I think too many people get caught up in the thrill of starting a business, but they forget about one thing. They don't actually take into consideration the fact they will need to start making money if they want to be successful.
The hardest problem people have is getting leads. They don't even have to come up with a product because anyone can be an affiliate these days. If you want to make money you have to bring people back to your site then sell them things.
You can publish as many articles or shoot as many videos as you want, but you need potential customers. We're going to examine some great software that will easily help you reach your goals.
Aweber
Don't think you'll make a lot of money without an email list. Some people might get lucky, but the biggest majority of us need to keep emailing people over and over until they are ready to buy. It's very hard to turn a brand new visitor into a paying customer straight away. |
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Aweber is the king of autoresponders, especially for people starting out. It's cheap and it will let you build a very strong sales funnel, so once people sign up to your list you will eventually make money.
Opt-In Skin
It's great having an autoresponder, but if there is no one on your list you won't make any sales. Getting people onto your list used to be tricky, but now it's simple because of the software we have available to us. |
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Lead Pages
Having a little opt-in form on your site works, but there are much better ways to generate more leads. Having a purpose build landing page will help you entice more people to sign up and Lead Pages makes it easy for anyone.That is because it already comes pre-installed with a huge number of templates and you just need to change the words and upload new pictures. Once you've designed your new landing page it can be live on your site within minutes.
Tweet Adder
Using this software used to mean you were naughty because it completely went against Twitter's terms and conditions, but thankfully it's all been resolved. Driving targeted traffic to your site from Twitter might seem hard doing it manually, but this software is a semi-automatic solution. |
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You can follow anyone who talks about your niche or follows a particular person. After they follow you back it's easy to drive them to your site, but if they don't follow you back you can easily un-follow them.
Buffer
When you send out social media messages some people might not get them. Maybe you live in a different time-zone, or people could just be at work. |
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Buffer will let you publish something on your social media platforms, but instead of it going out straight away you can set a specific time you want it to go out. Pre-load all your messages in the morning and the app will help you get traffic to your site all day while you do something more productive.
Are you ready to try software?
If you don't use any software at the moment you should go and stand in the corner for 5 minutes. Don't throw away precious leads because it's the same as throwing away dollar bills. There are obviously other solutions out there, so let us know if you use any that are interesting.
Lauren MillsAbout the Author:
Today’s feature contributor, Lauren Mills, is a frequent blogger who works for MLMLeadspecialist, a company that specializes in providing business opportunity leads. She likes to share her knowledge and opinions via her blog posts.