Step #7 - Before Publishing, Automate - And Test - Your Ezine Processes
If you really are serious about growing your ezine very big, very fast, it is
absolutely critical that you have the ability to automate everything related to
your list. It will save you time doing the same chores by hand.
More important, it will multiply your sales by four times - or more ! This is
because most online shoppers are impulse buyers. Answering their
questions, providing information and handling requests instantly - by
automating the processes - gratifies them. And boosts your profits.
1. Which parts of your ezine administration can you automate?
The one-word answer - Everything !
This includes
Your sign-up and unsubscribe requests
Your ordering system and payment processes
Your search engine positioning and monitoring
Your email
Your online promotions (classified ads, discussion groups, bulletin boards)
Your ad tracking
Your affiliate programs
I know it seems overwhelming. But if you do it one small step at a time,
before long you'll have an ezine that hums along on auto-pilot.
2. Study your ezine processes and then automate them
The first step is to imagine the process of attracting and signing up a new
subscriber. You'll have to
- promote your ezine
- offer a method to sign up for your ezine
- respond to requests with a welcome message
- promptly deliver the first issue
- reply to questions and feedback
- make 'back-end' offers to your readers
- track responsiveness to various offers
- handle any request to unsubscribe from your list politely and quickly
In lessons 11 and 12 of Ezine Launch, you'll learn about creating this process
using autoresponders and the built-in features of the various online ezine
distribution services. With these lessons you can be assured you can run
your ezine 'hands-off' - and have time to spend doing more important things.
3. Test before you launch
The purpose of testing your process is to save yourself hours of grief and
frustration later, and at the same time offering your customers the best
service.
Take your list for a trial run. Imagine yourself as a new subscriber. Put each
step of the process through its paces. If something is broken, or unclear, or
can be improved - do it. Now. Then test it again.
When you are happy, invite five friends to take a look at what you've created.
Watch their actions and emotions. Do they find anything confusing or hard to
carry out? Make notes and fix these areas next.
4. Why not set your entire e-business on auto-pilot?
And if you wish to go further and automate every step of your e-business,
Corey Rudl shows you exactly how in his brand-new, fully updated "Internet
Marketing Secrets Course -version 3.0".
Here's a sample of what you'll find about business automation in this
comprehensive 1000+ page two-volume masterpiece:
Lesson 7 - Harnessing the power of email
Lesson 8 - Automating with autoresponders
Lesson 5 - Ordering process automation
Lesson 9 - Automating search engine submissions and monitoring your
ranking
Lesson 14 - Automatically marketing to Usenet Newsgroups
Lesson 15 - Using classified ad campaigns to reach customers
Lesson 20 - Testing, tracking and surveying - Automate your ad tracking
Lesson 22 - Automating your affiliate program
Lesson 21 - Competitive intelligence (or automatically monitoring your
competition)
As you can see, Corey tells it all. If you are considering starting a business
on the Internet or already own one, you want to view his web site... Corey
really knows what he is talking about.
He gets over 4 million visitors every year, does over 5.2 million dollars in
sales online every year (yes that's $5,200,000), and personally made
hundreds of thousands of dollars from his online business...all from his one
small office.
He has made a fortune online and he has just developed a new version of his
power-packed course that REVEALS all his tips, tricks and techniques for
starting a business on the Internet and making a fortune.
Corey Rudl has discussed everything you ever wanted to know about starting a
business online... or if you already have a business online, he reveals exactly
how to promote it to make a fortune on the Internet. Check it out at
http://www.EzineMarketingCenter.com/imc/
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