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Q&A: What can I do with an email list?

Today’s listener has a coaching service for writers, and has been diligently building an email list—but now she wonders what she should be using it for. What’s the next step?
Email List Q&A

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A listener is actively building her email list. But now what?

Notes from Chris

Episode 1211
You may have heard me or anyone else say that you should be building an email list. This is almost always a good idea … however, you shouldn’t just build up a list (or lists) and not do anything with them. I’ve done that before, so do as I say and not as I do. When people join your email list, it’s because they want to hear from you.p>

Today’s listener has a coaching service for writers, and has been diligently building an email list—but now she wonders what she should be using it for. What’s the next step?

"Hi, Chris. This is Katy from London. I love the show, especially the new format, which is incredibly helpful. I've recently set up a side hustle called Pick Up Your Pen, which is coaching for writers. I want to help writers reach their dream writing goal. So I offer accountability and I help them deal with procrastination, self-doubt and other creative blocks. I've just started to build up an email list and my question is what do I actually do with it?"

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