Once you persuadue your visitors and get their email address you can send him or her information related to the products and services you offer on your web site. It can take up to 7 contacts to motivate a customer or prospects to react to your offer.
As long as you have that email address, and your customer doesn’t opt-out, you can keep them informed about the happenings on your web site. Here are several ways to get email addresses from visitors to your web site.
1. Have them sign-up to get access to download a free ebook. The subject of the ebook should be related to your target audience.
2. Give your visitors a free membership inside your member's only web site. Have them sign-up to receive a user name and password.
3. Hold a free contest or sweepstakes at your web site. Ask them to give you their contact information to enter.
4. Offer your visitors free consulting via e-mail. Have them fill out a web form to e-mail you with their questions.
5. Ask visitors to subscribe to your e-zine. It's a good idea to also give them a freebie when they subscribe.
6. Have visitors fill out a survey on your web site. Give them a free gift as an incentive to complete the form.
7. Offer a free online service from your web site. Have visitors fill out their contact information to sign-up to the free service.
8. Ask visitors to sign your guest book. Tell them they will get a free gift in return.
9. Offer a free affiliate program for your visitors. They will have to sign-up in order to receive marketing materials and commissions.
10. Allow visitors to submit a free classified ad on your web site. Require them to give a valid e-mail address in order to post an ad.
11. Give people who visit your web site a free course sent via autoresponder. Just ask them to fill out their contact information to receive the free course.
12. Ask your visitors to sign-up for a chance to get a web site award. Have them e-mail you their contact and web site information.
13. Offer your visitors free software to download. Have them sign-up to get an access code to unlock the software
14. Hold an interactive poll on your web site. Ask your visitors to e-mail you their vote or opinion.
These are great ways to build a huge opt-in email list that you can use to further your business by keeping your customers informed about your offers and services.
