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3 Keys to Building a Profitable E-mail List

 By Special Guest ~ PJ Van Hulle

PJThe easiest and most effective way to follow up and nurture relationships with your clients and potential clients is to build an e-mail list  of people who have “opted in” and given you permission to send them e-mails.

With a profitable e-mail list you can:

● Fill your seminars and programs

● Attract more clients and sales

● Turn current clients into repeat clients

● Promote other peoples’ programs that you believe in and earn $1,000′s inaffiliate commissions

Here are 3 basic keys to building a successful e-mail list:

First of all, you need to have one in the first place.  That means that you need an e-mail delivery system, which is commonly called a CRM (Contact Relationship Manager).

There are MANY systems to choose from.  I recommend Mail Chimp or Constant Contact if you’re just starting out and don’t have a lot of funds to work with.  I recommend 1ShoppingCart if you want to be able to process credit cards online.  Once you have 500 people on your list and are making $100,000 or more in revenue, it’s time to consider switching to Infusionsoft, which is more pricey but much more advanced.

You also need an Opt In Page where people can sign up to be on your list.  When people opt in, their contact information gets entered into your CRM automatically.

Next, it’s important to nurture relationships with people on your list by offering them something of value, other than sales, sales, and more sales.

Your list is a community of people who have put their trust in you.  They’ve trusted you with their name and e-mail address.  Since many people change their physical address more often than their e-mail address nowadays, that’s actually a generous show of trust.

They’ve trusted you to provide them with valuable information and not to sell their contact information or spam them.  Honor that trust by sending them articles (like this one), helpful tips, or inspiring quotes.

One of my colleagues runs an auto repair center, and he realized that his clients didn’t want to learn about auto repair (that’s why they hired him) so he just sends them funny quotes, comics, and stories that have nothing to do with auto repair but make them laugh.

Finally, you need to continually build your e-mail list by having new potential clients opt in.  Focus on attracting your tribe of ideal clients, not just anyone.  That way, the people who join your list will be more likely to actually invest in your products and services.

You can learn how to add 10,000 subscribers to your list in only 90 days by participating for FREE in the List-a-Palooza 90 Day List-Building Challenge.

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PJ Van Hulle is an acclaimed international speaker, author and financial literacy expert who works with coaches, consultants and speakers who love what they do but want to make more money with less effort.  She is the creator of the List-a-Palooza 90 Day List-Building Challenge.
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The One Minute Millionaire

Could you make a million dollars if your kids or loved ones lives depended on it? I wanted to share with you this amazing book I am reading The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth.

It’s written in a rather unique way to appeal to both the left and right brain. On the right hand side is a fictitious story about a women who makes a bet with her father-in-law to gain back the custody of her two children. The deal is, she has to make one million dollars in 90 days. The left side pages are nonfiction Millionaire Minutes lessons and step by step guides.
The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth

It’s interesting how I came across this book. I was searching for Goddess Art and Goddess Circles on the internet and Leonie Dawson kept coming up. I signed up for her newsletter and downloaded her free Biz and Blog Star Workbook. She referred to the book in her workbook so I grabbed it from the library. Leonie really resonates with me on so many levels, as an artist and a business women so I ended up joining her Goddess Circle and I’m also an affiliate so if you also sign up for any of her course I get a cut. And you know I only refer products or services I absolutely love!

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FITC Toronto 2013 – Women’s Initiative Free Tickets

FITC Toronto 2013  is offering 50 FREE festival tickets to give away to any woman who is willing to get creative in the name of FITC! Whether you are an illustrator, code fanatic, engineer, filmmaker, writer, journalist, photographer or are just someone who loves and appreciates the world of technology and design, they want to know why YOU want to come to FITC Toronto 2013

Tell us WHY you want to come to FITC Toronto 2013:

– Make a short-film
– Write a blog post
– Show off your photography skills
– Code something spectacular
– Design a poster
– Get creative, the options are limitless!
Deadline for entries is March 31, 2013.
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100 Best Sites for Graphic Designers

Here is a great collection of sites that are useful for students and professionals to improve their own skills, maximize their efficiency, and draw ideas from. These final 100 sites were selected after a lengthy nomination period and were included based on a variety of factors including their creativity, quality of information, use for graphic design students and professionals, and overall adherence to design principals.

100 Best Sites for Graphic Designers

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Join the 90 Day List-Building Challenge!

Your e-mail list is your BIGGEST ASSET in your business.

That’s why I recommend you check this out.

Having a profitable e-mail list gives you financial security and a never-ending flow of clients and sales. For example…

A good rule of thumb for monetizing your list is to shoot for $1 per subscriber, per month.

So if you have a list of 10,000 subscribers, you should be able to make $10,000 a month, which most of the people I work with can live on comfortably.

That’s why I wanted to invite you to participate for FREE in the List-a-Palooza 90 Day List-Building Challenge.

During the 90 Day Challenge, you will:

* Receive weekly accountability check Ins for tracking your results so that you accelerate your path to more subscribers (and more sales!)

* Get access to TWO training calls each week with some of the world’s top List-Building Experts to share their hottest strategies and tactics with you for massively growing your list.

* Be invited to participate in a weekly “Power Hour” in which we all get online together at the same time to implement ONE specific list-building tactic.

Click here to get FREE access

You will love it!

P.S. “What you focus on expands,” and by focusing on building your list for 90 days, especially with all of the resources you’ll receive, you will move forward MUCH FASTER!

Register Now for FREE

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Words from Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was ‘exciting…’
Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day……like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.

The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!

Maya Angelou said this:
‘I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.’

‘I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.’

‘I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.’

‘I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as making a life.’

‘I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.’

‘I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back…’

‘I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.’

‘I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.’

‘I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back….’

‘I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn..’

‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’
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