The Only Thing That Keeps You From Succeeding Online Is You

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It might sound harsh but the only thing keeping you from succeeding online is you.   

Here’s why.

Many people were just nobody’s with a dead end job.  Working a dead end job that they literally hated.  Even though many of them were working their ass to the bone, they were broke after paying the bills.

This is about how you can turn things around fast.

This great shortcut works even if:

  • You don’t have a list
  • Don’t have a website
  • Never tried to build one before

A lot of average people claimed their freedom and fired their boss.

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I Stayed Up All Night For This

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I don’t open up emails from marketers that often nowadays but when a fellow internet entrepreneur and coach Sven Hylten-Cavallius sends something, I know I should listen:

Just yesterday he showed me this.

It totally knocked my socks off and this is why I stayed up late.  If I knew this when I started try to run an online business, it would have been much easier.

Imagine building a list which pays for itself and that lets you build a positive return on investment so you can scale it bigger and bigger like a snowball effect.

Here’s the link again to show you exactly how he’s doing this.

Don’t share this with anyone as Sven wants this sent out to a small portion of people to keep it exclusive.

Top 10 Reasons To Have An E-zine

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There’s many reasons to have an E-zine.  Below are the top 10:

  1. Establish yourself as an expert – People search online for information and will look at you as the expert to provide it to them.  Have a schedule for this and provide an opportunity to build on this while reinforcing your brand.
  2. Build a relationship with people on your list – It’s common knowledge people buy from people they know, like and trust.  By using e-zines, you can build a relationship of familiarity and trust.  Make sure to share a bit about yourself or your company in every issue.
  3. Keep in touch with prospects and clients – It’s a great way to notify your readers of weekly specials, new articles, customer stories, upcoming product launches, blogs and splash pages.
  4. Drive traffic to your website or blog – You can send traffic to new blog posts or other changes to your website with links directly to those pages.  You can promote special sales with coupon codes just for your readers.  Use links in your newsletter to turn your e-zine into a silent salesperson.
  5. Build content on your website – Make sure to archive your newsletter.  This way visitors can read an issue or two to determine if your e-zine will be of interest to them which helps to get more leads and sales.  Also if you optimise your article placements, you’ll not only make your website ‘meatier’ but also bring new traffic from the search engines.
  6. Get feedback from your readers – Make it easy for you to stay in touch with your readers and vice versa.  Ask them to take action by commenting on your articles and offers.  Conduct polls and surveys.  Feedback allows you to fine tune your messages, target your marketing and expand your product line.  It’s also great for building a relationship.
  7. Develop an information product – If you deliver your newsletter once or twice a week and include two articles, you’ll have 104 well-researched articles in your portfolio.  You can pick the best articles and turn them into a bonus e-book for joining your list or sell it as a book.
  8. Grow your mailing list – Let your e-zine work for you by letting your readers know to forward your newsletter to anyone they’d like.  Have sign up instructions for those who received your e-zine from viral marketing methods.
  9. Gather demographic data – By offering surveys, feedback forms and niche reports, you can gain very valuable information about your prospects and customers.  Learn what makes your readers tick and how you can better serve them.  Make sure they become repeat customers.
  10. Save money – All of the benefits of publishing an e-zine are free or almost free.  The small cost of a top rated e-zine publishing system is nothing compared to the cost of brochures, business cards, advertising, direct mail, PPC or other forms of promotion.  Someone also has to manage that production.  As your newsletter is published online, you can grow your list to be as large as you want without worrying about the expense.  The bottom line is that email marketing is the most cost-effective marketing solution for companies just like yours.

As you can see there’s many reasons for having an e-zine.  Once done correctly, it’s the closest thing you can get to push button sales.

If you don’t already have an email marketing service, now is a great time to join GetResponse.  It will help you to build your list with the tips from above and to get a lot more sales.

