Building Your First Email List

Using Vision Boards and Tracking Your Progress:  Imagine Getting Your First Email Subscribers       newsletter-subscribers

By Jan Ashby

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to get your first 100 subscribers?  You perhaps would feel light as a feather, as though you were floating on a cloud high up in the sky?

Does that about sum it up?  If not, just exactly what do you envision .. because, hey if you can PICTURE the thing you desire you have a much better chance of achieving it ! Why is this..?  Well, some say that if you make your goal precise, and put a date on it (when you’ll accomplish it by) it becomes more REAL to you.

 

Vision Board Ideas

Here’s an idea – if you’ve been struggling to build your first list, why not use a vision board?    That is, you should use this board to HELP you envision getting the 100 subscribers (or 1000 – whatever you choose).  You can learn more about Vision Boards here (links to Oprah’s blog, and a chance to get her newsletter about Vision Boards).  * Vision Board Creation tips

 

 

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Hot Tip:  You may want to use Goal-buddy too – or a similar goal-setting software.  There are a bunch to choose from – simply visit 8 Free Tools.

 

You may have heard about vision boards, but until you’ve actually tried it you just don’t know WHAT it can do for u – and I’d like to tell a little story about myself.  I needed to do a drawing for a biology course – it was all about the Human eye.   I am afraid I was petrified, initially.  But I set up “small goals” for myself – you know, by such-and-such date, I’d have made my first attempt at drawing an outline of the eye .  A sketch.

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And believe you me – it was a rough drawing (lol) – more like a scrawl, but it got me started !  And then, using Goal Buddy I referred to my next goal — to flesh out the drawing more and also to use my vision board to “inspire” me.  You see, the vision boards can help – they’re like a little bit of magic.  How so, you may wonder …

Well, what we think about is what we become.  You may have heard the saying, “You can achieve what you believe“.  The board reminds you daily of what your goal is – you need clarity, right?  Well then.. get VERY specific with your vision, and when you’ll achieve it by.

 

Setting Goals :  This Will Help Keep it At the Forefront of your Mind

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Bear in mind that just looking at the vision board each day will help you remain positive, and it’ll make you BE CLEAR on what you want from your life !

Use the Goal-setting software too.  Choose among “8 Freeware Tools” at BrightHub; there is good variety.  You’re bound to find something that suits you .  Once you get going with the goal setting (and really get specific), you’ll experience more vision board ideas popping into your brain – so get excited !

>> To read more about Building a list,  see Subscriber List article     or visit “List Building Helps

>> READ More about vision boards:  Article

 

 

 

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