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Genius Ways for Using…and Reusing…Tips Content

Genius Ways for Using…and Reusing…Tips Content

Using and Repurposing Tips Content

Here are PublishforProsperity.com, we love to make easy-to-publish content for our customers. We know you're busy serving your own clients and customers, so if we can make it even simpler for you to keep up with your content marketing, that makes what we do so worthwhile.

One of the most versatile packages we have is our 365 Self-Improvement Tips. You get a report with 365 tips, one for each day of the year. You can give the report away as an free gift to get people on your list or you can use those tips in a variety of ways.

Here are some ideas for you:

  • Load the tips to your autoresponder. BAM! 1 year's worth of emails. Just add a little greeting and encouragement and you're ready to roll.
  • Schedule the tips to your social media. If you use a tool like Hootsuite or even the Facebook Page scheduling feature, you're good to go.
  • Make viral top lists on your blog. The tips divided into different major categories, so you could create a post with “Top 30 Motivation Tips”.
  • Use a content rotator widget on your WordPress site and load all the tips in. Then you can show the tips in your sidebar or wherever you'd like to give your readers a bit of encouragement.
  • Take the various tips categories and make each on into a report. Easy peasy, you've got a bunch of lead magnets, ready to roll.
  • How about a desktop calendar with a tip of the day on it? It could be a real printed calendar or even for their computer desktop.
  •  Use it as a script for an audio or video. You can share just a quick audio or video tip of the day. Or share a bunch of related tips that your readers are going to thank you for.
  • Turn it into a slide show. This one is so easy. Just add some graphics, maybe a little music and you`re good to go.

And two more great ideas…

Make Graphic Images

You can also create quick graphics from them to share on social media. Here's a quick video from Justin Popovic of Tools for Motivation that shows you how to use your phone, your camera roll and the tips to brand yourself on Instagram. 

In the video above, Justin shares a very simple process of:

  • Getting your tips document, so it's accessible on your phone using Dropbox or you can use any file sharing program with a web page or that you can view on mobile. 
  • Copying and pasting the quote, adding it to an image off your camera roll and saving it as a new images
  • Posting the photo to Instagram...and hey, repeat the process for Facebook and your other favorite social media sites. Post to Twitter too, but be aware of sizing since your image may not show in full. I personally use the Word Swag app to ensure I have the right size for Twitter, but I'm sure there are plenty of other apps that will help you get the job done. 

Make Actual Magnets...Not Just Lead Magnets

Here's a great idea from Dina Hyde of WordFeeder...turn the images you create into photo magnets. Add your URL and ship them out as little gifts for your customers. Try StickerYou for printing or search around for the best price. 

Now you've got plenty of ideas to use this content. And not just once, but over and over again. 

​What Next: ​Get MORE Tips Content to Reuse and Repurpose

​​To make it easier to implement these tips, we've got some done-for-you tips content that you can publish as your own. Just grab it, brand it and monetize it...just about any way you'd like. 

365 Self-Improvement Tips

​This handy and versatile done-for-you package ​​that gives your readers an entire year's worth of personal development tips on a variety of topics. You can use the tips for:

  • An autoresponder series
  • Daily tips for your blog
  • Scheduling your daily social media
  • Printable calendar, with a tip for each day
  • Viral top 20, top 50 lists
  • A report or ebook
  • A bunch of themed blog or social media posts

...and just about anything you want. Click here to get yours and get publishing!

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Using Printables to Boost Conversions and Sales

Using Printables to Boost Conversions and Sales

Printables to Boost Profits

Information makes the web go round, that's for certain. But in order to get more opt-ins and sales, your information needs to stand out…and many times, incorporating printables into your content can do the trick. Customers just LOVE to have something in their hand and if it's something that can help them accomplish their goals, it's all the better.

Some of the reasons people love printables:

  • They're tangible. People love to be able to have something in their hand…or like the thought of having them in their hands, even if they download them and never end up printing them.
  • They're action-oriented. If you give out printables like worksheets or planners, they not only give your customer or subscriber information…but they allow them to take action and work toward their goals.
  • They stand out. In a digital world where everyone claims to have the advice to solve a problem with an ebook, report or article, offering printables makes your help stand out.

