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Quick question: Do you have an email newsletter? I didn't really see anything on your site. If not, start one RIGHT AWAY - and promote it via a popup that com
by sixQuarks 13y ago
Quick question: Do you have an email newsletter? I didn't really see anything on your site. If not, start one RIGHT AWAY - and promote it via a popup that comes up after about 10 seconds. Email your subscribers once per week, with links to highlighted stories from that past week.
Your subscriber base will start out small but grow large over time, you will thank me profusely when that time comes.
P.S - I've created 4 different sites that have each attracted over 1 million visitors per year. Secret weapon in all of them has been email newsletters.
- astrowilliam 13y agoI use feedburner for my email form now, but am changing over to mailchimp ASAP. As far as the popup goes, I've read that the popup method makes people frustrated. Have you found this to be true? Thanks!
- sixQuarks 13y agoI've never had an issue with the popup. It may frustrate some users, but the pros outweigh the cons by a factor of at least 1000:1 (in my opinion). Besides, you need to test things out and see for yourself. Remember, the popup is not an advertisement. It's a special alert to let your true fans know that a newsletter is available. Whoever is frustrated with it probably isn't a good target for you anyway.
- astrowilliam 13y agoThat's a good way of thinking about it, as a service. Good call.
- Jayneil 13y agoI would agree with you on that! Pop definitely annoys me a lot and I would rather prefer instead a built in "Subscribe ME" option at the bottom of the site. I feel a popup in many cases negatively affects a visitor's reading experience.
- xux 13y agoCan you speak more about the newsletters? How did you attract more users? Just through the site alone?
- wikwocket 13y agoHere is a ton of information and advice about email newsletters: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/email-list-strategies/ http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/email-list-strategies/
- sixQuarks 13y agoI captured my most targeted visitors when they happened to stumble across my site. If it wasn't for the email newsletter, they would have forgotten about my site. People need reminders. You still need to market your site, an email newsletter simply let's you capture the audience better.
- xux 13y agoI'm doing something similar and want to improve my newsletters (currently sitting around 1k). There isn't a PM function on the site, is there way I can reach you to talk more about this (Twitter, email, etc)? I'd love to get more advice. Thanks!
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