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One of the ways you can make it more likely your entire email will be read and acted on is to make it easier to read.

Since a lot of people still work on text-based emails, the primary method of formatting your email is to reduce the length of the lines. Instead of having a natural text wrap which would extend your text all the way across the screen, you can break the lines at a certain length.

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Aweber just announced the release of a new feature that I think you’re going to love.

You can send an automatic Twitter post to all your followers on Twitter with a link to the HTML version of your broadcast message.

You can get the full story from Aweber’s blog, but let me share a couple of thoughts about why this is so cool.

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One of the most under-used features at leading autoresponder service Aweber is the Blog Broadcast. This is where your readers can receive your blog posts in their inbox. It’s great for your readers who either don’t understand RSS readers/aggregators, or haven’t had a chance to set it up.

Here’s how the blog broadcast feature works:

Your readers put their name and email into an opt-in form, just like they normally would to start getting emails from you. But instead of you having to set up a follow up series and manually send out broadcast messages, the system sends the emails for you when your blog is updated.

All you have to do is

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So you know you need to build a list, and use autoresponders, but you’re not sure how to put all the pieces together?

And perhaps you are afraid that trying to find an in-depth education on this topic is going to cost you an arm and a leg or end in more frustration?

I encourage you to take a look at my training on this topic - Discover Autoresponders.

Read what the current members have to say, and let me help you learn this essential set of skills so your business can grow through online marketing.

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Today’s lesson is all about writing effective emails in an autoresponder series.

Think about these three things:

• Only 1 person is reading your message at a time
• Your readers want you to be consistent
• Your readers want you to help them
• Your readers want to buy useful things

Only 1 Person Is Reading Your Message At A Time

Even though you are technically writing messages that will be seen by (hopefully) thousands of people over time, each email is actually read by just one person at a time. This means you need to

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On this episode of Bob The Teacher TV, I answer questions from the mail bag.

Included in this episode:

Who has the best Hosting services for the best price. Do Host Services help
you build your site? If not, what do I all need to build a site and where do I
go to find it? What is the advantages and disadvantages of becoming an
affiliate? — Donna

Great videos! Bob I have so many ebooks and programs that I bought on my
computer. How do I know which ones have PLR rights and which ones don’t? Thank
You - Len

How many blogs does it take to start bringing in a realistic income using
affiliate marketing? - Annette Hallowell

Bob, I am a bright, well educated individual who works for a gentleman in the
internet marketing field. I want to start my own company, but I am bogged down
with the basics! Help! How do I build a website? Create lead gen pages? Build a
list? All those good things (oops that more than one) but you get the idea?
Ineed to start at the beginning. Many many thanks! - Jackie

What is an autoresponder? - JL

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You have to build a list.

How many times have you heard that before? So I don’t need to convince you that having a list is essential to promoting a business online.

However, you may want to stop thinking of the importance of building a list for just a moment. When you think too much about building a list, you probably get wrapped up in the self-doubt that plagues so many people.

• “I’ll never be able to get more than 1000 subscribers!”
• “Why would anybody want to listen to what I have to say?”
• “I don’t have anything to give away to get somebody to subscribe to my list”
• “I don’t want people to think I’m spamming them.”
• “I don’t even have a website yet, so how can I build a list?”

If you have thought any of these before - trust me, you are not alone!

Stop letting these thoughts paralyze you. Instead I want you to think of building a traffic net.

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