Are you building an email list to help boost your online sales? I can recall early in my days of internet marketing, I tried sending tons of people to my website. I often wondered why no one would ever buy from me even though I was able to send tons of traffic to it.
Then it hit me and I realized why my early days weren't as successful as my later years. I was not building an email list and utilizing the power of email marketing. Have you heard the statistics? On average only 1% of people buy from a website on their first visit. You might get a 2% conversion of people buying from you if your website is above average but that isn't always the case.
What you can do in order to really get a jump on things and increase conversions while building a list of interested prospects is to build your list like you normally do. Instead of trying to make sales early on, take the time to give out some really good content to your subscribers for free. Think this is crazy? Well here's an example of why this makes plenty of sense.
Ask yourself, aren't you a little skeptical when you first visit a website you've never heard of before that is selling various products you might be interested in? I know firsthand that I'm definitely that way. One way to draw people into buying from you is to build trust with them first.
When you give out free tips that are extremely useful, pdf reports that can help them build their business or better their lives in some way, or some other bit of helpful information, they will begin to trust you. After that trust has been built, any web page that you refer them to will be delightful to them. That means more sales for you now and later on down the road.
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