The tutorial on GETTING STARTED WITH EMAIL MARKETING is live!

I need to add this more formally to the site, but I have indeed completed my first step-by-step tutorial. This one will tell you exactly how to:

• Sign up for a list service
• Add contacts manually or via import
• Create a form
• Put a form on your blog or website
• Send a message

In short, all of the basics. Check it out, and pass it along if you know anyone who would find … Continue Reading

The first tutorial. Soon… soon…

I’ve decided that the first action I’m going to take toward addressing the findings of my survey is going to be to create some step-by-step tutorials.

To get an idea what I’m talking about, just look at how I laid things out in my free e-book. I want these to be stupidly easy. Not because I think you’re stupid (though that’s possible — have you ever walked into a closed screen door?), but … Continue Reading

Viddler sucks; great mailing list tip

GET THIS: I recorded my webinar from Monday, and I have the video ready, but I CANNOT GET FUCKING VIDDLER TO ACCEPT IT. Keeps crapping out partway through. So I can’t post it. It’s too big for YouTube. Any suggestions?

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But while we’re thinking about mailing lists (we weren’t, but I’m hoping you won’t notice), Wendy from YourWebCoaches.com left a fantastic tip about aWeber and, specifically, moving to it from iContact or another … Continue Reading

I’m switching to aWeber

So let’s be clear that I’m not saying that aWeber is better than iContact, since I do recommend both. I just seem to have crossed that line that divides an ideal iContact user from an ideal aWeber user.

This means I will have to migrate my list from iContact over to aWeber. When I move the lists, aWeber will send an email to all of my subscribers asking if they still want to … Continue Reading

How to set up your mailing list, add subscribers, and add forms

On Monday, my webinar service cut out and I wasn’t able to show people how to set up their mailing lists using iContact and aWeber. But I struck back. Oh yes.

I didn’t want to wait three weeks and schedule a new webinar, so I recorded this video. Here’s what it covers:

• How to create a new list in both iContact and aWeber
• How to manually add subscribers
• How to … Continue Reading