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Welcome to my blog. This blog is about list building. As an internet marketer, MLM marketer or any other marketer, you should be  aware that an autoresponder list is key to making a profit. In this blog I would like to provide you with information on building a list. I would also like to provide some product resources that will make building your list easier.

Yes, there are as many opinions as there are…I think you get my drift…on how to build massive autoresponder lists.  However with that said, I am going to show you how I do it and then you decide if my way is worthy of your efforts.

So, how do you start a list? Well, the first thing you need to do is get people to give you their names and email addresses. We call this “optins” or permission-based email.  This can be done in a number of ways. Probably the easiest way to do this if you are just starting out is to give something away. To give something away you will need a website or blog.

For your blog I would suggest going to www.wordpressdirect.com and signing up for a free account. They make it easy to set up your Wordpress blog so it is optimized for the search engines as well as provide you with automatic content and literally a ton of other automated services too.   You can also set up your blog using static posts like the one you are reading right now.

Second, you will need to provide the reader with something to get for free in order to collect their name and email.  This is called a “lead magnet”.  Click here and download all of my free reports that I use to give away.  A downloadable ebook works great as well as sending them to products that you are selling. In order to give something away you will need an autoresponder. The auto responder I use is www.aweber.com.

Go to AWeber and set up a list. If this seems difficult to do just write to me using the “Contact Us” link on the menu bar above and I will send you my ebook “AWeber For Dummies”.  This ebook provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up a list in AWeber.  Once you set up a list and web form (the web form is the actual info box; see below for an example) you will receive a javascript code for an info box that you can put right on your blog. You can see an example of a box provided for you by AWeber below. Then when people sign up to get your ebook you will receive their name and email. Now you have a list.

There is another way to create a list without using the box and that is by putting a pop up box over the top of any website on the internet. In order to do this you will need a program called www.TopShoppers.tv. With this program you will also need to use AWeber in order to make the info box (web form). What this does is make a pop up info box with a lead magnet to go over the top of any website. You can then provide customized URLs for websites you want to promote and when the visitor goes to the website they will see your pop up box and lead magnet first and give you their name and email. After they give you their name and email then you will send them to the sales page for the product that they are looking at. Below is an example of the pop up box that the visitor would fill out (this is the plain Jane version; there are many designs to choose from).

Here is another example using a pop up info box on my personal blog

http://bit.ly/caMY0k

Using either of these methods will provide you with a list. Please follow the links in the sidebars to the tools you will need to start building your list.

List Building Realities

Everyday I receive at least two dozen emails in my Inbox stating “Do you want to build your list to massive proportions?” or something like that touting the latest list building technologies, statistics that boggle the mind, and generally enough hype to fill the Super Bowl stadium.  And I know you receive the same silly emails daily and candidly if you are like me, I am fed up with the whole lot of them.

Like everything in internet marketing, list building is NOT about doing your best to attract prospects and turn them into buyers but it IS about doing what is required!  The net is changing rapidly and list building is changing just as rapidly too.  For example, long sales letters and overly verbose content is dead.  Customers don’t want to read all the hype and repetitive content.  Video has replaced these hype-filled soliloquies with “just give me the facts” type of delivery coupled with live demos on how the product works.  Squeeze pages are making a slow exit from the internet marketing stage and again being replaced by video and pop-ups.  Free trial offers allow the customer to experience the product and actually see the benefits and features first hand.  With these changes, we as internet marketers are “required” to change too or be left behind as if we have been living under a rock.

Here is the list building realities – not so much as how I do it, but actually the way many successful marketers do it that I discovered by simple observation:

1. Niche Research and Product Selection – Be sure to list the demographics of your niche and product. Use Google Trends and Google Insight to assist you.
2. Keyword Selection – Very Important!
3. Web Presence – the following web pages are essential
a. Video – make a short video to post on YouTube and other video sharing sites using the free service TubeMogul.com or the paid service TrafficGeyser. You can use PowerPoint and Camtasia or go here and buy this little software program that is simple to use and only costs $17!

b. Squeeze Page – make it a video squeeze page or a pop-up info box using an enticing giveaway lead magnet.  Be sure the lead magnet is synergistic with the product.  For example – Don’t offer an ebook on “How to Date Your Mother” on a green earth energy product site. 

Example #1

Example #2

c. Offer Page – Here is where you can write some relevant and sizzling copy!

Example

d. Thank You Page #1 – for subscribing to your list and downloading your squeeze page lead magnet.

e. Thank You Page #2 – for purchasing your product and providing the download instructions.

NOTE: Both Thank You Pages should contain upsell and cross sell items.

IMPORTANT: All sites should have a Privacy Policy, a Purchase Agreement and Term of Use Agreement and if the product is a biz op or moneymaking product then you should also have an earnings disclaimer.

