Email Marketing

While I love using Sendy for my email marketing, I’ve noticed there are serious problems with spammy subscribers adding themselves to my email newsletter list on a regular basis. I typically have the first name and email fields visible on my websites. Yet, some days, I open up my “Unconfirmed” List and see tons of … Read more

If you own a domain name and would like emails to your domain forwarded into your normal Gmail inbox, then these free email forwarding services are perfect for you. Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or a small business, these free services will help you send and receive custom branded emails to an email of your … Read more

Sending a warm welcome email is a best practice when it comes to managing your blog’s email subscribers. Of course, sending each individual person an email would be super nice, but probably would take way too much time!  Luckily, many email marketing platforms allow you to send a welcome email automatically! I’m going to walk … Read more

After you’ve created your first email marketing list for your blog, you may be wondering how to actually grow your list and get your audience to sign up. Many people have engaging blogs with high-quality information, but their list stagnates. There are several strategies that top bloggers use to grow the number of email subscribers to … Read more

If you’re just getting started with blogging, you may have done a bit of research and learned how important email marketing is for bloggers. As bloggers, we need to protect what we own. I never advise people to invest too much into social media upfront. Social media networks should be tools to supplement your blog, … Read more

As a new Mailchimp user, you’ll likely be using a free email account at first to send out your business newsletters. As you grow you should think about setting up a custom domain email address for your business and using it to send out your email newsletters. Your newsletters will appear ten times more professional … Read more

Creating a custom domain email address is essential for any business who owns a website. (And of course, every business should have their own website!) However, most services charge a monthly subscription fee for allowing you to host your emails with your own domain. The first time I created a custom email address, I did … Read more