WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers? en Sat, 25 May 2013 04:01:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 alwaysquilting on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-953530 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:02:13 +0000 alwaysquilting 953530@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for this reminder. I had already thought about using a message in the post that I used to announce the E-book offer telling current subscribers to request the link to the book.

What I am really looking for is a way that I can send the link to NEW subscribers. A four step subscriber /follow process:
1. the reader subscribes
2. They receive the automated message from wordpress asking them to confirm that they did subscribe
3. They respond to this to opt in / confirm their subscription
4. A second automated email is sent saying "thank you here is the link to your Free E-book"

I've seen this on other websites/blogs. I can set this up on my website but really want to use it on my blog to build the readership.

]]> auxclass on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-953466 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:24:12 +0000 auxclass 953466@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Caution on the use of a subscriber list - people sign up to be notified of new Posts - not spammed by the blog owner - in many countries using the subscriber email for ANYTHING other than subscriptions is illegal - the only legal way is to have a contact form for people to request the free ebook when they subscribe - yes that is two steps -

]]> alwaysquilting on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-953445 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:16:43 +0000 alwaysquilting 953445@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for responding.

I was hoping for a way to set up a second auto-responder that would send the subscriber/follower an email after they had confirmed that they had been the person to subscribe to the blog.

That may end up being what I have to do manually.

PS: You are meant to be able to down load the subscriber contact details as a .csv file. I haven’t tried this but it was one of the response that I found as I searched this Forum

]]> megacolby on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-952273 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:32:24 +0000 megacolby 952273@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As far as I know (if been a WordPress.com blogger for 3 years this October) there is no way to find a subscriber's email address unless you manually typed in there email and sent them a request to follow your blog! I suggest to create a page with a title, (along the lines of) "Free E-Book with Superscription" and have a form were they put there name, username and email.
Hope that helps!

]]> alwaysquilting on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-952267 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:15:35 +0000 alwaysquilting 952267@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I posted this question a couple of days ago but think I must have sent it to the wrong spot as I haven't had any responses.

How can I send a message to subscriber/followers AFTER they have confirmed that they chose to follow my blog?

I want to offer a free E-Book to subscribers but can only see an option for a single email message asking subscribers/followers to confirm that they opted to receive email messages.

Once they have confirmed I want to be able to automatically send them a second email with the link to download the E-Book.
Jenny Scott
Blog url: http://alwaysquilting.wordpress.com/

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