hey guys bum marketing absolutely sucks unless you are building an opt-in list even though it's emphasized by practically every internet marketing expert, you'd be surprised of how many people still ignore it, or procrastinate. Make sure that you build an opt-in list. Or you may not see the adequate amount of fruits for your labor. trust me this is from experience.
This is why I love DP - people share their real life experiences and a smart reader can avoid making a lot of costly mistakes. I completely agree that email marketing MUST accompany any campaign.
Day 52-60 - October 22nd - 30th, 2007 65 live articles Well it's the sale that I've been holding out for -- today I made my 2nd sale of $21 Funnily enough it came from the opt-in list that I built a couple of days ago, so to already have a sale from those emails really is encouraging. I was away on camp for the past week so I haven't really had time to do anything other than a few posts here and there on DP. I'm now back home though so I will get back into tweaking my landing pages and writing more articles. The sale has really boosted my motivation.
SEE! E-Mail marketing works! good to hear about your second sale! Just keep list building, because in due time, you'll have a massive amount of e-mail subscribers. when you build it up enough, and have tons of subscribers... you'll have the ability to make cash on demand. If you see a product that fits the niche you're promoting...all you have to do is send a couple of broadcasts Cash on Demand!
Hey Pony, Would you mind keeping us posted from time to time about the size your opt-in list has grown to? Good luck and thanks for all the posts, this continues to be a very interesting thread!
whoohoo! well done. Keep list building.. Go through your follow up email reports.. if you see an email has a poor CTR then work on it.. if an email has a poor open rate then change the email subject. like forumguy said.. a big email list really is cash on demand. how many follow up emails do you have before you either stop promoting that product or switch to another product
Congrats on your sale from the optin. 1) Are you still at Basic PLUS? If you are writing short articles, I would recommend that you write articles that are about 450 to 700 words in length. This might be one reason why you are not getting platinum status. 2) Also more publishers will pick up your article if it is longer (and contains more information as a result). Shorter articles tend not to get picked up. 3) Improve your Bio box. Have a strong call to action, a free course, or a free report, video or audio. This helps to get the click-thru's, and if you get them to optin before they get that free report,audio or video, you get another subscriber!
Nice job ponynuggets . List building is a great way to increase your income. IT's a great feeling when you send out an email about a product to your list, and you see 10+ sales on your Clickbank, Paypal etc account in less than one day.