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Build Your Email List With Lead Magnets Phil Ebiner and I discuss how we both use lead magnets to build our mailing list to drive traffic to our sales funnels. We both use ConvertKit to build our list and grow our respective businesses. Watch the full Replay here:https://dennisjsmith.com/list-building-sales-funnels-lead-magnets-email-marketing-for-entrepreneurs Want to try ConvertKit’s 14-Day Free Trial? GET A FREE CONVERTKIT TRIAL
The free SumoMe tools are great way to increase your website traffic and build your email subscriber base too. In this post I’ve included 5 post from SumoMe that are written to help you write better headlines, write better email subject lines, grow your list and growing your list by writing an eBook like I did when I wrote “Udemy Life“. 85 Ways to Build Your Email List: A Sumo-Sized Guide Ways To Grow Your Email List: On Your Website Through Your Products On Social Media Through Online Community Platforms On Other Sites Through Interesting Content Your Email Newsletter Read More… 49 Headline Formulas to Skyrocket Conversions (And Where to Use Them) How To Build An Automated Email Marketing Machine (In 1 Hour) The BEST email subject lines: 62 formulas to get your emails read How to Write a Book That Will 10X Your Email List BONUS: 130 Ways to Get More Website Traffic: A Sumo-Sized Guide
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I made the switch from email marketing app MailChimp to ConvertKit last November and loved it so much I created Udemy’s first course on ConvertKit. Why? My Udemy Co-Instructor Phil Ebiner and I explain in this fun promo video we shot for the course. I convinced Phil why he should use ConvertKit to grow his business Video School Online. I started using ConvertKit after building a sizable list with MailChimp’s Forever Free Plan. However I wasn’t seeing much growth with my revenue and my list had grown to the point where I got bumped into MailChimp’s paid plan. I knew that I had to do something different or I’d just be tossing money from my checking account. That’s when I started thinking about switching to ConvertKit since I live near Boise and have met the founder Nathan Barry. I liked what he was doing and followed his success with the books he had written and the amazing revenue he was generating. I would recommend you follow his blog for some useful marketing advice and check out these tools that I use too. I made the switch and started thinking about how I could teach others about ConvertKit through Udemy. Phil was part of a mastermind group I started but I had known him since starting on Udemy. I had followed his impressive success on Udemy where he’s now earning $10,000 a month from Udemy. However through our conversations I felt that ConvertKit could help him see the same growth I was seeing with my websites and the book launch I was working on. Here’s a breakdown of my Subscribers captures from today 4/12/2016 and showing the amount joining each day. March 25th was the day I imported 299 subscribers from my social media marketing list on MailChimp. That means I’ve added over 600 new subscribers to my list on ConvertKit in just the last 30 days. In that time I’ve launched a new book, new Udemy Course and my new website Free Courses Daily. Imagine the success you could have with your own list using ConvertKit. Phil and I will show you how by signing up for my list to take the course free. You don’t need ConvertKit to take the course but I recommend it and best of all you can use it for 30-days and ask for your $29 back if you aren’t satisfied. I will even walk you through getting it set up over Skype if you use my affiliate link below and get started now! Ready to sign up? By this point, you understand why I teach and preach ConvertKit. I switched over from using MailChimp because it just works better for me as an online entrepreneur. Here’s 5 reasons you should consider switching to ConvertKit: Simple Interface Automated Email Sequences Automated Triggers Integrates With Other Platforms Like Gravity Forms Helpful Blog Post So You Get More Out Of ConvertKit If you think ConvertKit is for you, I’ve got a special offer: If you sign up through my affiliate link I will give you 30 mins of my time every 3 months for as long as you stay with ConvertKit. You can use that time however you want, either on a Skype call or helping set something up for you in ConvertKit. Now all you have to do is click the link and get started just like I did. I will see you on Skype soon! If you’re interested, sign up for ConvertKit. You can try it and get a 30-day refund if it doesn’t work out.That’s what Phil and I did but you can see we are both still using it would much success. I think you’ll see that too and continue using ConvertKit to grow your list and revenue. Try it out! And see if it works for you! *The link that I shared above is an affiliate link. At no cost to you, I will make a few bucks for recommending you try out ConvertKit. I do this because I use it daily and love ConvertKit. I wouldn’t pitch the product to you if I didn’t. Please, only sign up for ConvertKit if you are ready to invest in your business and start building your sales funnels!
