Question about email lists

Hi,

great start and i urge you to begin asap.

You probably dont understand why you need "a list" now or you tryin to figure out what it is but believe me, is gonna be your most important and precious asset of your business.

With a list you have TOTAL CONTROL on your own business and above all, your followers and customers.

Having said that, what i think is that you have a great strategy right here. If you focus most of your time on list building you'll soon have a list of 3k/4k subscribers.

Congrats, you are in the game already and ahead of the 95% of people that dont know "where to start".

Health and fitness are 2 multi billion dollar markets(not niches). You're safe . The profit potential here is HUGE. Plus if you have experience in these markets am pretty sure you will help a lot of people with their health and fitness problems. Dont even let me start on subniches and micro niches

Personally, i would start focusing on solo ads after i built a list of 300/400 subscribers at least. Anyways, solo ads is a way and then there's a TON more. There are so many traffic strategies, its rediculous.

You mentioned solo ads, this website will certainly help you
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Spread yourself all over the net, skyrocket your credibility and have fun with the many free traffic techniques out there. You can outsource most of the traffic tasks. Ever heard of Fiverr?

Sending email containing tips and advices about your market is part of the "building the relationship with your subscribers" process. Actually it starts from the free report and here i advice you to crank out a good report with a step by step plan that provides a solution to 1 problem. Make it as short as possible and of good quality. People will love it. They dont want 40/50 pages reports but simple and small guides they can read fast.

So my advice, free valuable report ---> welcome email(the relationship process starts here,start introducing and branding yourself and at the end of the email put a p.s. telling em to check out a special email tomorrow...) --->follow ups.

Yes, after having tested i can tell you that works wonders if your emails are well written. I'll explain that to you in a bit.

What do you exactly mean with each email? Maybe not the first one! Id leave the first one as the welcome email, introduction of yourself/company, and tell em what they are going to expect from you etc... but the strategy you wanna adopt is up to you.

You see, you'll find different currents of thought on this. People that say "do not pitch" in the beginning and others say "always pitch/sell". I say "teach and pitch" at the same time instead.

For instance the "recommended product" at the end works wonders everytime if you first give em away valuable tips and then at the end(with a p.s.) you invite em to "check out this and discover how this guy got a six pack in 3 weeks! etc..etc.." you get the idea... you could easily pitch in every email if you first give away valuable content.

Its called a "gentle product reccomendation" and can be used in many different ways, as i said you can tell a compelling story first and then pitch at the end or the "teach and pitch" technique

What kind of offers? Plenty. Think about 6 pack abs, fitness videos for busy moms, home workout, ab/stomach exercises, weight training....

Your "Simple 7 Steps To Getting 6 Pack Abs" is a hot topic, the only thing is that is not really compelling. Focus on creating a compelling title, with a strong hook in it. Do this also with the headline and always outline a benefit/promise in it to make em signup. Outline a step by step solution or a diet plan, whatever...something that you think is valuable and can help other people.

I agree and disagree here at the same time.

I think it depends on how good you are in writing your emails.

At the end of the day is always the power of words and how good you are in persuading people to buy from you that makes all the difference.

If you just "sell" straightaway without building a relationship with your follower first then yes can be the wrong strategy, but you see Alexa i cant even tell because i know friends that are banking selling straightaway, they just use the power of compelling stories and humor in their emails and win everytime. So personally i'll make sure to give away some good tips and make sure my affiliate link is perceived as a "gentle product reccomendation" as explained.

I totally agree in being perceived as a "trusted and respected provider of valuable content first" and id also add as a friend instead of a "salesman".

I wish you best of luck!