#29: Common Mistakes People Make When Building an Email List (and How to Avoid Them) with Dr. Sapphire episode artwork

EPISODE · Oct 7, 2025 · 22 MIN

#29: Common Mistakes People Make When Building an Email List (and How to Avoid Them) with Dr. Sapphire

from Email Marketing Experiments 🧪: Email Marketing Strategies for Business Owners, Service Providers & Freelancers

📩 INSIDE THIS EPISODEYou know that saying, “once beaten, twice shy”? 💡In this episode, Dr. Sapphire breaks down the most common mistakes people make when building their email lists — and how to fix them using her ANCO Framework (Attract, Nurture, Convert, Optimize).Whether you’re a beginner or already running campaigns, you’ll learn how to attract the right audience, nurture them authentically, and optimize your list using data.Grab your notebook; this one’s packed with practical tips! 📝 LISTEN OUT FOR✅ Dr. Sapphire’s ANCO Framework for email marketing✅ Why you need to talk about your lead magnet consistently✅ Understanding your audience’s real problem (and solving it)✅ Crafting messages that connect — not sound salesy✅ What it really means to optimize your list✅ How to use email audits and data to improve deliverabilityHIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EPISODEATTRACT⏰ 2:47 – The first mistake: audience-message mismatch⏰ 4:49 – The second mistake when building a listNURTURE⏰ 6:52 – Not solving your audience’s real problem⏰ 7:48 – Ghosting your audience (and how to fix it)⏰ 9:07 – Creating a consistency system for your emails⏰ 10:06 – Example of how to build your systemCONVERT⏰ 11:28 – The biggest conversion mistake (and how to solve it)OPTIMIZE⏰ 14:11 – The optimization mistake most people make⏰ 15:09 – How to fix your optimization problem⏰ 15:58 – Using data to improve your email list⏰ 18:51 – Recap of all four stages⏰ 20:45 – How to work with or learn from Dr. SapphireImportant LinksInstagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayebanoabenwari/LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/dr.sapphire_/Courses: https://sapphirelearninghub.nestuge.com/Start & Grow Club Waitlist: https://forms.fillout.com/t/kfsUW8gtjSusServices: https://sapphirelearninghub.com/services/Download These 12 Emails Free: https://sapphirelearninghub.com/services/

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📩 INSIDE THIS EPISODEYou know that saying, “once beaten, twice shy”? 💡In this episode, Dr. Sapphire breaks down the most common mistakes people make when building their email lists — and how to fix them using her ANCO Framework (Attract, Nurture,...

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