8 Ways to Make Money Online with ConvertKit

You are an entrepreneur. You want to get better at making money online. You want to find ways to generate every day sales. If these statements are true and apply to you, then let’s go through a few you can use to use ConvertKit to Make Money Online.

What is ConvertKit?

ConvertKit is an email marketing platform that makes it easy for you to build your email list,  connect with your fans, foster your community, capture new customer emails, and earn a living online. It is actually the only marketing platform built for creators, by creators, which is why I think it is the best budget-friendly, multi-purpose business tool for creatives and entrepreneurs.

Make Money with Email Marketing 

Ask yourself three important questions. Are you effectively building your email list? Are you using automation to run your business smoothly? Do you know how to Consistently make money with emails? I use the ConvertKit platform for all of the above and so much more. Dive into the following eight ways that I use ConvertKit to make money online. Make note of any Monetization and Marketing strategies that might work for you too. 

Turn Free Optin Offers to New Sales Using ConvertKit

In a previous post on Converting More Customers with ConvertKit, I shared how I am able to make money online by immediately directing new email subscribers to upsell offers. For example, my free Brand Like a Boss Toolkit landing page immediately directs new subscribers to an exclusive reduced-rate discount on my full Brand Like a Boss Bundle. While it would be amazing if each new subscriber turned into a new customer, it doesn’t always work that way. This is exactly why creating sales funnels with ConvertKit is a great way to boost your online sales. This basically means that you should regularly create funnels by setting up a series of emails that are automatically delivered to new subscribers over several days or weeks that contain valuable content and compelling reasons to try or buy your irresistible offers. 

Create Challenges and Setup Email Automation  Using ConvertKit

I regularly use the ConvertKit platform for delivering automated content via email like challenges and courses. As an information entrepreneur, I like to either create at least one new challenge every quarter or relaunch a seasonal challenge for my audience. For example, I always promote my 30-Day Content Creation Challenge during the first quarter of the year as a seasonal offer. And I recently released my 100 Day Content Creation Challenge as one of my newest digital offers. As with any web tool, there is a learning curve when it comes to setting up automated email sequences on ConvertKit, but it’s worth learning or outsourcing to a professional that can set it up for you. Sidenote: I actually offer both of these services. I lead private and group training classes on setting up ConvertKit as well as offer a variety of email setup services to private clients in need of support in this area.

Create and Sell Subscription Offers Using ConvertKit

I love using the ConvertKit platform to automatically deliver subscription-based offers to my customers including paid newsletters like my monthly Template Club; every month I send out original easy-to-edit Canva Business, Marketing, and Digital Product templates to my subscribers. I create and send new templates manually each month, but I also have set up automated 12-month programs on ConvertKit like Monetize Now; which is a year-long series of training that I completely set up as an automated email sequence in about three days. Once I complete the initial setup this program runs itself like a true passive income product. It basically delivers pre-made content to my program participants each month for one year on auto-pilot. 

It’s worth mentioning that the Convertkit program is really versatile. You can set up subscription products directly inside ConvertKit, which is what I did when creating the Template Club. But this is a relatively new feature, so prior to the last few years, I used other sales page tools to sell my email challenges and automated programs. The Monetize Now sales page is built on ThriveCart. Upon purchase, each new participant automatically receives their monthly training via ConvertKit email sequences. Beyond Thrivecart, you can connect ConvertKit to so many popular platforms. It’s amazing! Be sure to review the full list of ConvertKit Integration Tools if you’d like to see your options or connect it to other tools that you currently use.

Sell Digital Products Using ConvertKit

While many entrepreneurs are intrigued by the idea of creating and selling digital products, with all the different strategies available to you, it can feel like an intimidating task. For this reason, I love to show new entrepreneurs how easy and quickly they sell digital products using ConvertKit. One of my favorite things to do is to help women entrepreneurs get set up for sales online. As part of my Start to Finish series, I recently hosted a really good training on how to create and sell digital products in one day using ConvertKit. This digital product for entrepreneurs is actually what I created and set up for sales as part of that training. 

ConvertKit was actually one of the first budget-friendly, email list-building platforms to offer the ability to sell your digital products and services via their platform. I was invited to beta-test ConvertKit Commerce before it was released to the general public a few years ago. I have a featured ConvertKit Article that’s definitely worth reading, How entrepreneur LaShanda Henry uses ConvertKit Commerce to sell her online workshop. It is truly the perfect platform for creatives and entrepreneurs. 

Setup Lead Magnet Landing Pages and Link Lists Using ConvertKit

ConvertKit is also my go-to platform for sharing freebie lead magnet offers with clients including free ebooks, printables, templates, and access to virtual trainings I have done. It offers an unlimited number of ways to create different landing pages for your business. I use ConvertKit to create simple landing pages to promote free offers. I also use to create link-list landing pages that can serve easy to set up websites for entrepreneurs who don’t have the budget to create a full-blown traditional website. These types of pages are similar to what you can create using bio-link tools like LinkTree, but more versatile because you can also capture signups and sell products through ConvertKit.

Teach People How to Use ConvertKit

As a self-proclaimed Content Coach, I regularly teach my clients and business mentees how to use the ConvertKit platform via monthly mastermind sessions or private 1-ON-1 Webinars training. This is one of the ways that I am able to effectively maximize my income by diversifying my offers. One thing that I teach entrepreneurs how to do is to identify their core skill set and create irresistible offers from those skills that appeal to different target markets. I create digital products using ConvertKit for my DIY Do-It-Yourself clients who want solutions they can work on for themselves. I teach classes and offer live training for my DWY Done-With-You Clients, who want hands-on training. And I create DFW Done-For-You Setup Services, for clients who want me to set up the ConvertKit features for them.

Offer ConvertKit Setup Services

As mentioned above, in addition to using the ConvertKit platform to sell products, I also teach people who want to learn how to use it. But let’s be honest, not everyone has the time or interest in learning another new skill. For clients looking for more hands-off solutions, I offer my web design and graphics skills and handle their ConvertKit Setup, which is another way that I monetize my skills and use ConvertKit to make money online.

Become a ConvertKit Affiliate

Every entrepreneur is an expert in two ways. For starters, you are an expert based on the type of business that you run. You are also an expert, based on what you know about setting up your type of business. My point is, that beyond using ConvertKit to create digital products and services, I generate revenue by recommending it to others as an affiliate. Every entrepreneur should have at least one affiliate offer they can endorse and share as a way to have multiple income streams.

Many of my clients are looking for budget-friendly, all-in-one, business tools that help improve their sales, build their list, maximize automation, reduce expenses, and eliminate the need for multiple costly online software programs. For all of these reasons and more, I always recommend ConvertKit as an essential tool for today’s entrepreneurs. 

Try ConvertKit today to see if it meets your business needs. Leave a comment if you have questions to ask, feedback, or stories to share. And if you’d like to work with me privately, I can help you set up your account, landing pages, lead magnets, automation, funnels, and email sequences via this platform. Or review my Digital Products and Email Marketing Webinar Training videos on ConvertKit inside the Ready for Revenue Program.