NEW: Take My ConvertKit Course on Udemy The only course on ConvertKit on Udemy is available now and co-taught with my friend and top Udemy instructor Phil Ebiner. I hope you will enroll in the course and learn about ConvertKit and the success both Phil and I have had in growing our mailing list. I recommended ConvertKit to Phil earlier this year and asked him to teach this course with me. We have over 2,700 students taking the course since it launched early March 2016 and the reviews have been very favorable. Scroll down to ready my earlier post on why I switched to ConvertKit last year. Plus my offer to help you get ConvertKit setup when you make the switch too. Enroll Now Enroll In ConvertKit Course Read more on why I love ConvertKit… I have been using the MailChimp Forever Free plan for at least a few years now and have build a following of over 3000 subscribers. That means that my plan is no longer free and I just recieved a bill from MailChimp for $50. That’s not actually bad considering I have paid for using their service up until now. But my focus has shift and I want something that helps me grow my revenue. But it was time to explore different options because my business is growing. Updated: My Subscriber numbers jumped after launching my new book “Udemy Life” in April 2016 I had been recommending MailChimp to those who follow me on social media because it was free until my list passed 2,000 subscribers in 2015 and is now nearing 3,000 if you combine subscribers from all my list. Because I run several websites each one has a different list and lead magnet to entice signups. I made the switch and took part of my mailing list to ConvertKit in late November and have been seeing much better engagement results. Now I’m moving my Udemy Instructor mailing list off MailChimp and onto ConvertKit and will only keep my smaller list on MailChimp. The screen capture above is a graph of my subscribers on ConvertKit over the last 30 days. You can see that I am averaging about 5 new subscribers each day and on pace to add almost 2,000 new subscribers this year! Just imagine what ConvertKit can do for your business by adding new potential customers. Here are the main reasons why I moved by list to ConvertKit. Simple It’s really easy to get started with ConvertKit and create your first form, import a list from MailChimp or other email marketing sites and sending out your first message which is called “Broadcast” on ConvertKit. It is also very easy to create what they call “Courses” and automate your list by creating a sequence of messages spaced out over several days. ConvertKit already lays that sequence out for you. All you have to do is fill it in with your own information and then switch each message to “Published” and then save the changes. Plus you can drag and drop your messages and rearrange them to where they work best in the sequence. Subscriber Count Most probably don’t know it but MailChimp counts subscribers each time they show up in of your list. That means if you are like me and have several list it is possible to have the same person in more than one list. If “Joe Smith” is in 3 out of your 5 list that you maintain, he would be counted as 3 subscribers by MailChimp. That means you could possibly be hitting that 2,000 subscribers in the “Free Forever” plan a lot sooner than you might expect. But with ConvertKit if you have 5 list and “Joe Smith” subscribes to 4 out of 5 of those list, Joe would only be counted once. Potentially saving you a lot of money if you have a large list and switch from MailChimp to ConvertKit. Support Support is super easy and build right into ConvertKit. It typically takes a few hours to get a reply and sometimes can take up to a day. I recommend that you check it out and start building your own list in 2016. It has a 30-Day Return Policy and plans start off at just $29.99 for 1,000 subscribers. Right now I’m adding over 40 new subscribers about every 7 days between my lists. Remember if you aren’t satisfied you can always export your mailing list and move to another provider. But I don’t think you’ll get the same results as you will with ConvertKit. Start converting students to revenue by building your own mailing list with ConvertKit! Sign Up for ConvertKit Here! If you move to ConvertKit let me know and I’ll give you 45 minutes of my time on Skype to help you get started setting things up! Really, I want to help you earn more this year so don’t forget to contact me if you become an ConvertKit customer and if you enroll in my ConvertKit course on Udemy.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]September 2016 Update: Since I wrote this post I have been busy on Udemy and just launched my 9th course on “ConvertKit” which is a powerful tool I use for email marketing. I also published my 2nd book “Udemy Life” which is how others like myself earn 100’s and 1000’s each month teaching on Udemy. I hope you check them both out and read the post below on how I got to my first $100. I am now approaching $30,000 from everything I do revolving around Udemy including OnlineCourseCoupons.com. Read my latest blog post “On The Road To $30K In Udemy Revenue“. Dennis CONTINUED BELOW…[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Save On My Udemy Courses [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][convertkit form=4900669][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]My “Udemy Life” Book Now Available on Kindle! Discover how Udemy Instructors are making 100’s and 1000’s each month by teaching skills on Udemy! Buy On Amazon Today [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][divider][/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]I have been working hard the last few months to grow my income through laptop lifestyle. Hoping that I can make enough money to live on my own again and not have to work for corporate America. My dream is to travel around the United States and the world while run my business on my laptop and a Wi-Fi connected. My courses on Udemy.com are just my latest stream of income. I recently posted about my latest accomplish of hitting $100 in revenue this month in the Udemy Studio group on Facebook. I’m always