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How to Reel In New Readers with a Few Simple Steps
Email List-Building 101
Justin [email protected]
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About Me:
•I help businesses& bloggers create betteremail campaigns
•Dir. of EducationMarketing, AWeber
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Today, You’ll Learn:
•3 places where all blogs should ask people to join your email list
•2 things your signup forms MUST do if you want people to join your list
Q&A at the end - ask questions!
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Why build your email list?
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If you want to reach people, use what they know and
use.
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... unless you have a way to remind and encourage them to do
so
Most Visitors Don’t Return
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Let’s talk about Blogs*
* ... and publishers’ sites
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•Navigational tabs: about, contact, topics
Most Blogs Look Like This:
•Main column: posts
•Header: title, picture
•Sidebar: ads, links, search bar, related posts
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Most Blogs are TERRIBLE at Building Email Lists!
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Too Many Blogs Focus on the Wrong Things
•RSS, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest... but no email signup form
•If they do have email, it’s hidden...
•... or it’s boring.
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•Put your subscriber at ease
To Get People to Opt In, Your Forms Must...
•Make a COMPELLING offer
Most forms FAIL to do this
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•Make a COMPELLING offer (no “updates”)
Action Items:
•Address spam & privacy fears
•Create or edit your signup forms
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3 Places Your Blog Must Build Your Email List
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•Easy to add (WordPress widgets)
#1: Sidebar
•Higher = more visible = more signups
•Appears on every page of your blog
•Remember: KISS and WIIFM
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#2: End of Posts
“Like what you just read? There’s more where that came from...”
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#3: Sign Up While Commenting
Commenters are more engaged than non-commenters.
Make it easy for them to join your list and come back later.
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•Add a form to the end of your posts
Action Items:
•Identify other pages with no signup form -- then add one!
•Add a form to your sidebar
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List-Building is All About Giving People 2 Things...
•A chance to subscribe
•A reason to do so
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One More Thing, Then Q&A...
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Want More Email Help?
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