Many blogs have a pop-up prompting people to sign up for their mailing lists. As such, you might be wondering if using a pop-up on a technical blog is a good idea or not. Before answering the question, “Should you use pop-ups?”, let’s start with two facts: Your mailing list can be your most important […]
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How to Automatically Send Your Blog Posts to Your Email Subscribers via Mailchimp
Several people have asked me how to set up a campaign so that new posts are automatically sent to your email subscribers. I created a video to show you how to do it with Mailchimp. Sign up with MailChimp, then follow along on YouTube. This is my first video and I’m not entirely happy about […]
Creating a Freebie to Convert Visitors into Subscribers
One of the best things you can do to grow your audience as a blogger is to have a mailing list. Instead of having people stumble upon your blog only to leave and perhaps never return after an initial visit, the idea is to capture their email addresses (with their consent, of course), so that […]