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How To Build Your Email List Fast – 42 Actionable Strategies You Can Use Right Now

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You are an online entrepreneur, and now you’re ready to take your business to the next level. You’re ready to build your email list.

But where do you start? How do you grow your email list?

To write this post, we consulted 42 email marketing experts to request their top tip for building an email list fast. The result is a treasure trove of some of the best actionable tips on how to grow your email list from scratch.

In fact, our 42 experts share every possible strategy you need to build your email list. It is so comprehensive, you don’t have to look elsewhere.

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ConvertKit Vs ActiveCampaign – Why I Switched to ConvertKit

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Here’s a detailed comparison to enable you choose between ConvertKit vs ActiveCampaign. The reality is ActiveCampaign and ConvertKit are two of the top email service providers. But which is better?

First, a bit of history.

In October 2017, I switched from MailerLite to ActiveCampaign and made a huge song and dance about it. I even wrote an epic blog post about the shift to ActiveCampaign that attracted about 20 comments.

I couldn’t stop talking about ActiveCampaign. I used it. I loved it. And I promoted it!

Fast forward nearly three years after that switch and the epic blog post…

I have made another switch. That’s right.

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The Definitive Email Marketing Checklist

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Has your open rate taken a nose dive? Looking for ways to add a little punch and pizzazz to your email marketing strategy? Then look no further, because I’ve got exactly what you need: The definitive email marketing checklist.

The email marketing checklist is also variously referred to as email checklist form, email review checklist, professional email checklist, mass email checklist, email writing checklist, email service provider checklist, business email checklist or even email content checklist!

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The Easy Way to Create Landing Pages that Convert

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Exasperating, isn’t it? That feeling you get when you know the benefits of having a landing page that converts like crazy, yet your landing page sucks! Well, today you’re in luck because I am going to take you through the rudiments of making the best landing pages that really work.

What is a Landing Page?

But first, what is a landing page? A landing page can be any page that someone lands on after clicking on an online marketing call-to-action. The best landing pages are dedicated, stand-alone pages that are designed for a specific marketing campaign.

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GDPR: Everything You Need To Know About The EU GDPR

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Warning. There’s a new four-letter acronym in town. No, it’s not a swear word. Until recently, no-one had heard of it, but now everyone is talking about it. And it’s getting people really worked up. GDPR. Or more correctly, EU GDPR.

It’s a new privacy law from Europe that potentially affects everyone from beginning bloggers to big businesses and promises heavy fines for those who don’t comply.

This is what I mean.

If you’re a blogger or other on-line business person. If you have an email list. If you collect, process or hold any other personal data for people on your list or members of your tribe. And if anybody on your list is a citizen of the European Union (EU), then the GDPR (EU GDPR) applies to you. And a breach of the EU GDPR can close your business and bankrupt you. More about that in a moment.

But first, some more information about the EU GDPR.

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The Ultimate Guide To The Best MailChimp Alternatives

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Email isn’t dead. And in the kingdom of email, MailChimp used to be king. That’s because MailChimp is synonymous with email marketing. So it’s kind of weird to think there could be any MailChimp alternatives free or paid.

But there are!

As iconic as MailChimp is, and notwithstanding the awesome MailChimp forever free price plan, there are some fantastic alternatives to MailChimp out there. Just like you have Tesla alternatives or ActiveCampaign alternatives just to give two examples.

Here is the reality.

There were some amazing MailChimp alternatives 2017. There were some awesome MailChimp alternatives 2018. There are currently some fantastic alternatives to MailChimp in 2019. And there will be some great MailChimp alternatives 2020!

In this article, I am going to show you the 8 best MailChimp alternatives on the market today in real time!

But first.

Let’s explore email marketing, email automation and email service providers, so we are singing from the same hymn sheet!

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The Definitive Guide To The Top 12 Email Service Providers For Bloggers

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Size matters. What is the size of your email list? I mean, how many people do you have on your email list? And talking about your email list, which of the email service providers looks after your list?

Back to size. Is your email list:

  • Anemic?
  • Teeny weeny?
  • Non-existent? or
  • Huge?

If you have a product to sell or an affiliate offer to promote, can you send an email to a targeted list of at least 2,500 engaged subscribers who love to read your emails?

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Electronic Marketing: 12 Reasons Why You Need A Targeted Email List

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This may come as a shock to you. But as a blogger, writer, social media expert or other content creator, you must understand this to make the most of electronic marketing.

This may shock you, but I lie not: Your most valuable asset is not your content. It’s not your expertise.

It’s not even your blog or website. Nope, not your employees…

Your greatest asset as a blogger, author, coach, writer, social media expert, internet marketer or other content marketer is your targeted email list as part of an electronic marketing strategy.

Email is easily the best way to:

  • Build an engaged audience or tribe of people eager to buy from you; or
  • Create excitement around your next project.

Without an email list of engaged subscribers, you will struggle to mobilize your message. But first, what is electronic marketing?

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Blogging [9 Reasons Most Bloggers Don’t Make It]

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Let’s be real. Although anyone can own a blog, blogging isn’t for everyone. Ouch! I’m sorry if that offends you 🙁

This is a lesson I learnt quite early in my blogging career. That’s right! You can have a richly rewarding career as a pro blogger.

There may be an estimated 152 million blogs worldwide with 1,896 blog posts published every minute or about 3.39 million blog posts published daily. There are so many blogs because people just start blogging without learning how to blog, how to create a blog, how to start a blog or even the best way to start a blog! And this is such a big shame because there is so much blogging resource out there. I mean, there are blogging sites for beginners with tips for good blogging, blogging tips for beginners and a wealth of information on how to start a successful blog.

Still, blogging isn’t for everybody! And I will tell you why in a moment.

But first, what’s a blog. And who’s a blogger?

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