impressed by the praise and support of others in the group and by those like Alun Hill, (How I Make $4,000 A Week From Udemy Courses – And No Filming) and Benjamin Wilson (Double Your Udemy Course Sales (In Just 2 Hours!) Guaranteed) who share how they have been successful with others in the group through courses they created. Several people in the group asked me how I am marketing my courses and I thought this would be a great way to share that since blogging is one way that I promote my courses. Watch The Google+ Hangout I Did With Udemy’s Top Instructors – Including One Who Did $35,000 in November I launched my first Udemy course “Marketing Your Business With WordPress” (Course Coupon Offer) back in the middle of July 2013. Being that it was a new platform for me I didn’t know what to expect. I had a launch party and created a Facebook event and invited friends and followers to show up at 8 am to grab a coupon code to take the course for free. I am admitting this now but I overslept that morning and was late to my own launch. But I was able to recover and had over 13 take advantage of the launch coupon. Lesson learned. I also promoted the course on several of my Facebook Fan Pages, my personal Facebook profile, sent several tweets on Twitter and pinned it on my Pinterest Pinboard so I have my courses in front of several hundred followers. This is what I call “Be Everywhere” on social media on getting your product in front of those who want to learn. I had 4 other students redeem coupons that month and after Udemy’s cut I ended up earning $14.80 for July which I received payment for the first week of September. Not much but it gave me encouragement to keep going. Update: I ended the month of September at $109.41 and just received my payment of $40.85 for the month of August. The month of October is already starting off well for me and I am getting ready to do another cross promotion with other Udemy instructors.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Save On My Udemy Courses [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][divider][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Would you like to experience a course on Udemy.com and learn something new? Take my 5-star “WordPress Marketing: Profits With Powerful WordPress Plugins” FREE by entering your first name and email address in the form below. Save $20! In August I added a 2nd course “MailChimp: MailChimp’s Forever Free Email Marketing Plan” to the mix. That month I saw 9 purchases mostly my “Marketing Your Business With WordPress” course and mostly from “Udemy Organic”. Which according to Udemy is “Purchases of your course driven by either organic traffic on Udemy’s site (typically at full price), or by Udemy email marketing campaigns to existing Udemy users (often at a discount).” August was also the first month that I distributed “Free” coupons in the Facebook Udemy Studio group which has almost 19,400 active users. You can learn a lot about Udemy course creation and marketing by actively participating group and the Facebook Udemy Facility Lounge once you are an active instructor on Udemy. I ended up with over 2,259 new students which gave me social proof and several 5-star reviews for the course. My book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” has over 25 reviews with an average of 4.5—stars. I have sold almost 1,000 copies of the book since its launch 2 years ago so I know the importance of good reviews. It gets those who are on the fence on board with buying your book or taking your course. I also had a free webinar “Building Your Online Audience” in August and have a link to my Udemy course that displays in the replay of the webinar. Webinars are a affordable way to build your email marketing list and get your Udemy course out in front of fresh eyes. I use RunClick which is a premium plugin that works with WordPress. I finished up the month of August with $40.85 and should be receiving that the first week of October. Most likely I will reinvest it and try promoting my courses with Facebook Ads.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][divider][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Right now I am in my 2nd full month of having my courses on Udemy and I continue to promote my courses on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and my website. I also came across the courses I mentioned in the beginning of this post by Alun Hill and Benjamin Wilson. I’m starting to try their suggestions and toying…
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5 Email Marketing Articles You Should Read Today Email Marketing is not dead despite what you might have heard. Many are finding out that engagement rates from email marketing campaigns trump that of social media marketing. There are lots of great articles that have been written to get the most from email marketing. I have compiled the following list of the 5 best email marketing articles I have found. What’s your favorite email marketing article and why? If you have found some yourself please feel free to post them in the comment below. 1. 5 Great Ways To Collect Email Addresses You Probably Didn’t Know This article has some great ideas on ways to build your mailing list that you probably never though of. I know there were a few that even I haven’t thought of and now will implement in my marketing. 2. Email Marketing:How to Push Send and Grow Your Business Provides great information on why you should be using email marketing and tips on growing your mailing list including a free PDF when you sign up for Copyblogger. You shouldn’t be blogging without visiting this website on regular schedule. 3. Email Is Crushing Twitter, Facebook for Selling Stuff Online This article from Wired magazine contains some great charts on stats to show you why email marketing is crushing Facebook and Twitter. I’m sure that my friend Nathan Barry would agree that email marketing is the way to go. Check out Episode 2 of his new podcast “The Nathan Barry Show” and learn from a pro who has built his list to over 18,000 subscribers strong. 