When it comes to marketing your offers, such as your digital creations, blog posts, affiliates, retreats, or any other services, email marketing is hands down the most effective way to grow your business.

It’s a fact and Instagram and Facebook don’t come close (maybe unless you’re Jenna Kutcher).

I love Instagram just like the next blogger, it’s free and fun and easy to use, but the fact is you don’t truly own your followers… Instagram does. And boy, don’t they let us feel it, what with all the Algorithm changes that mean that only a tiny part of your followers actually sees your updates.

There’s no way around it my friend, you need an email list and a newsletter that you send out to your subscribers regularly. Plus a few other things that I’ll get into next.

The good news is that with the help of this step-by-step guide you’ll have an email list up and running in no time, a welcome message set up and you’ll even know some more advanced stuff that’ll help you stand out.