5 List building tips

Nov 5
09:16

2008

Michael John Arnold

Michael John Arnold

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List building is an effective and profitable way to develop your business. A responsive list is indeed gold to your business. However many people do not initially understand the ways to do this. In fact it is not as difficult as it looks. There some points to consider before you even start on this task. Here are some tips to help you.

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  • Always automate whenever possible: It is very important to automate your list building efforts. If you fail to do so you will find yourself spending too long building your list and not leaving time to run the other parts of your enterprise. A few away to automate are:
    • Website subscription box linked with your autoresponder. All autoresponders will provide you with a code to put on your website for a subscription box. This will lead into the autoresponder which will automatically add the subscriber to your list and send them a confirmation letter. All you need to do is to drive quality traffic to your website. You can do this by a number of cost effective methods.
    • Landing pages linked to a subscription box. These little mini sales pages will continue to draw subscribers to your lists. You just set these up,5 List building tips Articles link them to a subscriber box and have them automatically seding subscribers to your list 24/7
    • Joint ventures: with the aid of a free report you can gain more subscribers when you offer it to other list owners. This is a good way to build your list fast. Try to find at least 10 new list owners per month and this will snowball into a large network of partners. You can also swap reports with list owners.
    • Viral marketing: a free-book or report can set off a viral marketing campaign that will just keep on growing.
  • Double opt in subscribe: this will improve your subscriber quality. Those who double opt in are really interested in joining your list and will not be so likely to unsubscribe. It also prevents people from crying spam when they receive information from you.
  • Check open rates for your ads and newsletter: open rates are a good indication of how interested your subscribers are in your newsletter and how responsive they may be. You should always try to improve on this rate so that you can cut down the people who wish to unsubscribe.
  • Always target your promotions: make sure that any list building promotion you do is specifically pointed at your niche market. General marketing will not bring in interested subscribers and will lead to a lot of worthless subscribers.
  • Partner with other related businesses: Partnering with other related businesses will help you to:
    •  Be able to do joint ventures to increase your list:
    • Swap ads:
    • Swap subscription boxes:
    • Place ads for subscribers on related business websites.

 

These 5 points will allow you to boost your list building efforts and grow your list quickly.

 

One of the best learning tools you will find is the 7 part video series “Big List Bucks” This video tutorial will take you step by step through everything you need to know to become a successful List Builder.