5 Tips to Get Your First 1000 Subscribers
Get your first 1000 subscribers can feel overwhelming. But, it doesn’t have to be. Online entrepreneurs know how vital having an email list is to their success. But how do you do it? The first thing you need to understand is that they are people, not just names with dollar signs attached.
With that in mind, you need to make a connection with them. Then, once they are on your list, you need to nurture and build an authentic, trusting relationship with them over time.
But first, how do you get them on your list?
The following tips don’t need to be implemented at the same time. Instead, select which ones that appeal to you and track to see how well they are work.
Note that these five tips are only part of a list-building strategy. If you’re looking for an in-depth way to get more subscribers, click here.
Get Your First 1000 Subscribers
1. Plan Your Content
You can’t just fly by the seat of your pants with your content! To provide consistent, quality content, you need to take the time to create it. Likewise, when you outsource content, you need to plan it.
An Editorial Calendar will keep you organized. There are many apps that you can use. However, a Google calendar will work for your needs. Coordinate your blog posts, social posts, and emails in advance to make sure you have the type of content you need when you need it.
2. Tell Stories
It’s no secret - stories sell. They will warm up your audience and help accelerate the know-like-trust factor. Once that connection takes place, they will be more likely to buy from you.
You can sprinkle stories into your blog posts, emails, and social media. Don’t get too carried away with the storytelling, though. Interject them naturally.
For example, if something funny happened that reminded you of a business-related topic, share it with your audience so they can have a chuckle about it too.
3. Create a Video Presentation or Demo
People can’t get enough of videos, primarily when they teach something.
Use a screencast software to show your audience how to do something or walk them through the member’s area they just joined.
4. Be Approachable on Social Media Within Reason
Social media is an excellent platform to put yourself amid your target audience. The key to this is to know your audience well enough to be present online when they are. If time zones make it challenging, you can always respond to comments and questions for them to see the next time they are back.
Be approachable and trustworthy. Sharing with others the mistakes you made in your business shows that you are a real person, just like them.
It shows that you are experienced and can help them overcome the challenges in their business. Talk about building trust! This is powerful!
5. Have a Conversation, Not a Sales Pitch
Adding subscribers to your list shouldn’t feel like a sales pitch to your reader. Instead, decide to have a conversation-style approach. Imagine having a conversation with a person who may need something you have to offer sometime.
This is where building a relationship begins. A genuine desire to give them a chance to get to know you can result in a loyal customer base for years to come. If you throw out non-stop sales pitches, you’ll lose people in the long run.
Getting subscribers is different than selling a product. Warm them up through conversational-style contact. Give them a chance to see you as someone who cares about them, not just their money.
Save the sales pitch for your sales pages, offers, and more appropriate places.
The Best Way to Get Email Subscribers?
Be consistent and keep giving. Consistency should be an automatic habit you have in your business. Set up your Editorial Calendar (blog posts, social media posts, and email sequences) on a schedule that works for your audience, and stick to it.
Staying in touch with your subscribers is vital. It’s easier to keep someone on your list than to capture new leads. So make it a win-win situation by communicating with your audience regularly.
Find ways to give your audience what they want and need. It can be free information or paid products. Once they realize you want to help them, it makes a positive impression.
Share social posts that make a difference to your community. Find better ways to serve your email subscribers, and they will become your loyal fans and email subscribers.
Are You Ready to Take Action and Build Your List?
These five tips in this article are a small example of how to get your first 1000 subscribers. You need more in-depth ways to grow and keep your subscribers happy successfully.
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David Perdew is the CEO and founder of NAMS - the Novice to Advanced Marketing System. He’s a journalist, consultant, and serial entrepreneur who has built one of the most successful and fastest-growing business training systems online today called the MyNAMS Insiders Club.
The Novice to Advanced Marketing System is a step-by-step system focusing on Team, Training and Tools to help novice to advanced business people build a Simple, Scalable and Sustainable business.
He took a year off in 2003 to personally build a 2200 square foot log cabin in north Alabama where he and his wife and two dogs and a cat live on 95 acres of forest with four streams and 60-foot waterfall.
The NAMS team includes his daughter, Jen, who is an email marketing and automation specialist. Jen runs the day to day business and is one of the primary trainers in our MyNAMS Insiders Club.
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