List building strategies

Nov 5
09:16

2008

Michael John Arnold

Michael John Arnold

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List building can be a slow and laborious task if you do not use the correct strategies. For this reason you will need to prepare your strategies well before you start to build your list.

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Your first strategy will be to make a plan of action.

  • Set goals: Decide how many subscribers you will try to get in your first week or month.
  • Decide on strategies: What strategies will you use to reach your objectives. Make a list of them.

 

Here are some strategies for making a responsive list:

 

  • Joint ventures: by this method you can build your list quickly with targeted subscribers.  You write or have written a free report and place it on your website. You offer it to subscribers as a free gift for joining your list. Then you contact big list owners in your chosen market or related markets and put forward your proposal. You offer this free report to their subscribers. They will go to your website page and sign up Remember to make the report on a popular topic that people in your market have a great interest in. To sweeten the deal you can add a nice bonus for the list owner to make it worth his while. Once you have this set up you can write to at least 10 list owners a month this is one of the fastest and easiest ways to build your list.
  • Website promotions: the trick to make a large responsive list can be summed up in one word. Traffic! You just put a subscription box on your website pages and drive traffic to your website. Here are 3 powerful methods that you can use:
    • Article distribution: this is an easy way to drivetargeted traffic to your site and get a number of responsive subscribers.
    • Blogging: short articles with a link back to your website will bring interested visitors to your website.
    • Search engine submission: when you optimize your site you will be able to submit it to the search engines. This will give you high converting visitors who will be happy to join your list.
  • Free gift: this is an excellent incentive for people to sign up. To make this work be sure that your gift or gifts are of good quality and will be of great interest to your market and potential subscribers. Examples of good freebies are:
    • E-book: an e-book is always popular,List building strategies Articles especially if you can write this yourself or have it written for you. Include a couple of links that will allow people to sign up to your list or buy a related affiliate product. In addition you can give permission for your subscribers to give it away and start a viral marketing campaign.
    • E-report: these are also popular and easy to write or have written.
    • E-course: these lessons can last over 5 or 7 days.
    • Info audio:
    • Info video:
  • Website subscription box: this is a good way to put your list building on auto pilot. You drive traffic to your site and your visitors sign up for your newsletter. Your autoresponder will add them to your list and send a thank you email to them.
  • Landing page: This is a good way to boost your subscribers. It is just like a mini sales page and entices them to join your list.

 

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.