7 List building and email marketing mistakes.... - By: Laura Wolf

I am sure that almost every Internet marketer makes the
same mistakes when they are just starting up.
Building a list is a slow and sensitive process, we tend to
be impatient and too harsh, pushy or give up early.

Now, if I had been eating honesty-berries during the last
week, I would confess that I too made at least half of
these mistakes detailed below.

I would really like you to spare you from the disappointments
and frustration I went through, so here;s the scoop:

1. Not targeting properly.
When you are starting to build a list you would give anything
for that first person to sign up. But if you make people sign up for
your offer they are not really interested in, they will end up
unsubscribing anyway.
There is no use of subscribers who are interested in free Movie
downloads only, and you want to sell them a yearly
Blockbusters membership.

2. Not building a buyers' list.
A profitable list has buyers on. If you are promoting your list
with a freebie, that's fine, but try some low-cost products as
well, (you can find some great products and capture pages
if you check out the resource box to promote
and test your niche. But people who already bought
from you before are much more likely to purchase a more
expensive product next time than "freebie hunters".

3. Not branding yourself.
If you don't have a product, that's ok. You are still you and
not the GURU whose product you are trying to sell others.
Let your subscibers know you. Send them links to your
latest website, blog page, articles, or anything that
is ABOUT YOU. Promoting affiliate links is important, but
believe me: people will buy the product from the guy
they like most.

4. No content, just ads.
My opinion is that the right balance is about 60-75 sales letters.
If you keep on selling people they will notice
that they are being sold to, and get so scared that
will unsubscribe in no time.
Remember, why did they trust you with their personal
details, and act accordingly.

5. Flashy, Spammy and desperate headlines
If you don't test your list emails on at least 5 ISPs
before sending them, there is a chance that they will
never hit an inbox. Spam filters have recently got
very picky, so be careful.
Don't try to put the whole email in the headline,
or subject line, ideally subject lines shouldn't be
longer than 8 words.

6. Using HTML
If you are using HTML emails, you have to be extra
sure that your subscribers have definitely whitelisted
your email address. You can actually send a split
campaign, HTML for subscribers who can accept it
and plain text for the ones who opted for plain text.
(at Mailchimp you can do this free with 2 easy clicks.)

7. Emails are too long
I understand that you just wrote an article or e-book
about your favorite topic and would like to share it.
Although email is not the best way to do that.
You can send a summary of about 20 lines about
the new resource/article/training/product you found
or want to share (like a teaser copy) and link right
to the article or resource.
Don't expect your subscribers to read your novel
in email, they will usually decide after reading the
subject line and the first line if they are
interested or not.

Good luck with your list building.
For more info please check out the resource box.

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