a simple way to put a contact form on your blog so you could start building your list by collecting subscribers. There is more for you to do than just put up a form though. When you first start to build your list you might be thinking that quantity matters, because isn’t that what all the gurus have; massive lists? Read more »