Need tips on gaining subscribers

[MommyEnterprises]

Hi everyone,

I have a newsletter called

For the last few months I get people that subscribe and unsubscribe to my number of subscribers has basically stayed the same.

I am looking for ways to increase my number of subscribers. I have a link to subscribe on all the pages of Mommy Enterprises. I also offer a free ebook as a gift for subscribing.

Any other tips or suggestions?

Thanks
Stefani Partin

[Bonnie Lowe]

Hi Stefani,

Do you participate in any online discussion forums directly related to your newsletter topics?

Here's what has worked well for me. My website and newsletter focus on job interviewing techniques. I frequently participate in Monster.com's Interviewing Tips forum. Whenever I post suggestions and advice, I include my website link with my signature block. If people like what I say, they may check out my site and find the newsletter link. Something that works even better is when a question is asked about a topic that I have already written an article about in my newsletter. When I respond to that question, I give a brief answer followed up with something like this: "I recently wrote an article about this topic that you might find useful. Here's the linke if you want to check it out..." When people check on that article, they see all the other articles from my newsletters and this gets them interested in signing up.

I've also written and submitted articles to various online directories, with a resource box at the end of the article that directs people to my site and mentions the free newsletter.

And in the ebook I sell from my site, I mention the newsletter and include the link.

I hope this helps!

[Carrielee]

Stefani,

I'm a subscriber

What about ezine ad swaps?

I think there's a board at Internet Based Moms dedicated
to ezine swaps.

Carrie

[kidino]

[MommyEnterprises]

[Lynn Terry]

I see two newsletters or sign-up forms on your main page - this might be confusing. Why not combine them into one mailing list? Also, if you are losing subscribers at the same rate at which you are gaining them... consider ways you might retain your readers. Why do you think they are unsubscribing??

You might also find some good ideas in these threads:

http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/f ... .php?t=943

http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/f ... php?t=1358

[MommyEnterprises]

The two signups on my page are

one is for my newsletter and the other is for my free ecourse.

thanks for the links

Stefani

[Lynn Terry]

[MommyEnterprises]

[Lynn Terry]

[Jeff Casmer]

[Ladan Lashkari]

Hi Stefani,

Why don't you put a subscription form - instead of just a link - at the bottom of your pages? So you'll make it easier for your visiors to subscribe.

I used to do it back when I published my Creative Email Marketing newsletter and it was very effective.

[Mpress]

Ok I know this thread is kind of old, but submitting your e-zine to e-zine directories really works well. I submitted my e-zine to http://www.new-list.com and got about 20+ new subscribers every day for a week. But after that i'm getting a subscriber every now and then from New-List. But 100+ new subscribers for free? You can't beat that.

-Mike

[Lynn Terry]

Thanks for the link, Mike

By the way, I checked out your site (PassiveIncomeInfo.com) and look forward to browsing around there. I have a site and upcoming guide dedicated to the same topic: www.PassiveIncomeGuide.com - perhaps we could share resources sometime and work together in the near future with some co-promotion etc.

[Jeff Casmer]

Mike,

Its an oldie but a goodie.......list your ezine in as many directories as you can but make sure you have a good description for your ezine.....this is crucial since these directories have thousands of ezines....

Good Luck!
Jeff Casmer