In general, you can't go wrong if you incorporate printable into your content marketing. Here are a few ideas for printables.

#1: Worksheets and Workbooks

If you offer a report or ebook…or really any type of content, turn that into a worksheet or a workbook. A worksheet can help your readers work through the information by applying it to their own lives.

We offer worksheets in our content packages, wherever possible. Here's an example from our 4x System Subject Matter Expert Training:

The worksheet helps the student apply what they learned in this session to their own lives, so they can start achieving their own big goals. Whenever you move the student from simply learning to actually DOING, you boost the value of the help you provide them. That means, they're more likely to want to learn from you AND they're more likely to pay more for that learning experience.

The above is just a simple worksheet, but you can also create more complex workbooks, with calculations and whatever they need to get organized for solving their problem, reaching their goal, etc. Here's some excerpts from our 4X System Master Workbook that actually does calculations to help students find more time, keep track of their productivity and more.

4X System Master Worksheet

#2: Planners

Here's another way to get your readers to take action…by providing them a planner. You can use planners for a variety of purposes. If you teach about gratitude, give them a planner that allows them to focus on gratitude daily. Here's an example from our Planner Mega Pack. It's nothing complicated, but it looks nice and helps your student take action.

Peek Inside a Planner

Or if you help your clients lose weight, give them a planner that helps them focus on their health and progress. Here's another example from our Planner Mega Pack.

A Look Inside the Healthy Me Planner

The above one is a bit more complex and involved, but still reasonable simple to put together. Just think about what your student wants to accomplish and how you can deliver it.

And here's a sample of our 4X System Daily Planner actually printed out and ready for the customer. You can use a service like CreateSpace or Lulu to print on demand. Then you can ship out your real live printables, use them in a classroom environment or whatever you'd like.

Printed Planner

#3: Journals

Similar to a planner, a journal allows your students to chart their progress. And look around any bookstore, they usually have a big section of journals and notebooks because people just love them.

Here's an example of a journal from our Journal Mega Pack. This one is a Dreams Journal, but we also have a Gratitude Journal, Goals Journal and an Affirmations Journal. They include an introduction on how to use the journal and then plenty of space for the student to write on the beautifully designed pages that have inspirational quotes sprinkled throughout. Pretty simple, but impactful, hey?

Dream Journal

When brainstorming your printables, simply think about how your customer could solve their problem or achieve their goals faster. Would a worksheet help? Or could they use a journal or planner to stay on track. Including these items are quite likely to boost your opt-in rate on your opt-in offers and result in more sales of your information-based products, so incorporate them wherever you can.

Letting Go of Perfection for Bigger Profits

Letting Go of Perfection for Bigger Profits from Your Information Products and Training Programs

Let Go of Perfection

by Alice Seba
Owner PublishforProsperity and
Done-for-You Content Provider Since 2006

After working with information product and online course creators and hopeful product creators for over 15 years, there is one thing that holds people back from success than any other.

That is the need for perfection. The need to perfectly understand the process before starting. The need to have a perfect product before launching.

But calling it perfection is a lie.

Perfection sounds like a positive thing and people hide behind the words, “I'm a perfectionist.”

But perfection is just an extremely misleading word for procrastination.

The desire for perfection boils down to excuse after excuse for not getting stuff done.

If you want to be successful creating information products, training programs or in any business at all, it's time to let go of the false idea of perfection.

Here are a few ways you can do that…

1. You Don't Need to Know How to Do Everything before You Start

If you've been telling yourself that you'll launch your first product once you figure out A, B, C and D…you're giving yourself the biggest excuse ever to do nothing at all.

Think about all the things you've done in your life without knowing exactly where you're going. Whether it was to learn to drive, cook a meal, get married or even have a child, most of us jump in and learn as we go. We make mistakes and sometimes screw up royally, but all those are lessons for us to improve or get it right the next time.

You do not need to know who your web host will be, how you'll create your site, what autoresponder you'll use or what platform you'll sell your product with…and know each step of all those things before you begin. You'll do them and learn them as you go.

