Archive for the ‘List Building Strategies’ Category
By Brian Terry on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
There are a lot of differing opinions on using pop-ups or pop-ins with opt-in forms.
If you have a pop-up on your webpage, a box will come onto the screen with your opt-in form when someone visits. Some of these even darken the rest of the webpage that the only thing people can really see is the opt-in form.
Keep in mind that some potential customers will find this annoying and will simply leave your page. Still, many marketers have found that it greatly increased their opt-in rates. This is something you will have to test.
You can download our WordPress poup window plugin here for free.
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By Brian Terry on Friday, October 30th, 2009
Many people who are new to list building put their opt-in form on just one tiny area their webpage and wonder why no one is signing up.
If your opt-in form is not clearly visible and without priority placement, you’re going to get very few sign-ups.
It is a much better idea to make it very visible and “above the fold.” That means that as soon as someone lands on your webpage they should be able to see your opt-in form without having to scroll down at all.
You should also make sure that your form is large enough to read and and uses contrasting colors from the rest of your site so that people’s eyes are drawn to it. Experiment with different priority placements to determine whether the form should be on the left side, right side, or front and center.
Tags: List Building, opt-in forms, signup forms for listbuilding
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By Brian Terry on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
On of the most important things you can do is make sure people know that they can trust you — and give them a reason why they should trust you. People are very skeptical so be sure to clearly spell out why they should listen to you by telling a compelling and true story.
Tags: email marketing relationship, listbuilding customer relationship, relation, relationship building emails, trust
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By Brian Terry on Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Many people make their purchases based on their emotions. If you feel very strongly about something, the chances are that you’ll make a purchase, right?
That is why niches based on hobbies, desperate situations, and passions are so easy to make money in.
Step into your customer’s shoes to see what their emotions are, and how you can showcase your product so they feel that it will take care of their needs or fulfill their desires.
Hitting those emotional hot buttons is often what makes people purchase quickly. If you can incorporate some honest and real emotions into your emails, you’ll stand apart from the competition.
Tags: copywriting email psychology, Email Marketing, email psychology
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By Brian Terry on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Social proof is another amazing way to boost your sales. Nobody really likes to make the first move, in case we make the wrong one. The same can be said when people are buying an offer. They don’t want to take the risk of it being a bad buying decision.
If they see that other people have already purchased and have enjoyed the product, they will be a lot more likely to buy it themselves.
Some ways to incorporate social proof are…
- Include actual numbers when talking about results.
- Include case studies or before and after videos or pictures.
- Include some testimonials and even a picture of people who have used the product you are promoting.
You don’t have to do this within the e-mail copy itself, but you want to do it in the copy that you link to. You can even give some sales figures if you think that will boost their confidence.
Tags: List Building, listbuilding social proof, social proof martketing
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By Brian Terry on Friday, October 16th, 2009
If you do something nice for people, it is natural for them to want to do something nice back to you. This is one of the reasons why creating a relationship with your list can be very lucrative for you in the long run.
If you give someone a gift, they feel a sense of obligation to help you out too. In this case, it might be buying a product.
Thing of how you can use this tactic in your own marketing.
Tags: boost sales, reciprocity marketing, relationship building with reciprocity
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By Brian Terry on Friday, October 2nd, 2009
It can be very tempting to just leave everything as it is after you’re done setting up different products to promote in your autoresponder series.
The truth is that some offers may not convert as well as you thought they would. You need to check your stats and periodically clean things out. Test different offers to make sure the needs of your list members are being met — and that you’re earning as much money as possible.
That may mean trying different affiliate offers or taking note of your list member’s feedback and creating products based around that. Even though your autoresponder series can be “set and forget,” that’s not always the best case scenario.
Tags: autoresponder series, promote products in autoresponder series
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