To turn prospects into followers and fans that buy you have to build a relationship over time. This is done by maintaining their attention with regular interactions. To do this you first have to get their permission.
The goal is to build an audience of people that anticipate getting your content. In this episode, we discuss how to get your prospects to subscribe to and follow you through various new media channels.
Items Mentioned in This Episode
- Aweber: My recommended email list management service
- Gist: Interesting tool that I’m trying out for managing the inbox and social connections online
- FBML Application: Use this to post an opt-in box to your Facebook Fan Page
Take Action
- Make sure that you always ask for permission (subscription or opt-in) on your site and in your content
- If you have not done so already, start building e-mail list now
- Sign up for Aweber
- Place an opt-in form in the sidebar of your site
- Create an incentive and a compelling offer to get site visitors to sign up for your e-mail list
- Add one more permission channel to your current marketing mix (e.g. Twitter, YouTube Channel, Facebook)
What Do You Think?
- What’s one thing you are already doing well to get permission from your site and content visitors?
- One is one thing that you will do in the next week to do better at asking for permission from your visitors?
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.






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November 2, 2009 by Jason
Categories: List Building, Mastering New Media Episodes, Permission Marketing