Create An Welcome Email Series – MailChimp Automation

by Michele Duwe, Miss Task | Content Marketing

Create An Welcome Email Series – MailChimp Automation

Hello Friend, are you ready to chat about creating a welcome series with MailChimp Automation?

Even if you’re new to your online business, I’m guessing you've heard that you need to move the conversation from social media to your email list.

That welcome series your working to create is significant as it is the most open and engaged your audience will be, setting up a MailChimp Automation will streamline this process and give all the warm welcoming feels.

Let’s talk about automation

MailChimp automation is a sequence of emails that send once triggered by an event.

For example, Sally Active signs up for your beautifully crafted opt-in from your landing page. When Sally signs up, it triggers your welcome series using MailChimp Automation.

The first email in the welcome series is the most open and read, so it's kinda a big deal.

In this message, you want to provide a link to your opt-in, give valuable information and when Sally can expect to hear from you again.

Setting up a MailChimp automation will allow for the email series to be delivered based on the predetermined schedule that was set when the workflow was created.

When they first sign up it is okay to send the first few emails in your warm-up sequence daily. Then you can space them out every couple days. You’ll want to shoot for six to ten emails.

Automation is different from campaigns

MailChimp automation is different from campaigns as the first email is sent when triggered not when it's scheduled by you.

Workflows

Various different workflows can be created with Automation such as after a purchase, signing up for an opt-in or clicked a link in a campaign that was received.

Automation merely is a workflow. MailChimp does all the administration of your emails with Automation.

Workflow is the actual process with the schedule, triggers, and emails. They have different predefined automation to help you set these up.

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A Little Side Note

And if you haven’t heard, ya should be following an 80/20 rule. You’ll want to give 80% value and 20% ask.

MailChimp automation is a great tool because you are able to set up the number of emails and when they should be sent.

If you need to save time, streamline your processes and encourage engagement with your subscriber set up a MailChimp Automation.

Other posts that may be helpful to you are:

Creating A List Building Project In Asana

What Is A Sales Funnel?

What Is A Landing Page?

List Building Workbook

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What are the actual differences between a virtual assistant, a techie virtual assistant, and an online business manager?

by Michele Duwe, Miss Task | Online Business

What are the actual differences between a virtual assistant, a techie virtual assistant, and an online business manager?

Hey! What are the actual differences between a Virtual Assistant (VA), a Techie Virtual Assistant (TVA)or an Online Business Manager (OBM)? Because likely your business, depending on what stage you're in, needs to have all three.

Let’s jump right in

VA

Generally, your first hire is going to be a virtual assistant, that special someone that is going to come in and help with all those administrative tasks that you’re burying yourself with you. Trying to be everything to everybody. Trust me, I've got that badge along with the busy badge.

A Virtual Assistant will sort through your inbox, organize the to-do list, protect the time on your calendars, they simply are the organization and time-saving machine for you.

The VA will be a doer of all the admin tasks that you have in your business.

TVA

Depending on what drains your energy and time in your business, a Techie Virtual Assistant, possibly could come before an Admin VA. Most, but not all TVA are specialized on either a subject matter or software application. You’ll find a few Techie VA that do a few different subject matters. They also are done for you service providers.

For me personally, software is one of the things that come to me quickly and easily. I’m able to work on WordPress Website Design and a few different email service providers, such as MailChimp, ConvertKit and Ontraport.

OBM

An Online Business Manager. I’ve made the transition from VA, TVA to an OBM. An Online Business Manager actually supports the business owner and manages the business.

In an org chart for an online business the OBM falls directly under the owner managing all the team members. The focus of the OBM is on the how and the who. How the business owner's vision for the business is going to be carried out and by whom.

We manage all of the things. An OBM manages all the people, all the operations, all of the things that are going on with the projects that you have in your business so that you're able to focus on your vision and the elements that actually only you can do in your business.

Hope this has helped to clarify the differences between a Virtual Assistant, a Techie Virtual Assistant or an Online Business Manager

Two Resources

What? Yep, I have two resources that you could download. One is my Overwhelmed to Outsourced Planner and the other is my 100+ Ways An OBM Can Boost Business.

Enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions.

Simple Email Marketing with ConvertKit

by Michele Duwe, Miss Task | Content Marketing

Simple Email Marketing with ConvertKit

Are you looking for a simple email marketing tool to grow your email list? ConvertKit is a great tool to begin your email marketing adventures.

Let me tell you why!

They have responsive opt-in forms! With mobile and tablets the primary devices for viewing the internet, this is a very big deal.

Opt-In form are perfect for giving a gift for subscribing!

Are you a WordPress User?

ConvertKit has a WordPress Plugin to easily add a form to your blog post! This allows you to create different calls to action for each post! Why is this important, it will help with those higher conversion rates.

Create a Landing Page!

They really keep this one simple for the user.

Choose from three different landing pages to designs.
Use the visual editor to design a landing page with customized text and colors!
Familiar with CSS? You can write about any change with the custom CSS feature.

ConvertKit will host your landing page for you or get it on your own domain with the WordPress plugin.

Want, to send out emails to your subscribers?

Using Broadcasts lets you send out the email to your list.
Send to everyone or just a particular group with segments.
Once you create the segment, you are able to save it for the future
Or do you want to let interested subscribers know that your course is going on sale? It will let you segment out the subscribers that have already purchased the product.
Customize your messages so that it is personalized for every subscriber!
Save your templates to brand your look to subscribers.

Set it and Forget It

With the Sequence functionality, you can set it and forget it! A visitor signs up for your Tips and Tricks.

Sequences let you selection the new of emails you would like to send out.
The amount of time between your emails
Add a file for download to right to the email

If the above features were not enough to hook ya. ConvertKit has an automation functionality! Email Marketing done simple.

This is marketing automation at it finest!
Use it when they subscribe to a new form
Purchase a Product
Complete a Course
ConvertKit gives you a number of different blueprints to take the scary out of marketing automation.

Psst…ConvertKit also have a number of integrations to make this all even simpler.

Check them out here!

Check out my services for ConvertKit here.

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