Comments on: 12 Action Steps To Build A Profitable Email List From Scratch

By: nick sailor

nick sailor — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:47:43 +0000

Great website i spend some time on the site and it’s very helpful I have my own website and i’m working on a email list. you send me in the good direction..Thanks!

By: Dita

Dita — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:13:11 +0000

Hi Michael,

Excellent article, I am not surprised that you offer content writing services.

Couple of things I wanted to mention.

First, I believe that most of the marketers do not follow the 7 day rule. I noticed that most immediately begin to send offers without creating any sort of relationship. Those go straight into my spam box and if I would encounter them again I just would not buy from them.

I am on a list of a few marketers for some time because they send me emails that are of value to me. If I receive an offer from them occasionally I definitely will look at it even though I may not buy. The odd time that I bought from any of my favorite marketers I was always pleased with the product they offered.

The other thing I wanted to mention is that I used to have a value product (at least I thought so) as a bonus to sign up. I did not think it was doing well so I changed my newsletter box to updates, no bonus and I am getting signups at about the same rate or maybe a little better. I found that quite interesting.

Cheers,

Dita

By: femi

femi — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:33:36 +0000

i like this list . especially about thinking long term . most times my thinking is within months .
dont think that far in the years

also , sometimes you are just guessing what you think people want and giving that away as a free report or webinar or something . how can you be sure that what you are offering is truly desired by your audience

By: Mary Stephenson

Mary Stephenson — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:41:36 +0000

Great post. I have heard some of this before, but thanks for laying it out in an easy to understand process. Will have to look at what I am doing and implement more. Also, at the same time being diligent to stick with it and look for more ways to offer more. I am doing affiliate marketing and would like it to be profitable. The product picking was easy, now I just have to figure out how to sell it!
Mary

By: sandeep Kumar

sandeep Kumar — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:26:57 +0000

Hi Michael,
Thanks for sharing tips to prepare a e-mail list to promote your product or service.

Impressive inclusion of quotes – “Proper preparations prevents poor performance”.

New to me but really practicle.

Thanks once again.

By: Michael Chibuzor

Michael Chibuzor — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:27:58 +0000

In reply to John Ernest. Thanks for your contribution John.

By: John Ernest

John Ernest — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:30:48 +0000

The 7-day rule seems new to me and I didn’t even think about this. You really need to establish a relationship with your customers online though they may not reply to your e-mails. It is only customary that you introduce yourself and let them get to know you better so they will be confident in what you offer.

By: Ehsan

Ehsan — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:54:13 +0000

I think this is the biggest Blogging mistake I did. It has been 4 months I have joined Blogosphere, but I didn’t started building an email list yet. I’m going to build one soon.

These steps are really helpful for me. I agree, Email marketing is a long term goal, when we started building one, we must stick with it till die.

By: Michael Chibuzor

Michael Chibuzor — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:37:08 +0000

Great comment Erik. Yes, email marketing will be more powerful in the future. Stay cool!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:54:46 +0000

In reply to Tom Treanor.

Hi Tom, thanks for your comment. I agree with you, that brand and content are very important. But also points #4 and #7 are important, especially during building the list.
BTW – this article was written by Michael 😉