PB069: Create an Opt-In to Increase Your Email Subscriber Numbers

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Get Readers Excited to Join and Stay on Your Email List Today's episode is part 4 of the new 'Today, Not Someday' podcast series. The focus is actioning your 'someday' list, the things you've always wanted to do to improve your blog but have struggled to make happen. For details about how the series works, check out episode one here. Part 2 was about why you should sell a product on your blog (and how to dot it). Part 3 was about how to get people to sign up onto your email list. The focus of today's episode is about how to create the most effective 'opt-in', or 'lead magnet' for your blog, or if you already have one, how to make it even more powerful. An opt-in is a free special offer that you can give to people who join your email list. Having an opt-in is one of the most significant things you can to do to increase your subscriber numbers and grow your business. In This Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode: * Why having an opt-in or lead magnet for your email list is so powerful * How to create an opt-in for your email list * What format your opt-in should use * More than 20 ideas of what you can offer as your opt-in gift * How to decide what your opt-in gift should be about * How I created an opt-in for my Digital Photography School blog this year * Why you should update your opt-in * Why you should have more than one opt-in * How you can give people something that will still make them want to stay on your list, even after they have their gift * What your opt-in should look like * Tools you can use to help you deliver and promote your opt-in * Where you should mention your opt-in Further Reading and Resources for How to Get Readers Excited to Join and Stay on Your Email List Tools you can use to deliver and promote your opt-in These tools are great and I use them for my blogs: * SumoMe is the tool I use on dPS to make our new Opt-in Offer. They are offering a special offer for ProBlogger readers, a free month of ‘Welcome Mat Pro', which is pretty amazing! Access the special offer here.  * LeadPages is another tool you can use to make your Optin Offers by creating great landing pages for your offer. * Here's a post where we make our latest opt-in offer for a Photographing the Holidays Guide over at Digital Photography...