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		<title>Don&#039;t have incentives to convince prospects to opt-in?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I surf the net, I'm surprised to see many corporate sites don't offer an incentive to motive prospects to sign up for their e-newsletter; if they offer an e-newsletter at all. Not sure what an incentive is?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I surf the net, I&#8217;m surprised to see many corporate sites don&#8217;t offer an incentive to motive prospects to sign up for their e-newsletter; if they offer an e-newsletter at all.</p>
<p>Not sure what an incentive is?</p>
<p>An incentive is something that spurs someone to action, in this case, to opt-in to your e-newsletter. An incentive usually takes the form of a free webinar, report, e-book or sample of something for a certain amount of days e.g. the use of software.</p>
<p>Incentives are like honey is, to a bee.  When they go visit the flowers they love, they hope to fly away with something of value for their efforts &#8211; honey.  Surfers are no different.</p>
<p>When prospects come buzzing around your site, it&#8217;s vital to have some kind of &#8216;nectar&#8217; to offer them; something that motives them to sign up to your e-newsletter before they click away.  Something that will add value to their lives; that answers a burning question or solves a nagging problem.</p>
<p>You may think you don&#8217;t have any incentives to offer but the great news is, you already do!</p>
<p>Your incentive could be a part of materials you send out to prospects, or be part of a training course, or webinar you conducted; all you have to do is repackage it , write appropriate copy to go above the sign-in box and upload it onto your website.  And you&#8217;re done.</p>
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