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Inbox Ideas | Email Marketing Tips by AWeber

Posted by Justin Premick

In the past year and change since we started this blog, we’ve written a lot about getting more subscribers, improving your email deliverability and a lot of other email marketing-related topics.

While we’ll always have plenty to say, we want to make sure this blog is both useful and interesting for you.

So… what would help you the most on this blog? Is there a topic we’ve covered that you want to learn more about? Do you have an idea for something we haven’t discussed yet?

Send your suggestions to blogideas@aweber.com!

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5 Responses

shannan
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:23 pm

I am scared to spend any more money I don’t have. I know it is your job to tell me it is fool proof, but I am a computer novice with great idea for a page, and having your system in place to help with tracking etc.. would be great. so the question How do I get ‘the list’. Is it something I make with my own contacts, because I have only 3, and they are family.
thanks for reading this.
Justin Premick
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:40 am

Hi Shannan,

That’s definitely a popular question. After all, you have to have subscribers to send out an email campaign.

There are many ways to get subscribers; most of the ones that we see businesses using involve putting a sign up form on your website (much like the form you see on the right-hand side of this page) and then driving people to their page. (You may find it helpful to sign up for our next Opt-In Form Webinar.)

Once you have a form there, there are many ways to drive people to that page. Examples include: buying advertising through programs like AdWords; optimizing your site so that people looking for information on your industry can find you through search engines (for many people this includes blogging); sending postcards and using other offline advertising; and writing articles and submitting them to various article directories.

Thanks for suggesting this topic!
Justin
October 4th, 2007 at 12:54 pm

I was wondering if there was any sort of tracker or counter I could get for my website? Something that could actually keep track of unique visitors too. All the ‘free’ counters I have found, only keep track of how many times the page has been seen. I was hoping to find something that could be a bit more detailed, like daily counter and unique visitors.

Also, if there was a form that could be put on the webpage that says "how did you hear about us?"………..this would make it MUCH easier to keep track of what marketing programs/plans are working and worth keeping.

If you already have something like this avaliable, forgive me and please point me in the right direction.
Justin Premick
October 4th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

For tracking visitors (not only counting them but doing a lot more) I recommend using a web analytics package like Google Analytics (which is free). For help using that program, check out the videos they’ve put on YouTube.

One advantage of using that program is it integrates nicely with AWeber so that you can segment out/measure traffic coming from your email campaigns.

We also talk about web and email analytics on our blog.
Marc David
October 17th, 2007 at 10:31 pm

I’d like to see some type of analytics or discussions on tips and tricks for a better opt-in subject line.

How can we increase our opt-in rates if the very first thing a potential subscriber will see is that ever so critical confirm your subscription message.

Are the defaults time tested and proven to work?

Is there a better way to customize one so get that prospect to click?

What works as a baseline and what should be avoided at all costs?