What you should know about your subscribers before you reach out to them
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 3:50 am
Ready to launch your blog and your subscriber list? Here's what you need to know before you get started.
Carlos Bravo13
It's been a while since I last wrote about blogging . It's about time, isn't it?
There's a funny thing about subscribers to my blog. For the first three years I didn't have a list beyond Feedburner. To start off I did the typical thing people do: I offered a free book. In my case I think it really deserves the name "book" because it's about 150 pages long.
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After 4 years, I think there are about 14,000 registered readers japan number phone who receive an average of one email per month. That's a fairly modest figure compared to what other bloggers can get. I'm not too worried about it because my blog is not my main source of income . It's more of an indirect channel. But I wasn't going to tell you about that.
Every mailing I have sent in the last few months is saved on my hard drive. I also give it a number. I go by “mailing45” and every time I send a new one I am surprised. It should be noted that I only send mailings to people who have previously registered. Obviously I don’t go around “stealing” emails from anyone to spam them .
Here I will give you a brief summary of the “curious” things I have encountered in 4 years:
People threatening to sue you for spam issues .
People who ask you “who are you?”, “Why are you sending me this?”
Some attack you irrationally for no obvious reason.
Readers in South America who ask you not to send them any more emails because it takes too long for them to download them due to their poor connection.
But luckily these things also happen:
Specific requests to write about particular topics.
People who ask you for help and advice for their projects.
Readers who thank you for everything you have taught them over the past months and years.
The good news is that the first is the exception. The work of writing a blog for so long is incredibly rewarding. There are people who ask me why after all this time I still write daily when there are others that have more traffic. Well, now you know.
Carlos Bravo13
It's been a while since I last wrote about blogging . It's about time, isn't it?
There's a funny thing about subscribers to my blog. For the first three years I didn't have a list beyond Feedburner. To start off I did the typical thing people do: I offered a free book. In my case I think it really deserves the name "book" because it's about 150 pages long.
Photo rights by Fotolia
After 4 years, I think there are about 14,000 registered readers japan number phone who receive an average of one email per month. That's a fairly modest figure compared to what other bloggers can get. I'm not too worried about it because my blog is not my main source of income . It's more of an indirect channel. But I wasn't going to tell you about that.
Every mailing I have sent in the last few months is saved on my hard drive. I also give it a number. I go by “mailing45” and every time I send a new one I am surprised. It should be noted that I only send mailings to people who have previously registered. Obviously I don’t go around “stealing” emails from anyone to spam them .
Here I will give you a brief summary of the “curious” things I have encountered in 4 years:
People threatening to sue you for spam issues .
People who ask you “who are you?”, “Why are you sending me this?”
Some attack you irrationally for no obvious reason.
Readers in South America who ask you not to send them any more emails because it takes too long for them to download them due to their poor connection.
But luckily these things also happen:
Specific requests to write about particular topics.
People who ask you for help and advice for their projects.
Readers who thank you for everything you have taught them over the past months and years.
The good news is that the first is the exception. The work of writing a blog for so long is incredibly rewarding. There are people who ask me why after all this time I still write daily when there are others that have more traffic. Well, now you know.