Sell Your Free List Offer

Nowadays giving away free stuff to get your email address is common.  So many people do it that it isn’t even a noteworthy strategy anymore.  Does that mean it doesn’t work?  Nope.  It still works. The only difference is that you need to actually sell your free offer.  Huh?  Isn’t that an oxymoron?  Probably, but that doesn’t make it untrue.

In the world of Internet spam and mindless drivel constantly being peddled, people are much more leery of giving out their email addresses than they were years ago.  As such, if you want to get more opt-ins, you actually have to sell your free offer.

So how do you sell your free offer?  Ad copy.  Yup.  You have to learn a bit about it or you won’t be selling much of anything.  Be compelling; entice your readers to opt-in.

Number 1 List Building Strategy

There are a many methods to build a bigger list.  Some are more efficient than others.  The most effective and efficient method to build a list is also the one that requires the least amount of *personal* effort.  It’s about using leverage.

So what’s this mystery method?  Affiliates.  An affiliate program is the best way to get tons of sales as well as tons of new opt-ins for your list.  The key to a big list is a traffic storm, and there is no way one person can generate the traffic that hundreds of affiliates can.

Savvy Internet marketers take advantage of this powerhouse source of website traffic and give affiliates tons of resources to help them make more sales.  The more skilled an affiliate is at driving traffic and pre-selling, the more money the merchant makes. So clearly, it is in the best interest of the merchant to help affiliates as much as possible.

Do you really need an email autoresponder service?

Many people who venture into the world of Internet marketing are hesitant to sign up for an email autoresponder service.  And why might that be?  Well, it seems that the main reason is that it signifies an intention to commit and treat this as a business.  Many of us are very hesitant to pay for an ongoing service before we make any money.  Hey, I was in the same boat, so I understand the feeling.

Unfortunately for those who want an easy way out, there isn’t one.  You absolutely need to invest in an email autoresponder service.  There isn’t any way around it.  You won’t find any successful Internet marketer who doesn’t have one.  If the money is in the list as they say (and they are right), then an auto-responder is essential to communicate with your list.

Now that you have decided to get an email autoresponder service, which should you use?  Most agree that the best on the market is Aweber.  Sure, there are others, but you should just stick with the industry standard and the one most trusted or its reliability.  It only costs $19 a month to get started.  If you aren’t willing to invest $19 a month to build your business, then quit while your ahead and just keep your day job.

The Money is in the List

Howdy.  Welcome to My Big Fat List.  In the world of Internet businesses the importance of having a targeted, responsive list can’t be overemphasized.  The mantra, “the money is in the list” can be heard from just about any Internet guru you can think of.  So I figured a blog outlining some of the most effective list building tactics would be of some benefit.  Don’t cha think?  So yeah, I’ll be spending a bit of time on that here at My Big Fat List. 

Internet marketing topics tend to run together quite a bit, so list building can easily segue into discussions about other areas such as article marketing, how to get more website traffic, and other such topics.

Adios for now. I’ll be back soon.