Autoresponders are the mainstay of any online business
Posted by Richard on August 8th, 2008
Autoresponders are the mainstay of any online business as they allow you to build your list and stay in touch with your prospects and clients automatically. The Auto in Autoresponder says it all because as you grow your business, automation is one of the keys to success.
In the online world, you are dealing with billions and yes I did say billions with a B of potential prospects because there are over a billion people on the Internet now and this number increases by 5 million+ per month and yes they are all potential prospects for you.
Without an Autoresponder, you would have to manually send dozens or hundreds of messages daily and manually keep track of who received what and when. You can do this if you only have a few contacts, but only having a few contacts is not going to make you money.
You need thousands of prospects on your list to generate a decent income because not everyone is going to buy from you. I base my advertising on getting 1/10 of 1% of my prospects to buy something and this equates to 1 out of 1,000 prospects buying.
If you’re selling something that generates $50 income to you and you have a list of 1,000 people, you can expect to make about one sale or $50. If however you have a list of 10,000 people, you can expect to make 10 sales or $500. This is where your Autoresponder becomes invaluable to you because you cannot send 10,000 emails individually and most email services will not allow you to send that number of emails anyway.
Automation is the key to success and your Autoresponder automates this most important aspect of online marketing. Working online without an Autoresponder is like trying to swim in mud. You’ll waste a lot of time and energy and never get anywhere.
An autoresponder is one of the free tools included in the online marketing system that I use. Find out more info….