{"id":2724,"date":"2025-05-28T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatcounts.com\/?page_id=2724"},"modified":"2025-05-28T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:56:08","slug":"how-to-build-an-email-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whatcounts.com\/?page_id=2724","title":{"rendered":"How to Build an Email List"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2724\" class=\"elementor elementor-2724\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7c01e5 service-header e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e7c01e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6238db5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6238db5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f438d9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f438d9c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd23b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cd23b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Build an Email<br\/> List<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff772d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff772d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Beginner's Guide to<br\/> Email Marketing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318dc83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"318dc83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis guide is written to help you build your email list from<br\/> a conceptual angle. There are tons of tactics and<br\/> strategies to try for yourself. For more information check <br\/>out our\u00a0<a class=\"ctaTextLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcounts.com\/resources\/ebooks\/57-tips-growing-list\/\">ebook 57 tips for growing your email list<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4b2cb2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4b2cb2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9673126 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9673126\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23074ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23074ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A good launching point for any email list starts with determining what it is you want to send. This will help with the\u00a0<strong>where<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>how<\/strong>\u00a0for collecting subscribers.\u00a0Are you going to be sending a weekly clothes promo? A list of top-rated travel destinations? Tips for knitting the best afghan for\u00a0<em><strong>your dachschund\u2019s bed<\/strong><\/em>?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-144c04e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"144c04e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c97c876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c97c876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This matters because you should be targeting your potential subscriber based on what you\u2019re going to send for content. You want to make sure they are part of the right group for you to send to. For instance,\u00a0<em><strong>dog lovers<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0would be great to target with the aforementioned afghan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87cc218 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"87cc218\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed0bc47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed0bc47\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf8bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ddf8bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In General, Growing Your List Naturally Is a Pretty Big Challenge\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37ea33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d37ea33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Best Way to Start Your List Is as Follows...\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517f3f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"517f3f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b534500 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b534500\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8857b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8857b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Content: <\/h3><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fb0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1fb0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Decide on your content and how you will send it. Picking the type of email sets up the rest of your growth strategy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f66f1f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f66f1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6312366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6312366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Find And Capture:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edb4d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edb4d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Utilize your existing following by capturing their emails more effectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2990ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2990ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1aaf8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1aaf8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Target And Personalize:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb02ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb02ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recognize that personalization is key to getting the right subscribers engaged with your content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ddf76a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ddf76a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a8c8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41a8c8e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c5b47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52c5b47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Content<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333fc04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"333fc04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">As an Example We\u2019re Going to Use a Fake E-Commerce Store Which Sells Dog Toys\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54daf86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54daf86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"largeText\">Let\u2019s call it Dog Store Online, because we\u2019re big on originality around here.<\/span><\/p><p>Dog Store Online has a strong following on their social channels and sales are going great. Their brand had a big hit with a toy so amazing we can\u2019t even describe it. This completely awesome and mind-blowing toy sold thousand times overs, but since then they haven\u2019t been able to follow up on that success, customers have started to dwindle away.<em>\u00a0Dog Store Online is now wishing they did more to keep their customers around. So what could they have done? (Spoiler alert: Email.)<\/em><\/p><p class=\"g-red\"><strong>Lets make a couple of assumptions:<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>They have a large following on Facebook.<\/li><li>Their website still sees a lot of traffic from referrals and search engines<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0ccc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d0ccc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420f858 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"420f858\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fcc94d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0fcc94d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b40f3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b40f3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb60731 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb60731\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2d6d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c2d6d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What type of email would support their goal to excite, engage, and maintain customers?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374a464 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"374a464\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dddf26b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dddf26b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"\">Answer: DEALS<br \/><\/span><\/strong>They\u2019re a great way for ecommerce websites to engage with customers.<br \/>Why? Because everyone looooves a good offer!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dacd65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dacd65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So Dog Store Online makes a decision: To make way for a new product launch, they plan out a campaign to clear out old inventory at discounted prices. The goal being to capture users who this type of offer would cater to and market to them.\u00a0<em><strong>So how do they do that? Well, since you\u2019re asking \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-086fd3d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"086fd3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134e419 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"134e419\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fba293 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fba293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Find and Capture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58afda8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58afda8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If You Were Dog Store Online, Where Should You Start with Capturing Emails of Potential Subscribers??\u200b\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2790a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2790a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After customers bought this super-duper-cool-dog-toy-that-we-can\u2019t-describe, they received an email with the purchase receipt and that\u2019s it.\u00a0<em><strong class=\"g-red\">Relationship over. So how can they find them now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798a826 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"798a826\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca3de69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca3de69\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1247d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1247d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now is where a post-signup strategy is super important.\u00a0<em><strong class=\"g-red\">A welcome series<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a great way to introduce the brand to the new subscribers over a series of emails. (We can get you all learned up about that\u00a0<a class=\"ctaTextLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcounts.com\/2012\/10\/how-to-create-a-welcome-email-series-part-1-of-4\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p><div class=\"beginners-guide-2col\">As part of the welcome series, ask subscribers to complete their profile preferences which reveals more information about them (usually called a preference center). This data will be huge for segmenting purposes in the future. For example:\u00a0<strong>Ask for the dog\u2019s birthday<\/strong>, and every year give them\u00a0<em>25%<\/em>\u00a0off for their beloved pooch\u2019s birthday. You can also use a two-step sign up process that breaks for form into steps.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a500a5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a500a5d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7337d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7337d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Capture what\u2019s necessary on the first form, then drive to a second form to complete the optional data that you can use later to future target that users.<\/p><p>We\u2019re not here to discuss the finer points of a\u00a0<em>multi-channel campaign<\/em>, but it WOULD be a good idea for Dog Store Online to support their emails efforts by doing this. Making targeted ads, posting to relevant social groups, and asking folks to share with\u00a0<em>other dog lovers<\/em>\u00a0are great ways to boost your visibility and rope in more subscribers. A good ESP (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcounts.com\/platform\/\">like us!<\/a>) will sync leads like this automatically using an API (more on that later, duh).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d6b2f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06d6b2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74487af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74487af\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cefba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4cefba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. 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