When I started blogging I didn’t know about newsletters.Had no idea how to design one. I had a difficult time understanding why, I needed to collect emails.
I finally found the answer :To make your blog a biz it needs to make money.
Sponsored post and freebies are great ,but having a set plan to make money.Thats adifferent level of blogging .
So baby steps.
Email List building questions I had:
- Why would I need emails?
- What do I do with it?
- How to know it’s not spam?
- How to clean up the list?
- What to write in my emails.
- Whether to just send my post or some extras .
- What if nobody read it?
Seriously where to start.
That’s when I had found Pat’s Email the Smart Way first edition.
Learnt a few things .Implemented .Baby steps
But I was still apprehensive .
What with my blog design issues.Trying to have a regular blogging schedule.
The first Pat helped with the SPI Pro theme.
Second:Blogchatter helped with #Half marathon & #MyFriendAlexa
3rd Pat Flynn to the rescue.The updated revamped ,Email the smart way.
A favourite Webinar topic:
“How to build your list and sell :How I made my first zillion”
A very popular quote:
“The money is in the list”
But does everyone with a list become a millionaire?
But do you open every email you get?
Do you read and act on every newsletter that lands up in your inbox.
How many emails do you open?
I open max 7 emails from the many landing up in my inbox.
Two ,I check for, every week on the scheduled day.So I don’t miss any important stuff. On a side note, I got way more organized when I learned that you can buy Microsoft Office for Mac, once set up I was much more efficient.
Both are full of goodies.They make me feel good .
I learn something new every time
Now if you have signed up for your favourite bloggers newsletter.
What do you expect?
Something to help you with whatever problem you wanted solved when you signed up.for the news letter.Right.
In this totally free e-book you will learn everything to know about email market.
Most importantly :why the size of the list is not important.
What’s important is how engaged your list is with your content.
I absolutely love everything Pat does.
Because he radiates empathy.
Kindness,sincerity are not just offline qualities.
They are reflected in your online actions too.
It’s great to make money.But nobody really likes being repeatedly scolded ,prodded,pushed virtually.
Every time I have associated with Pat Flynn it has taught me something.
Newsletter Services: My limited experience
I first started with Mail chimp .Some problem with the spam filter.
Didn’t go back.
Tried out mail poet .It’s free .Not happy.
Tried mailmarketer last year.It’s very basic.Doesn’t work very well on your mobile.
Tried Madmimi . It’s pretty cool.They have a free option.Needs a credit card for the rest.
(I really hate the word “Credit card”)
Trying out the platform will update.
So what will you learn from Pat’s Ebook?
- Should you send a super formatted newsletter with loads of pics?
- Should you sell to your list or not?
- What’s the best way to add value to your newsletter?
- How to set up an Autoresponder series?
- 5 Rules for 99.9999% of your emails
Want answers to these and all your email marketing queries
Go and get Pat Flynn’s free Ebook Email the Smart way.
Why am I sharing this ?
Remember I am on a blogging journey. Learning everything and sharing.
I love this book .Its making me take the first step.
If you are a blogger go check this book out.
Then let me know what you think about this.
Don’t forget to comment below about your experience with this book and with newsletters.
I am taking my blogs Alexa rank to the next level with Blogchatter and #MyFriendAlexa.
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Seems to be helpful ,hope it’s written in easy way for beginners , let me pick it up
I still have a long way to go where my newsletters are concerned. I hope I can learn. This e book by Mr. Pat Flynn sounds like a great one indeed!
Honestly , have only tried mailchimp for creating newsletters on a whim. Never sent them out , never even thought about building a list. But after reading your post I think I need to add it in my fast growing must do list.
Very informative post!
Thanks Chandni .Glad you found it useful.
The most important thing is to connect to your readers right?
How will they know you are doing something awesome?Start that list ASAP.
Thank you for this Amrita, I am feeling lost in the world of list building, hope Pat’s book can help me out of it.
Thank you.I am sure this will help you.
This is awesome, I love how you break it down so well so everyone can really understand it!
Thanks Elizabeth
I’m currently working to improve my email list with some new opt ins.
Building a good list is harder than you would think! These are some pretty awesome tips!
nice one amrita, I have been trying to build an email list with mailchimp, still on the way. Now I think I will finish this week. thanks for the info
As a blogger for almost a year now you reminded me that I must start to build an email list. “the money is in the list”
Glad you liked it.
You know I need to work on a newsletter and growing my email list. This is good info.
Thanks Valerie
Wow, this is so helpful! I’ve been wondering how to advance my blog, and I find these resources incredibly enlightening. I can’t wait to implement some of these tactics!
Thanks Juliet
Your tips are great and I have read so much on how mailing lists are so important. My blog is less than a year old, I started to grow my mailing list then stopped paying attention to it. Need to get back on track. So much to do, so much too learn, so little time.
Don’t worry wr get stuff done when it’s time.Just persist????
Great article. I don’t utilize my email addresses I have. I just send a regular newsletter.
I have been blogging for close to 8 months now and I haven’t given attention to many things. Great post.
Glad you found this useful.
I’ve been meaning to take my email list to a whole new level, but it’s not easy. I’ll look into these tips and see how things work out for me.
Let me know whether this ebook helped
I haven’t make my own newsletter and your tips are really helpful. Now I’m inspired to finally make my own. Thank you!
Thanks so much. Glad you liked this
The book sounds like an interesting one. I currently do not have an e-mail list and doubt I’ll start one. Honestly I rarely read the ones I get from other blogs–I just don’t have the time at the moment.
That’s the best thing to do.Everything happens at the correct time????
Sounds like a great ebook with a ton of actionable tips. Definitely going to check this out.
Yes and it’s free .
I didn’t have any clue about all this myself..thanks for sharing it with us 🙂
Even I am completely clueless about all this stuff..Thanks for sharing it with us Amrita..will go through it to gain some knowledge 🙂
It’s great that you found this useful
Great advice!
After reading your post I have realized how unprepared I am… never gave newsletter a serious thought. I have heard of mail chimp but not others … Would check more about it.
Hi
Rajlakshmi,I am a total novice too.That’s why researching all this stuff.Glad this gave you food for thought ????
Wow 🙂 that’s a lot of info for a beginner like me 🙂
Thank you .. 🙂
It’s all research .Let me know if you find something great too.