Tips for Uploading Your Newsletter

I hope you've got some good ideas for your free newsletter in the last post. Now we're ready to upload it to your autoresponder so it can be sent out to your list. This is really simple ~ it's no different actually than the first message we put in our series with the link to our freebie. When to send: You'll log into your autoresponder.  You, by now, have decided on how often you want your newsletter to go out. Depending on your autoresponder you make this happen by sending it out so … [Read more...]

Newsletter Ideas ~Where and How to Find Content

Once you've got your autoresponder up and running and have decided on the type of content you'll provide you'll have to start coming up with some content. Isn't that how it always goes around here? content content content. No worries ~ there's plenty of places you can find content for your newsletter, and it doesn't all have to be written by you! Article Directories There are so many article directories out there now. You may even find there's an entire directory related to your … [Read more...]

Squeeze Page Software Makes Life Easy

Today we're going to learn how to create a squeeze page. I just found this squeeze page software that is going to make life so easy for you and there's a 15 day free trial. :) Before we get to creating the squeeze page, let's talk about what makes a squeeze page convert. When I say convert I mean makes people put their names/emails in and click submit. The point of a squeeze page is simple. Give people two options. Fill in the opt in box or click the back button. You don't want … [Read more...]

How to Add an Opt In Box to Your Sidebar

We've now done the free report writing, uploaded the free report and set up an autoresponder and now we're ready to capture addresses and begin to build your list. One of the best ways to do this is by adding an opt in box to your sidebar. An opt in box is simply a space where people can add their name and email addresses to your list. When they fill in the box they will automatically be sent the confirmation email for your email series and then they will receive the first email (which has … [Read more...]

How to Set Up Autoresponder Campaign

You've hopefully written your free report and have  uploaded the report to your hosting account (server). Now you're ready to set up your autoresponder campaign to get this whole thing going. Before you begin you'll have to have an autoresponder. There are some free autoresponders out there ~ I highly recommend you invest the money to get a quality paid autoresponder. The free services may be free now but it will cost you in the long run. At some point you're going to come to a place … [Read more...]

Upload Report So You Can Share It!

Image by Funchye via Flickr Hopefully you've made some progress with your free report. Heck, maybe you've even finished it! Now it's time to figure out how to share it with your readers. How to Upload Your Free Report If you are using your free report to build your list you'll be sharing it via your autoresponder. However, before you can do that you'll need to have it hosted somewhere. This means you'll need to upload it to your hosting account. When you upload it to your server … [Read more...]

Free Report Writing Tips

Writing a free report is something that can benefit you and your blog in many ways. You can use free reports to build your list, build your traffic, as a lead in for an upsell. There's tons and tons of things you can do with a free report. Here's the rub. A lot of people start to FREAK OUT when they think about writing a "free report". A lot of stuff comes up. "I don't know enough." "Who would listen to me?"  "I can't write a report."  "I don't have that much to say."  "Well, yeah, that … [Read more...]

Build Your List From the Very Beginning

Building a list simply means getting permissions to contact people when you want. There are quite a few types of lists out there. RSS Subscribers This is a list. It's people who have given you permission to notify them each time you post something new to your blog. They have given permission by subscribing to your RSS feed. There's nothing to do with this list, as your RSS feed will notify them for you. While this is a list of sorts ~ it has its limitations. You can not just reach out … [Read more...]

How to Make Money from Those “Dud” Sites

If you've built more than a few niche sites I'm sure you have some that get traffic, but just don't convert. I had a bunch of those from the beginning of my learning curve. I picked keywords that had great search volume and weren't competitive so I'm getting traffic, but the sites just aren't converting. I didn't pick great "buying" keywords. For a while I've let them sit around and do nothing ~ but then I realized I have to maximize the work I've already done. There's gotta be a way to make … [Read more...]