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Rake in the Names!
People who spend any amount of time online are being buried in email newsletters. They receive too many "volume #243"s and "issue #652"s to read them all. Even if you offer quality content and manage to get thousands of subscribers, most of them will likely never read a single issue. They may even forget they subscribed before they receive your first issue!
Free reports cut through the clutter by offering valuable content readers only have to commit to reading once. It can be sent IMMEDIATELY by autoresponder Derrick Henry Hat , so the people who request it will see it in their "in" box while they still remember to look for it.
Ideally, your free report will offer information of immediate use to your prospective clients. They will be so excited about this information, that they will be willing to give you far more information about themselves than they would for an email newsletter. Then they will ALL read it.
Qualify Your Prospects
Your free report MUST be on a topic of interest to your potential clients and only your potential clients. This assures that the names you have collected by offering your free report are potential clients and not just any Joe off the street.
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SELL Your Product!
This is the most important part of a free report. It must contain information valuable to your prospective clients, but it must also contain a pitch for your products and services. It must explain why your readers can not afford to pass up the opportunity you are giving them.
Some people will call you right after they read your free report (if it is compelling enough). It is still important to follow up. Repeat your offer. Remind them of the deadline. Send them at least two follow-up letters or email messages.