List Building Wisdom



Introduction
4 Crucial Things You Need To Do To Build your List
4 Ways To Get Your Opt In Subscribers To Trust You Quickly 
How To Build A List Of Eager Subscribers 
How To Grab Your Readers Attention With Your Subject
How To Get Your Subscribers Begging For More 
Can You Really Use Articles To Build Your List? 
5 Things To Consider When Publishing A Newsletter
The 3 Things To Avoid When Emailing Your List 
7 Ways To Make Money Using Nothing More Than Your List 
Introduction
You finally realize that you need a good opt-in list. After reading
countless articles and sought expert advices and have read many
success stories of people creating a small fortune with opt-in lists you
finally decide to have one of your own. Then it happens, you think you
have known everything there is to know about opt-in lists and have
followed their advices to the T and you still weren’t able to make a
profit.
In fact, you may be losing money. You maybe hiring writers to help
you out, or there are some expenses incurred, even if you have a big
list, but only a very small percentage actually buys from you, your still
losing profit. You’ll realize that after a few months when you see your
statistics and sales figures.
So what could have gone wrong? Why have others succeeded where
you have failed? The most common mistake is that you dived straight
right in. You chose a topic where you think could be quite popular and
would earn you money. This just not the case. Just because you wrote
people from the list doesn’t mean they are going to buy instantly.
Here I will offer more advice, for those who have started an opt-in list
and have failed, you can rejuvenate your failed venture. For those who
are starting, here are three quick and easy ways to build a profitable
opt-in list.
1) Get your customers to trust you and your products first. Just
launching your opt-in list would not make you an expert and a
believable seller. Put many articles first before you start an opt-in
list. Write about the topic you know and have started and used for
your site. Try to put forums first to gain knowledge about your
customers about their wants and needs and target those wants and
needs.
Join forums from other sites as well. Provide expert advices and
recommendations. When you feel that people trust you already, you
will be able to start your own opt-in list. You can build a base as well
with other forum users. You can ask them to join your list. Friends are
always good customers. Put up a link to your site so that they may be
able to see what you're business is all about.
The certain truth is, the money will only come in when the consumers
and subscribers believe and trust in you. They want a product or
service that could be a good exchange for their money. People are not
going to buy something out of your recommendation if they don’t
know you.
2) Find a product or service that people want and need. Although it
may not be your forte, if you provide a service and product that
you have researched and learned about well, you can carry it on
forward. Invest your time, effort and money that you could sell as
well as the buyers or subscribers of your opt-in list can use.
While it is true that it is best to sell something that you have interest
in, there are not many people who have the same interest as you if
you decide to sell something that is not entirely popular or profitable.
Do your research well and you would see the profits come in. Also
provide your subscribers with promotional material that they could
actually use and spread around.
3) Make friends with other opt-in list users. This is basically
beneficial especially if it is someone who has already launched a
successful opt-in list. These are people that have the experience in
this venture and experience is still the best teacher. While there are
many articles available for you in the internet to use, there is
nothing like getting a first hand account from someone you trust.
Experienced opt-in list users will be able to tell you what to do and
what not to do because they have gone through it. While different
situations occur for different people, the general concept can still be
very helpful. There are many things to avoid and these people will be
able to tell you which ones.
Building a profitable opt-in list don’t just happen overnight. There are
many preparations and effort to do. Opt-in lists are built from scratch,
as your list grows, you should also maintain the quality of your list.
Keep it organized and manageable. Get or hire help if need be, just
make sure that your subscribers are happy and satisfied and they will
be willing to buy from you.
4 Crucial Things You Need To Do To Build your List
Online marketing may have developed a sudden surge these past few
years, but many in the know how have felt its rise even from way
then. As more internet based businesses are put up, the need to
develop new marketing skills and knowledge based on this new
medium have arisen. More and more marketing strategies are being
discovered and developed to cope with the changing face of business
the business world.
The demand for online marketing tips and strategies have drastically
grown and a new form of business has been born, internet marketing
strategies. While there are companies that are all too eager to help
your site and business build a clientele for a fee, there also many ways
that can spread the word about your sites subsistence in a more cost
free way. One of this is Opt-in email marketing, also known as
permission marketing.
