List Building – ShaChena Gibbs http://shachenagibbs.com Entrepreneur + Strategist + Author Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:40:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/shachenagibbs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-SGlogo.png?fit=32%2C32 List Building – ShaChena Gibbs http://shachenagibbs.com 32 32 161775621 Why You Need To Email Your List Often http://shachenagibbs.com/why-you-need-to-email-your-list-often/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-need-to-email-your-list-often Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:15:23 +0000 http://shachenagibbs.com/?p=1170 Why You Need To Email Your List Often

Do you have an email list of subscribers that you’re trying to build? Do you send them emails on a regular basis? How frequently do you send out emails to your list? Do you create a newsletter for your current subscribers once a month? Or are you waiting for a particular amount of subscribers before you begin mailing? Or do you say something like, “I don’t want to send too many emails.” If that’s the case, I believe you’re making a tremendous mistake.

Mailing lists only function if you utilize them to communicate with your subscribers on a regular basis. They will forget about you or lose interest if you wait too long. They will unsubscribe or, worse, designate your emails as spam if you are no longer relevant or valuable to them. Yes, even if they have opted in to receive it. People tend to forget. It is your responsibility to keep reminding them that you have vital information. And you accomplish this by sending them emails on a regular basis.

For most people, sending an email once a week is a decent place to start. Major brands, after all, may send emails three times every day. Start there if you’re not already sending out email communications to your subscribers on a regular basis. Set out an hour once a week to prepare and plan your emails. This is a fantastic moment to reintroduce yourself to your subscribers if you haven’t communicated with them in a long time. Send a note to your readers to let them know what to anticipate. It’s all about creating and satisfying expectations when it comes to mailing lists. Tell them you’re happy to get started and that you’ll have some interesting and useful information to share with them each week. Set a day and time if possible, and advise them to keep a look out for your emails. Your open rates will improve dramatically as a result of this. You might, for instance, advise them to expect a fresh communication from you every Monday morning. Then follow through on your pledge.

Meeting the expectations of the target audience fosters trust. Not only will your subscribers be more inclined to open and read your emails, but they will also have greater faith in you if you make an offer or a recommendation. That implies more clicks and purchases on your affiliate links, as well as improved conversions on your own product offerings. Stay in touch with your target audience on a regular basis via email to build that relationship and take folks from prospect to customer, and finally to enthusiastic fan.

And here’s a bonus tip for you. Request that your readers share your work with their friends and family. Invite them to share your opt-in page from time to time, or even encourage them to send one of your emails to individuals they know who might be interested in the subject. Keep things basic and avoid going overboard. When you enlist the aid of current readers, you’ll be astonished at how rapidly your subscription list grows.

Commit to an email schedule to get started. Begin with a weekly schedule and stick to it for a few months. Use your autoresponder service’s email scheduling options to ensure that it happens, even if life gets in the way. Don’t let a problem go unnoticed, and focus on establishing a reputation for being dependable and consistent, and watch what occurs. I believe you will enjoy watching your company flourish.

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How to Keep Readers Happy By Publishing Content Consistently http://shachenagibbs.com/how-to-keep-readers-happy-by-publishing-content-consistently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-keep-readers-happy-by-publishing-content-consistently Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:04:21 +0000 http://shachenagibbs.com/?p=1167

Do you want your readers to keep coming back? How about increasing the number of visitors to your website? In order to succeed in business, you must be consistent. When it comes to your website or blog, consistency will start to pay off quickly. Consistently publishing new content benefits both your readers and search engines. Both will reward you for your efforts in their own unique ways. Let’s take a closer look.

Starting with site development, you may receive free search engine traffic for your company. Isn’t it true that we’d all like Google to deliver us as many new prospective clients as possible? They, in turn, seek to provide their consumers the most recent and accurate information possible. Who exactly are their clients? Of course, those who use a search engine to find something. And it is the responsibility of the search engine firm to guarantee that the best possible result is delivered. What does this have to do with you and your ability to maintain consistency? What a great question!

You show the search engines that you are up to date and relevant when you update your site on a regular basis. This isn’t an article or blog post from a ten-year-old website that may be out of date. Because this is something you’re actively working on, search engines will give you a better ranking than inactive sites. Of course, there are numerous other factors that influence ranking, but the most straightforward way to improve your SEO is to produce consistent content.

It’s critical to have a healthy relationship with your readers. Consider the last time you used a Google search to find a new blog or website. You liked the information, if the content was current or true, but you were probably a long way from buying from this site or even giving them your email address. However, if you were curious enough to look around, you could have gotten intrigued enough to bookmark the site, or at the very least keep it in mind for when you come across it again.

When you update your website on a regular basis, you’re teaching your users to return for more. You’re establishing credibility. They’ll develop a habit of frequent visits and reading. Of course, this isn’t going to happen for everyone who visits your website, and that’s fine. You want to reach out to your ideal target audience, people who are really interested in what you have to say. You’ll capture their interest by blogging on a regular basis, and as they read and interact with you on your blog, they’ll become closer to being a subscriber, and eventually a client.

Of course, all of the information you’re continuously creating is out there, drawing new visitors via search engines, social media, and other people sharing links to your great content. That is why, in order to continue to develop, you must publish on a regular basis. You’re also establishing yourself (or your company) as an expert on the subject.

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Learn Why Consistency Affects Your Bottom Line http://shachenagibbs.com/learn-why-consistency-affects-your-bottom-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learn-why-consistency-affects-your-bottom-line Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:47:18 +0000 http://shachenagibbs.com/?p=1160

Would you like to be more productive in your day? Getting more stuff done and knowing you are making progress is satisfying at the end of the day. It’s time to change your daily habits to make your business more profitable. That is the goal of starting your business after all. Many may believe you have to make some big leaps to begin having success. But here’s the big secret. It doesn’t have to be that way. If you focus on consistency you will begin to make progress every single day that will increase your chances of success.

Think back on the parable of the turtle and the hare. There’s a lot of truth in that old story and it applies to all areas of your life, including your business. Yes, you can go all out and get a lot of work done all at once. Or you can break down your task and do a few things each day leading up to your deadline. For example, you may put long and hard hours in for a week or two to prepare for a new product launch, or when you’re first setting up your website. I know I’ve been there before. However, this method can cause burn out.

Burnout can cause serious health issues. Most entrepreneurs and small business owners have experienced it and it can take a long time to get over it. A much better method is small task each day that allows you to be consistent. If you make an effort to get something done every single day, you’ll make a lot of progress overtime. Over the course of a year, you will go further and your business will grow more than if you overdo it and then go into a slump because you have no energy for anything else.

Remember, slow and steady wins the race. It’s much easier to motivate yourself to get something done that takes thirty minutes and to do it every day, than something that takes you hours and you forget about the other task in your life that needs to get done. Instead, keep it easy, make it fun, and get into the habit of doing it each and every day. In the long run, you’ll get a lot more done if you put in half an hour per day, six days a week, than working for two or more hours once or twice a week.

Habit is one way how consistency can help you grow your business. But there’s something else that will work in your favor when you start to put in a small bit of effort every day. You will start to build momentum that will carry you much further than you would have gotten otherwise. More on that in a future blog post.

I encourage you to shift your mindset towards a focus on consistency that will allow you to continue growing, expanding, and most importantly moving the business in the right direction when it comes to your bottom line.

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