Month: May 2020

What is the Best Bulk Email Sender for the average small business and can it return a margin on sales? Here we tell you how.

What is bulk email?

The answer off course is more than one. However the maximum is as many as you want so it is an individual application. This can be done in a few different ways

General email	Sales or branding
Autoresponder mail	Follow up series
Newsletters	Regular posting

I have tried most of the market and eventually settled on Constant Contact as my choice.

Can you make money with email?

Making money with email is relatively easy compared to all other marketing methods. For a fixed monthly sum you can blast away all day long and count the returns.

Marketers will tell you that everyone on your list should return you an average of $5 a month.Personally I have never made that but I do get a great return.

First of all you can not always count your returns. Take newsletters as an example. They are not a selling tool. Newsletters are an information and contact devise that will bring customers back. Newsletters may contain links to income generators that we often forget to count because they may not be immediate.

You can count an Autoresponder return

Your Autoresponder sends out a series of emails that should culminate in a sale. It may be just a few mails or a whole bundle but the results should be easily visible.
One reason is that once they buy from you you take them out of the series and place them somewhere else. It could be a different product, newsletter or similar.

A sale product or big give away promotion

Again very easy to monetize because results come within a few days. You can quickly assess your return on expenditure and make a decision on the future of that program.

One of the classic methods is re-sending the same successful email to all those that did not open it
the first time. If this is a success repeat it again until the results dry up.

Best Bulk Email Sender takes prices lower than most marketing.

Email v general marketing

This is an easy sum. The annual cost of email is about $600 or $1000 for up to 10,000 client list.

This may include about 250,000 contact points in a year. A run of 5000 brochures will cost nearly $1000.
Facebook advertising could cost a lot more for a lot less.
Ad words will come to tens of thousands a year making email look cheap.
However nothing is cheap if it does not work.

Always test your marketing

I have about 20 lists that I mail to, mostly different business niches that require a different touch point in sales. However I generally bundle them together for a newsletter.

With something new I will generally send a test mail and look at the results before sending it to the rest. Change the headline, alter the call to action fix colors to see If I can get better results.

You have access to all the analytics live at any time so use them as best you can to improve your rates.

Your rates will vary with the product and purpose. As I generally sell a recurring income product one sale will cover my carrier cost for the year.

The better your material the better the results

You probably don’t need to be told that content creates results that become returns. The same principal applies with your web page and Social marketing.

Short emails are better than long ones unless you are telling a story

However another critical factor is the know consideration. I delete any emails that I don’t know or like on a daily basis. That is before the subject line even gets a look at.

Do your readers like you and what you send?
Are they interested in your email subject line?
Is it in there interest at that moment?

If we can get one of these right you stand half a chance of having your email read.

Best Bulk Email Sender, don’t be scared of rejection.

Don’t be scared of rejection

People will constantly opt out of your list, They have their reasons so just wave good by and move on to the others. This saves you time deleting those that never open a mail.

For example I use the delete button every day however i don’t generally unsubscribe. When I still have an interest in the sender it is just not on my list at this time.

Why Constant Contact is my email platform

Every platform has its own set of idiosyncrasies however Constant contact seems to have less of them.
It is easy to use and there is lots of training available. I have tried others as an experiment but have always returned here.
They include other services like a website builder but as I use WordPress at Wealthy Affiliate I don’t use it.

During The Covid period they included emails to sent and support plans for those businesses suffering the time.

Prices are all much the same but some charge per email sent where CC charge per customer. You are then not scared to send a ton of emails along the way.

Spam is not allowed however CC is indeed more tolerant than most provided you are not getting complaints. They also dont brand everything with advertising.

You can try it for free and that is really recommended for anything you do before sending money.
Finally is is an industry recognized program that is honest and reliable.

Conclusion

I am loyal to those that look after me and this is one platform that I have stayed with for many years.
Yes, I have ventured outside to find a price advantage or a performance that I was missing but have always returned.

Furthermore it will provide a great return on expenditure and keep your customers returning to you for years to come.

Constant Contact is easy to use, great templates, colors and accessories so it gets my tick of approval. Sign up now.

Best Bulk Email Sender by Peter Hanley

Online business ideas for beginners that have some chance of making money and will not cost a fortune. We tell you to think before you leap.

What are good online business ideas?

First of all anything we talk about must have a chance of returning your investment in time and money. The rest are not worth following unless you want a hobby.

Wealthy Affiliate is my number one choice because it teaches you to make money, has a great affiliate program and introduces you to a whole lot of real chances with other affiliates operations.

Start with some basic training so you don’t waste time

I can give you any amount of great ideas to make money but none will work unless you have some idea of what you are doing.
You need to understand about SEO and keywords along with how you go about selling online.

Secondly, we don’t want your money, we want you to try the basic training for free and see if it works for you. This is before you do anything else.

