List Building Questions

1. Offer something that gives the user value! Like a free report, or a training video, something along those lines because why would somebody want to give you there email for free ?

2. Depending on what you are offering you have to stay related to the free give-away your offering.. Also what autoresponder are you using ? I send one email every 2 days but Im just starting out so im not sure how its going to convert.

1. You need something of value to offer subscribers. Solve a problem for them. Really put yourself in their shoes. Find a website that you like and signup. How did you like their Thank You page? Do something similar, better even.

2. Make sure that you have a good mix of content and offers. Make sure the offers are good and will actually help your subscribers. Again, solve their problems. I don't like to mail more than a couple of times per week. Some people mail everyday. It depends on you and your market. I think it's better to start with fewer mailings and see what happens when you increase them. Do you get lots of unsubscribes? Then, you'll know you need to back off.

Best of luck!

Hi Infonet,

Offer free value, in the form of a free report or video to get them to sign up.

Then send them a thank-you email after they hit the thank-you page (on an autoresponder such as aweber, or getresponse).

It is best to send them a few emails over the next one/two weeks that are pre-programmed and that will add value.

After that you should ask for the sale.

Best of luck

Christian

1. On your thank you page you thank them for opting in, set their expectations, tell them what you'll be sending, when you'll send it, what happens next etc. Make sure you don't lie and stick to what you say.

Keep the page simple. I use a really simple and basic page with no header, sidebar, logo etc.

2. I send an email every 1 day for the first 2 weeks then every 2 days after that. Most of my emails link back to a post on my blog with some email exclusives thrown in.

If you're only thinking about how to get affiliate links in front of them you're going about it in the wrong way.

It's about giving them value and solving their problems, if that happens to be by recommending a product then great.

1- based on your niche you offer a valuable incentive in exchange for their email
report
book
video course
plugin
or
you sell something at a discount
a free preview to what you sell

only the imagination is the limit trying to think out of the box and creates a very tempting incentive
For example, a chat with you to solve a problem
a meeting or via a webinar skipe

only the imagination is the limit

2-Once subscribed to the list you need to maintain their trust
send email if you think you continue to sell and very likely that it will erase
then you will need to send gifts or other advice and then proposals for
purchase (in the form of advice)

Offer something that will actually HELP THEM with their problems.

That's it. No magic key... Just help them as best you can.

When you accomplish that... Everything takes care of itself.

You want another tip? Make everything brain dead simple.

I see too many "Email Engineers" overcomplicating everything.

That's not my style... I would prefer to make everything 100% easy.

Because at the end of the day? I can almost GUARANTEE that your end user does NOT want to overcomplicate anything. (It all goes back to HELPING your subscribers and caring about them).

So, give them what they want.

Simple solutions.

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PS: As far as how often to mail, how often to pitch, that's up to you. Email is both an art and science. If you ask 10 successful email marketers, their answers will be WILDLY different.

Instead of focusing on the technical stuff, focus on helping them.

Just my $.02, hope it helps.

I don't offer ANYTHING on the thank you page after subscribers sign up. Of course they get countless benefits from being on my list, but that's not why I want them to sign up. Freebie seekers are of no use to anyone.

My subscribers are getting me.

But hey, I do things a bit differently.

For starters, you are building a list and that is fantastic!!!

1. What do i offer on my thank you page after successful subscriber? and how does a "good thank you page" looks like, any example?
I personally provide a free gift; example a free eBook on free traffic generation methods, a case study in the form of a video on how to rank on YouTube - just make sure it is related to your niche!

2. How do i schedule my follow up messages? how many day ahead before offer affiliate link?
Send at least 7 valuable posts (one per day) to your followers and ensure the e-mails you send help build a relationship with your following. I say the 8th e-mail is where you ''pitch''

Overall my advice is offer value, value, value!!! The sales come after when you keep this in mind

For the thank you page;

Value. Maybe spring something on them that they didn't expect. If you are giving them an ebook, maybe offer a 2nd ebook? Maybe a list of resources? Giving more value immediately helps to solidify the subscription in their mind.

2. This depends on the industry. Are you going for the short sell or the long sell? If it is an expensive item you want to build trust over the course of several weeks before closing the sale. It's all about being persistent without being annoying.

I think the follow up messages should have a time interval about 07 days. Otherwise the user will think that you are just a seller who has no value.

Hey, what you "offer" really depends on the media you're using to drive traffic...

I've built up a list of over 90K+ people, mainly from doing e-mail media buys on general interest type newsletters like Arcamax, etc... Whenever I run an ad my capture page is just a curiosity based capture page. There's no "real" gift. If you're an affiliate or have your own offer your "bribe" can simply be information that's inside of your actual sales message...

Follow-up messages... If you include them at all, you don't need that many. Trust me. 7-11 is a good range. Your real money is going to be made from sending out "broadcast". If you're paying for traffic you should be sending out at least one message everyday (you can rest one day or so in between different promos). Whenever I'm aggressively building my list I send out two broadcasts per day.

If you look at businesses like Early To Rise, Arcamax, or any other gigantic newsletter they ALL send out at least TWO e-mails per day religiously and they make millions from their lists. No need to re-invent the wheel.

Offer something that they'd otherwise not mind paying for. I should be that good.


I email everyday and its not always something I'm trying to sell. I send out stuff I think will help my subscribers. And I do it at the same time everyday.

All depends on what your main goal is.

Here are a 'buffet' of ideas, you can go from there:

1) A recommended affiliate product (or two)
2) PPL link
3) Clickbanking link
4) Free report
5) Video of you
6) Combination of many of the above
7) Nada!

Go get 'em!

on your thank you page, offer a One Time Offer product. you can set your autoresponder to deliver the product on the same page as your thank you page or to redirect to the OTO product like 2-5 seconds after displaying the thank you page.

you can schedule your follow up emails in two forms
1. ensure you send 5 messages without selling before sending an email with an offer or affiliate link
2. send an email everyday for 5 days consecutively and dont sell during those 5 days. on the 6th day send a message selling a product and on the 7 day dont send any email

What you are offering whether it be a report, or video must be of
some value to them. Some people just put good mini-articles in the
email series and call it a "report" which is good because of open rates.

Get them engaged as much as you can to avoid
having a dead un-responsive list.

What I usually do is instruct them that the "report" is
waiting for them in their email inbox. That way I can see
who really wanted the content. (fake email address)

Then I send a follow up 21-day email series that gives them
terrific information relating to the niche. I don't "pitch" them
until the 15th email. Keep testing and always improve your stats.

List building is very important so good for you for giving effort.

In your thank you message you can thank your customs for using your services and encourage to keep use of the services.

Jamescanz hit the nail on the head for this,one in my view!