So many people I speak to want a precise blueprint and want every step outlined…but there really is no such blueprint because there are many variables that decide how you'll execute your plan. It could be your budget, personal preferences, your target market or just about anything else.

If you're looking for a cookie cutter approach to what you should do…you'll get cookie cutter results. But if you can learn what's best for your business as you go and adapt as you make be discoveries, you'll have much more success.

Which brings me to the next point…

2. Be Willing to Adjust Your Plan

Just like you might change the steps you follow or the software you use to launch your product, you need to be flexible with the product itself.

When we start, we have these grand ideas of our perfect product. But then we get down to work, we realize that it's going to take forever to get where we hoped.

That's the point where the deadline you set for yourself is more important than perfection. For accountability, tell your subscribers your product will launch on a certain day and make sure you deliver. That might mean changing your expectations of what the product will look like, but it's better than waiting until NEVER to launch. 🙁 

Because here's the thing…

3. Don't Assume You Know What “Perfection” Means to Others

We all have this idea of what our ideal product should like, so we get married to the idea and it's hard to let go…but realize that you have no idea of what perfection looks like to your customers.

And the only way for you to really discover that is by getting content out to them and letting them tell you what else they need…and then providing it to them.

Why spend months or even years creating something, only to discover you were missing what your customers really needed?

Just let go. Let your customers surprise you and tell you what they need.

And yes, you could survey your followers before you release your product…but then you're getting the feedback of people who simply say they're interested. You want feedback from people who have already committed and paid you, so you know how to serve your actual customers better.

And speaking of others, this product creation game doesn't need to be…and shouldn't be…a solitary activity…

4. Let Others Help You

I was overwhelmed by things just like you. All the tasks I had to complete and learn how to do. All the content I had to create. And I had to do it all because it had to be perfect.

But that thinking was wrong for a couple of reasons:

There are far more talented and knowledgeable people than I am…so it's silly for me to try to retain full control of each part of the process.

I only have so much time in the day. If I'm trying to do everything, things are going to slip through the cracks. And from my experience with creating products, people get most bogged down in the creation process and they skimp on the selling and marketing part…and really cheat themselves in creating a best selling product.

The moment I started to let go and to accept help, the faster my success came. I hired writers and used private label rights content. I hired people to do my graphics and so on.

Then I was able to focus on selling my product and making it a financial success. Because after all, we create products because we want to help people…but if we can't sell them, how are we going to get them out to those people?

Free Download: High-Ticket Online Training Program Planning Checklist

Free Download: High-Ticket Online Training Program Planning Checklist

High Ticket Training Program Checklist

If you’re planning to launch your own online training program, it’s important to plan out your content, so that you have the best student experience possible. The more you can add interactivity and practical applications, the more you’ll be able to charge for your training and the more likely your satisfied students are to recommend you to others.

To help you out, we've created a checklist focuses on providing the high-level experience for your students, so in turn, can sell your offer at a high ticket price.

Download Your Free Checklist Here (PDF)

As we mentioned the other day, the opportunity to sell information and turn it into a living online is immense (Global Industry Analysts projects it to be a $241 billion industry by 2022). If you're not cashing on this, you are missing out on a highly lucrative way to generate an income with very little cost to get started.

What to Do Next:

We've got the training you need to set up a high-ticket training product that teaches your students to finally get organized, productive and achieving goals they never thought possible. We've created all the training and marketing materials. All you have to do is join us for a few training sessions, so you can be the subject matter expert and confidently deliver the training to your students. 

To serve you best, would you answer these 3 quick questions and we'll even give you a $​50 off coupon to thank you for your time?

It’s a super easy way to get immersed in selling high-ticket training products…without having to do all the hard work. The survey will only take a moment and will allow us to create the best training program for you possible. 

Lessons Learned from Creating High Ticket Training Programs

4 Income-Boosting Lessons Learned from Creating High Ticket Training Programs

Lessons Learned from Selling High Ticket Products

by Alice Seba
Owner PublishforProsperity and
Done-for-You Content Provider Since 2006

The opportunity to sell information and turn it into a living online is immense (Global Industry Analysts projects it to be a $241 billion industry by 2022). All we have to do is look at marketplaces like Kindle, ClickBank, Udemy and others like it to see online teaching is a booming business.