4.  Do not skimp on graphics and content.  Here are some outsourcing companies I use and have some great success with:

http://www.gotlogos.com/
http://minisitefrog.com/
http://www.20dollarbanner.com/
http://www.minisitespot.com/
http://www.lexorsoft.net/
http://www.myminisitegraphic.com/

5.  Traffic – Nothing happens until you sell something so traffic is one of the essential ingredients.  Write to me at support@webezes.com with BlueprintBaby in the subject line and I will send you my two volume set of the exact blueprints I use to get traffic for FREE!

I sincerely hope this helps you to understand the straight skinny of list building.  I welcome your comments.

Hi. I am starting my own Internet asset firm. My firm will buy or build websites, fix them up (by adding content, marketing, etc.) and bring in more revenue from the sites, then sell the websites for profit after six months.

To start my companies portfolio, I would like to build my own website. I have two different options, but I need help deciding which is more profitable than the other. I can only start one now. After making some revenue from this one site, and then selling it, I will be able to afford growing the companies’ portfolio of web businesses.

1. I would start a website like Linkedin, but with a better approach on creating a more realistic business to business experience. I will be purchasing the script for $800. I have already seen a basic demo, and it literally has everything. They even offer the option to have your site custom designed. It has every feature of Linkedin, and more. I would make money by having a free and premium levels, ads on the site, and employer listing fees to list a job opening.

2. A web service like pay pal. Again, the script is $800. The script is okay, but is very, very basic. There is no real difference from pay pal. I’m not even sure why someone would use me instead of pay pal. However, the only reason I’m looking at it, is because every transaction makes me money. So it could be more profitable then the first site.

However, I’m thinking of going with the first site, because in the long run, it would be able to sell for a lot more, since it comes with tons of features, and hopefully, users. Do you think this is a good idea?

You have been asking these questions for months. By the time you figure out what you are going to do, you will be eligible for Social Security.

Hi. I am starting my own Internet asset firm. My firm will buy or build websites, fix them up (by adding content, marketing, etc.) and bring in more revenue from the sites, then sell the websites for profit after six months.

To start my companies portfolio, I would like to build my own website. I have two different options, but I need help deciding which is more profitable than the other. I can only start one now. After making some revenue from this one site, and then selling it, I will be able to afford growing the companies’ portfolio of web businesses.

1. I would start a website like Linkedin, but with a better approach on creating a more realistic business to business experience. I will be purchasing the script for $800. I have already seen a basic demo, and it literally has everything. They even offer the option to have your site custom designed. It has every feature of Linkedin, and more. I would make money by having a free and premium levels, ads on the site, and employer listing fees to list a job opening.

2. A web service like pay pal. Again, the script is $800. The script is okay, but is very, very basic. There is no real difference from pay pal. I’m not even sure why someone would use me instead of pay pal. However, the only reason I’m looking at it, is because every transaction makes me money. So it could be more profitable then the first site.

However, I’m thinking of going with the first site, because in the long run, it would be able to sell for a lot more, since it comes with tons of features, and hopefully, users. Do you think this is a good idea?

The linkedin sounds interesting, but the idea is done to death.

Paypal is handy, but you would need capital, lots of it plus you end up under semi regulation of sorts by the Feds.

What are the areas of internet marketing that give you the most stress?
seo?,
getting traffic?
starting up?
website?
time management?

I would say: Starting Up!

Everything else come later. If you are (or your product Or Service) introducing your market. You will never know how will it gain its success. You are still unaware about its potentiality. So, you have a long list of work to do homework for getting credibility in to that particular market.

Of course there are couple of effective ways to do that. But although, you have do testing and praise the market. Which is bit tedious process. You must have high patience to survive in this duration.

Keep Persistence if you have passion!

Ali
The better Business Idea Adviser

Hi. I would like to start my own company. I have two ideas, but I’m not sure which I should choose. I would like to make six or more figures a year.

1. I would start an Internet asset firm. It would be a firm which buys and builds cheep websites, fixes them up by adding stuff (marketing, ads, content, design, etc.), and then selling them for profit after 6 months. Since you can sell a website for 3-5 times the yearly revenue amount, it should be easy to make six figures since i have a lot of internet marketing experience. To make six figures, I would have to sell a website for 50k after six months meaning, I would have to make a website that makes 10k annually (10 times 5 is 50), meaning in those six months, my site would have to make 5k. That should be easy, since some people can make basic sites that make 10k in a month. After six months, i would sell my site for 50k. And in the last six months of the year, i would do the same thing. Also, i am still making money 24/7 since the revenue from the sites is going to me. So during those six months, the sites are still making me money. People already do this, it is called website flipping.

2. I would start a website like Linkedin, but with a focus on creating a more realistic experience. I am being quoted $800 for a very nice script. I would make money by having a free level and a pro level. I would also make money by having employers pay me to list their job openings. I would also make money from ads.

Which company should I start?

Neither. They have both been done numerous times.

There are so many email marketing companies on the internet and it is difficult to choose which one to go for to promote affiliate products.

Is there anyone who has used one and can happily recommend?

Many thanks.

You will just build yourself a reputation as a SPAMMER .. whilst you may gain some customers this way you will loose many others …