A paid email newsletter is a great way to build a recurring revenue source. I’ve laid down the exact steps you need to take to build a solid paid email newsletter.
Let’s go …
Here are the steps …
- Pick your niche
- Name your newsletter
- Build a sales page
- Get traffic
- Send emails
Here’s a step by step system to building your own email marketing business
PICK THE RIGHT NICHE
You can pick any niche you like but here’s a list of most profitable niches
- Make money
- Weight Loss / Build muscle
- Relationship / Dating
- Stock market
For this example, we’ll go with “make money online” niche
NAME YOUR NEWSLETTER
Now, that we’ve our niche, let’s name our newsletter.
I’m going to keep it simple for this example, but you should put some thoughts into this and pick the right name.
I’m going with “Online Income Ideas”
I know it’s a shitty name, but you do a better job with your newsletter.
The name of your newsletter should be …
- catchy
- easy to remember
- unique
- remark worthy
Now that you have a name for your newsletter, it’s time to build your sales page.
BUILD A SALES PAGE
Keep the copy of sales page simple.
Use the PAS formula.
- Problem – Layout the problem
- Agitate – Agitate until it really hurts
- Solution – Provide a solution
Keep it simple, clear and straight forward.
If you’re not good at writing copy, you can hire someone on Fiverr
Recommended Tool – Carrd / Leadpages
Keep the price of your newsletter around $5 to $9/month
I know it’s not much. But start at a lower price point, add value, get positive reviews. Increase the price when you have enough reviews and subscribers.
Set your delivery schedule to ones/month or twice/month.
There’re no hard rules here, you can set your delivery schedule as you like. But, if you are charging below $10/month I recommend you to keep it at ones or twice/month.
It’s not a free newsletter. You’re going to charge upfront.
I know some of you may have doubts about charging upfront, but it’s possible and people will pay you if you can do a good job with explaining the benefits of your newsletter.
The goal of this whole paid newsletter is to build recurring revenue.
Plus, you can also sell your own products or affiliate products in your emails.
Tips: Give something of value upfront. For example, give away one of your ebooks for free immediately when they subscribe.
GET TRAFFIC
Promote your newsletter on your Twitter or Instagram.
DM people on Instagram & Twitter.
Pay big pages to promote your newsletter.
Ask big pages to promote your newsletter for a recurring affiliate commission.
Put a link to your newsletter in your profile bio on social platforms.
Share your offer on relevant Facebook groups.
Use Pinterest to get people on your sales page.
The conversion rate on the paid newsletter services is around 1 to 2%. I’m sharing this with you so you don’t give up on the idea after getting 50 visitors. It’s work and it is going to take some time.
Don’t give up too early.
SEND EMAILS
Now that you have a few subscribers, ti’s time to send emails.
Send new online money making ideas to your subscribers as per your promised delivery schedule.
Make sure the content you send is super actionable and as detailed as possible.
Help your subscribers go from 0 to make money as quickly as possible.
This is work. Don’t take it lightly.
Don’t send fluff.
Only send practical, actionable ideas, or they won’t stay with you for long.
If you don’t have a lot of Ideas to send, I have a solution for you.
HOW TO FIND CONTENT FOR YOUR NEWSLETTER
Go to YouTube, search “how to make money online”
Pick 10 to 15 really good actionable ideas.
Learn & write about those ideas in your own words.
That’s your content for the next 5 to 10 months.
Add related affiliate offers in your emails.
Extra income for you.
You can also find a ton of ideas on Pinterest or on blogs related to your niche.
Make sure you don’t copy.
LET’S DO THE MATH
5 subscribers = $45/month
50 subscribers = $450/month
100 subscribers = $900/month
500 subscribers = $4500/month
It’s not easy. But, it’s definitely possible
Give it a try
If you’ve any questions, please comment below or DM me on Twitter
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.