Opt-in marketing requires the permission of a willing customer to
subscribe to your marketing materials, materials that take form in
newsletters, catalogs and promotional mailings via e-mail. The more
opt-in marketing mail is sent, the more chances there is to bag sales
and more sales. To do this, you must build a list of all those who wants
to subscribe to your opt-in marketing list.
From your list, you will get your targeted customer, this is a good list
since they already have shown interest in what you have to show and
sell since they have willingly signed in for your list.
These are the people who have liked what they have seen in your site
and have decided they want to see more and maybe even purchase
what ever product or service your company and site has to offer.
Many people would think that building their lists would take hard work
and a lot of time to build and collect names and addresses. This is not
so, it takes a bit of patience and some strategies but in doing this list,
you open your site and your business to a whole new world of target
market. Take the effort to take your business to a new level, if traffic
increase and good profits are what you want, an opt-in list will do
wonders for your business venture.
There are many sources and articles in the internet available for
everyone to read and follow in building a list. Sometimes they may be
confusing because there are so many and there different ways.
Different groups of people would have different approaches in building
an opt-in list, but no matter how diverse many methods are, there are
always some crucial things to do to build your list. Here are four of
them.
1) Put up a good web form in your site that immediately follows the
end of your content. While some may say this is too soon to
subscribe for a website visitors application, try to remember that
your homepage should provide a quick good impression. If
somehow a website visitor finds something that he or she doesn’t
like and turns them off, they may just forget about signing up.
A good web form for subscribing to an opt-in list is not hard to do. Just
write a simple short statement about how they would like to see more
and get updated about the site. Then there should be an area where
they could put in their names and e-mail address. This web form will
automatically save and send you the data’s inputted. As more people
sign in, your list will be growing.
2) As mentioned in the first tip, make your homepage very, very
impressive. You need to have well written articles and descriptions
of your site. Depending on what your site is all about, you need to
capture your website visitor’s fancy. Make your site useful and very
easy to use. Do not expect everyone to be tech savvy. Invest in
having good programming in your site, make your graphics
beautiful but don’t over do it.
Don’t waste your time making the homepage too overly large
megabyte wise. Not all people have dedicated T1 connections, the
faster your site gets loaded, the better. Go for a look that borders
between simplicity and sophisticated knowledge.
3) Provide good service and products. A return customer is more
likely to bring in more business. Even then and now, a satisfied
customer will recommend a business always. Word of mouth and
recommendations alone can rake in more business than an
expensive ad. As your clientele roster grows so shall your list. With
more members on the list, the more people will get to know about
what you have new to offer.
4) Keep a clean and private list. Never lose the trust your
customers have entrusted you. If you provide e-mails to others and
they get spammed, many will probably unsubscribe to you.
Remember, a good reputation will drive in more traffic and
subscribers as well as strengthen the loyalty of your customers.
4 Ways To Get Your Opt In Subscribers To Trust You
Quickly
While the rest of the world have developed many barriers and
protections to keep their e-mail accounts spam-free, there are also
those that subscribe to mails that promotes their products, services
and their site. This is mainly because these subscribes wants to know
more about what these sites are offering and can be beneficial for
them. They expect to get be kept posted on what they are interested
in and what are new in the market or field they have chosen.
Businesses would be so lucky to have these kinds of customers; the
basic element needed to get these types of people is trust. When your
customers trust you they will reward you with their loyalty. Many
internet users have gone to great lengths in protecting their email
accounts from spam mail. Some free-mail internet providers and
internet service providers offer spam protection while there are also
some internet based companies that screen your mails for you.
With an opt-in mail list, the mails you send containing your
promotional materials such as newsletters, catalogs and marketing
media will go through.
Your intended recipient will be able to read and view what you have
sent making it a successful transfer of information. To be able to be
allowed to do so, you will need permission from your recipient, to get
this permission; you need to be able to get their trust. With the great
lack of disregard for privacy in the internet, getting the trust of an
internet user you don’t personally know is a big achievement.
