If you want to make money by sending emails, follow these steps to get started today. I’ll share the email software I use, how much money you can make with this business, and how long it will take to break even (spoiler alert — it’s not very long at all). By the end of this post, you’ll know exactly what you need to get started with your own email marketing campaign, whether it’s targeted towards bloggers or entrepreneurs or just anyone in general who might be interested in your product or service. Let’s get started!
Why Email Marketing?
Email marketing is one of the most cost-effective ways to get
in touch with your customers, and it's a great way to make money. Email
marketing can be as simple as sending a message or as complex as an email
sequence. Regardless of how you use it, email marketing is effective when you
put some thought into what you're trying to say. You can take advantage of the
fact that most people check their email regularly and are comfortable receiving
messages from businesses they do business with.
What You Need to Start
To set up email marketing, you need an email account, a list
of people you want to send emails to, and a service provider. There are plenty
of free email providers that allow you to add as many emails as you want, but
if you plan on sending more than one or two emails per day, it might be worth
looking into services like Mailchimp. Step-by-step email marketing: The process
is fairly straightforward and requires very little in terms of technical
know-how.
1) Create your message
and send it to your recipients from the email address associated with your
chosen service provider.
2) Send yourself a test
email to make sure the recipient received the message successfully.
Setting Up Your First
Campaign
We'll start off with a step-by-step email marketing campaign
that should help you make $500 per day, but first we need to set up your
account.
1) Go to your email provider and create a new email address
that is not shared with anyone else in the world.
2) Create an account on Mailchimp, Aweber, or Get Response.
Sign up for whichever one you want and enter in the new email address you
created earlier. Select what type of plan you would like (there are plans as
low as $9/month), then fill out all of the details needed. Once you have
finished filling out all of the information, click create my account.
You will now be taken back to your inbox and see that they
have sent you a confirmation email to confirm your signup. Click confirm and
wait for them to verify your email address before moving onto step two!
3) Now open up the email they just sent you and copy
everything inside of it. Open up your favorite word processor program and paste
this text into it so that you can save it later.
4) In your browser window, click Create Campaign from the top
menu bar.
5) Enter a name for your campaign in the field at the top of
the page labeled Campaign Name.
6) Underneath that field there is a list of different types of campaigns you can choose from - select Automatic Campaigns. You may notice that there are three options under Automatic Campaigns - Unsubscribe Follow Up Campaign, Welcome Email Campaign, and Thank You Email Campaign. These are the most common emails marketers send automatically after someone subscribes to their email list.