Why Building An Email List Should Be Your Number One Priority

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I’m still amazed that almost no one in the web design niche is serious about building an e-mail list. You see, I’m very familiar with the online marketing world, and everyone there seems to be obsessed with  conversion rates, open and click through rates, autoresponder sequences, and other things like that. Yet, talk to people in the web design niche, and it seems that nobody cares. The thing is, though,that if you want to build a successful online business, you should not only care about building an e-mail list, you should make it your number one priority.

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March 2013: Learn How To Build A Profitable E-mail List

Web designers and web developers who have their own websites (which means almost all of them) are leaving a lot of  money on a table by not having e-mail lists.

Having a profitable e-mail list makes your life a lot simpler, because:

  • When you have a profitable e-mail list, it’s much easier to get clients to approach YOU.
  • When you have a profitable e-mail list, it’s much easier to sell your products, because you already have an audience that respects you, trusts you, and WANTS to buy from you.

I mean, seriously, e-mail marketing is proven to be one of the most effective ways to sell your products and services online, yet even the biggest bloggers in the web design niche  don’t seem to be paying much attention to it. Not good.

You have probably noticed that I used the word “profitable” quite a few times already. That’s because you can’t simply collect a bunch of random e-mail addresses and expect to be rolling in the dough in no time. You have to build a profitable e-mail list.  How do you do that?

That’s exactly what we will be covering this month. Stay tuned! ;)

 

 

 

 

How To Get People To Read Your Blog When You Are An Internet Nobody

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It’s easy to start a blog, but it’s hard to get people to read it. Many people think that it’s enough to write great articles, but they often learn the hard way that if you don’t promote your blog, your readership doesn’t expand beyond your grandma and your cat. How can you attract people to your blog when you are still an internet nobody?

Guest posting is the most effective method for promoting a new blog.

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How To Write Great Blogposts (Even Though You Are Not A Writer)

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“Content is king” is a well-known phrase in the online marketing world. The quality of your posts is what makes or breaks your blog. This sometimes intimidates web designers and web developers who are not very confident in their writing skills. Don’t worry, guys, you don’t need a Pulitzer prize under your belt in order to create great blogposts.

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Why Web Designers And Web Developers Should Have Blogs

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve interviewed quite a few people who are well-known in the web design niche, including Sacha Greif, Jacob Cass and Chris Coyier. It got me wondering why these people, and not others, are the big names in the industry? They are all incredibly talented, but great designers are dime a dozen, so there must have been some other element that was crucial to their success. Curious, I started looking for common things among people who are well-known in web design and web development niches. It didn’t take long until it dawned on me: most people who are well-known in web design and web development niches have blogs.

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