To build a good opt-in list you need people to trust you, for a faster
and quicker build up, you need to get your opt-in subscribers to trust
you quickly. The faster you build your opt-in list the faster word about
your site and company gets to be spread. The bigger the scope of your
opt-in list the more traffic you get spelling more profits. Its easy math
if you thin about it. Getting the numbers is not that simple though, or
maybe it is?
• Getting the trust of your clientele shouldn’t be so hard especially
if you do have a legitimate business. Getting your customers trust
should be based upon your expertise. People rely on other people who
know what they are talking about. Garner all the knowledge and
information about your business. Ell, frankly if you decide to go into a
business most probably you have an interest in it. Like how many
basketball payers become coaches, you don’t really venture into
something you don’t have any interest in.
• Show your clients that you know what you are talking about.
Provide them with helpful hints and guidelines that pertain to what
you are selling. Talk about how to install a roof if your into hardware
products or provide articles on insurance settlements if you’re a
settlement lawyer. You don’t have to be a big corporation to make use
of an opt-in list. If your customers see you as someone who knows
what he is doing and saying, they will trust you quickly.
• Be true to your customers, if you want to hype up your products
and services, provide guarantees. The more satisfied customers you
get, the bigger probability there is that they will recommend you.
Generally, people will trust someone they know, when that someone
recommends you then you’re a shoo-in. They will go to your site and
check it for themselves and be given a chance to experience what the
other shave experienced from you, so make sure to be consistent in
the service you provide.
• Another tip in getting a customer to trust you quickly is to
provide them an escape hatch. Show them that you are not there to
trap them. Keep a clean list that would enable them to unsubscribe
anytime they want. Elaborate your web form by providing information
on how to unsubscribe from the list. Guarantee them that they can let
go of the service when ever they want to. Many are wary that they
may be stuck for life and would have to abandon their email accounts
when they get pestered with spam.
Remember that when you get the trust of your clients don’t lose that
trust. Because if you do anything with their email addresses like sell
them or give them out, you will lose many members of your list as ell
as potential members. The true quickest way to gain the trust of your
subscribers is when you are recommended by someone they trust.
How To Build A List Of Eager Subscribers
Every online business provides great service to generate satisfaction
among their customers. As each and every customer receives
satisfaction over their products or the services they get, there is a
great chance that they will become a return customer and buy again.
Better yet, they will recommend you to other people that could
generate more business for you and your site.
As more traffic is driven to your site, you can entice many of them to
subscribe to your mailing list or opt-in list. This is a list where in
website visitors agree to be sent promotional materials such as
newsletters, catalogs and such that could keep them updated about
your site or the niche of your site. These promotional materials are
sent via e-mail to the members of the list in different time intervals.
When using e-mail as the media of your marketing and
advertisements, you eliminate the need for high costs. Email is free
and if you can manage to make your own promotional advertisements
you can also save a bundle there. With an opt-in subscribers list, you
are pretty sure that what you are sending out is received, viewed and
read by the subscribers and not simply being deleted. They have
signed up for service and have consented in receiving it.
This means that there are constant reminders to your subscribers
about all your products, new products and services as well as any
promotions and special deals you are having.
There is also the chance that they can be forwarded to other potential
customers as they tell their friends and families about you and your
site.
Of course you should be also aware that a subscriber may unsubscribe
when they feel that they are not getting what they want or expected.
Make sure that they are satisfied with your opt-in marketing strategies
and keep them excited in receiving your newsletters and catalogs.
Here are some tips that can help you build a list of eager subscribers.
Make your promotional materials interesting and fun. Try to use a little
creativity but not too over artsy. Build around what your product or
service is about. For example; if you are selling car parts, put some
pictures of what is new in the auto parts world, a new wing door
possibly that can fit any car and make it look like a Lamborghini.
Try to research what people are looking for, these way, you stay one
step ahead of them all the time and you will be their bearer of new
tidings. They will be eager to receive what you are sending them
because they new you always have fresh and new things to share with
them.