A world of scams are waiting for you.

Certainly you can give away a lot of money and get nothing in return. Everyday great offers will pop up promising the world and how you can get rich without any experience. 99% are rubbish and designed by professionals to get you in. Not only will they take your money they will consume so much of your time that you will eventually give up.

There are good paid courses if you want a mentor

One I usually recommend is my friend Roy Carter. He lives the online dream residing on an Island in the Pacific Ocean dodging the occasional cyclone and teaching people the basic skills.
Roy does not take everyone and he introduces himself with a nice video where you hear what you will learn before you need to commit anything. It is a paid course but worth while if you need your skills fast tracked.

Online business ideas for beginners and some basics

Good business ideas for you

Only recently Amazon was right up in the top list of opportunities until they slashed all the commissions in half. Amazon and Walmart two top rated companies don’t want affiliates any more

My recent update on the new position Amazon has taken was reported in a recent post.

Imagine spending months building an Amazon site and seeing it trashed overnight.

Therefor we need to find some new light among the shade.

The affiliate business is truly alive you just need to find the right one

During the Covid crisis home Gym equipment was all the rage as were bicycles and all things exercise. Anyone that had an affiliate site really hit payday.
It did not stop there, home renovations also went ballistic, curtains, carpets, lighting to name a few.
In addition it went on with computer equipment and desks for the home based workers.

Then we went to take away meals and packaged dinners for those locked away.

My point is that affiliate sales are always available even in the worst of times New online business ideas are every where you just need to ask.
How do you ask? I will tell you later but there are some things to do first.

You need a resume of your experience.

Imagine walking up to a new boss and saying I want to sell your stuff. Great says he,( or she) what experience do you have. Your reply could be, ” well none but I want to learn. OK, can you set up a website? No but it can’t be that hard. Do you know anything about Gym equipment? No, but my cousin does some weight training I could ask him, would that help.

On the other hand the conversation goes along the lines of: ” yes I have a website and getting some traffic every day, At this stage I have not placed any links to the site but believe your product will fit right in”

Who will get the job?

Finding an affiliate partner the easy way

Firstly know exactly what you want, it could be Home gym equipment available in Nebraska under a thousand dollars.

Go to Google type in home Gym equipment Nebraska (space) affiliate,

You will see pages of results just like the one below for all sorts of opportunities

Therefor finding opportunities is pretty easy but converting them is something else.

Recurring income affiliate earnings

I am biased here because I have been doing this for three decades in business and online

You sell a product today and then get paid every month for as long as the association lasts,
Wealthy Affiliate is a recurring income system as they grow the whole business based on refferals and you can join and start from day one.

We talked about the Gym industry and they have rental products and training programs that also fill the bill.

Wealthy Affiliate	Web hosting and training
Jaaxy Keyword finder	Keyword Tool
A Weber	Lists and leads
Constant Contact	Email marketing
Contact Samurai	Video builder
Roy Carter	Mentor training

All the above are in my stable and are reputable and class leading products that I would recommend.

Off course if you google this there are thousands more to choose from. Let’s do a reminder to learn before you earn.

Online business ideas for beginners who are you?

Is blogging for beginners?

First of all I am a blogger so my advice is probably a little biased towards this product. As a writer I can add affiliate links everywhere and even advertising to make considerable returns on my efforts.

It may become a profitable business that can sustain a healthy life style however it takes time.
If you have a subject and a passion start today because time won’t wait.

When I was looking for what to do on the internet i thought I am just Joe average what Have oi got to write about. Five hundred blogs later I found the answer is what can I not write about?

I love what I do and helping both small business and Internet start ups has become a passion.
However it is time consuming and takes lots of words to find your place among the readers.
For instance I write about 6000 words a week and run a business so it takes a bit of effort particularly as I am a two finger plodder on the Keyboard.

Running a shop online

Surprisingly quite easy to do and easy to run with the technology available today. You can run a free Woocommerce.com site on WordPress or pay for Shop.com. Takes a bit of set up time but when you are up and going just maintenance.

What will you sell? Your own products, drop ship products, affiliate products, training, support or a whole range of options. It is an online shop just fill the shelves with products that will make you money.
Online shopping is growing exponentially so the time is right to join the rush.

Who is online marketing for?

I have written for seniors, teenagers, Black woman, old guys and gals, retired, restricted the list is endless as the internet is blind. There is no prejudice where we are all made equal.

Finally I shall repeat go to school first learn the basics and apply them to have a chance of success.

Conclusion

My desire on this page was simply to give you a bit of enthusiasm to start a real journey on the internet. Furthermore to enjoy the journey and make it a success along the way. It takes time and maybe a few dollars here and there but spend money wisely and dedicate time broadly an the way to a great occupation or hobby.

Online business ideas for beginners by Peter Hanley

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