Affiliate Marketing with Emails
Posted 5th November 2008 at 11:07 PM by alexei_aus
It is important to have an optin box on your website. The main reason for having an optin box is to build a list of clients. Most people however just build a list of clients and do not do anything with them. This concept is called list going cold, which simply means that those people will be highly unlikely to respond to any of your emails.
The key to building a list is quite simple. First of all, you are trying to gain your list's trust by giving some advice or providing something free that can be useful to the subscriber. This can go on for a week or two. During this period you will see if anyone unsubscribes from your list (basically means they are not interested) and you will end up with a list of people who are keen on the topic of your emails. This would be the moment when you can start offering products to them.
The best way to offer products to people would be via product reviews. This way you are not selling anything to them, but showing comparisons between different products which usually has a pretty good impact. Just think about what your subscribers are searching for and do the searching for them, add your affiliate links and your review will succeed.
The software that I personally use is called Aweber and it costs USD$19.95 per month. It allows you to build lists as well as setup followup autoresponders and do broadcast emails. Aweber has also recently intergrated with Twitter and RSS (your blog's) which does miracles. If you havent tried it yet, I strongly recommend you trying it by using the FREE test drive offer they have at the bottom of their main page.
I personally love the followup emails. You get to setup the whole lot of emails straight away and set intervals between those emails. Once you have done this, you can forget about it.
Popular alternatives to aweber are - getresponse, 1shoppingcart and email brain.
The key to building a list is quite simple. First of all, you are trying to gain your list's trust by giving some advice or providing something free that can be useful to the subscriber. This can go on for a week or two. During this period you will see if anyone unsubscribes from your list (basically means they are not interested) and you will end up with a list of people who are keen on the topic of your emails. This would be the moment when you can start offering products to them.
The best way to offer products to people would be via product reviews. This way you are not selling anything to them, but showing comparisons between different products which usually has a pretty good impact. Just think about what your subscribers are searching for and do the searching for them, add your affiliate links and your review will succeed.
The software that I personally use is called Aweber and it costs USD$19.95 per month. It allows you to build lists as well as setup followup autoresponders and do broadcast emails. Aweber has also recently intergrated with Twitter and RSS (your blog's) which does miracles. If you havent tried it yet, I strongly recommend you trying it by using the FREE test drive offer they have at the bottom of their main page.
I personally love the followup emails. You get to setup the whole lot of emails straight away and set intervals between those emails. Once you have done this, you can forget about it.
Popular alternatives to aweber are - getresponse, 1shoppingcart and email brain.
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How often do you send out an email to your list? Also, 19.95 seems like alot for an autoresponder!Posted 6th November 2008 at 02:02 AM by saxjohnny
- How often do you send out an email to your list? I've gotten emails from well known marketers that just send one product pitch after another and that's it. I thought it was common courtesy to give at least an email or 2 of some informative content.Posted 6th November 2008 at 02:08 AM by saxjohnny
- This is powerful information. Making your e-mail marketing easier, while monetizing is essential. When you set it up for online purchases, integrate a shopping cart.Posted 5th July 2009 at 08:09 PM by Gary Canie
