For many people that are working a business through the Internet, they want to be able to automate their business as much as possible.
One such method is through the use of autoresponders, as they are able to do a lot of things for a person and take care of many of the mundane tasks.
If you are not sure what all your autoresponder can do for you, it is important that you know what types of tasks they can handle for you.
• Newsletter Management • Mailouts • Thank you notes to customers • Answers to FAQs • Announcements • Advertisements • Electronic Course Delivery Autoresponders are well known for their ability to manage your newsletter, as it can handle subscriptions, removals, as well as any emails that bounce.
They can give you statistics in regards to how many people have opened your email as well as how many people clicked on the links.
This would be the case with anything that your system emails out on your behalf.
Mailouts are when you send out emails about your product to your customers.
You want to do this so that you can convert them to a sale, or if they have already purchased from you, to try and get a repeat sale from them.
You may talk about products you offer personally or about some of your affiliate offers.
Regardless, be careful how often you send these out, as you can turn people off if you are continually pitching products to them.
An electric course is essentially the same method as a mailout, but there is a series of emails that need to be sent on a certain schedule.
Advertisements and announcements would be handled the same way, and you might want to send out information in regards to discounts, or maybe are willing to email your list once or twice with other people's products as an advertisement.
If you are not sure how to use the autoresponder as a method to send thank you notes, you can set it up so that it will send out a note once an order has been inputted, and you can use it to include any special instructions that a customer may need.
This is also a great method to use if you are selling an e-book or something where a person simply needs to visit a link to get the product.
You could also offer a thank you gift, which the autoresponder can handle for you with an email.
For those that find they spend a lot of time answering the same questions over and over, it may be advisable to setup your autoresponder to handle these inquiries.
You can have a link that when clicked will send out the customer a file with your FAQ in it.
An autoresponder can be a powerful tool for your business if you use it right.
Learning how to do this can take a while to figure out and have it set up properly, but once it is done, you will find that you are saving a lot of time on the mundane tasks and spend your time on those that need the human touch.