Do you use AWeber to distribute your email list? If so, you’ll want to make sure that your subscribers are always kept up to date with what’s going on with your business. Thankfully, there’s a simple solution: the confirm opt-in.
What is the confirm opt-in?
If you’re not familiar, the confirm opt-in is an opt-in feature that automatically confirms subscribers’ interest in your content.
When a user signs up for your email list, they’re presented with a confirmation email. If they click on the confirmation link or image in that email, their subscription is confirmed. After they confirm, they’ll receive emails from you with valuable information about your business.
Why use the confirm opt-in?
The benefit of the confirm opt-in is that it builds trust between you and your subscribers. As a marketer, you’ll gain credibility with your audience when you offer them value and trust. When someone subscribes to your list, they’re trusting that you’ll provide an amazing value in return for their email address. Your subscribers know that you’ll only send useful content and that you’ll keep their privacy safe.
Since the confirm opt-in automatically confirms the user’s subscription, you don’t have to do anything to confirm their subscription. When they receive the email with the confirmation link, it’ll already be done. You don’t have to send out another email with the confirmation link because it’s already embedded in the original email.
Let’s get to the good stuff now…
Turning On The Confirm Opt In
If you use AWeber, you can easily turn the confirm opt-in on from within the email marketing software. To do this, navigate to your list’s settings and then to the confirm opt-in. Here’s how it looks:
You can also easily turn it off again if needed. Just like that. You don’t need to sign up for a special account to do this. It’s all done from within AWeber.
What if I told you there was an easy way to double your list’s growth? You’d probably say yes, right? Imagine getting the opportunity to read the following statement:
“Since turning on the confirm opt-in, my list doubled in size and now receives a third of their income from affiliate sales.”
Just like that. You’d probably click on the link to find out more, right?
Opting-In Or Out
Do you use AWeber? If so, you’ll want to make sure that your subscribers are always kept up to date with what’s going on with your business. Thankfully, there’s a simple solution: the confirm opt-in.
Navigate to your list’s settings and then to the confirm opt-in. You can easily turn on or off the confirmation of your subscribers’ interest in your content.
To turn it on, just click on the button that looks like this:
To turn it off, click on the button that looks like this:
So if you’re looking to grow your list and make some money off of affiliate sales, you can easily turn the confirm opt-in on or off with a few clicks. It’s that simple. Just remember: if you turn it off, you’ll have to confirm each email you send out. If you forget to turn it back on after sending an email, you’ll lose the ability to send that email.
The Difference
Let’s compare and contrast email marketing platforms. First, the appearance:
AWeber is one of the most popular email marketing platforms. It has a clean, minimalistic design and a drag-and-drop editor. The interface is also very user-friendly.
Conversely, MailChimp is one of the most popular email marketing platforms. It has a more traditional design and a less user-friendly editor. The interface is also slightly more complex to understand.
Now, let’s look at the difference in functionality:
AWeber is very easy to use for beginners; however, experienced marketers may find it a little limiting. For example, you can’t use AWeber to send broadcast emails (emails that go to a large number of people at the same time). Another downside is that you can’t use AWeber for bulk email campaigns (which send out hundreds of emails).
On the contrary, MailChimp has a very high degree of functionality. You can use it to send broadcast emails; however, it’s not as user-friendly as AWeber. You can also use it for bulk email campaigns and it’s very easy to use. The only downside is that it’s not as pretty as AWeber.
Which One Should You Use?
There’s a reason why these two email marketing platforms exist and it’s because they serve two very different purposes. If you’re just getting started and looking for a simple, easy-to-use platform, then AWeber is the one for you.
AWeber’s main purpose is to help businesses connect with customers. As a result, the platform focuses on delivering value through useful, actionable information. In other words, you’ll learn quite a bit from an AWeber tutorial.
Conversely, MailChimp was built with marketers in mind. Primarily, it’s designed to help businesses build, grow, and retain their customer base. As a result, it focuses on delivering high-quality content to attract, inspire, and motivate customers.
If you want to learn more, you can sign up for a free account on AWeber. Once you’ve done that, you can start creating your email list. You can also use the platform to distribute your email list as well as to send out emails. Once you’ve built up a small list of subscribers, you can use the platform to start earning affiliate commissions.
MailChimp is completely free, but you’ll need a bit of technical know-how to use it effectively. In the case of this tutorial, you’re going to learn the basics of using the platform. The final project will then be handed over to you so you can continue building your list and making money online.