I'm Starting my Email List

I've had my website for over 9 months now and I'm getting ready to add my email

list. I did research for at least 6 months and I am starting to put it all

together.

An email list is important because the statistics say that 70 or 80% of your

visitors will never come back to your site. This is enough to make anyone start

a list because we want to keep the visitors as long as possible. A good way to

keep them is by starting a list.

Starting my List

I learned about emails and lists 2 years ago when I studied with an online

group that offered training for ebay selling. They offered affiliate training

too but I was just interested in selling on ebay. I had sold on ebay for years

but not as a pro, just odds & ends.

I learned about the benefits of building a list and some methods for composing

emails, but now that I am started actually doing it, it is harder than they

taught. There's a lot invloved in compiling a list and I wanted to do a good

job.

WA Email Training

The first thing I did at WA on emails was to watch all of Jay's trainings on

email list building. If you are interested in this training then we provide the

link down below:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/email-marketing-201...

Jay's training was informative but could only do so much because there really

is a lot to building a list. These are good trainings and everyone who builds a

list should view those trainings like a bootcamp. He shares a lot of good

information as well as adding some personal touch.

After Jay's training I read online a lot of articles on list building and the

mindset you need to be successful in compiling a list. I studied things like

approaches and reason or purpose for sending emails. It was stressed many ways

that you have to define your goals to be successful at it.

I decided that the main reasons I wanted to start a list were to reach out to

my audience, touch base and try to establish lasting relationships because we

want to stay in this for the long haul. I think many visitors can be friends

and I want to establish a good rapport with them.

Writing my Emails

After I had my goals made I had to decide how many emails to write, and what

order to present them in. After setting my goals I chose topics and methods to

present my stuff to my email list and set about to compose the emails.

As I wrote my emails I also researched email providers to manage my emails and

list. Jay covers those well so be sure to see his trainings.

I have written 9 emails to send in a drip campaign. They are informative but

not too long and I have tried to keep them bright and engaging. I didn't put

too much of a personal touch although that is recommended, but I feel like I

have started a brand so that is relayed in the emails.

I just about have installed the 9 emails in my provider and I also wrote a

small ebook to offer as an incentive for people to join my list. It is a good

little book and relates well to my niche.

Final Thoughts

I still have a ways to go to get the list built and the emails flowing but

adding an email list is a powerful boost to your business. It could be said

that it opens up a whole new dimension, and give you a lot more reach to get

your message out.

Thanks for reading this post and we invite you to leave any questions or suggestions in the comments section down below. Be sure to like this and share it with anyone who wants some information on establishing a list.

Good luck,

tom