Hi Friend
My apologies.
I had some people
contact me yesterday
asking if they missed
my Wednesday email.
No... you didn't miss it.
I just didn't send it.
You see, it's autumn
in the Northeast U.S.
Temperatures are dropping
fast, but yesterday...
we had a beautiful, warm,
summer-like day and I
just had to take advantage
of it.
So I did :)
David and I closed our
computers and spent the
day in the sunshine.
Ahh... the laptop lifestyle.
But today, I'm back and
continuing on to show you
how to start enjoying the
laptop lifestyle for yourself.
So, back to business this
Thursday morning.
I started this newsletter
series admitting that I
had worked so hard
building a very popular
blog with lots of traffic...
but it was failing
in the sense that
it wasn't doing me
any good in terms
of having an online
business.
Why?
Because I didn't have
"real people" following
me.
I had readers and some
social media interaction,
but I had no way to connect
with these folks in any
meaningful way.
This is one of the most
common questions I hear
from people.
"How do I get 'real people'
to follow me?"
The answer for me was to
get my head out of the sand
and do something new.
So I started changing
things.
I'd like you to think
in terms of making some
changes to your blog
if you find yourself
in the same predicament
I once did.
If you're brand new
to blogging... then
you're in luck.
You can do these things
right from the start
and avoid some of the
head scratching and
hand-wringing that I
had to endure.
So let's talk about it.
How can you make your
blog "professional"
instead of casual and
hobby-ish?
The very FIRST thing
you need to do is to
make sure you're
building an email list.
To build a list is to
build a business.
To blog without
building a list
is to have a blog,
but not a business.
It's really that simple.
You need an auto-responder.
This is not negotiable.
An auto-responder is an "email service provider". You need it to harness and manage an email list. ******************* The best one (and they all cost about the same) that I always recommend is GetResponse. Today, if you sign up for GetResponse with my affiliate link below, you'll get a 30-day F-ree T-rial... plus... I'll give you 30 days of one-on-one coaching with me at no cost, to put a killer list building and email marketing program together. Just sign up here... donnamerrilltribe.com/getresponseThen reply to this email and we'll get started. ******************** Now, why will it help your business to build an email list? Because this is the single best thing you can do to start building a pro-fit base for your blog. It's very difficult to sell your products and services directly from your blog. Much, much easier to get your most interested readers to join your email list, then send them messages crafted precisely to get them to become your customers and clients. It's not rocket science. You can do this. If you're blogging for a year or a day... Make this your top, top priority right here and now. If you've already got an email list going, that's great. In my next email in this series... I'm going to show you how to make your blog the center- piece of your email program, so you can 1. build your blog 2. get sales Today, if you don't have a way to build an email list on your blog... just do it. Stop everything else for the next 15 minutes and just do it. I hate to admit it, but I put this off way too long. Don't you make that mistake. I'll show you how to make your email list pay off in the next part of this series. Talk Soon, Donna -Donna & David- Whirlwind Success PS: Remember... I'll give you 30 days of one-on-one coaching with me at no cost, to put a killer list building and email marketing program together if you sign up for your 30-day F-ree T-rial with GetResponse using this link... donnamerrilltribe.com/getresponse==========
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