Now when you think of those platforms, we see many different price points. On Kindle, you can get information for as little as 99 cents or even for free. And of course, marketplaces like ClickBank and Udemy offer products at a wide variety of price points.

And the reason is simple. All price points work, but there is something to be said about high ticket programs. I've been selling products at a wide variety of price points and I always come back to high ticket items because they boost my business greatly.

If you're thinking of getting into high ticket online courses, here are 4 lessons I've learned that I think you'll find helpful too.

#1:  Your Happy Customers Want More

Selling lower ticket items is a great model and absolutely nothing to sneeze at. Most of my products are low ticket. It's an easy way to get a lot of the customers through the door and give them a taste of what you have to offer. Of course, since you're delivering stellar content and guidance, they're going to want more and the more they already enjoy your material, the more willing they'll be to invest larger amounts into their education with you. 

In short, your happy customers want more, so give it to them! 

#2: You Have to Sell Less to Make More 

This is a simple math equation, but in addition to having to sell less to make more, it's often easier to sell a higher ticket product. When you sell low ticket products, you always have to make up for it in volume. If you have the list, advertising dollars or affiliates to help you do that, it's certainly doable. 

When you only have to sell 10 products at $197 to make $1,970...that seems a whole lot more doable than 115 sales at $17, doesn't it?

#3: Make it As Easy as Possible

So how do you differentiate between a $17 and a $197 product? How do you convince your customers it's worth the investment?

Well, there are a lot of techniques you can employ, but one thing you should focus on is making participating in your program as easy as possible. What can you do to get them to results with the least effort possible? Nobody wants things difficult, so figure out what you can do to do some of the work for them. 

Here are 3 ideas to get you started:

Include Templates: If you're teaching them to reduce their debt, make budgeting templates, fill-in-the-blanks letters to creditors or whatever they need to accomplish the goals for your course. 

Add Interaction: Making your course interactive provides built-in accountability and they're more likely to take action. Whether it's talking with you about their progress or participating in a community related to your program, when your student feels like they have someone waiting for them to take the appropriate steps, they are more likely to take them. 

Do Some of the Work: Offer done-for-you components, where applicable...and charge a premium for them. If you're offering a weight loss program, offer custom menus or exercise plans. Depending on how much you're already charging for the program, these extra services might be at a higher membership level or can be offered as an upsell. 

#4: High Ticket Customers are AWESOME!

Talk to anyone who has sold high and low ticket products and they'll tell you their high ticket customers are almost always more easy going. Oddly enough, people who pay less often have higher expectations, are less patient with any issues that may come up and can be a royal pain in the butt. Obviously, that's not everyone...but it's a generality that always seems to ring true. 

It's likely because the people who are willing to pay more also see greater value in what they purchase. Someone who is only willing to pay $17 for your expertise doesn't really value it...and they're more likely to have higher, and often unrealistic, expectations. 

In short, selling higher ticket products can make your life a whole lot easier and your business much more lucrative. 

PROFIT: Strategies for Turning Your Mailing List into a Long-Term Profitable Asset

Simple Strategies for Turning Your Mailing List into a Long-Term Profitable Asset
FOCUS: Profiting from Your List

Profit Puzzle SolvedA mailing list is one of your businesses most valuable assets…if not THE most valuable. But it's not simply a matter of getting subscribers and then emailing them. You need a strategy.

We've got some time-tested and true strategies for you below. It's all a matter of getting to know your subscribers and getting them to trust you enough to follow your suggestions. 

And if you still need to build your subscriber list…or just want more subscribers who can't wait to buy your stuff, join us for the training here

#1: Train Your List:

If you want your list to accept and take action on your promotions, teach them to be  accustomed to promotions.

In the privacy note below your subscription box, write something like: “We will only use your email address to communicate with your regarding [x]-related topics and offers.”

BAM – You’ve told them you’ll be giving them offers.