Write good articles that can be very informational but light at the
same time. If your subscribers enjoy your articles, they will go to your
site by clicking the links that you will be putting on your newsletter to
read some more. You can provide articles that can connect to many
people. Be diverse in your articles. Put something humorous, then put
something informational, then put something that has both.
Are you wary about this because you don’t like writing? No problem,
there are many professional and experienced article writers that can
do the job for you for minimal fees. They know what they are doing
and can provide the need that you have for your newsletters, the
money that you pay for your articles are going to be met by the many
sign-ups and the potential profit from the sales that you will get.
Create and send an E-book to your customers about anything that is
related to your business or site. Use your knowledge and expertise in
the field you have chosen to help other people who are similarly
interested. Offer this e-book for free. You can write about anything
informational and helpful to your subscribers. For example; you can do
manuals and guides in so many things. This e-book could be used as a
reference for many people.
Share this e-book with everyone, even other sites; just make sure that
they don’t change the links in the e-book that will lead people to your
site. If you want, you can always get some people to write it for you
just like your articles. Your investment once again will be covered by
the great marketing this will generate.
Add e-coupons in your newsletters that will help them avail to special
discounts. Put a control number in your e-coupon so that they can
only be used once. When people get discounts that can be found in
your newsletters, they will be eager to receive your newsletter in
anticipation of what you are promoting next.
If your subscribers can get benefits from your newsletters, they will be
very eager to receive them. Just don’t flood your mailing list with
mails so that you don’t annoy your subscribers.
How To Grab Your Readers Attention With Your Subject
The race for supremacy in the internet based businesses has been
really heating up and many sites have been put up to help others to
get ahead for a small fee. But there are also ways in which you don’t
have to pay so much to make yourself a good list of loyal followers.
Having a satisfied web traffic and visitors allows you to put up a
foundation wherein you can build an opt-in list and make it grow from
there.
An opt-in list allows you to provide newsletters to your subscribers
with their consent. When people sign up, they know that they will be
receiving updates and news from your site and the industry your
represent via an e-mail. But that doesn’t mean that all of those who
subscribe read them at all. Many lists have been built due to an
attachment with free software or for a promotional discount and such.
Some are not really interested in receiving e-mails from companies
and just treat them as waste of cyberspace and delete or trash them
without so mush as opening the e-mail and scanning them.
You can change all that. While forwarding an email message is
relatively after producing your newsletter. Getting people to open
them is not as easy. You don’t want to waste all the time and effort
used in making the newsletters, you want people to read them and
have their interests piqued. Interested enough to go to your website
and look around and most especially purchased and acquire your
products or services.
One of the numerous ways you can tempt or persuade your subscriber
is by providing a well thought out and well written subject. The subject
of an email is what is often referred to when a person or a recipient of
an email decides whether he or she wants to open or read an e-mail.
The subject could easily be regarded as one of the most important
aspect of your promotional e-mail.
Your subject must be short and concise. They should provide a
summary for the content of the e-mail so that the recipient will have
basic knowledge of the content. This is really vital in grabbing the
attention of your readers and subscribers. You want your subject to
instantly grab the attention of your subscriber and get them to be
intrigued to open up your mail. Remember, it is not necessarily true
that a subscriber opens up subscribed mails.
A good subject must always be tickling the curiosity of your recipient.
It must literally force the recipient to open the mail. A certain emotion
must be ignited and get them to open the mail. It is essential to use
specific words to get the reaction you need. Keep in mind that the
recipient or subscribers spends only a few seconds looking over each
subject of the e-mails he receives. You must grab your reader’s
attention right away.
There are many forms you can use for your subject. You can provide a
subject that says your e-mail contains content that teaches them tips
and methods on certain topics. An example of this is using keywords
and keyword phrases such as, “How to” , “tips”, “Guides to”, Methods
in and others like that.
You can also put your subject in a question form. These may include
questions like, “Are you sick and tired of your job?” Or “Is your boss
always on your case?” Try to stay on the topic that pertains to your
site so that you’ll know that your subscribers have signed up because
they are interested in that topic. This form of subject is very effective
because they reach out to your recipients emotions. When they have
read the question on your subject, their mind starts answering the
question already.
