7 Ways to Make Your List Love You

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Have you thought to yourself, “I know I need to stay in touch with my email list but I don’t know what to email them about…” You’re right – you’ve got to stay in touch on a consistent basis!  But not every email you send out should be a “BIG SALE!” or “NEW PRODUCT!” type [...]

How I Added 1,214 New Subscribers to My Email List in 1 Month

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Here are the four strategies I used to add 1,214 new subscribers to my email list in 1 month.   If you can’t see the video, click here to watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgCeGWTSLM Found this helpful?  Please click here share it on twitter: “Learn the 1 strategy that makes all your other list building [...]

Who the Heck Are You and Why Are You Emailing Me?

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Have you ever asked that question when an email lands in your inbox? Who the heck ARE you and why are you emailing me about… (fill in the blank)? I had another one of those moments this morning.  It took me about 20 minutes of Google searches and following rabbit hole trails to figure out [...]

4 Fun Ways Experts Build Their Mailing Lists

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One of the keys to building my own list fast has been diversifying my methods. I don’t have just one opt-in offer. I don’t promote it in just one way. I build multiple lists and I go for as many list building strategies as I can to find out what works for me. This week, [...]

Three Quick Ways to Build Your List

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Are you working to build an opt-in list of people interested in what you’re offering?  Here are three simple ways to grow that list. 1. Your Website Put an opt-in form on every page of your website.  With the exception of sales pages where you want your reader to focus on one thing (buying your [...]

When Good Siggys Go Bad & Get You Tagged as Spam

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Ever have your email go missing?  You write a friend, you don’t hear back, you find out they didn’t get it…  Or you send out an email to your list and get almost no clicks on a link you know they’d be interested in… It’s possible that your signature has gone bad and got you [...]

YOU Are Enough

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We worry that we aren’t “enough” or aren’t “ready” to step up. A few weeks ago when I blogged about not sending out a particular promotional email, one of the comments was from someone who worried she’d be bothering her list, too. I’m subscribed to her list!  I was able to say (okay, beg) as [...]

Are Your Tools Breaking Your Toes?

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This photo is not me.  I’m not a gourmet cook.  I got a crash course in cooking three weeks before I got married and 12 years later there’s still a 50/50 chance I’ll burn the grilled cheese sandwiches. But about four years ago one of my sons got very sick and we found out he [...]

How to Create Your Own Ezine Template

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Are you sending out a regular ezine or newsletter to your list of subscribers? Got your own custom template yet?  If not, it’s easy to create your own! Since my last code related tutorial, How to Add Social Networking Icons to Your Blog, went over well I decided to share another one. First, why use [...]

3 Alternatives to Pop Up Ads

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Hate pop ups, pop overs, lightboxes, and anything related?  Okay, I hear you.  You weren’t a fan of my post last week about using a pop up ad. That’s okay.  There are other options to boost your newsletter subscriptions. 1. Improve what you’ve already got. You’ve got an opt-in box on your blog or website, [...]