If you want, you can also remind them in your welcome email that you’ll be sending them offers. You can tell them how you like to do review products on your reader’s behalf and alert them to any products that might be helpful or to stay away from.

Again – Now they know you’re going to send them promotions. They can unsubscribe right away if they’re not happy with that.

Then, most importantly, regularly send them offers so they expect them. Don’t hide behind the excuse, “I only have 100 people on my list so I haven’t sold anything to them yet?”

WHAT? Again, your list is made up INDIVIDUALS. Whether it is 100 individuals, 2398 individuals or 100,000 individuals, doesn’t matter. Every member of your list needs to be accustomed to the way you sell to them.

Imagine, if you decided you were going to wait until you hit 1000 subscribers before you sent a promo. That means the first 999 people on your list will be receiving no promotions for a period of time. That is NOT how to train your list to expect promotions. Do it from the beginning.

#2: Get to Know Your Subscribers

I mean REALLY get to know them. No, you’re not taking them to dinner, but still getting to know them. Here’s how:

  • Pay attention to which links they click on in your emails (and track your links!). Whether they are clicking to read/view content, take a product recommendation or sign up for more information, pay attention.
  • Take note of which types of products they are buying through your links.  Note which products flop and which seem to get a lot of response.
  • Invite them to submit feedback on your blog on a certain topic. The response you get can be incredibly valuable and give you insight into your readers.
  • When your readers do comment on your blog, take the time to click through to their websites. See what they are talking about, what their problems are, what products they are buying. Do this on a regular basis and you’ll come to understand your typical audience even further.
  • Survey Them: Now, I think surveys do have their place, but never rely on this alone. I think taking note of BEHAVIOUR is far more powerful. When you create a survey, people get to answer how they THINK they will behave or how you want them to answer . Thing is, people often behave in ways that are very different from how they say they will / do behave.

#3: Don’t Forget Your Thank You Page

Your thank you page is a priceless piece of real estate, so use it! I'm not sure what it is, but people seem to like to follow directions when they hit a thank you page. When someone hits your sign up thank you page, don't waste that space. Offer them a product, a discount, free trial or show them another part of your site you'd like them to see.

#4: Subject Lines Matter

If your emails are top notch, your subscribers will be waiting for them, but this doesn't mean you can get away with dull subject lines.

“Newsletter #18, Volume 8, Issue 1”

...doesn't cut it.

YAWN!

The only job of a subject line is to get your reader to open the email...that's it, so I personally don't really need descriptive subject lines either.

Let’s say we’re selling a potty training guide. I wouldn’t use a subject line like:

"Potty Training Guide"

Sure, it does mean that you're more likely to have those readers ALREADY interested in a potty training guide open your email, but most of your readers won't know (yet) that they really want a potty training guide.

It is the body of your email whose job it is to convince your readers they need a guide...not your subject line. Again, you only need your subject line to get your reader to open the email.

In a case like this, I'd use something like:

"This will help with the frustration..."

Now in this case, if your readers are parents of toddlers, they can very likely relate to frustration and the subject line is more likely to capture interest. Being a parent is a joy, but there are definitely frustrations with all kinds of things along the way.

So, they open the email and you talk about and relate to that frustration...and then they feel like someone understands them, knows what they need and are more likely to make the purchase.

#5: Call to Action Each Time

To further train your list to do what you want them to do, make a goal to have a call to action on each and every email. That doesn't mean you have to send them to buy something each time, but ask them to do something.

Some calls to action can include to:

  • Click a link to read a blog entry
  • Click a link to complete a survey or to leave a comment
  • Click a link to read an informative article
  • Click a link to claim a freebie
  • Click a link to read a review
  • Click a link to enter a sweepstakes
  • Click a link to read a sales page
  • Check their email on Tuesday, for example, as you'll be sending another email with further information on a topic, product, etc.

#6: Email Your Customers

It’s always surprising the number of people who sell products through PayPal buttons and never bother to collect the emails of their customers.

Here’s the thing, your CUSTOMER list is even more valuable to you than your SUBSCRIBER list…and you probably know why.

