PB070: How to Drive Traffic and Profit in your Blogging with Autoresponders

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Use Autoresponders to Fast Track Engagement & Profit Today's episode is part 5 of the new 'Today, Not Someday' podcast series. The focus is actioning your 'someday' list, the things you've always wanted to do to improve your blog but have struggled to make happen. For details about how the series works, check out episode one here. Part 2 was about why you should sell a product on your blog (and how to do it). Part 3 was about how to increase your subscriber numbers for your email list. Part 4 was about how to get readers excited to join and stay on your email list. The focus of today's episode is how to use auto responders to drive traffic and profit with your blog. In This Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode: What is an Autoresponder? Why you should use autoresponders on your blog Tools you can use to create autoresponders 9 types of emails you can use autoresponders for on your blog How to create successful, engaging autoresponders How often to schedule autoresponder emails What other types of emails you should send to support your autoresponders Challenge - set up an autoresponder for your blog Further Reading and Resources for How to Use Autoresponders to Fast Track Engagement Other episodes in the Today, Not Someday Series: Part 1: Introducing New 'Today, Not Someday' Series Part 2: Why You Should Create a Product to Sell On Your Blog (and Tips on How to Do It) Part 3: How to Increase the Subscriber Numbers to Your Email List Part 4: How to Get Readers Excited to Join and Stay on Your Email List Tools you can use to create autoresponders: Mailchimp - automation workflow aWeber - campaigns Meet my new friend, Edgar (and a SPECIAL OFFER) I’d like to welcome a new sponsor to the ProBlogger podcast for the duration of this 10 part series, my friend ‘Edgar'. Edgar is a tool I’ve been using since January of this year that does exactly what this series is about. It enables you to make the work you do on social media keep paying off for the long term. You put a little work into Edgar today by adding social media updates highlighting the great content in your blog’s archives and Edgar goes to work to share them to your followers not just once but by queuing your updates to keep delivering to into the future. The team at Edgar have put together a special deal for ProBlogger readers which gives you a free one month trial. Sign up for your free one month trial at meetedgar.com/problogger. Here's a video of how I use Edgar: If watching videos isn't your thing - here's a blog post I wrote on how I use Edgar. Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hi there and welcome to episode 70 of the ProBlogger podcast where today, we’re going to talk about autoresponders. Something that many of us have on their someday list but we don’t get around to ever setting up. Today, I want to talk about what an autoresponder is, why you should set one up, and give you some practical tips on how to do it. This is part of our “today, not someday” series of podcasts, a series where we are walking through some of those things that we never quite get around to doing, that have the potential to bring a lot of life and profit to our blogs. You can find today’s show notes at problogger.com/podcast/70, where you’ll also find some information about our show’s sponsor, Edgar. You can find more information from Edgar at meetedgar.com/problogger. It is a tool that I’ve used really successfully over the last year. This brought a lot of life to my social media strategy and I’ll talk more about that at the end of this podcast, but for now,