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Use welcome email for conversion or conversation (Medium paid story) by @joshspector
Welcome email generally gets 50% open rates. So there are two ways to get the most out of it i.e upselling them or starting a conversation.
Josh Spector of For The Interested's welcome email promoted various products and resources until he decided to cut it down and focus on starting a conversation instead. He asked how he could help, letting the subscriber know that he would respond to them personally. Then he offered advice and resources according to the content of their individual messages. Not only did people love the personal touch, but he learned a ton about his readers. As for all that stuff he had been promoting earlier, he created a landing page for it and included a single link in the email.
Tip: Prioritizing the relationship can pay dividends in the long-term.
4 reasons why email should be the backbone of your marketing by @email_mastery
Email marketing gives back an average of $44 for every $1 spent.
1 . Email builds the best relationships
Use email to SERVE your customers which organically will lead to SELLING to your customers.
According to Sprout Social, 64% of consumers want brands to connect with them.
2 . Email doesn't have a gate-keeper
On every other platform, there are gate-keepers and you have to pay to play and follow constantly changing guidelines. If you miss a beat, then you can lose engagement or get suspended (even banned). Whereas on email, the only "sort of" gatekeeper of email is ISPs and their spam filters. And you can avoid these gatekeepers by following some basic guidelines.
3 . All other channels redirect to email
4 . Email is extremely versatile
An email address goes from device to device, platform to platform and format to format... Capture it!
Email list is like your very own advertising platform (especially if you segment your list by interest and/or demographic)** where you can send what you want and target who you want for free... and email marketing only gets more flexible and versatile as you collect more and more audience data.
How to improve your conversion rate by @mattkandler
What I've learned in the last 3 years of trying to start/survive new businesses by @farez
Old rules: Make, then sell, then grow.
New rules: Grow, then sell, then make.
1 . How Jason Cohen got 30 customers by cold calling before building his product (Reddit) by @mirv
2 . 150+ tools landscape for podcasting market by @annadante
3 . Selling to restaurants? Use this tutorial to scrape business contact info from Tripadvisor by @brycedavies
4. How Stan booked a meeting with Drift by cold calling and made $120k by @stanrym
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https://discordbotstudio.org is a visual programming (no code) tool for creating chatbots on Discord by @stin23
https://peerpull.com/ is a video-first digital network for entrepreneurs to discuss ideas and get projects off the ground by @joalavedra
https://westryve.com is a tech & dev community platform for learning & upskilling by @danlewistech
https://sheetmonkey.io/ - Submit your HTML forms to Google Sheets by @levinunnink
https://slideswith.com/ is an interactive presentation builder to make remote meetings and hangouts better. Think Powerpoint except your audience can participate by @slideswithfriends
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This emoji trick is awesome! 😁 I get so many spam messages
Ahaaha Pierre Olivier is a friend of mine. This image is viral has hell!
I wonder how many followers he gets from it :)
Sometimes I think, spam msgs also use this emoji. Should I change it or keep it.
A few gatekeepers are actually popping up between newsletters publishers and readers.
I agree 100% with your post, but we can't do anything being a publisher.
Due to the recent newsletter creators surge, I think it was the need which is harmful to the publishers but best for readers. I signed up for many newsletters earlier, now I have subscribed all of them in supscrib.com and going to clean my inbox now.
The underlying problem is aggregators focused on improving only the reader experience (and their bottom line, of course) without even seeking feedback from publishers. Which is ironical as this is what Big Tech is often blasted for (e.g. Google News vs news publishers).
Thank you so much for including PocketTube 🔥I appreciate it!
I installed it as soon as I discovered it. But still have not done the grouping part.
Nice extension.
Great newsletter! IndieStack is a highly recommended private community.
+1 for IS Discord community
Hey Falak, do you know any databases to Scrapbook?