It’s because your customers have shown that they are willing to open up their wallets and buy something from you. Add to that, if they enjoyed your product and customer service, they are much more likely to buy from you again.

Someone who is a subscriber and simply a prospect, can potentially be a customer…but you are more likely to get positive results from an already satisfied customer.

So start treating your customers differently from your prospects. Make special offers, discounts, etc. for them or allow them to purchase products before anyone else.

A little TLC goes a long way.

Strategies for Turning Your Mailing List into a Long-Term Profitable Asset

Simple Strategies for Turning Your Mailing List into a Long-Term Profitable Asset
FOCUS: 7 Strategies Nurturing Your List

Email Subject Line IdeasTo turn your list into a long-term asset, you’ve got to really understand your subscribers and deliver value consistently.

But make no mistake – delivering value doesn’t mean knocking yourself out silly with work. Use the tips in this post to build a strong rapport with your audience, all the while keeping things as simple as possible.

And if you still need to build your subscriber list…or just want more subscribers who can't wait to buy your stuff, join us for the training here

#1: Write Simple Emails:

Your email writing efforts needn’t be complicated. In fact, in my experience they should be kept really quite SIMPLE because it’s easier and because your more likely to get more results. If you’re busting your butt trying to publish a full-blown weekly newsletter, really consider giving yourself a break.

Think of it this way. People are busy and with few exceptions, experience email overload. Why load them up even more?

Keep your messages short, simple and focused on one thing or a couple things at a time. This allows your readers to quickly absorb your message and decide whether or not to take action on your call to action.

Many people think that if they offer more content, more sections, etc…they are more likely to provide something that appeals to more subscribers. But from our experience (and from the reports of many others), MOST of your readers aren’t reading past the first section of your ezine anyway. The lower down the content appeared in my, the less people took action on what you want them to do. Whether it was to a click a link for information or to buy a product, if the information isn’t in the first section, the response tends to diminish.

Why work so hard if very few people are paying attention?

Overall, you want your readers to be trained to respond to your calls to action. And if you’re just adding extra stuff hoping to capture a few extra people, I suggest cutting out the fat and putting more effort into that first section.

#2: Keep Your Writing “Personal” 

Email is personal communication. It’s generally one person to another. Follow that model in your marketing.

Imagine yourself writing to one person and use language that you’d use if writing to just one person at a time. Don’t address your readers as a group. For example, “I know many of you…”  Address your subscriber as that one important individual they are. The language is far more powerful.

For example, if you write: “I know many of you are looking for a…”

As opposed to…

“I know you are looking for a…”

Which do you think is more powerful? In the first case, your reader can immediately exclude themselves from the offer because you said “many”. That might not include that particular reader. In the second instance, you are stating it directly to your intended audience.

You may be sending out your email to thousands of people, but each of your subscribers is reading it one by one. Address them that way.

#3: From Line is Important:

Who is your email from? If you want to establish that personal connection and gain trust, the from line should have your personal and full name. You can use your company name if you want to build that reputation, but try to include a personal name with it, if possible.

#4: Keep Your Email Address Consistent:

Emails end up in junk folders or get filtered altogether. It sucks, but it happens.

One way you can curb this is by using a consistent email address for all your mailing list communications and getting your subscribers to whitelist you or add you to their address book.

#5: Email More Often:

Here’s another easy way to get over the obstacle of being afraid to do pure promotional emails. Just email your list with content more often, so when you slip in regular promos…the amount of content they receive in comparison still prevails.

Remember, you don’t have to write big fancy ezines with all kinds of sections and departments, just short simple emails that provide good value to your readers. Basically, instead of bombarding them with a ton of information all at once, you’re now giving it to them in bite-sized chunks.

Of course, you need to test out the volume of email your list can bear, but if you’re providing stellar stuff…I bet they’ll want to hear from you more often.

#6: Research Everything:

Your readers will appreciate your promotions, especially when you take the time to research and review everything thoroughly. In fact, your readers will come to expect you to do a lot of the hard work for them…but don’t worry this work is profitable for you!

