PB068: How to Increase Your Email List Subscribers By 100% Or More Today

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How I Increased the Subscriber Rate on My Blogs by 80-1000% Today's episode is the second of the new 'Today, Not Someday' podcast series. The focus is actioning your 'someday' list, the things you've always wanted to do to improve your blog but have struggled to make happen. For details about how the series works, check out episode one here. Part 2 was about why you should sell a product on your blog (and how to dot it). The focus of today's episode is about why and how you should have a good system to allow people to subscribe to your email list. I have spent lots of time over the years experimenting with different ways to let readers subscribe across my blogs. I share the technique I use that increased my email list subscribers by over 100% so you can use it on your blog. In This Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode: * Why I started using email as a way to communicate with my readers * Why email is a valuable communication tool for your blog * The 3 keys to increasing the subscriber numbers on your email list * An invitation to complete a challenge to improve your blog * 5 things you should test in your email list sign ups * The tool that has increased my email list sign ups by more than 100% Further Reading and Resources for How to Increase Your Email List Subscribers By 100% Today The email list providers that I use: * Aweber * Mailchimp SumoMe, the email list tool I use for pop up and Welcome Mat subscription forms (and a SPECIAL OFFER) The great thing about SumoMe is that: * It allows you to test different types of popups, hello bars etc. in combination * You can target people coming from different sources of traffic with different tools, different CTAs, different frequency of seeing the tools etc. I've seen between 80%-1000% increases in subscribers on every site I've tested it on. Check out the increases in subscribers I've seen to a couple of my sites. First Digital Photography School. Next - here's the increase in subscribers here on the ProBlogger Podcast show notes page. My wife even saw a 1000% increase in her subscribers on her blog! The feature I specifically mention working very well for me on my blogs (and being responsible for these increases in subscribers) is the 'Welcome Mat'. SumoMe has a special offer for ProBlogger readers, a free month of ‘Welcome Mat Pro', which is pretty amazing! Access the special offer here.