MailChimp – Dennis J. Smith

Udemy’s First ConvertKit Course Launches

April 12, 2016

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!

3 Reason Why I Switched To ConvertKit From MailChimp

January 7, 2016

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.

Grow Your Audience With Social Media and WordPress

July 27, 2014

Grow Your Audience With Social Media and WordPress – Free Google+ Hangout Join me Thursday August 7th at 5 pm Mountain Time for a Live Hangout on Google+. Learn how to use social media, MailChimp and WordPress to grow your customer base. We will discus Social Media tools, how to get a free MailChimp account and WordPress plugins along with best practices. Here’s what I’ll show you… Social Media tips to grow your audience. Building Custom Fan Pages for Facebook Starting an affordable mailing list with MailChimp. Learn which WordPress Plugins help to grow your customers base. Plus more… Register Today

How-To Host a Webinar With WordPress, MailChimp, LeadPages and Google+ Hangouts

July 6, 2014

How-To Host a Webinar With WordPress, MailChimp, LeadPages and Google+ Hangouts Have you ever wanted to host your own webinar? Webinars are great for promoting your business, a products, a book, teaching a course and more. With today’s technology it is totally possible to host your own affordable online webinar. With WordPress, MailChimp, LeadPages and a Google+ account you can be hosting your own revenue generating webinars for less than $50 a month. The best part is you don’t even have to setup a full WordPress website if you don’t already have one. Watch the video below to see how easy it is to broadcast your first webinar in less than a few hours or less. These are the Steps to Hosting Your Own Webinar With These Tools: Here’s the steps I have used to broadcast my own webinars. I have taken this information and put it in a full Udemy course with 40 lectures to teach you how you can do it too. Learn how to use these same free and affordable tools to broadcast your skills to the world with a LIVE webinar or a REPLAY of your webinar. Webinar Success: Broadcast Live Webinars Like A Professional – ENROLL IN COURSE The Tools I Use Are: WordPress, LeadPages, Goggle+ Hangouts STEP 1 – Find WordPress Hosting and get domain name GreenHostUSA Hostgator WordPress Hosting STEP 2 – Install WordPress WordPress More About cPanel STEP 3 – Set-Up Your MailChimp Account and Create Mailing List (Free Forever Plan) MailChimp STEP 4 – Get LeadPages and Create 4 Pages Webinar Registration Page, Registration Thank You Page, Live Webinar Page, Webinar Replay Page LeadPages LeadPages WordPress Integration STEP 5 – Get Google+ Account (Free) Google+ Hangouts Live STEP 6 – Broadcast Your Live Webinar Launch your Hangout On Air (HOA) Live on Google+ then copy and paste the embed code from the Hangout to your Live Webinar page you created with LeadPages. The webinar will be live from this page and also available on YouTube live for the world to view. STEP 7 – Create Your Webinar Replay When you are done with your live webinar take the embed code from the video that was recorded on YouTube and use it to create a webinar replay. This is a great way to continue to promote your business, product, books and more long after your live webinar has ended. Webinar Success: Broadcast Live Webinars Like A Professional – ENROLL IN COURSE Want to watch one of my webinars? Watch Webinar Replays Have questions or a comment? Leave them below and I will be happy to respond. Thanks for reading. Dennis [divider]

Get “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook FREE on PDF

April 26, 2014

FREE Best Selling Social Media Book on PDF I’m giving away copies of my hugely popular book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” FREE on PDF through the month of August. I have new projects coming up this summer and I want to get my book into the hands of those looking to learn more about Social Media, MailChimp and WordPress. The book doesn’t include information on MailChimp but I have released a FREE 6-Video Series course on getting started with email marketing and MailChimp. Please check it out and let me know what you think or share it with others who might benefit. FREE PDF What’s Coming Up? I will be launching my first major course around mid-May to teach you how to market with WordPress. The course will be 21 days and each day a new session will arrives in your inbox. Here’s more information on “Marketing With WordPress – 21 Ways in 21 Days”! Now Live! Register For Course Video Edition Of My Book Coming Late Fall 2014 Watch for the video edition of my best selling book around the 1st part of November when things really start heating up. I will be adding information about MailChimp along with covering each section of the book with a video for those who like visual learning. I will also be working on getting interviews with the experts so you can see how others have found success with the powerful tools I cover in the book. You can reserve a copy today if you want with a $20 deposit and get the best possible price. Reserve Copy Of Video Edition

Email Marketing Offers Better Engagement Than Facebook

January 30, 2014

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″]

Who’s Talking About Social Media Specialist Dennis J. Smith?

October 2, 2013

Being a Real Estate Broker for 25 years, I figured I should get on board with the rest of the world when it came to Social Media Networking. That’s where my younger clients are seeking information. I want them to find me when looking for an agent. Dennis J. Smith had been recommended to me for his expertise in this area. When he offered to teach a class on Social Media Networking I jumped at the chance to become informed, however skeptical I could grasp this concept. During this class I was introduced to many opportunities in various social media networking sites, blogging, Twitter, Facebook Fan Page, LinkedIn, WordPress, as well as doing your own Webinars and Webpages. Because of his easy way and thorough explanation I left the class feeling inspired and thinking I was capable of doing this! Since that day he has continued being my mentor through his availability to ask questions and his various Webinars on the above topics. Also, his book, “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook”, has proven an easy read and easy to understand. So, this recommendation for Dennis J. Smith was supposed to be “brief” but when someone like Dennis has offered so very much more I just can not say enough. Thank you Dennis! Carol Cunningham Carol Cunningham Real Estate Real Estate Agent Boise, ID [divider] Dennis Smith’s book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” was included with his social media workshop I attended a few weeks back! As you can see by my abundance of post its that it is VERY HELPFUL! He wrote it in a tone as if he were sitting across from you which is nice and makes it very easy to read! It is loaded with options, because in social media often you find a multitude of tools to do the same thing! To top it off 95% of the tools he explains are FREE!! If you have not read this book: go to his page www.facebook.com/socialmediabook and order it! Emily Erin Santilli Marketing By Em [divider] Dennis is truly an expert in his field! Dennis offers a simplistic approach to gaining more likes through his workshop, 15 Ways to Get More “Like” For Your Facebook Fan Page, providing clear and distinctive ways to make your page standout and get “liked” amongst the crowd. Dennis continues to be a wonderful resource for both Social Media and WordPress. April Smith Admin Superwomen [divider] Dennis was professional and helpful. He helped me set up my MailChimp account and transfer a domain name to a website already in use. Dennis also taught a class on social media which I really enjoyed! Liz Alexander Most Wanted Realtor with John L. Scott Real Estate [divider] Dennis J. Smith truly understands the dynamics of social media. He is a wealth of information and provides prompt and clear instruction via his book or many social sites and groups he is involved in. Sue Vest Account Manager, CMO at Group Travel Specialist Dennis did a great job for our company on a Facebook contest we were doing. He set it all up and it went fantastic! Thanks Dennis. Casey Eells Summit Auto Glass, Managing Member [divider] I picked up a copy of ‘Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media’ and devoured it. Within the book were so many ideas on how to get the word out about my content writing business, that I couldn’t help but start in that next morning putting them into action. I got immediate responses; Dennis Smith’s ideas really work. The language is also more comprehensive, technologically-speaking, than I was expecting. Combining humor and know-how, Dennis Smith really knows his social media stuff Amy Larson Writer / Editor / Ghostwriter / Published Photographer/ Freakishly Creative Type

E-Mail Newsletter Marketing 101–[INFOGRAPHIC]

April 29, 2012

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″]

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