Online Course Designer and Strategist helping make your passive income dreams come true!
✉️ how i grew my email list
Hey Reader,
I wrote an email a couple of weeks ago about what's currently working for me with email marketing.
...but one BIG thing I completely failed to mention was how I grew my email list (which is currently sitting pretty at 3,325 subscribers)
so here are those details for you :)
HOW I'VE GROWN MY EMAIL LIST:
1. I have several opt-ins on my website where people subscribe to my email list. These are at the bottom of my website, on my resources page and in most of my blog posts.
The main ones people opt into are: Find Your Perfect Course Creation Platform Quiz, Money Making Subject Lines, and 7 Launch Mistakes.
I also have these pinned on Pinterest and share them regularly on social media too.
2. Each week I do a quick story slide on Instagram teasing what my email is about and I always get people who join. It's usually like 5 people, but hey that adds up to a lot of people over time!
3. BUNDLES - This one is a big one!
85% of my subscribers came from various bundles. This is where a bunch of biz owners get together and bundle their freebies or products into ONE thing that someone can purchase or opt into.
When I first realized I wanted to be a part of more bundles I had NO IDEA HOW TO ACTUALLY DO THAT so here are some tips on exactly what I did to find bundles:
- I mentioned my goal to all of my business friends and publically posted about it on social media - when people knew I was looking they wanted to help and sent me opportunities!
- This Facebook group is really helpful for finding bundles
- I keep a list of bundles that I see and then later reach out to the owner of that bundle to see if I can be a part of their next one.
Honestly Reader there are a lot of things I could be doing better with email.
I would love to create more opt-ins (and update my old ones too).
I want to do more email list swaps. Maybe experiment with ads?
There's still a lot on my email to-do list, but my best piece of advice is to just get started. Make one opt-in, get it live somewhere and let people start finding you.
-Mara
Mara Kucirek
Online Course Designer and Strategist helping make your passive income dreams come true!
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