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Top 15 Ways To Build Your Subscriber List

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Email marketing can be effective for any business regardless of the product or service you’re offering.  It’s much cheaper than other marketing methods and if done right helps you to build loyalty and trust with your leads which results in you generating more sales.

The foundation for successful email marketing is a targeted and permission based email list.  Marketers call their contacts lists their ‘goldmine’ because it can generate a lot of their sales revenue.  If you have a list of contacts that are interested in what you have to offer, then you’ve completed the first step and are well on your way.  Now it’s time to ‘mine’ for gold.

Below you’ll find many ways to get more leads and to keep the leads you already have to maximise your email marketing activities:

  1. Provide useful, relevant content – Your visitors don’t just give their email away for nothing.  You need to provide unique and valuable information that will be of value to them.
  2. Add a subscription form to every page on your website – Make sure it stands out so it’s easy to find.  If your site isn’t too cluttered, you can add an additional sign up form.  For e.g. If you have a sign up form at the top left corner of your website, have another one at the end of your blog posts.
  3. Add a subscription form to your social media pages – Don’t waste this valuable source of revenue opportunities.  Integrate your sign up forms with Face book, Twitter and the main social media pages.
  4. Make it easy for readers to sign up – The more information you ask for, the less the subscribers you’ll get.  A name and an email is all you need.  I normally use just the email address as you’ll get more subscribers.
  5. Publish a privacy policy – This is to let your readers know that they can be confident that you will not share their information with others.  You can do this by having a privacy policy web page and linking it to your sign up form.
  6. Provide samples of your newsletters – This lets potential subscribers review your materials before they sign up so they can find out if they’re interested in it or not.
  7. Archive past newsletters and articles – This is both appealing and useful to visitors.  It helps to build your credibility as an authority.  If your articles are written with SEO in mind, they can help to increase traffic to your website through enhanced search engine positioning.
  8. Give gifts subscribers can actually use – Offer a bonus for joining your subscriber list.  Give them bonuses when they fill out surveys, give you great product ideas or provide testimonials.  Everyone likes something for free.  If you give them freebies throughout the year, they’ll feel truly appreciated which is great for business.
  9. Ask your subscribers to pass it on – Word of mouth is a great viral technique that works well with email marketing.  If your subscribers find your content interesting, amusing or informative, they’ll share it with their friends.  This is a great source for new customers.  So, make sure to remind your leads to pass it on.
  10. Let others reprint your newsletter as long as the content is not modified – If you’re happy to share your content with everyone, then why not.  Many newsletter publishers are looking for high quality content and if they reprint your newsletter, you’ll get more subscribers, traffic and links pointing to your site.
  11. Include a sign-form button in your newsletter – You may think this is not necessary as the lead is already on your list.  Remember, the reader may forward your newsletter to others or reprint them online.  So, make it easy for them to subscribe.
  12. Have a squeeze page – A squeeze page has one goal, to get an email address to build your list.  It’s like a mini sales letter which goes along with your subscription gift.  It needs to have a strong headline and a couple of powerful benefits that should make your subscribers dying to sign up.  Then start promoting your squeeze page.
  13. Include testimonials on your squeeze page – This is crucial.  Put some strong testimonials from satisfied customers on your squeeze page.  Get permission from your customers.  Also invite others to participate.  It’s free publicity.
  14. Blog religiously – Blogging is a great way to communicate with prospects and potential customers.  It creates a nice synergy with your email marketing.  Make sure to include your newsletter sign up form on each page of your blog.  You can start a free blog with Word Press.
  15. Post on other blogs – Post thoughtful and valuable comments on similar blogs with a link to your squeeze page or your own website.  You can comment with track backs.  Your comments will be posted on their site with a link back to your site.  It helps to generate new traffic, subscribers and it helps to get your brand out there.

These 15 tips should help you to build your list with highly responsive leads who are interested in what you have to offer.

If you don’t already have an email marketing service, now is a great time to join GetResponse.  It will help you to build your list with the tips from above and to get a lot more sales.

Click here to get a free 30 day trial of GetResponse.