4. Three Tricks One Site Used To Increase Subscribers 150% In One Month Find out about some great tips and tools to grow your mailing list in just one month. Tip number 3 talks about the use of a dedicated landing page on your website. Learn more about building outstanding landing pages in my new Udemy.com Course “Marketing Your Business With WordPress”. Learn about landing pages, email marketing and more by clicking here and take the course for just $5 bucks! 5. 3 Unusual Ways to Build Your Email List With Facebook Apps Lets not forget Facebook because it is still the worlds most popular social media networking site. I have been using and preaching custom Facebook tabs for years now as a way to promote product, display your blog post and capture email address from those on Facebook. Read this article and find out about 3 ways you can use custom apps on your fan page to capture and building your email list. BONUS: Here’s one more way to build your email marketing list from the folks at Tabsite. The article is about how a large hotel chain used the Tabsite Sweepstakes app to grow their email marketing list by 394 new subscribers in just 14 days. Read more… Growing Email Lists: How One Hotel Grew Their List with an App How are you growing your email marketing list? Leave some comments below for other readers. [divider] [hcshort id=”13″]
“Marketing With WordPress – 21 Ways In 21 Days” is my first online course designed to let you learn at your pace starts on Friday June, 20th 2014. It is combination of video and text in an easy to understand format sent to your inbox each day. Start off with an Introduction to WordPress by learning what WordPress is and who can use it, how much it cost and finding a local WordPress Meetup group. Then we will move on and talk about getting affordable hosting for your new WordPress website along with how to install WordPress and get you familiar with cPanel. We won’t spend much time with getting to know the ins and outs of WordPress because the course if focused on “Marketing With WordPress”. But I will leave you to some great resources so you can get familiar with WordPress. Plus I will give you a list of other valuable resources at the end of this 21 day course. Week One Course Outline [custom_list style=”list-1″] Introduction To WordPress Hosting WordPress Installation and Setting Up WordPress Themes For Marketing Plugins For Marketing Widgets For Marketing Smart Blogging For Effective Marketing [/custom_list] [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider] Week 2 starts off with optimizing your WordPress website for Google, BING and Yahoo to get the best SEO results. Then we will talk about using MailChimp for effecting and affordable email marketing. I will show you how to get connected to social media, build forms to sell product and collect important information to grow your business. We will finish out Week 2 by talking about Optimize Press and LeadPages which are 2 tools to build beautiful landing pages. Week 2 Course Outline [custom_list style=”list-1″] Optimize WordPress SEO Connect With MailChimp Connect With Social Media Connect With Facebook Build Gravity Forms and Formidable Optimize Press 2.0 Build Outstanding Leadpages [/custom_list] [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider] The course wraps up with Week 3 and more on selling product with WordPress. I show you how Woo Commerce is a great ecommerce solution for those wanting to sell physical and digital product online. If you are a self-published author like I am I will show you how to sell more books with WordPress. The week will finish up with tips for small local businesses, hosting your own webinars with WordPress, mobile apps to use WordPress on the go and those WordPress Resources I promised you. Week 3 Course Outline [custom_list style=”list-1″] Selling Product With WordPress WooCommerce For WordPress WordPress for Authors WordPress for MLM Businesses WordPress for Local Small Businesses Host Webinars With WordPress Get Mobile With WordPress WordPress Resources [/custom_list] BONUS: WordPress States With JetPack [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider] The course ends with a Bonus Lesson to show you how to check your WordPress website stats with the JetPack Plugin so you can find out more about your visitors and what areas of your site are most popular. Ready to get started? Signup and register today to reserve your space and watch your inbox for details. [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider]
Are you struggling with engagement on Facebook? Not getting as many likes, comments and shares? Many are finding out that it is getting tougher to get your message across to their fans on Facebook. That’s why I started focusing on email marketing this year and growing my list with MailChimp. Why MailChimp? I picked MailChimp for my business because I can have up to 2,000 subscribers and send 12,000 messages a month with their Forever Free plan, which is an affordable solution for those just getting started with email marketing. According to a recent survey email is 40 times more effective for marketers than Facebook and Twitter. Now that’s a serious ass kicking when it comes to marketing your business. Studies have also found that the average order is about 17 percent higher than those that come through social media sites such as Facebook. I’ve put together a special FREE 6-part video series to get you started with your own MailChimp account. Just add your e-mail address below to get started and I will send you a free email marketing tools PDF Report and send your first video in a few days to give you time to read the report. [divider] [hcshort id=”13″]
Here is some good information I came across on Visual.ly regarding the topic of E-mail Marketing. Did you know that sending e-mail on weekends gets you a better CTR (click-thru rate)? Are you marketing with e-mail? Which service do you use? I personally love MailChimp because it is easy to use and the offer a free service for those just starting out. If you would like to follow my newsletter you can sign-up here. I won’t flood your e-mail box with useless junk! Check out the other great information on the infographic below. Browse more infographics. [divider] [hcshort id=”13″]