In order to have a widely popular blog or website it has to become knowledgeable and a trusted expert in your category or field. I say ‘it’ because it doesn’t neceassarily
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have to be the owner or a single author. You can have another author who the expert other than yourself or you can have user generated content that is the expert. The bottom line is do you have the answer when someone come to your site asking a question?
When someone goes to google for example they are looking for an expert on the topic they are looking for. They are looking for someone that can give them the tips or tricks to overcome their problems or answer their quesitons. Every week or even few days provide an answer to questions you find about your topic so your website and ezine build on it’s subject matter, all the while reinforcing your brand. You can easily find a list of great questions on your topic at yahoo answers or any other of your favorite question and answer websites.
They Must Know, Like, and Trust You to Buy From You!
It is important for your long term success that you bond and form a relationship with your readers and followers where they feel like they can come up and talk with you and ask you anything regarding the niche or topic you are in. It’s common knowledge that people like to buy from people they like . You can earn readers’ trust and build familiarity by using e-zines and newsletters to connect with them in their homes. Connect with readers by sharing details about yourself or your company through anecdotes, events, or employee spotlights. Keep in touch with both current and prospective clients on a regular basis which can be done through a special drip autoresponder sequence you can do through Aweber or Infusionsoft.
Let Them Know About the Hot Sales
Consideration should be given to eventually developing two ezines: one for prospects and one for clients, as each require different information. You will find that this is the most optimum way to notify your readers of hot specials you have going along with upcoming products you are launching, new articles you have just posted on your blog, how succesful customer have used your product or service, and to provide links (or urls) to any updates you have made to FAQs, blogs and splash pages. You will also find that this is one of the best ways to drive traffic to your website or blog. Don’t forget to give them a direct link to the new blog posts and other changes on your website in order to call attention to it.
Keep and Archive of Your Newsletter’s and Ezine’s
Continually remind readers where they can find the archive directory of your newsletter because the only time when they notice it is when they are actualy needing it to find an answer to their question. Promote special sales with a link to the sales page (along with a discount coupon codes that can be tracked to your current subscribers). One easy thing to do but not a long of business and site owners think about is to continually add and keep content fresh on their website. A lot of people don’t search through their emails for answers to their questions so make sure you put your newsletters and ezine messages out on your site so they can find them when they need to. Develop your own way of adding your ezines and newsletters to your website in an archive area. Visitors can check on the issues they are currently having in their life and decide whether your ezine actually provides the answers they are needing this method also lends itself to getting more sign-ups and potential sales.
Interact With Your Readers with Newsletter or Ezine’s!
It is imperative that you get feedback from your readers or prospect one way or another. Make it easy for your readers and prospects to stay in touch with your through forums, comments, and an “To the Editor Column”. One thing a lot of blog and site owners miss is to ask their readers and prospects for interaction. Just a simple “please comment about this below” at the bottom of the page or posts is plenty to give them that little nudge. Blog type surveys and polls should be done. It is important to start a ‘Letter to the Editor’ section on your site so that people visiting can express themselves either anonymous or by adding their identity. This way users will know that you care about what they are thinking.
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