Online Marketing- List Building Tips

 In Business, Communication, Marketing, Relationships, Sales, Social Media, Trusted Advisor

Do you know the importance of using a call to action? It’s a critical online marketing strategy to drive traffic back to your site by inviting prospects to get your irresistible free offer (IFO) and join your list. But, do you know what type of call-to-action to use with all the different social networking and online sites out there? Yes, it’s about adding value by contributing relevant and high-content information, but if you don’t have a clear strategy in place by using the right type of call-to-action to bring people back to your site to join your list, it really doesn’t matter.

I share some of the most common places where your prospects hang out – and how to drive them back to your site and join your email list by using the right type of call-to-action that is appropriate to each site.

Now, let’s look at some of the most common places where your prospects hang out online and which type of call-to-action type to use.

Blogs

Let’s first look at YOUR blog. Prospects are hanging out on your blog viewing your content and perhaps already subscribed to your feed but are not yet on your email list. With the posts you create on your blog, end them all with a strong call-to-action to opt-in in order to be notified of new posts or receive whatever your IFO is.

Your prospects also hang out on OTHER blogs relevant to your market or niche. Here you can comment and contribute content in the form of helpful and relevant information – with a light call-to-action back to your blog for more information. Notice the difference between the two call-to-action strategies depending on which blog you are referencing. On other blogs, keep the call-to-action light else it will feel like sales / pushy.

Facebook

There are millions of your prospects and potential leads hanging out on Facebook. I see so many people using Facebook without a clear strategy in place to build their list. In the same way as blogs, you want to add value and contribute to the conversation (social media outlets like Facebook are for engaging in relationships and conversations) by commenting and contributing relevant content and information. You can do this in two places. Facebook profiles and Facebook fanpages. Prospects are hanging out on your profile via your news feed and looking at the content you have to share on your fanpage. Be sure to mix up the content and information you have to share by giving them both a medium call-to-action (not too strong like on your blog and not too light like on other blogs) back to your site to receive more tips and information from your email list.

YouTube

As Facebook is increasingly popular for users as a search engine tool, as is YouTube. People these days are just as likely to search for video content on YouTube as they do search for regular content via Google. When posting your videos on YouTube, be sure to include your URL / website in the description of the video so your subscribers can go back to your site and see more videos or find out more information. I suggest doing this using a strong call-to-action to drive them back to your site.

LinkedIn

You want to give the connections you have on LinkedIn a lot of valuable content and relevant information to position yourself as a subject matter expert in your community. As a result, always provide a medium call-to-action back to your site.

Twitter

If there is one place I would suggest a very light call-to-action, it would be Twitter. Twitter is an online conversation with your marketplace about the value and information you have to offer. You would seem overly pushy if you were constantly giving a strong call-to-action with every “tweet” you provided. As a result, I would recommend only giving a very light call-to-action and only when it will clearly provide a link between the tweet/content you provide and the additional information you have to share back on your site.

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