You can also use a subject that commands your reader. Statements
such as “Act now and get this once in a lifetime opportunity”, or
“Double, triple and even quadruple what you are earning in one year”.
This type of subject deals with the benefits your company provides
with your product and services.
You may also use breaking news as your subject to intrigue your
subscriber. For example, if you deal with car engine parts you can
write in your subject, “Announcing the new engine that uses no
gasoline, It runs on water”. This creates curiosity with the reader and
will lead them to open the mail and read on.
How To Get Your Subscribers Begging For More
Just as an experiment, a friend of mine subscribe to ten different optin e-mail marketing lists to see which ones are effective. Many
websites and online businesses have resorted to sending promotional
materials to people who have subscribed to them in an effort to boost
their sales or traffic. Opt-in email marketing sends newsletters,
catalogs updates and many more promotional materials to website
visitors who have agreed to be updated whether monthly, weekly or
semiannually.
Through e-mail, an internet user that is on the list will receive their
updates through email. If a promotional material piques their interest
they will go to the site to learn more or to purchase outright. For the
website operators or owners, this is a chance to remind their list of
their existence and parlor their wares. With the numerous sites in the
internet that offers the same products or services in one way or the
other, the competition can get pretty tight and it is easy to be
forgotten.
Back to my experimenting friend, he tried to find out which opt-in
marketing strategies grabbed a person into begging for more. Some
would send in very simple fashion, some would very outlandish while
there are some that would just lie in between. The differences could
easily be noticed and some have gotten the idea of an effective opt-in
marketing strategy. He dubbed them effective because he felt like he
just couldn’t wait to go their site and learn more, the more persuasive
ones even got him halfway to reaching for his wallet and to his credit
card before he realized this was only for an experiment.
Many companies and site present their promotional materials in a wide
variety of concepts. Each has their own distinctive style and designs,
but more than the outline and the presentation, the content and the
articles are what keeps the attention of your potential customer locked
on to your opt-in marketing medium. Creativity is the key here.
From talking to many satisfied opt-in list subscribers and forums, I
have learned of what is essential in opt-in marketing and what makes
the subscribers begging for more instead of lining up to unsubscribe.
Keep your promotional materials light, creative and original. Many
people are stressed out as it is. Getting a stuffy business proposal
rather than a light hearted e-mail may just agitate them more. A
warm friendly smile or banter is always more welcome than a serious
business meeting or proposal. While you do want your customers to
take you and your products and services seriously, you also want to
show them that you know how to have fun.
Splash some color in your emails as well as provide some photos and
articles that can be related to you but show good news or good light
hearted images as well. Provide a newsletter or promotional materials
that will keep them in a light mood. Make your materials eye catching
and grabbing that they wont be able to take their eyes of them. Pique
their interests.
Have good content and article, even if it means investing in an
experienced and professional copy writer to write them for you. An
effective copy writer should be able to build trust between you and
your customers. They should be able to establish your credibility in
what they write. It must be informative but not too stuffy. Let go of
the professional jargons and “talk“to your recipients.
A good article and content should be able to outline the benefits of
your product and services and why they need what you are offering.
But do not look to be overeager and too persuasive. It should be able
to entertain as well as lead them to buying from you.
Your promotional materials should be clear. Don’t leave people
guessing. You should lead them to you and not vice versa. Explain to
them what they need to do in a manner that won’t be confusing. Try
to anticipate also what your target client needs. Do your research and
information gathering, many sites will be able to help you with that.
Provide clear and crisp images of what you are offering. If the people
know what you have for them, they are more likely to beg for more.
For example, if you are selling a car, provide them photos but only
enough to encourage them to go to your site for more.
Can You Really Use Articles To Build Your List?
Getting customers in your site should always be ranked as high as the
importance of the quality and the excellence of the product and the
services you provide. They should go hand in hand in providing your
customers the satisfaction they get in exchange for the money they
have paid for them. Customer service should as well be as fantastic so
that the customers are provided with the same satisfaction.
