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How to collect your first email subscribers with ConvertKit In this article, I'm going to show you how easy it is to create the assets you need to gain your first subscribers, using ConvertKit as your email marketing platform. ConvertKit is the platform I use in my business for email marketing and the one I recommend to other freelancers looking to create an income from proven email strategies. What is ConvertKit? ConvertKit is what's commonly referred to as an "email marketing platform"...

In this article, I'll show you how to progress subscribers who have been stuck in an automation and marked as being 'on-hold'. You can jump to the relevant section using these links; What causes subscribers to be placed 'on-hold'? How to prevent subscribers being placed 'on-hold' How to move 'on-hold' subscribers inside an automation How to fix 'on-hold' subscribers in a ConvertKit automation If you've already created your first visual automations in ConvertKit, then you may well have...

How I create my landing pages, using ConvertKit Just in case you're not familiar with the term 'landing page', essentially, it's just a web page that's normally hosted by a platform other than your website, e.g. ConvertKit. For most of my needs, I use WordPress, but I also use ConvertKit 'Landing Pages'. Normally, I embed a ConvertKit opt-in form on my WordPress web page and it just appears as another website page. The example below has an embedded form and a button where subscribers can get...

How I use ConvertKit's WordPress plugin with my website If you use (or you're thinking about using) ConvertKit as your preferred email marketing platform and you have (or plan to have) a WordPress website, then this one is for you. As an aside, if you have a WordPress website that someone else manages on your behalf, then this article is still relevant as you can share the functionality with them and get them to install it for you. ConvertKit's WordPress plugin The ConvertKit WordPress plugin...

How I created a free and a paid newsletter, using ConvertKit. First things, first... what is a 'newsletter'? (from an email marketing perspective) A 'newsletter' being sent from an email marketing platform (like ConvertKit) is nothing more than an 'email' being sent - it's just how you position it that frames it as a 'newsletter'. And the difference between a 'free' and a 'paid' newsletter, as obvious as it seems, is a paywall that you place between the subscription to, and the delivery of,...

How I create member-only content on my website with ConvertKit Gating content that you have created brings its challenges. Mainly in controlling who gets to see it, and revoking access after some time (if that's part of your offering). Should you invest in software that controls access, for example, a plugin like 'Memberpress', 'Membermouse', or 'Learndash'? (there are hundreds to choose from). Or, if it's course-based content, should you go down the route of subscribing to an LMS (Learning...

How to create and sell your products using ConvertKit ConvertKit's email marketing platform provides so much more than email marketing, as crazy as that may sound. Of course, it serves its main purpose well, especially for service-based freelancers, but it delivers so many more features. In today's competitive marketplace, software platforms need to pivot and complement their core proposition with other supporting functions - which is great for us, because it means we need fewer apps or...

You'll need this to comply with Yahoo and Google's email rules (i.e. "Yahoogle") In Feb 2024, Yahoo and Google made, what can be considered, significant changes to how we all must do email marketing. But, it's all for a good cause - to reduce the amount of spam we see dropping into our mailboxes each day, so it's a good thing. Several conditions are mentioned in their respective content releases, however, suffice it to say we're only interested in those that directly affect us, as freelancers...

(*Just to be clear, when I say "randomly", I'm referring to the method by which I select the recommendation to insert; the people I recommend are carefully chosen. 😊) Effective email marketing is all about making your subscribers' experience as rich as possible. The more useful and relevant you can make your messaging, the more likely people are to stick around. I believe that by adding more value, my subscribers win When I send out my weekly emails, I sometimes recommend people I believe can...

If you're used to sending out emails to your subscribers, you'll be familiar with the feeling of repeating many sections of content, across your list of emails. Convertkit's 'snippets' are a time-saver and convenience 'Snippets' are reusable chunks of content you can create once and include infinitely across your emails. They remove the need for copying and pasting content from one email to another (as we've all done, I'm sure). To get started, select the menu option, 'Send' -> 'Snippets'...