Is this a good site to have an email list on?

Dog niche is definitelly good niche to start building a list.. do it from the begining, otherwise you'll be sorry later..

Best of luck

Can you give us a link?

Dog niche is good, deliver good content and show your expertise and leads will come so make sure your capturing them from the start.

Offer them an incentive to sign-up...

Something like dog grooming tips or something, i dont know, im not a dog owner. Give them something for free to get them on your list

Use a plugin like WP-Subscribers to add opt-in forms/ lightbox forms on the site.

It allows you to chose which pages you want the forms to display on.
Even has a built in analytics system to see which ones are performing the best.

Thanks, just want to make sure I get some leads.

Lifetime With Dogs is the website.

I would start generating leads. I would have started selling to visitors as soon as the blog went live.

I definitely would.

It's a very competitive niche, of course, but that's because it's one in which huge numbers of people regularly spend money.

It's a good site, Anna. You could easily replace the "opt-in to be notified of updates" box with a prominently incentivized opt-in with which you offer some sort of canine-oriented "free report" in exchange for visitors' email addresses. The "free report" needs to brand yourself and your site, though, and to be part of an overall continuity process specifically designed to ensure a high open-rate for the subsequent email series. This thread may be helpful to you: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post6123982

Do you make a lot from the contextual advertising you have on the site? I ask because (although you can easily test this for yourself) removing it would probably increase average time spent on the site, average number of pages viewed and return visits.

Regarding autoresponders, both GetResponse and Aweber are particularly good, but the important thing is to avoid using a "free autoresponder".

There's a big discussion about autoresponders, all together in one thread, right here: Which is the best autoresponder/list host? (Official never-ending debate thread)

Freebies is a great way to gather leads! I really don't see any reason you shouldn't do it. And I agree that the site looks good. A perfect mix of funny and informative.

I would consider removing the sample page though, unless you really are a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night and you do in fact work at the XYZ Doohickey company

There's nothing wrong with pitching some products to your subscribers either, as long as you moderate yourself a little. Being a dog site, you are most likely dealing with down to earth people. Give them some value for their time reading your newsletter and slip a sales pitch in once every week or so.

also, personally I preffer aweber, though from what I have heard, GetResponse is also a good choice.

That's like asking a crack head if he wants crack. Dog niche is one of the best niches out there, start building a list as soon as possible...

OK, I am going to work on getting the autoresponder up today, going with aweber. Hopefully it isnt too difficult to set up. Seen some videos and looks easy....thats until its in my hands. Hehe.

Get rid of them, they are not worth messing up your readers experience on the site. The money will be in the list

Yea, I gotta remove the infolinks and get the aweber subscriber box on my website.