One of the ways you can combine marketing and customer service is
through opt-in marketing. With an opt-in list you get the opportunity
to introduce your site and products on a good time basis. Opt-in
marketing strategy is a marketing strategy that is virtually low cost
and not time consuming. Here, you get the consent of your website
visitors to subscribe to your newsletters and other promotional
materials such as catalogs and free promotions.
Opt-in marketing uses your list of subscribers to send e-mail to. These
e-mails will contain the materials you will send to your subscribers. It
is essential that you present your promotional items in a manner that
will catch the interest and the eye of your subscribers to keep them
wanting for more. The best way to do this is to provide fun,
entertaining and informational articles.
Well written articles full of content and useful information will help in
building your list as more subscribers will be enticed your list. When
they have read the samples of your contents in your sites, they will be
intrigued as to what will come next. Subscribing to your newsletter will
offer them a glimpse of what you have to offer next.
Many sites and companies have captured the importance of articles
and this also aids in search engine optimization. As more people are
heading towards the internet for their information needs, serving the
right information to them via articles in your site will increase the flow
of your website traffic. With more traffic, the percentage of your sales
will grow. More sales turn into more profit.
There have been the rise for the importance of well written,
information enriched and keyword packed articles for the content of
their site as well as for newsletters. These articles provide the
information many are seeking in the internet. If your site has them,
more people will be going to your site for information and research.
Well written articles would also boost your sites reputation. If they are
filled with many information you will be regarded as well informed and
an expert on the subjects that you tackle. Your articles must be well
researched so that the people will trust you. When you have gained
their trust, they will always come for you for their needs on that
subject.
In connection, you must write articles or commission them to tackle
subjects that are closely connected with your type of business. If you
have a site for a medicine tackling a certain disease, your articles
must be about the diseases. Or if you sell materials for home
improvements provide articles with those themes. Most articles
searched for are tips, guidelines, methods, manuals and such. If you
provide these articles to your customers and you have their trust, they
will always go to your site for help and advice as well as for your
products.
With the loyalty of these customers, they may subscribe to your opt-in
list to receive all the information you have. If you provide them with
the answers for that need, they will be happy to be receiving your
newsletters as well as other promotional materials to keep them well
informed. Others may even forward your newsletters to other people
when they find a certain article interesting.
You should provide links in your newsletter so that when other people
are reading it and wants to read more, they may click on the link and
go to your site. With the articles you have in your site that are good,
they may decide to sign up as well for your opt-in list. This will build
your list and make it bigger.
Make sure to keep your subscribers happy and interested in your
newsletters and promotional materials. Keep on posting and writing
good articles for your site and newsletter. If you are not interested in
writing them or if you just don’t have the time, there are many
available well experienced and knowledgeable writers available to help
you out. This is an investment that will pay for itself in time.
5 Things To Consider When Publishing A Newsletter
Providing a newsletter for your opt-in list subscribers provides many
benefits in terms of driving traffic into your site as well as boosting the
sales and profits of your site and company.
This is a marketing ploy that will not hugely dent your marketing
budget and will not also require many man-hours in developing this
project.
With a newsletter, you can inform the public about your company and
products as well as services. You can keep them posted and updated
about what’s going-on with your company as well as many of your
promotions and offerings. With these, you keep on reminding your
subscribers that you are still here and is willing to offer them good
deals and services.
Newsletters also allow you to impress your subscribers. It can show
your expertise and knowledge about the topic at hand and the many
benefits you can offer them. When you impress people, they will
become potential customers and another great thing is that they can
recommend you to their friends, colleagues and family. All of them
could very well be customers in the future.
If you do not have a newsletter or publishing one for your site, then
you may have to consider about researching and be well informed on
how to publish one. It is not as easy as it seems but if and when you
get the right idea and process, it will be smooth sailing from there on.
Try to take the time to learn what you need to learn and get that
newsletter ready and good to attract subscribers to your newsletter as
well as traffic to your site.
In the next few paragraphs, I will provide you with some things to
reflect on when you decide to start your own newsletter for your site.
Here are five things to consider when publishing a newsletter.
