how do work at home moms do it?
What’s the best way to build my newsletter list at http://www.wahpm.com for work/stay at home moms?
I have a website for work at home and stay at home moms. It’s a support group, advice, etc. I have written a book (currently being published), and also host a weekly radio show at blog talk radio (www.blogtalkradio.com/wahpm) and send a bi-monthly newsletter. I’m looking for ways to build my newsletter list without spending too much money. The whole site at the moment is non-profit, the only income will come from the book, i’m not selling adspace etc. Does anyone have any ideas how to build my list?
Find forums of the niche your aiming at. Sory your signature with a link to your site and then give value.
See people in forum need advice, questions, share your knowledge. They will see your value and click on your link and go to your website. If they see value in your work, then they will syndicate your work.
If they go to a website, and they logo name, see no photo of you, that the site has a company name and not your name, it’s over. But you got photo so hurray! You done great!
People don’t buy into companies, they buy into you. So you figured it out great!
There is also craiglist but even then, there is a tight thing with them and they are changing.
So use a powerful tool, like uploading to ezine articles. Jus google “ezine articles” and this is one of the popular sites. It lets you share valuable content, and no sales pitch but they give you room to leave your signature link, website domain name.
Has helped me a lot to move lots of traffic and it’s free.
Submit your articles to free search engine directors.
There’s also designing capture pages, which you can direct traffic to from uploading articles else where, or from free ads, or business card with the link to capture page.
That way you are working to TARGET your audience and when they go to a capture page, they see headline, they know they need to be of that niche to be interested.
I left a link so you see example of a capture of a friend of mine who has helped me greatley. Couldn’t have moved so much traffic with this guy help. He knows how to attract traffic for free.
Finally, your website..
Maybe also change the headline with the question not logo etc.
“Who Else Is A Mum At Home, Runs A Business And Needs To Learn How To…etc etc.”
When they come to your website, the headline hooks them in, and see the emotion questions they are going through but also solution. They know they are in right place.
Then put..”The Place For Work At Home Professionals” as your tagline under the headline.
Just suggestions.
You can do it! Go for it and good luck to your amazing journey and all people you will inspire and help.
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most work at home moms i know, send their kids to daycare.
and many employers i know do not give the option to work at home unless the employee had daycare available.
i work full time and am a mother, but I work in an office. if my kids were here, i wouldn’t be able to work and get in my y/a! quota for the week.
Funny you should ask thing, but just imagine who working mothers do it.
Not everyone has the luxury of not working, you are lucky.
You either need to send them to day care (at least part time, then finish up when you husband is home in the evening) or have someone in your home to care for them. (If you choose the in-home option, the good news is that you will be able to get a less experienced or younger nanny, because you are there to monitor what is going on. In addition – you will be there for all the big things – the nanny can come get you if your 5 month old starts to crawl for instance. And you will be there for lunch breaks with the kids.
The kids are in school or have other care options. When you try to do both at the same time, you are basically scamming your child of the attention they need, and the employer of the paycheck you are getting, as you are basically moonlighting doing childcare.
Part-time day care…and help from the hubby when he gets home. I used to try to work (from home), raise the kids, clean the house ,and cook the meals. And I was going crazy, getting really stressed, and actually started getting depressed.
Finally, I just had to talk to my husband about pitching in after he got off work. So now he helps cook dinner or watch kids when he’s home, or pick up so I can finish up some work.
I think sometimes when you work at home people think you aren’t working just because you didn’t physically have to leave the house, but that’t not true. Between kids and work, there’s not much time left for the other stuff.