RYB 863: Avoid These 5 Email List Building Mistakes To Help Grow Your BRAND

Today we're going to talk about five mistakes people make when creating their email lists and how to avoid them. Email marketing doesn't have to be complicated, and I'm here to share some ways to help make it easier. Let's get right to it! 

I actually just sent out an email to my list, letting them know that we're focusing on email marketing for the next few weeks. It's been very useful for my businesses and has worked for me for over fifteen years.

Over the years, I've followed the email marketing formula that has worked well for me. There are a few common mistakes that people make when they're implementing email marketing, and we're going to talk about how to avoid those to successfully grow your email list.  

Start With a Lead Magnet 

To start, you need an effective lead magnet, landing page, and a place to collect your emails, such as ConvertKit. Next, you'll need to figure out how to get people to your landing page and what to send to your email list each week. You'll change up your lead magnets as you go, and your product offerings change. However, to start, you need to have a good understanding of the basics before getting started. 

The goal is to simplify the process to make it easier for you. Your first lead magnet may not be your most successful, but you need to start somewhere and start testing to see what is the most successful.

Keep in mind that marketing isn't just selling your products and services to your audience. You need to gain good will with your audience and give them something of value before selling them anything. This will help build trust in the process and show them that you're a reliable source in your niche and genuinely care about helping them.  

5 Mistakes To Avoid

1) Choosing the Wrong Lead Magnet 

Your lead magnet needs to be directly related to your niche and repel people who aren't interested in your product or service. Your lead magnet needs to be directly related to your target market so you can attract the right people. Niche it down and call out their specific problem, so they're more likely to sign up. 

2) Asking People to Join Your Newsletter

I prefer to create a precise lead magnet instead. A newsletter doesn't show your audience what you're actually going to give them. Always include a call to action and always have them answer with "yes." To confirm that they actually want the lead magnet and know what they're signing up for. 

3) Not Building Your List at All 

You should start building your email list the right way. Create a lead magnet as soon as you have your website up and have your first blog posts up. It can be as simple as transforming a blog post into a lead magnet and creating a landing page for it. 

4) Not Sending Emails

If you have an email list, you need to start sending emails to your list, don't wait! If you have a list and haven't sent anything for a while, there are ways that you warm your list up. To start, send them a recent blog post or update to check in on them or let them know what you've been working on and get the dialog going? 

5) Only Sending Emails When You Want to Sell Them Something

I'm not saying you can't put a promotion on an offer page, that's actually a good idea. However, always lead with value and goodwill, and make sure you're smart about when you send promotions. Once you have your lead magnet dialed in you'll start to see success. 

How to Use The Brand Creators PlayBook 

Content is the long play. Once you've posted a piece of content, it should start ranking within 3-4 months. From there, your email comes into play so you can get eyeballs on your content without having to wait for so long for organic traffic to come to your website. 

In a perfect world, you will build a website, add content, build your email list, and do Pinterest off on the side where you can create pins that go directly to your lead magnet. Part of the email list building will include Facebook Ads. That is the formula that I would use. The money coming in on the backend comes naturally as you bring traffic to your site. 

Creating a lead magnet doesn't need to be complicated. Take time to go back and review the five mistakes to make sure you avoid them! 

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"Remember, I'm here for you, I believe in you, and I'm rooting for you! Now it's time for you to take action and go rock your brand"! 

Take-Aways From Today's Episode 

1. Start With a Lead Magnet (5:48)
2. 5 Mistakes To Avoid (11:42)
3. How to Use The Brand Creators PlayBook (31:58)

Quote: 

• "Your lead magnet needs to be directly related to your niche and repel people who aren't interested in your product or service." 
• "Always lead with value and goodwill, and make sure you're smart about when you send promotions."