1) Make sure that the content of your newsletter pertains to and
closely associated with your business or the theme of your site. Do
not dwell too far on what could be regarded as your field of
expertise. You have started a site and your theme for your site will
always be something you are knowledgeable about. For example; if
you have a site that sells auto car parts, your newsletter must
contain articles or content like photos that pertain to cars, auto
parts and such. You may also include content about your company
and your staff. Remember that visitors of a certain site are there
because they are interested in what the site has to offer. If they
sign up for an opt-in list or for a newsletter this means that they
want to be updated for that certain theme or subject. Be sure that
when you publish your newsletter you are providing for the need of
the subscriber as well as their interests.
2) Ensure that you have well written, information riddled and
content rich articles. You articles will be the body of your newsletter
and that they should be able to excite your readers as well as
provide information. Articles should be well written and checked for
errors such as spelling and grammatical errors for it to look
professional and believable. The trust of your client to you and
newsletter is at stake here.
3) Fact-check your articles. Make sure that you provide true facts
and figures so that your reputation as an expert and knowledgeable
in that field is not questioned. If you lose the trust of your
subscribers these may persuade them to unsubscribe to your
newsletter. You will lose many potential sales this way.
4) Provide fresh and new articles that can provide new information
to your subscribers. If you publish stale and old news in your
newsletter, there is a tendency that people or your subscribers
already have read and known about them. This will lose their
interest in your newsletter and they wont get to read what is most
important, your ads. They may not open or read any of your
succeeding newsletters losing your intention in writing and
publishing newsletters, to get them to visit your site and make a
purchase.
5) Never use copyrighted materials such as photos and articles.
This is outright plagiarism, you may get into a lot of trouble for
this. You can lose your business and get sued over copyright
infringement. If you do not have the time to write your own
articles, there are many willing and able professional article writers
that can do it for you for a reasonable fee. All your investment in
writing and publishing articles will be well worth it when you see
your list build up and your traffic increasing.
The 3 Things To Avoid When Emailing Your List
When you decide to have an opt-in list, it is not just a matter of
sending your subscribers your promotional newsletters or catalogs.
There are many things to consider in avoiding many complications.
While there are so many ways you can make people subscribe to your
list, there are also some things you must do to avoid subscribers from
wanting to get off from your list.
Aside from that, you also want to avoid any problems with the law and
your internet service provider or ISP. There are now many laws and
rules that are applied to help protect the privacy of the internet users
from spamming and unwanted mails. With the popularity of the
electronic mail as a medium for marketing because of the low cost,
many company’s have seized the opportunity and have flooded many
people’s e-mail accounts with promotional mail.
But, with an opt-in list, you avoid this annoyance because people
subscribe to the list; they want to receive the newsletters and
promotional materials. They have consented to being on the list by
subscribing themselves, just don’t forget to put an unsubscribe feature
everytime in your opt-in list so that you avoid any confusion. There
may be times when an email account was provided when the real
owner didn’t want to subscribe.
It is essential that you keep your list clean and manageable. Arrange it
by using the many tools and technologies available for your opt-in list.
Do not worry; your investment in this marketing strategy is well worth
it with all the coverage you will get which will likely be converted into
sales then to profit.
Keep yourself and your business out of trouble and potential run-ins
with the law and the internet service providers. Keep your operation
legit and clean. Your reputation as a legitimate businessman and a
legitimate site depends on your being a straight and true marketing
strategist. As a tip, here are three things to avoid when emailing your
list.
1) Take notice of your unsuccessful sends. These are the e-mails
that bounce. Bounced emails, also known as undeliverable
messages, are those messages that, for whatever reason, were not
successfully received by the intended recipient.
There are bounces that happen or occur because the server was busy
at that time but can still be delivered in another time. There are also
bounces because the inbox of the recipient is full at that time. There
are those bounce messages that are simply undeliverable ever. The
reason for this is that it may be an invalid email address, a misspelled
email address, or an email address that was abandoned and erased
already.
Manage your list by putting markings on those that bounce. Erase an
email account from your list so that you have an accurate statistics
and records as to how many are actually receiving your mail. You may
also want to check the spellings of your email addresses in your list.
