Not exact matches
It's a great way to connect
with community and
build your
mailing list: ALWAYS bring business cards, brochures, and a sign - up sheet to capture email addresses you can add them to your e-newsletter
list.
Side note: create a
mailing list with Constant Contact, Mailchimp, or whatever and begin
building your
list.
She pairs this
with email marketing (giving free downloads of her book to those who sign up to her sizable
mailing list) to
build her audience.
By
building your
mailing list this way, you'll be able to engage interested readers
with a newsletter that delivers interesting content on a regular (but not too regular) basis, and alerts them to your latest book!
This might be telling them to purchase your digital planner (if you're creating a sales page) or simply asking them to sign up for your newsletter filled
with organization tips (if you're trying to
build your
mailing list).
Once you've
built a fantastic
mailing list, your next step is to keep your readers motivated and in sync
with you.
You can
build your
list through
mailing swaps
with other authors, putting your opt - in information in the front and back matter of your books, and by sending ad traffic directly to a sign - up page (something which you can now create in Mailchimp so its super easy to do).
With a «set - it - and - forget - it»
mailing list provider, it's easy to start
building your
Email your
mailing list that you've
built up
with your contests and content.
He later writes that he doesn't believe in using social media to
build the
mailing list - only to preserve the relationship
with readers once you have them - but ads on social media are exactly how to drive initial traffic to a web site.
Based on an interview
with Reedsy (that you can watch below), this post will show you how Mark has used Facebook ads as a tool to
build his career as a novelist (as well as his
mailing list)-- and how you can do the same.
He started
with 27 subscribers on his
mailing list (which had taken him two years to
build): in 6 weeks he was able to get to 2600.
Offering the book (or sample chapters of it) for free is a great strategy to generate leads and
build a
mailing list that you can communicate
with later.
In an exclusive interview
with us, he explains how he was able to
build an author
mailing list of 10,000 readers, from scratch, in less than a week.
Another great way to interact
with visitors is to include a contact form in the website footer (and it helps you
build up your
mailing list too!).
He wants to expand his marketing options by
building a
mailing list to communicate
with his readers.
Because the road to a long and healthy writing career starts
with gathering a tribe of fans, many author websites focus on
building a
mailing list rather than making an immediate sale.
Whether you're trying to
build a fan base for your author business, learn about your readers, connect
with fans, or sell your books more effectively, being able to
build and grow a
mailing list (also called an email newsletter) is an essential skill.
Since most of our time as authors needs to be focused on writing, this book narrows not only the scope of effort spent on marketing, but precisely what to do
with each tool in the author's marketing toolbox -
building a
mailing list, how to
build a
mailing list, social media, website management and how to use all of those in harmony.
Form a
mailing list — Connect
with interested readers by
building an e-mail
list.
I would definitely put «
build and stay in contact
with your
mailing list» at the top of my recommendations for authors, although I do find that this is the one thing that most of them are missing.
By
building your
mailing list this way, you'll be able to engage interested readers
with a newsletter that delivers interesting content on a regular (but not
Also focus BIG TIME on
building your
mailing list and communicating
with the fans you already have.
With your free books continuing to grow your
mailing list, you've
built up enough of a following to justify creating an audiobook version of your first three books.
I spent 2016 writing the first two novels in my series, as well as learning the ropes of marketing,
building a
mailing list, and networking
with other indies.
Getting a job: Every day of your job search, pick something you can actively do to get in front of decision makers:
build a company
list, network into the companies, connect
with employees, send a direct
mail campaign, work your alumni and association member
lists.