Today’s suggestion is another interesting one I wouldn’t have come up with on my own: using petitions to grow your mailing list. Petitions have the potential to go viral simply because the issues surrounding petitions are often emotionally charged. People sign them and pass them to their friends to sign them, especially if the issue is very important to them...
31GYL Day 24: Can Quizzes Build Your List?
Posted on May 24, 2011 10 Comments
I don't know about you, but using a Quiz is not something I'd ever really considered to grow my mailing list. It's definitely a creative angle, and one that may work better in some niches than others...
RE: Contests & JV Giveaways – Warning!
Posted on May 23, 2011 1 Comment
Before you implement either of these list-building strategies, a very strong warning about how you present your giveaway or offer, to avoid unhappy subscribers – and potentially serious spam complaints. This could also relate to your opt-in incentive, or offering a bribe to get people to subscribe to your newsletter or mailing list, so please take this warning seriously…
Day 23: Use JV Giveaways to Grow Your List
Posted on May 23, 2011 4 Comments
The downside to JV Giveaways is that some of these events attract freebie seekers. You’ll need to select your giveaway carefully, and create a specific follow-up series for the event…
Learn how to create a highly responsive list from the giveaway and turn them into happy subscribers, not just rack up numbers real quick and then ignore that new event-based relationship.
Top 10 List Building Questions -Answered
Posted on May 22, 2011 20 Comments
The top 10 list building questions cover a variety of topics: where to place your opt-in box, best ways to get more subscribers, how to create an attractive opt-in box, which mailing list manager to use, what to send out to your list, etc.
Click Through and join us for this fun question and answer session, and get answers to your own list-building questions!
31GYL Day 22: Setting Up Contest Giveaways
Posted on May 22, 2011 3 Comments
Contest Giveaways - creative ideas and practical tips. Whatever you do, don’t offer prizes like cash, iPods, general gift certificates, etc – OR – submit your giveaway to general contest sites. This will bring freebie seekers out of the woodwork and you’ll end up with a list of people that aren’t even interested in your site, products or services!
