Auto Responders and Blogs

January 26, 2009 by David John · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Email Marketing, Internet Marketing, Optin List Building 

My post yesterday was just a quick post to see if I had set up my auto responder correctly to broadcast my blog updates to my subscribers. Well, it did not broadcast as planned and I think I have figured out why. Let me explain.
It takes a while for the auto responder to “catch up” with what is happening in my blog and I made the post way too soon after making my blog post. Therefore, no one on my opt in list received an email about the update to my blog. Hence, I have something else to blog about.
Just another word about why auto responders are so cool.

My wife asks me the other day, “So is this email thing like a set it and forget it?” And I am sure you may have the same question. The answer is yes!! Once you set up a series of emails, the auto responder will send the emails out to every new subscriber in the order you originally set and if you get behind in making marketing emails and your current list will start receiving the new emails you create as you create them.
Before I started building my email list, by putting opt in boxes on my blog, web page and eBay account, I created about 30 marketing emails and sign up to my list to make sure they looked good and were being sent (which they did). This way, after I made the opt ins live in their various positions on the web, my subscribers would start receiving my emails and I would not waste a single subscriber.
Instead of subscribing to the email list myself, my auto responder allows me to test the email before I save it to my list, but I figured, I might as well get the same emails as the people I am marketing to.
A good friend of mine has been building an opt in list for a few months and has over 100 subscribers, but he does not have any follow up emails set to go out. I asked him, why don’t you start creating marketing emails. I explained to him how they will go out to all of his new subscribers as well as his old subscribers. He told me some lame excuse about not wanting to start to bother those people with emails after never emailing them for so long. I had to remind about another really cool feature offered by auto responders. In each email, a subscriber can “unsubscribe” or opt out by clicking a link contained in the email.
Anyway, that is all for now.

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Just a Quick Post

January 25, 2009 by David John · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Email Marketing, Your Internet Income Advisor 

This is just a really quick post to test out my new blog broadcaster through my Awber account. It is a really cool feature that will allow me to create an email list around my blog and allow people to sign up through my blog to receive email updates about my blog!!

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3 Quick and Easy Ways To Build A Profitable Opt In List

January 11, 2009 by David John · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Email Marketing, Optin List Building 
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.
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