Day 23: Use JV Giveaways to Grow Your List |
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.
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RE: Contests & JV Giveaways – Warning! |
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…
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Interview with Phil Hollows of FeedBlitz |
Interview with Phil Hollows - You state throughout LBB that email marketing isn’t rocket science or magic, and you offer very practical EASY steps that anyone can do. Let’s assume most readers won’t act on all of the great tips and creative ideas… If there is ONE thing you would encourage every blogger to do regarding their list, what would that one thing be? ...
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Are You Disappointed In Me? Let’s Talk… |
As you can see in the screenshot image displayed in this post, one of the replies to my tip was less than positive. But I thought he brought up some great points, and I wanted to open those up for discussion. A highly debatable topic, I know. I look forward to hearing your thoughts...
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31GYL Day 25: Using Petitions for Viral Traffic |
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...
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Day 26: How to Create Viral Info Products |
Today we’ll look at how you can create Info Products that go viral, as a means of building your list. A couple of examples come to mind. We can’t forget Jonathan Leger and how he came on the scene by storm with his $7 Secrets method of creating low-cost reports with the 100% commission model as a means of building a highly targeted list – and fast! Interestingly, very few modeled his success to the same degree *ahem* - something we should ALL consider! Join me at the full post for ideas and resources to get your creativity flowing...
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Are You Attending Social Media Camp? |
This will be my first ever trip to Canada, and I am really looking forward to it! I’ll be covering the event in my usual style- with photos and video, blog post recaps, and updates across both Facebook and Twitter. If you’re planning to attend, let me know – I would love to meet up with you while we’re there. But if not, stay tuned here for updates and photos and cool tips I pick up from the event…
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Day 29: Build Your List via Social Networking |
Ways to use Social Networking sites to build your list. Don’t stop at the well-known general social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. There are plenty of niche social networking sites that have more targeted users. Dogster.com and Catster.com cater to dog and cat lovers. There are sites for moms (CafeMom), wine lovers (BottleTalk), fashion (GirlSense), hip-hop music (CrackSpace), travel (TravBuddy), etc…
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Day 30: Traffic From Social Bookmarking Sites |
It’s the next to last day in our 31 Days to Growing Your List challenge, and our topic today is driving traffic by using social bookmarking sites. - Bookmarking bland web pages isn’t going to help you out. You need to bookmark your viral content – your crazy videos and your shocking reports and articles…
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