When you’re building your online home based business email list you should always be looking for ways to add more subscribers and for ways to get your message to more recipients or prospects at every opportunity. One of the most effective techniques for achieving the latter is to make your email messages go viral.
In its purest sense viral email marketing means your list members send your correspondence to their list members who may in turn forward your message to their list and so on. This of course creates the viral effect which can increase the size of your list very quickly and as a result can increase the size of your Paypal account. The question now arises: “How can you get your membership to forward your email message to their subscribers?”
There are several very effective ways to accomplish this which we will examine in more detail:
1. Persuade your list members to add your original ezine articles to their own newsletters in exchange for adding one of their product promotions on your blog or business site. This not only provides them with fresh content for their Internet magazine but also gives them another outlet for advertising their merchandise which may lead to more sales. You benefit by possibly adding more new members to your list.
2. Ask them to add your articles or your content to an information product they’re creating which of course will increase your exposure and your subscribers. In return you could offer to give them a product testimonial or a personal reference they can add to their website.
3. Encourage them to tell people about your article library or your archive and to recommend it as an informational resource. In return you could add a link to their content from your archive which will direct some of your visitors to their information page.
4. Convince them to add their affiliate links and their website URL to your ecourse and to make it available from their autoresponder. The best way to convince them is by providing quality content to them on a regular basis and by continually nurturing your relationship with them. This will make the process much easier and your response will be most often a positive one.
5. Encourage your subscribers to use your content whenever and wherever possible by adding it to any content sites they may be creating. Viral email marketing is a very powerful Internet marketing technique that can take your online home business to a new level in terms of exposure as well as the number of new subscribers or potential customers you can add to your email list.
And this Internet marketing technique is very easy to employ. All you have to do is persuade, encourage, convince or simply ask your subscribers to forward your information to their list in order to set the process in motion so you can accomplish the success you’re looking for online.
