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1. alwaysquilting
   Member
   Jul 22, 2012, 4:15 AM

   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/

2. megacolby
   Member
   Jul 22, 2012, 4:32 AM

   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!

3. alwaysquilting
   Member
   Jul 23, 2012, 4:16 AM

   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

4. auxclass
   Member
   Jul 23, 2012, 4:24 AM

   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 -

5. alwaysquilting
   Member
   Jul 23, 2012, 5:02 AM

   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.

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