Why You Need Opt-In Freebies To Build Your List And How To Use It

Why You Need Opt-In Freebies To Build Your List And How To Use It
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Planning to build an email list? You have a great idea, and you should start building it today! Your email list is an important asset of your business. But along with building a mailing list, you should also consider opt-in freebies.

Nowadays, people know their that personal information is precious as gold and they will not give you their email unless you give them a compelling reason for them to opt-in to your email list.

You need opt-in freebies to build your email list because these incentives will eventually generate profits for you today as well as in the future.

Your opt-in freebies should:

• Offer benefits

• Relate to the purpose why people visit your website

• Give your visitors more reasons to anticipate your emails or keep them coming back to visit your website.

There are a lot of freebies and incentives that you can use to attract potential customers to give their personal information to your business. However, not all offers suit a business or website. For example, newsletters are really right off the bat for many people, but for other businesses, newsletters do not work.

Before starting a newsletter, you should consider how much useful information you can deliver your target audience and the time you need to put relevant information together so that you can deliver them regularly. If you think a newsletter is not a good fit, you can use other opt-in freebies to build your email list such as:

1. Offer Free Courses – If you know a lot about your field, you can turn yourself into an expert through free courses. Identify what information your visitors are looking for and teach it to them. Courses can have audio, text, graphics, or videos as long as it fits the material.

2. Offer Free Ebooks – You do not need ebooks that are more than a hundred pages. You just need to make it compelling, so you give your potential client a reason to hire you. You can offer an 8 to 10 pages ebook that provide value to your opt-in users.

3. Offer Downloadable Articles – If your website has useful and original content, you can build your mail list by making these articles downloadable for your visitors by requiring them to opt-in your mailing list.

4. Offer Other Downloadables – You can offer other downloadable items other than articles. There are screensavers, e-cards, templates or desktop wallpapers that you can offer in exchange for opt-in personal information.

5. Offer Regular Contests, and Giveaways – Make sure that this is suitable for your business. You have many options for this opt-in freebie. Contests may entitle your visitors to win a product or an item that is related to the products you sell. Giveaways are great. You can draw the name of the winning entries to be awarded a prize.

There are several opt-in freebies that you can use to build your mailing list. You need these opt-in freebies to grow your list as well as to generate more leads. What you need to do is apply your creativity and choose what is best for your business and target audience to build your list and make money.

Rachel Feldman helps health and wellness coaches build profitable businesses online and offline at www.yourhealthcoachbiz.com

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