Do You Have An Email List?
/You can have every social media platform covered including a great blog, but you will get the most bang for your buck if you have an email list. Email lists are amazing and can bring you more income than you thought possible.
Why are email lists so important? Email lists are comprised of people that want to hear from you. They are interested in what you have to say and are interested in updates having to do with your business. Social media is a very valuable tool but unless you are paying for targeted ads it’s not as specific to your target market as your email list is. The email list provides you with a go-to list of people to contact when you decide to run a special, offer a new service or have great news and updates to share.
Starting an email list is fairly simple for someone who knows what they are doing. I’ll be honest, my virtual design assistant set mine up for me. The easiest way to start one is to create an opt-in on your website. You can attach this opt-in to all your other social media as well. The opt-in is a pop up that will appear when someone visits your website and it will ask for an email address. A lot of designers offer a freebie in exchange for the email address. You can offer a style quiz or a how-to guide for the most commonly asked questions you receive such as how to hang curtains, how to hang a gallery wall, how to choose the appropriate sized rug, etc.
Once you have your freebie and your opt-in ready you will need to link it to an email capture service like MailChimp or ConvertKit. These services allow you to keep an email subscriber list and allow you to set up email campaigns. You can create an automatic email campaign or go in and schedule new ones to go out as needed.
This is a very high-level overview of how to start an email subscription list so if you need help getting one set up please let us know!
We can help you set one up, write your email content for you, schedule the emails, etc.
Do you need help with your email list? Please feel free to email me at danae@elitedesignassistants.com.