It really is true that most bloggers suck at marketing. This is the main reasons why most bloggers will never build their sites to any substantial size or make much money from it. Setting up a newsletter list is more than just signing up for Aweber and adding a newsletter sign up box. If that’s all you’re doing, then you really are wasting your money. Unless your blog gets a ton of traffic, doing that will get you only a handful of sign ups. You need a marketing plan to drive as many sign ups in the shortest time possible. The best way to do that is with an incentive promotion.

As I’ve stated in my original post, your newsletter sign ups increase greatly if you offer some incentive to the people who sign up. I use my eBook as an incentive. The key is the capture every lead that comes to your blog. If you’re doing everything I recommend on my how I made $4,000 in one day post, then you’re on your way. Here’s how to kick it up to the next level.