{"id":289,"date":"2026-07-16T21:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=289"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:52:48","slug":"how-to-build-an-email-list-from-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"How to Build an Email List From Scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email marketing has a 42:1 return on investment. For every R1 spent, you get R42 back. But first you need a list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is how to build one from zero:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add a signup form to your website (offer something valuable in return: a guide, checklist, or discount)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask every customer for their email at checkout<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a signup link to your social media bios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a simple lead magnet: a free PDF guide related to your business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never buy email lists. They are useless and illegal under POPIA. Send valuable content, not just promotions. Aim for one email per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use free tools like Mailchimp or MailerLite to start. The money is in the list. Start building yours today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need Help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I set up and manage Google Business Profiles for local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call: 067 863 2867<br>Email: hello@mvisionweb.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email marketing has a 42:1 return on investment. For every R1 spent, you get R42 back. But first you need a list. Here is how to build one from zero: Never buy email lists. They are useless and illegal under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-email-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}