Comments on: 5 Most Powerful Ways To Build an Email List Online

By: Kelvin Igbinigie

Kelvin Igbinigie — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:37:43 +0000

Thanks for this great post. I have a little question.
I’m just about to launch my first blog by the end of this month and i’m really putting things together with the help of most of your posts.
I don’t know if you know a lot about Mailchimp List builder. I’m planning to start with this as they offer free list building up to 2,000 subscribers.

Any idea or suggestion for me?

Thanks

By: Gregg Thorpe

Gregg Thorpe — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:36:14 +0000

Thanks for the tips, especially the free opt-in widget for the sidebar.

Your site has terrific content and I’m curious how you get or find or learn these strategies since there are so many of them and you seem to hit the nail on the head on almost every post.

Thanks again.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:56:45 +0000

Hi Angela – I don’t know what Michael would recommend, but I’d definitely recommend getting back in contact with the subscribers you already have on your list. A certain percentage of them will be interested in whatever you are now offering. It’s much easier to keep already-subscribed people on board than it is to gather new ones.

Just make sure you contact them (at the very least) at least once a month, and that you offer them great content for free before you offer them a paid product or service. That’s my two penn’orth!

Hope this is helpful,

Joanne

By: yv

yv — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:17:03 +0000

Thanks. I’ll try the popup domination

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:02:25 +0000

Hi Mike!

great tools!

I have just installed the Opt-in Widget but I have no idea how to set it up, do you have some kind of manual or guide?

My main 2 questions are: what´s the Mailing List HTML & Form Action URL

I’m using MailChimp btw

By: fazal mayar

fazal mayar — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:43:43 +0000

what a good post, im building a list since a while but no real subsscribers but i realize the power of email marketing

By: JC

JC — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:13:44 +0000

I just started a new site and am focusing on building an email list. With what little subscribers I have I noticed their interaction is much more dedicated and timely than your classic blog reader. I found it tough to build a list when just starting out since I don’t want to force it too much.

Thanks,
JC

By: Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:59:09 +0000

Oh my goodness Michael. I started building an email for the same reasons that you did. I did it because everyone else was doing it but I didn’t have a clue what to do with it. Now I do have a better idea of what an email list is for. However, the subscribers that I have now, I haven’t communicated with in months (about 4). Do you think I should just forget about those subscribers and try and build a list the right way or should I reach out to them and try to regain their trust? What did you do with the subscribers that you had before you really understood autoresponders?

Thanks!