Giveaway and List Building Guide

You read countless articles and heard the advice from the “experts” and you realized that you are leaving money on the table by not having a opt-in list. So you have decided to add the popup window and squeeze page to your site. Then it happens, you thought you knew everything there was to know about email marketing and you followed the advice others gave you, just to find out that you are not making a profit.

You have worked on your list and have done what is possible to give them a fantastic value to get them to buy. After several months go by you realize when you see your stats and sales, you are actually loosing money.

You may be discourged by the fact that others have found success and feel that you may be doing something wrong. Then you may start to ask whether the topic chosen is the wrong one or just an unpopular topic. It is important to not get discouraged and question yourself. You can rejuvenate your list and ideas, following the below tips will help you in getting your list going.

~*~ Building Trust With Your List And New Subscribers

First remember to build a strong trust with your readers and your new readers coming in. Customers need to know that they can trust a business so trust should be a part of any business model. Your customers need to have the feeling that you are truly knowledgable about the subject at hand.

Join the many available article directories and get unique articles written and submit them to the directories. Do not submit them all at once, spread it out over several weeks. Use the author resource box and fill out your profile in full with links back to your site.

Join forums based on your chosen topic, and then join the conversations and offer sound advice. Be there for others and be willing to help when you can. When you join a forum be sure to fill out your profile and include a signature file and remember to be kind to other forum members. Do not try to hide anything on forums, tell them your name and how old you are and the state you live in.

Ask your friends if they would be willing to provide testimonials or reviews of your products. Be sure the testimonials you gather are real and unedited, and be sure they link to the persons website. If you have a good reputation on different forums, you can ask your fellow friends to provide a review of your products.

~*~ Find The Proper Fix For Your Customer Problems

Find a product or create a product that can be beneficials to others. If you know your topic very well then you should have no problems in creating a product for that topic. You can sift through the material in Google in order to track down good affiliate programs to be a part of.

* Make sure that you do your research, even if you already know about the topic you have chosen. You can use places like Yahoo Answers to get ideas on what people are looking for and what solutions they need to fix what problems they have. Investing your time in doing research could pay you back 10 fold.

~*~ Find Friends In Other Opt-In List Builders

If the list owners have already launched a successful list it would be helpful to you and your business. List owners will already have experience in the chosen venture and the experience is always the best teacher. You can ask the help of experienced list owners since they already know the ropes.

Make friends with list owners and you will find it beneficial because it could lead to a joint venture. Building a join venture would allow you and the list owner(s) to promote a product and split the commissions made from that product. This is a great help when your fellow list owners are into the same topics that you are.

Building these profitable opt-in lists is not going to happen instantly. There is much research and time that needs to go into it and the prepartions need to be properly done. As your opt-in list grows make sure to maintain quality and treat your subscribers very well. Be sure to keep everything very organized and if you need help feel free to ask your list owner friends. Keep your subscribers happy and satisfied and they will keep buying from you.

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