How to give free download to subscribers convert kit

Your blog visitor enters their email address and name into the ConvertKit Forms and confirms. The Freebie which they want is then automatically sent to them via ConvertKit email and their name and address is added to your list. BOOM you just got a new subscriber. You can start your Free ConvertKit Trial here!

So the key here is to create a Freebie which is sometimes also called Lead Magnet or Opt-In Incentive to lower the barrier for someone to join your list. A Freebie can be anything from a PDF cheat sheet, list, free photos, free access, free online course, free tutorial and so on. The idea is that you prepare a Freebie in advance on a topic your target audience is interested in. Once you have created your Freebie, you then go ahead and attach it to your ConvertKit Forms.

From this moment on everything works on autopilot. Once the Freebie is added to your ConvertKit Form and you embed the form within your blog post, the Freebie is automatically sent to your new subscriber without you having to lift a finger. In the next video, I am showing you exactly how to build ConvertKit Forms for you to follow along! Let me know if you found this helpful or if you have any follow up questions or comments! We just had to add it to her MailChimp Automation.

Vicki and I, along with many others, started looking at options for an email service that is free for small lists but has the option of multi-email welcome automations. MailerLite saved the day—and the three-email welcome series! Does your file include your name, copyright statement, and website address?

Click here for a quick ten-point checklist to make sure your opt-in is ready to give to subscribers. Click here for a step-by-step tutorial for uploading your file and creating a shareable link in Dropbox or Google Drive. There are four main options as to where you can add your download button in MailerLite. Use an automation to trigger a workflow to send an email immediately when a subscriber joins a group.

This option requires subscription to receive the freebie. You have successfully joined our subscriber list. This option does not require subscription confirmation to receive the freebie. You can add a download button to the email that asks subscribers to confirm their email address. Share your ideas with a custom landing page In just minutes you can create a landing to share your new ideas and creative projects with your audience.

Provide value with free downloads In exchange for their email address, offer your readers a free automatic download through your opt-in form and landing page. Build a meaningful relationship with your followers Your relationship with your audience is the foundation of your business. Send personalized content Make email even more personal by sending your audience customized content giving them exactly what they need — think beginner content for the newbies and advanced content for those with experience.

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Integrations Connect to your favorite tools. Im still confused by one thing. What if, in the future, I want to send a different freebie, what do I have to do without losing the link to the current freebie im giving? Or, you could have two automations, one for each freebie, and send them out based on additions to a list group instead of addition to the list itself.

Hi, Gretchen, Thank you so much for the helpful info. This is where I went first to get started on this project. Or is it triggered by both? Depending on your settings, your MailChimp automation should be triggered by any new signup to the list—not just by signup on a specific form.

I kept googling and came across your page. I finally have completed my opt-in and freebie.. Thanks for the step by step guide! I just completed my freebie and linked it to my MailChimp and it was a success! Thanks for your help Gretchen! I really appreciate it. For the record, I am an artist so I linked in a desktop wallpaper of my work [with a quote done up in Canva] and a smartphone wallpaper.

Next thing to figure out! Should I create separate lists for each download or use groups? Dear Gretchen Your blog was very helpful. I have been searching about how to get people to subscribe before they download pdfs from my own site. I have assumed people will not want to pay for my journals so I have been offering the whole thing, but would like to know who is downloading what. I have mail chimp and assumed it would be possible, but until now had found advice using 3 plugins email before download, connect 7 and WordPress download manager.

I have been trying to figure this one out for days, so I would appreciate any help you can send my way. You are an angel. I have been trying for days to accomplish this feat and I found you!

Thank you for being here for us tech idiots!!! Definitely sharing this with other newbie bloggers. Hi Gretchen, This was a breath of fresh air after begging Thrive Content Builder landing page plugin to my WP site for days to help me figure this out.

Ready to pull my hair out! Hoping to resolve the glitches by tomorrow! That box was created using Thrive Leads, and points to my ConvertKit email sequence with my freebie.

Hi Gretchen, thanks so much for this great info!! Hello Amie! Thank you so much for this simple straight forward information. I have been struggling with doing this for a long time Thank You. Dear Gretchen, Once again, thank you for this much helpful tutorial. I would appreciate if you would explain how to embed the general sign up form into the web site, or do the same customization with the embedded sing up form.

For being so detailed and precise in your explanations. You are my new discovery! Thank you for putting it together. The fields appear on the page but the button does not. Look for this line in your embed code:.