If you are known for your research, your readers will wait to see your opinion on something and will want to know what you recommend. It’s a big, but profitable responsibility.

#7: Honesty is the Best Policy

When you do your research, report it in an honest way and that will solidify your reputation with your readers even further.

When you investigate a product, avoid coming back and telling your reader’s it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread…because not everybody eats the same kind of bread.

Sure, you might think the product is really terrific, but break it down for your readers and identify:

  • Who the product is for (ex. beginner rose gardeners only).
  • What problems you personally see the product solving.
  • Any potential drawbacks of the product.

Don’t be afraid to share any constructive negatives because that makes your promotion REAL. For example, you can tell them that the baby stroller you’re recommending doesn’t come with a drink holder, but the other features totally make up for it. Besides, an attachable drink holder can be purchased at very little extra cost.

Free List Building Checklist – 28 Ways to Grow Your List

Free List Building Checklist - 28 Ways to Grow a List

Free List Building Checklist

Smart business owners know that a mailing list is an invaluable asset. Consistently building your list, staying in regular contact and creating irresistible offers are key to business growth.

It doesn't matter if you market online or are offer your coaching services in your small town of 800, everyone should be embracing the power of email marketing or you're quite simply, leaving a lot of money on the table.

Just a Few Reasons Why Email Marketing is So Lucrative...

  • Direct follow up. It allows you to follow up with your prospects and customers directly into their inbox. Over and over again.
  • It boasts high conversions. While blog posts and articles are important for growing traffic and bolstering your reputation, they  rarely convert as readily offers sent by email.
  • It's your 100% your own asset. Social media is great, but it's you don't own your follower list the way you own your email list.

And if that's not enough...

  • It's cheap. Dirt cheap.

Unfortunately for many people, while they understand the power of the mailing list, they have trouble growing a list, but here's a way to change that. 

Download Your Free Email Marketing Checklist:

If you want to get more subscribers, we've published two easy-reference checklists that can help you including...

  • Email Marketing Success Checklist: Make sure you dot all your i's and cross all your t's and do everything you need to make email marketing work for you.
  • List Building Checklist: It's what most online business owners struggle with...growing their list. This checklist includes 40 ideas to help you do that.

Click the button below to add the free checklist to your Publish for Prosperity Account Just grab it, read it and apply it!

What to Do Next:

We've got the training for you to grow your list quickly...and turn more of your subscribers into customers. But the best part is that not only do you get the training, we have all the fill-in-the-blanks to make it as simple as possible to create your high-converting opt-in offers. 

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More Mailing List Subscribers – 30+ Free Gift Ideas

30+ Free Gift Ideas for More Email Subscribers

List Building Ideas

If there’s one thing that makes it easier for you to grow your list quickly, it’s to give away something valuable in return for the opt-in. If you’re not sure what to give away, here are over 30 ideas to get you started.

MONEY-MAKING TIP! Always remember to monetize these freebies. Your ultimate goal in gaining a subscriber is to quickly turn them into a customer, so ensure your freebies are highly targeted to a product or service you promote. So your free report or CD that solves a problem for your subscriber should ultimately lead them to a solution that can help them get to success faster, achieve better results or provide some quick benefit to them. 

Now without further ado, here are you free gift ideas:

1. A free PDF. Give them a report on something or a brief guide on something. We specialize in creating report and other documents you can give away free to your new subscribers. If you're in the personal development market, you can get your first done-for-you report for free here.  

2. An audio content download. A lot of people prefer to listen to audio in their cars or on their lunch break, instead of read. Use some written content you have and turn it into audio, interview someone or just speak off the cuff, if that's your thing. 

3. A video download. Videos give your audience a chance to see and hear. It also allows you to tap into new audiences by using platforms like YouTube, Vimeo and more.

4. A coupon or discount code. Have them opt-in for a coupon code for one of your products or for a discount of all the items in your store. This is a great way to convert a subscriber into a customer right away.

5. Free membership. Give them access to valuable ongoing content that in turn promotes your products and services.

6. Access to a forum or discussion area. People will sign up just to get access to the advice and conversations in the private area. Building a community is a key ingredients to building word of mouth, gaining trust and increasing your sales.

