* They don't want it. * They can't afford it. * They don't trust you
The first two reasons are out of your control and can happen maybe because you are targeting your market incorrectly, but if you fail on number 3 then you are leaving big money on the table.
People buy from you because they trust you
Trust is what moves people to buy things from you over and over again. It is easier to sell something to past clients than sell stuff to someone you don't know yet. Also, you may know that it is 5 to 10 times easier to sell something to people who already know you.
The other part of the equation is that it is very difficult to build trust if you don't communicate much with people. It's a know fact that in average, it will take seven contacts to build trust, once trust is built you can communicate with your clients at will, and if you don't disrespect them, you will always be welcome.
To personalize or not.
Autoresponders are a preprogrammed sequence of emails that could be personalized. Because personalization can increase response in more than 30%, and there is no reason to choose software that doesn't support it, we don't recommend programs that don't have this feature.
By using autoresponders, you can develop trust much easier because emails are automatic. It is important to not use them so much because once trust is created, you can use autoresponders for many other things such as:
* To remind something (payments, answers, etc.) * To deliver a very huge course. * To deliver a newsletter to your subscriber base.
Clients and also prospects could be served effectively with the examples above.
It's easy to become an autoresponder addict and let me tell you one example of mine. I wanted to deliver a large course to my clients and the first idea that went through my brain was "use an autoresponder sequence".
The sequence worked fine, but wasn't necessary at all. A simple PDF file would do the work and without some of the hassles that autoresponders impose. One of them is that if you want to change messages, then it is better to create a new sequence because changing anything when people are receiving a sequence can make your life miserable. You will lose precious time because of people asking about messages and complaints about web pages that could not be displayed.
How Many Emails?
How many emails are enough? Many people send autoresponder sequences of 5 or 7 emails. My largest autoresponder sequence is 68 emails, sent out on a daily basis and this has been proven to be the most profitable of my tests to date. If you ask: What the hell are you writing in all those messages? I'll tell you that I write about everything imaginable on this topic, but you should know your niche well to write so much about it!
Since every market is different, testing is very important and you should test the number of emails, the frequency and content of your emails to maximize your profits.
So, it seems that more email beats less email and the reason is simple. People who subscribe to your autoresponder want information about the topic and want a lot of it. Also, take care to avoid giving away too much for too much time, because that could backfire you, as some people could perceive that your information isn't of value because they receive so much of you for free. Give away free information so your clients can profit from it, but keep something for you so you can profit too, this way people will respect you more because of the mutually beneficial relationship.
The Services
You have 3 kinds of autoresponders:
* Hosted in your domain * Hosted Remotely. * Sent By Your PC.
Spam filters had made too difficult to deal with bulk email, so much that we no longer even explain why you shouldn't use your domain hosting or your PC to send bulk emails. If you do, you could lose almost all your email because of email filters, so don't even think on getting something different than an email hosting solution from a third party.
An autoresponder email service is a great way to maintain contact with your visitors who have subscribed to find out more. You will be able to follow up with them and provide further information on the services or products that you offer. You will find on most websites that many offer a free newsletter to their subscribers.
You will no doubt have noticed when looking at other websites that towards the top of the site you will nearly always see a form that a visitor can fill in. You will find that such things as a free newsletter, free e-books, free training or even free products are offered in return for providing their name and email address.
Be sure to provide a valid email address when completing the form, to ensure you receive the free information being offered. The details you provide are then added to the mailing list and you will receive regular emails from the webmaster of the site you subscribed to.
If your website does not already have a lead capture form on it which visitors can fill in, you can easily set one up by subscribing to an autoresponder email service such as GetResponse or AWeber.
Autoresponders are extremely valuable e-mail marketing tools which can be used in various ways. Not only are they used to sign up subscribers but you can then send them your messages at preset time intervals, track your subscribers and sales. All that you have to do to add the lead capture form to your website is paste the html code provided into the code of your site where you want the form to appear.
The top of the website is the best place to position a lead capture form. This way your visitors will see it as soon as your website opens. Be sure to always offer a free incentive to subscribe. You could also consider using a fly-in on your website which will contain the lead capture form.
Once a visitor has filled in the lead capture form their details are automatically added to the auto-responder. Automatically then the auto-responder sends the subscriber an email thanking them for signing up and inviting them to opt-in to the mailing list so that they receive your messages. This procedure ensures that you build a permission-based mailing list and protects you against being accused of spamming and is known as double opt-in. This really is important as you can have your website shutdown for spamming.
Once the subscribers receive the first email they are required to click a link in the email message which will opt them into your service. Once that step has been taken the subscriber will begin to receive your messages, which you will have preloaded into your auto-responder and set it to mail them out at pre-determined intervals, such as every 3 days. This then ensures that each new subscriber receives a similar series of messages from you at regular intervals for as long as the subscription remains active or the last newsletter has been sent.
You are able to add to the messages in your auto-responder at any time and it is a good idea to add your own articles to the newsletter series too.
From the above it can be seen that auto-responders are very powerful tools for Internet marketers to use. You are not limited to having just one newsletter. You are able to set up many campaigns in your auto-responder such as follow-up emails providing information on each product you sell or even a series of training emails for your downline.
Another option you will have is being able to periodically send once-off emails, known as a Broadcast message, to your whole list. This could be about an important product announcement or time-limited special offers.
By subscribing to an auto-responder email service and compiling a newsletter you will have a very powerful resource to turn targeted visitors into subscribers and subscribers into customers as well as ensuring your business runs 24/7 on autopilot.
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