I am just about to launch my website so i do not yet have any subscribers. I wanted to use a free download to entice readers to subscribe from the start. I have just signed up to mail chimp and have tried to follow your instructions above.

However i have nothing in my lists? Tia, you can set up your Final Welcome Email before anyone subscribes so that it is in place when they do. Appreciate the clarity of your article. I do have one question: I am trying to write my blog posts in advance.

I want to advertise the opt-in in a post that is scheduled to be published in a couple of weeks. Heidi, once you set up your MailChimp Final Welcome Email, it will apply to everyone who signs up from that point on.

Thank you so much for this! But a very clear and useful guide — I found it very simple, perfect for me who is new to Mailchimp and such! I love this step by step explanation! I see its from , does it still work like this?

So thank you again! Great post! I was just wondering about the legal considerations concerning this approach. When you offer a free download after asking for a Name and email address , do you automatically have an explicit optin?

Are you able to save your ebook as a PDF file? That should help the file size. If even then it is very large, try searching for a PDF compression service online there are many free ones and see if that reduces the file size without lowering quality.

I was getting ready to pull my hair out until I found this. Thanks for making this simple and straightforward. Thanks so much! Thank you for this. I suggest a few more instructions, like how to set up the form on wordpress. That would be useful.

This was super simple. Not only did I already have MailChimp but it took me 1 search to find this! Thanks Gretchen. These directions were super easy to follow. Thank you so much! I was at a loss and almost spent money on trying to get my freebie out there.

I decided to make a Monthly Calendar for my blog. I had no idea you could upload links to mail chimp without having to pay. Thanks again! I highly appreciate your tutorials and advices. Best wishes for you Gretchen, and thank you.

Hi Gretchen! I guess they could reenter their email address but I hate for them to have to go through those steps again. Is there any easier way? You can also use Automations with a paid MailChimp account. You can ask your subscribers to put in their email again.

When they put in the same email address in the subscription form, it will send them another email. Still a lot of steps. But doable. Thanks so much for this brilliant article, Grethcen. I am giving away an audioworkshop that is rather large 27 MB. And that is too large for Mailchimp, which I use. Do you know how I can send a file of this size or where I can host it so it is not visible to the public? I am currently using soundcloud as a temporary solution.

Thank you so much for your help. Thanks for this! Just what I needed, and even more clear than the Mailchimp instructions! If you subscribe to our newsletter you will see what we uploaded! Followed your steps and it worked; thank you for sharing the knowledge!

Thank you so much for explaining this in easy to understand terms! I was having such a hard time trying to figure this out on my own. Super helpful post thank you again! This was SO very helpful. Excelent article. Do you know how to solve it? Therein lies the problem. That is where ConvertKit comes in really, really handy. Or else a paid MailChimp account so you can use Automations.

Hi, Thanks so much for this article. I had been searching online for a straight forward explanation for this and was so confused until I found this site. Just two questions. So after following this steps is it correct to say that right now new subscribers whether it is through this opt in or my Facebook sign up button or my newsletter sign up button on the sidebar will be able to download my free printable?

Do I need to go change the link to my free printable in the sign up form if I add another new free printable at a later stage? Is it possible to keep this one active and then also add another one at a later stage?

Yes, upon implementation of these steps, any new subscribers to your list will get the freebie in the automation or final welcome email. If you want to add another new freebie at a later stage, you can add additional links in the automation or final welcome email. This is great advice, thanks Gretchen. How do I keep it from showing up in the confirm subscription page? If it continues to show up, my readers will be able to get my free download without having to actually sign up. You want it in the Final Welcome Email, not the Confirmation options.

This is a very helping post. Can you tell me, how can I allow my subscribers to download a pdf file directly without sending them via email. Hope you understand. Great Job! Thanks for posting.

My freebie is best practices for keeping your computer network secure. Is the freebie a PDF? Other email accounts I sent it too work fine I. I was able to email to my other email from the yahoo app on my phone then print it from there? Hi Gretchen Thankyou for this post. I was wanting to add as a freebie a MP3 file and branded cover.

Will these instructions work the same with this. Are there any other added things I should know. So when reading about all the features I might need as an all in one I am not sure how I go about it to then connect it to my wordpress with my maichimp email database collections.

I have been doing my best to work these things out myself but would love to have some help in this matter. Regards Celia. Thank you Gretchen I will certainly look into your information but if it all becomes a bit much i think I might just have to hire your skills. Since finding your site I have begun gathering a list of needs and support I could do with.