This guest post is by Carol Tice of Make a Living Writing. You’ve probably heard that adding multimedia to your blog is a great way to grow your audience. But if you’re like me, and technology makes you assume the fetal position and cry like an overtired baby, you may have put off the idea. The good news is that after pulling out half of my hair grappling with a half-dozen different podcasting platforms and audio-editing programs, I discovered there is a simple way to create, embed, … [Read more...]
April 18, 2012 By
5 Ways to Grow Your Email List
If you don’t have an email list yet make sure to check my Email Marketing Basics post. It has all the information you need to get started. If you already have one but are trying to grow it, below you’ll find 5 methods you can use. 1. Offer a freebie By far the best way to get people joining your email list is to offer them something in return. The most common freebie around the web is an ebook, but you could also come up with audio files (e.g., interviews), templates (e.g., a … [Read more...]
March 7, 2012 By
How to Kick-Start Your Email List in Easy 4 Steps
Most bloggers and webmasters know that an email list is one of the most profitable online assets they can have, yet few actually build one. I wonder why that happens, as getting an email list going is not that hard. In this post I’ll give you 4 steps to kick-start your own email list. 1. Get an email marketing provider While there are solutions and software around you can use to power your own email marketing server I wouldn’t recommend it. A key aspect of having an email list is … [Read more...]
