I didn’t start making money online until I started building a email marketing list.  I made an odd few dollars with my banners on my blog, but didn’t start making good money.

Now I not saying that I make tons of money or even enough to live off my internet marketing business.  But I have noticed that as my email marketing list has been growing, the more money I make.

Having an email customer list, lets you keep in contact with your clients.  Studies have shown that it takes about 7 contacts with someone before they will buy from you.

By building a list and giving great information to them, you will build trust.  People will buy from you when they “Know – Like – Trust” you.  Wouldn’t you rather buy from someone you know than a stranger.

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Brian Edmondson is an expert at making videos and also works with Tellman Knudson in his List Building Club.  I have listened to Brian in many teleseminars in the List Building Club and this man knows a lot.

Check out his video below about building your list, building traffic to your site and also email marketing.

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This is a a transcription of a 3 hour call betweet Jeff Dedrick and Liz Tomey.  They are talking about List Building and Viral Marketing.

They talk about how important list building is to anyone trying to sell on the internet.  You need to create good products, but at the same time you need to be always thinking about building your list.

They talk alot about the Joint Venture aspect of List Building and how this can skyrocket your list fast.  They talk about how to go about building a group of JV Partners.  The right way and wrong way to approach someone to see if they will do a Joint Venture with you.

They talk about working with your Affiliates, Tracking, Forums, and many other aspects of List Building.  You need to read this eBook about Listbuilding, as this is one of the most important thing you can do to build your Online Internet Marketing Business.

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Rather selling space in your newsletter or blog advertising, ask your associates to promote you instead.  The important thing is not to be competitors in the same line of business.

Joint Ventures are a wonderful way to build lists and expand your customer list while getting great exposure.   Some online marketers join hands with similar sites and exchange links and content; they even sign up with each other’s affiliate programs, promoting each other while making money in the process.

Joint ventures can apply to your blog and ezine too. Just imagine: here you are, running an ezine and a blog to a targeted audience. You have got a massive readership.

This makes you a very attractive business proposition for other online marketers.  Why?  Because if they JV with you, they can build their lists through your traffic too, without competing with you.

That’s why e-zines and blogs are like valuable property.  What do you do when people are interested in partnering with you?  Exchange links, grow your profits and build your lists at absolutely no extra cost.

Getting the Right Kind of Partner

The most critical factor to consider, if you want your joint venture to be highly beneficial is the kind of partner you select.  This means, your partner must be someone whose business is complementary to yours.

Without being direct competitors, your businesses must be related.  Your visitors must find both of you attractive.  If you subscribe to newsletters that are related to your business, you will probably be able to start building your lists right from there.

You can check the ranking of a site and then decide whether to partner with it.  When you choose your JOINT VENTURE partner, check whether their strengths influence your products positively.

Types of Joint Ventures

Your joint venture could be a joint subscription – an ezine Joint Venture. This is how that happens – you get a user on your site who signs up for your ezine.

You send them a thank you message and invite them to join other e-zines of interest to them.  These other e-zines are you JOINT VENTURE partners.

They do the same for your e-zines.  You promote each other.  When you let them advertise on your site, you get to advertise on theirs.

It is a good idea to have a simple message for your user but remember to focus it on the kind of users you want.

These days exit pop-ups are being used very effectively by online marketers to partner with similar sites on the Internet.  You will be incurring a cost for each visitor who clicks through your site while only a few will actually make a purchase.

It does not matter whether you got them through an advertisement or a search engine; you are paying in some way.  The solution is to make them all yield a return for what you are spending.

As soon as a visitor leaves your site, exit pop-ups show them another site.  What is clever about this is the fact that your visitors are through with browsing your site when the exit pop up opens in a new window.

Suppose your visitor becomes a customer by buying something from you, and then they need not see the pop up.  If they don’t, you can trigger the pop up when they exit your site.

How about making use of your email list to let your contacts know about your joint venture partner’s offers?  Your list will hear it from a reliable source – you.  You should get the partner to do the same for you.

Joint ventures and their success depend on how complementary the services of the two partners are.

This series is excerpts from my eBook, “List Building Guru Tips”.   There is lots more about Joint Ventures and List Building in the book.

The book has 94 pages of information about List Building, Autoresponders, eBooks, Messaging Etiquette, Spam and much much more.

I am selling this e-book for a very low price so get your copy now before I raise the price.

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The people on your list are your target customers. You must convert them into a base that looks forward to what you want to tell them.

You yourself must be easily reachable. When you do this, people slowly begin to have faith in you. When you communicate with your contacts, you must sound approachable and friendly rather than seriously formal.

Let us talk about the basic things you need before you actually experiment with different methods of building lists and stick to the ones that work most profitably for your particular line of activity.