One common mistake is when an N instead of an M is placed in the
.com area.
2) Always provide an unsubscribe feature in your site and an
unsubscribe link in your mails. When someone in your list files a
request to be unsubscribed, always take that request seriously. If
you don’t take them off your list and keep sending them your emails, you are now sending them spam mail.
When you are reported as a spammer, you and your business can get
into a lot of trouble. You can be reported to the authorities and maybe
blacklisted by many internet service providers. You will lose a lot of
subscribers this way and many more in potential subscribers.
3) Do not provide pornographic or shocking and disturbing content
in your newsletters. It is hard to decipher the age of the recipient
and many complaints may stem from these. Controversial issues
also are to be avoided to not be branded by your subscribers. Stick
to the nature of your site and business.
Always remember these tips in this article so that you can have a
healthy relationship with your subscribers as well as be kept within the
boundaries of what is allowed in sending mails to an opt-in list.
7 Ways To Make Money Using Nothing More Than Your
List
An opt-in list can be quite crucial to any site or internet based
company.
Even for a small venture such as a niche profit site an opt-in list can
make a world of difference and also add some extra income for your
pocket. Rarely would you see an e-commerce site, big or small, that is
without an opt-in list.
An opt-in list allows for a company to market their wares and site via
an e-mail. With an opt-in list, a site and a subscriber consents to
sending and receiving a newsletter from your company. Through this,
you can keep your subscribers abreast of what is currently available in
your site as well as whatever is coming out.
And because there is mutual consent between the two parties, any
mail sent to the list is not considered as spam mail. There is a great
number of successfully read promotional materials such as catalogs,
newsletters and such that are sent because the subscribers
themselves have signed up for them, meaning, they do want to be
sent those items.
Building a list is crucial, only a small percentage actually subscribes for
an opt-in list. Many people find promotional mails annoying but of you
provide a good newsletter or promotional material, you will see your
list build up and grow. You can also achieve this by having good
content on your site. If people like what they see and read on your
site, then they surely would want more. Newsletters would be a way
to attract them back to your site. A little teaser or appetizer if you will.
But other than marketing your wares and your services, an opt-in list
can also be used to earn extra profit. Not all lists can be used though.
It would be good to first build a successful list with a huge number of
subscribers. The more subscribers you have, the more money you can
get. Here are seven ways to make money using nothing more than
your list.
1) Place advertisements. There are many corporations who will be
willing to pay to put their banners and ads on a list with many
subscribers. Selling or renting out lists is not a good idea so rather
than doing that, many companies would just rather place ads with
lists that have a huge subscriber base. Your newsletter could be
placed with many ads and each one spells money.
2) Have affiliations with other companies that have at least a
semblance or relation to what your site is about. Here other
companies will provide links and brief descriptions of what they
offer, products and services. With every click made on the link that
directs or leads a subscriber from your list to their site, the
company will pay you. This P4P or pay for performance.
3) Make deals with other companies by asking for a small
percentage of sales done through your list. With every sale done by
customers that have come from your list and have gone there
because of your newsletter, the other company will pay you a small
percentage of your sales. The more people who buys from them,
the more earnings you get.
4) You may also get products from other sites on a consignment
basis and sell them to your list via your newsletter. Place
descriptions, articles and photos of the product in your newsletter.
There will be those who will buy from you and when that happens,
you can order the product from the other site and sell it to your
buyer.
5) Sell e-books or a compilation of your articles on your list.
Manuals and how-to articles are in great demand. Many people will
be willing to shell out money to gain knowledge about a certain
topic and subject. With your existing list trusting your expertise in
that area, an e-book could be offered and sold or used as an
incentive.
6) Create a network out of your list. Get people to invite more
people to view your site and subscribe to your list. The larger your
list is, the more people will be able to click on your links and
affiliate links as well as make your advertisement rates higher.
7) Subscribers are willing to pay for information if they know that it
can be trusted and relied upon. Use your list to get more and more
people to subscribe to you as well as browse your site. Lastly, you
can use your list to earn money by making them your partners.
Your list will be the bloodline of your growth and increase