How to Grow Your Email List Fast: Free and Simple

Are you feeling overwhelmed about all the advice out there on how to grow your email list or do you feel like the advice they’re sharing is way more advanced than you are well don’t worry I’m here to show you how you can build your email list from zero to 1,000 subscribers with no fancy tools and no complicated Tech in today’s video I’m going to show you how to grow an email list quickly by creating a valuable lead magnet and how to share that lead magnet with people that have asked for it no matter what type of business you’re running I’m Kristen Hess and after years of testing email strategy I’ve cracked the code on what works best my goal with this channel is to help small business owners and creators like you grow their business using email marketing without getting caught up in the tech or wasting your precious time so if that sounds like what you need hit the Subscribe button and let’s jump right into the [Music] video all right first things first let’s talk about why you need an email list.

And it is a non-negotiable if you are starting a business you need to start your email list and I know that social media sound sexy and you may enjoy spending time on there but the thing is if you spend all of your energy trying to gain followers on social media you don’t own those followers you don’t own anybody really but what I mean by that is if your Instagram breaks down or they turn it off tomorrow lost your entire audience that you work so hard to build but your email list you own that you have a direct line to your Audience by sending emails and you don’t have to fight with the algorithm so take a quick second and let me know down in the comments are you growing your email list or are you starting from zero all right so now that we know that the email list is important and why you need to have one let’s talk about lead magnets and I’m sure you’ve heard people talk about lead magnets I’m sure you’ve heard talk about canva and those are good tips and they’re all valid what I found is that with some small business owners they don’t want to leverage canva they don’t understand it they’re not designers they feel overwhelmed buy it if that’s the case you can consider free shipping you can consider a discount coupon code in exchange for an email address.

If you are going out and mowing lawns and you have a lawn care service or you’re going out and cleaning houses you can ask for an email address write it down on a piece of paper give something in exchange for it like a coupon or a discount and now you have that email address you can just go on your free Gmail account and send email to those people that give you your email address it really can be that simple if you have a brick and mortar put a signup sheet out on your counter and ask people to give you their email address for whatever you’re giving them in exchange if you’re more online and you’re into canva or Google Docs or Microsoft Word can consider creating a digital lead Magnet or freebie still keep it simple think about what your target audience needs right now if you sell physical products like custom candles create a short guide like how to make your candles last longer and boom you have your lead magnet if you’re a service-based business create a template or a checklist or a quick start guide something they can download and put to use right away keys to offer something helpful that solves a small problem for your audience.

And you don’t have to reinvent the wheel here repurpose knowledge that you’re already sharing with your customers today let’s see an example of a freebie my free 3month weekly email planner helps small business owners plan their email quickly without overthinking it plus it includes a pend checklist you can grab it at the link in the description below all right so now we’ve created our lead magnet whatever it is how do we get it to the people that have requested it by giving us their email this is probably the question I get asked most by small business owner and I’ll tell you there’s a few different ways to do it so here’s some practical steps on how to do it based on different business types for an e-commerce business and create a landing page directly in Shopify.

Or WooCommerce using a basic page template you just want to add a signup form embedded in that page that’s linked to an email platform like it or MailChimp something like that that way when someone signs up they get an automated email that’s delivered to them and it includes a link to download your freebie and here’s a little bonus tip for e-commerce business owners use your thank you page that comes up during your checkout process.

And put an offer for your freebie there to really supercharge your email list growth if you’re a content creator or a maker trying to build your email list you can use a completely free tool like MailChimp to get started and create a landing page for your lead magnet and if you don’t have a website it’s not a problem if you do have a website you might want to consider creating ad Banner that links to that landing page or talk about it in a blog post and just link to that landing page you can also have like opted monster or when somebody visits your website and after they’re there for a few seconds the lead form will pop up and they can put in their email address and download your freebie there’s multiple ways to do this secret to growing your list fast is to share it literally anywhere and everywhere your target audience is whether it’s online or offline for coaches or service based business owners platforms like kit allow you to create a custom landing page with an automated email sequence in minutes what you really want to focus on is making sure that your landing page conveys the value of your freebie.

And has a clear call to action for people to put in their email address and download it speaking of call to action follow me over on Instagram and email success with has for more tips like this now you’ve built your lead magnet you set up your delivery system now you’re promoting your lead magnet everywhere keep in mind the more visibility you have the faster your growth will be a link to your landing page and your email signature and even mention it in your YouTube videos the goal here is to make it easy for people to find it and sign up no matter where they’re following you from if you’re finding these tips helpful I would so much appreciate it if you would give this video a Thumbs Up.

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