The Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Email Marketing
You might have heard that email marketing is dead, and you’d be CRAZY to believe it.
Email marketing is, hands-down, one of the best ways to leverage the web to grow your business.
However, you’ve got to know what to do and how to do it.
Because while good email marketing is alive and kicking, bad email marketing leaves companies rotting by the wayside with loads of unhappy readers and customers.
What’s the difference between good and bad email marketing?
That’s where this educational series from DIYthemes comes into play. We’ll hold you by the hand, and show you exactly what you need to know about email marketing.
Getting Started with Email Marketing
So you want to use email marketing in your business? Look no further. Let’s cut the fluff, and jump right in.
- Why Email Marketing Crushes Social Media Marketing (and How to Get Started)
- The Email Marketing Myth Debunked
Okay, now that you’re sold on email marketing, here are some quick tips you can implement right now to start building your email list:
- How to Create an Amazing Blog About Page (This is one of the best pages for building your email list)
And then, after you optimize your about page, you’ll be ready to start building your list!
How to Build an Email List
Once you’ve got your website whipped into shape, you’ve got to build an email list. You have the opt-in forms ready to go, but what else can you do?
- How to Gain 1,180 Additional Email Subscribers in 30 Days Using the Hello Bar
- How I Gained 1,054 Emails in 28 Days
Whipping Your Email Newsletter Into Shape
Every so often we run email marketing tests here at DIYthemes. Instead of keeping all this data to ourselves, we decided to release it to you at no charge. Awesome, right? đŸ™‚
- How wide should you make your email newsletter? (test results)
- What’s better? Fancy HTML emails or simple text emails? (survey results)
- How Split-Testing Our Opt-In Form Increased Our Conversion Rate by 102.2%
- Why Mouse-Click Tests Are Vital For Improving Conversion Rates
Email Marketers’ Best Friend: High-Converting Opt-In Forms
Most of the solutions linked below are outdated, but the last link about the Feature Box is still relevant!
If you plan on using email marketing to grow your business, you’ll need opt-in forms, high-converting forms where people can give you their email in exchange for signing up to your newsletter.
Well, we’ve got your back:
- 7 email signup forms for AWeber
- 7 email signup forms for MailChimp
- 7 email signup forms for Get Response
Now if you’re wondering how to add these opt-in forms into your Thesis Theme, no problem. Got you covered there too…
However, by now you know how much I love the Feature Box for email conversions. Last year, I went on a mission to tell everyone how great it is (because it is), and now everyone is using one. Don’t miss out.