7. Tips. Give away a giant list of tips. For example, “101 Tips for a Better _____________.”

8. Tools. Whether you create the tools and software or you just give a list of helpful tools to complete a task, tools are in demand.

9. Excel spreadsheets. For example, if you run a weight loss site, give away a spreadsheet that makes it easy to track workouts. Anything that keeps your audience organized and goal focused is a valuable gift to your subscribers.

10. A mobile app. Help your subscribers get things done on the go. Have a useful mobile application developed and have them opt-in to receive the download link.

11. A CD or DVD. You may want to charge for shipping or calculate your cost-per-acquisition (how much it costs to get a new customer and how much that customer is worth) and give it away free. Either way, delivering a physical product in the mail can cement your relationship with your customer more than a digital download.

12. A guide to buying something. For example, write a buyer’s guide for choosing which Android phone to purchase. Include product reviews, comparisons and other useful information to help them make a smart buying decision.

13. A checklist. For instance, give people a checklist on what to look for when buying a new computer. People love checklists because they're short and to the point and help them get tasks done quickly.

14. A free preview. For example, give people the first chapter of your book for free.

15. Public domain content. Give annotated, edited or better formatted public domain content. For example, Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” is in the public domain. You could format it to your industry and give it away for free.

16. Answer a problem they needs solved. Think of the problems your ideal customer has and give them content that helps solve that problem. The solution can be sent by email, be a PDF download, a video or whatever makes sense for your audience.

17. Construct a course. For example, a 7-step course on Meditating to Gain Focus in Your life. Give them one email each day to help them reach their goal.

18. Link to your best articles and blog posts. Basically give away a report that’s really a guide to your best resources. When you promote it, tell them what they're going to learn and what problems you're going to solve for them. 

19. Give away recipes. People are always on the lookout for a great recipes. Think of saving them time, making them more healthy or providing some other useful benefit.

20. Do a screencast. Record your video screen and give away the video. Use it to teach something on your screen. This works great for demonstrating software, using a website or anything you can do on your computer.

21. Talk about mistakes to avoid. For example, “7 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Your Goals.”

22. Interview someone in your industry. If it’s a recognizable name on an in-demand topic, you’ll get a ton of opt-ins.

23. Access to a live webinar. They have to sign up now to get the access code and you've got a new subscriber. Webinars are also a great way to interact with your audience and promote products that will help them.

24. A recorded webinar. Once you've done your live webinar, that's not the end of it. You can use this recording to get new opt-ins.

25. A printable workbook. People fill as they learn. Writing down lessons helps boost retention and people love printables!

26. Access to you. For example, promise to answer a question via email for anyone who subscribes. Just be conscious of the time you give and how that translates into revenue for your business.

27. Run a contest. Be weary of  doing a big giveaway and adding everyone who enters to your mailing list. Most people won't remember they entered the contest and will wonder who the heck you are. Instead, once they enter, show them a valuable opt-in offer that is hard-to-resist, but completely optional for contest entrants.

28. Deal reminders. If you frequently do limited time deals that are shared with customers only, let people know that.

29. Random giveaways. Give a prize away to someone in your list every week or every month. Use this to entice people to sign up.

30. Members-only events. If people want to come to the event, they have to sign up. They could be local events, virtual events or whatever works for your business.

31. Give a mystery gift. Don’t tell people what they’ll get before signing up, just tell them it’s something good. Or tell them what it’ll do for them, without saying what it is. Make sure you test this to see if it works and perhaps make it a very limited time offer, so they are more compelled to sign up.

32. Your existing valuable content. Lock your old content so people have to sign up to get access to it.

33. The second half of an article. For example, you might give Page 1 of an article away for free, but people have to sign up to get the second half. 

34. Statistics. Give away a detailed report about little known statistics in your industry.

Valuable subscriber gifts are the easiest way to get people on your list, but the secret to continuous and fast list growth is to take more than one of these ideas and create highly-targeted offers you can share on your blog, on social media, in your advertising and more. Most people stop at just one free gift, but then miss out on attracting more potential subscribers.