While opt-ins are wonderful, they’re just the beginning. If you’ve been around the Internet for a while, you’ve certainly heard many online marketers say, “The money is in the list.” If so, don’t believe them.

Email lists don’t generate a cent unless they contain names and email addresses of buyers. In other words, if your list doesn’t result in sales it’s not doing you a bit of good. The money isn’t in the list, it’s in the purchases that people on the list make! So, guerrilla marketers closely monitor the folks on their email lists and look for patterns of behaviors that help them move from opt-ins to single sales and from single sales to multiple purchases. If you want to increase your opt-in and sales conversions be sure to:

1. Position your opt-in box in a prominent location, above the fold (the section of your website that can be seen without scrolling up or down). [Read more...]