It seems that just a few years ago, people were claiming that email was dead. There was a huge shift towards social media and everyone was talking about how to get more followers.

As it stands today though, your email list is likely to be a lot more engaged than your social media following.

Facebook is making it increasingly more difficult for people to see your posts and Twitter is getting just as noisy too. Recent stats suggest that each tweet you send may be seen by less than 3% of your followers. Compare that to a typical email open rate between 15% – 30% according to MailChimp stats. I’ve experienced even higher.

As you can see,  email is alive and well, and building an email list is one of the most powerful things you can do for your business.

In this article, I’m going to share 7 effective ways to do just that. [Read more…]