Want to quickly grow your email list? Contrary to popular belief, your email list trumps, Facebook Likes, Instagram Likes + Followers, Pinterest Followers + Pins and even Twitter followers and retweets. If tomorrow, any of these social media platforms cease to exist, then what are you left with? Your email list is one of the most important marketing tools you have when you’re trying to reach or market to your audience. The trick is though, getting people to part with their email address. I hate giving out my email address in fear that somebody is going to violate my email inbox with SPAM lol! Don’t y’all hate that? I know I do. I make sure that I only offer the most amazing tips (like these) to my email subscribers.
Growing your email list is NOT hard. In fact, it’s easier than you think.
It took me a while to realize that growing a list is challenging, but it doesn’t have to be. I came across 4 resources, that will set you up to build an amazing list of subscribers that want to read what you’re writing, or purchase what you’re selling. The trick is to get them to give up that email addy.
One trick that worked for me was provide some amazing, useful and actionable FREE content. That’s right, give away something valuable for free. It can be an eBook, Worksheets, Free Graphics, or whatever is valuable enough that solves a problem for your target audience.
How I grew my list by 500% in less than 1 week?
I created a 5 day Visual Branding Course, packed with a workbook, videos, downloads and free templates, to help you grow your brand visually. Not only did a grow my list, but I also booked a few clients.
Free Email List Building Resources
1. Nathalie Lussier 30 Day List Building Challenge.
This lady is the absolute truth. I ran across this course because she is also a B-School Alum. Let me just say that this alone, will help you jump start your list building strategy, and it’s completely free. There are emails that come up in your inbox, automatically, to help you grow your list. Seriously, one of the best free tools I’ve ever gotten. I challenge anyone looking to grow their list, to take this now!
2. By Regina – How to use MailChimp to Grow your Brand
Because I am one of Regina’s biggest fans, I will co-sign anything she does. She probably walks on water. This lady is the empress of amazing FREE content. So along with building your email list, you need a reliable email client. I like so many others, use Mail Chimp. Mail Chimp is bae.
3. Acquiring Customers with Email
Because what’s the point of investing all this time an energy of giving away amazing content, if you can’t see a return? LOL. Our goal as business owners and bloggers, is to see a return on our investment. This resource shows you all the different ways to grow + use your list to convert them into paying clients. How awesome is that? Who doesn’t like money? If you’re a blogger you can definitely create a relevant product or service and market that your readers.
4. 41 Tips that Put Over 10,000 People on My Email Subscriber List
I’ll buy what he’s selling. 10,000 email subs? I get excited when I get like 10 in a day lol! Seriously, these are some amazing proven tips that actually work. Find the tips that work for you and your brand, and I challenge you to apply them.
So what do you think?
I challenge everyone to start building an email list. It’s the one tool you have to connect with your audience immediately. You do not have to be selling anything to have an email list. If you have a blog or website, there is no reason that you shouldn’t have an email list.
Have you started your email list? Do you have any tips to help others grow their email list? Let me know in the comments below.
I definitely need the resources as I need to grow my list. Thanks for this great info!