Reddit reviews Reader Magnets: Build Your Author Platform and Sell more Books on Kindle (2019 Edition) (Book Marketing for Authors 1)
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Someone wrote a full book about it, in fact!--Reader Magnets by Nick Stephenson. It's free to read with a Kindle Unlimited account and it's really short. I thought it was pretty helpful. It might be a good resource if you're interested. It goes through how you can use a free story to build your mailing list and sell more books. I haven't done it yet myself so I can't really offer anything useful beyond that.
There's a really great book that explains this and gives you some tips about going about it - and it's permafree! It's called "Reader Magnets" by Nick Stephenson. You can find it on Amazon here.
ETA a word I left out.
Are you giving away a story free to subscribers? Where in your front matter / back matter do you put your CTA (Call to Action) to entice them to sign-up? Do you use images or just text? For every 100 books you sell (or give away free), how many subscribers are you getting on average? It's work, but it's soooo worth it.
ETA: Throwing some power words into your CTA/headline might help too. The Lust column on that page, for instance, has some juicy words to use for your CTA/headline. Have I mentioned the importance of your CTA/headline enough yet? ;)
ETA TOO: If you want some homework, read Influence by Cialdini and/or Tested Advertising Methods for some basics on marketing. For even more author-specific newsletter tips, check out Mark Dawson and/or Nick Stephenson.
If you're interested partially in using it to build a mailing list you may want to check out Reader Magnets by Nick Stephenson (it's $0.99 or free with Kindle Unlimited). It's a quick read and part of it is him talking a bit about how to set up a WordPress site. He recommends a good, simple theme that works well with his program but I can't remember it off the top of my head.
Found it, it's this one: https://demos.cyberchimps.com/responsive/
Also, this site is helpful for learning WordPress stuff in general, if you're new to it (I am): http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-learn-wordpress-for-free-in-a-week-or-less/
You could PM your name to me, if you want. (Hover over my name, click "Send Message"). We'll just move to private messages instead.
If you want to see how a great email funnel setup looks, I'd pick up and read Reader Magnets, by Nick Stephenson. He's got tons of info, and that's how I structured my setup.
Also, yes, signing up for the competition's newsletters is a great way to see what's working. That should give you a good idea of how they're structured, how much info is included, how often they send emails, and so on.