A Website

The first thing you must set up is your website, so that your contacts have a place to come to and find you. They also need a place where they can securely leave their email and name.

You must ensure that they do not have any difficulty in the process. Not only that, you want to give them something of value to remember. Your website is practically your main point of contact with your users.

So make sure you build a site that is good to look at. That does not mean graphics rich and jazzy, but something that is designed to be professional and effective.

It must attract your users enough for them to want to browse around and check out what you have for them. Use pleasant colors and relevant images, a good layout and useful information.

Your site must provide crisp content. Write it in such a way that it draws their attention – like a magnetic headline, bulleted points, etc. On top of everything else, it should endorse your own image.

Do it in a way that is unique and memorable for your visitor. They are only going to be there for seconds before they move on to browse elsewhere.

It must have something special for your prospect to remember and come back. The number of sites on the Internet is growing rapidly and it is up to you to make yours look special.

A point to bear in mind here is that even after you’ve drawn the visitor to your site, there is no fixed rule that says they must purchase from you the first time they go by your site.

Which means we must make sure there is some way by which they can leave their contact information behind before they go?  You do need to remind them and follow up, don’t you?

You can do this by asking them to sign up in exchange for something valuable to them – like a free download or newsletter. In this manner, your list continues to build.

You must find a way to follow up with these contacts to that they become your customers.

Watch for my post tomorrow, which will finish on what you need to Build your List.

This series is excerpts from my eBook, “List Building Guru Tips”.   There is lots more about Joint Ventures and List Building in the book.

The book has 94 pages of information about List Building, Autoresponders, eBooks, Messaging Etiquette, Spam and much much more.

I am selling this e-book for a very low price so get your copy now before I raise the price.

Click on the Banner to the Left to Buy “List Building Guru Tips” NOW!

Autoresponder

The next thing is your autoresponder. (We will talk about this more in detail in a subsequent section). Subscribe to one that suits your needs best.

These are a wonderful way to automate your follow up, when you have to keep in touch with your customers regularly.

You might find it easy to keep in touch with, say 200 or 300 people, but when the list runs to thousands, just imagine the amount of time you’ll spend, time that you can devote to more creative activities.

Instead, a good Auto responder can help you tremendously in keeping up with your reminding and emailing.  Overall there are three big players.   EmailAces, GetResponse, and AWeber)

I use EmailAces and they are at the lower end of cost, but I would recommend AWeber, as they are rated as one of the best.

Ways To Bring Traffic To Your Site

Unless you bring traffic to your site, how will you build lists?  Right.  But bear in mind that your traffic must be relevant to your requirement.

In Internet marketing, the pay per click advertising campaign method is effective. What you really need to take care about is the keywords you use; they must especially relate to your unique product.

Also, writing articles about topics related to your business and posting them on online directories can bring in traffic. You can tie up with an allied business so that together you can offer a range of services and mutually benefit while building those lists.

Relevant Content

It follows from the above that you must be attentive to what you write in your emails. You users will look for information that is useful and relevant to them.

If you don’t send them messages that are meaningful, they will cease to read them. On top of that, they will unsubscribe.  So make sure you provide value, because it will be a worthwhile investment.

And, though it seems obvious, each contact must be able to sign up with you easily. Which means, every official communication that goes out of your office, whether online or snail mail, must contain your web URL, and encourage them to get on your list.

You must remember that it is not just for size that you are growing your list. Why you are doing it is so you can convert it into business. You can start with a strong small list and build it as you go along.

If you haven’t already decided what you are going to offer and to whom you are going to sell it – your product and your target market- do it now.  Pick something you are interested in and get familiar with it.

Some people even select products sold by others, and when they become confident, choose something similar and market it.

This series is excerpts from my eBook, “List Building Guru Tips”.   There is lots more about Joint Ventures and List Building in the book.

The book has 94 pages of information about List Building, Autoresponders, eBooks, Messaging Etiquette, Spam and much much more.

I am selling this e-book for a very low price so get your copy now before I raise the price.

Click on the Banner to the Left to Buy “List Building Guru Tips” NOW!

One of the most important things in an Internet Marketing business is a list of contacts.

Just as in any other business, online businesses also need to build relationships with their customers. Subscribers are the contacts on your lists that are the most valuable asset of your online business.

Therefore, list building leads to building relationships, which in turn encourages prospects to visit your website, sign up and get closer to buying your offer. But people are not just going to flock to a website and leave their contact information!

To attract them, they must perceive some value. The first thing they are going to think about is how they will benefit from giving you their contact details. That’s why every business that does online marketing must build its own lists, targeted at specific prospects.

It is time consuming. You have to work really hard. But in the end, you will directly enjoy the fruits of your efforts.

Lists – The Online Marketer’s Treasure

Everyone talks about his or her ‘optin’ lists. It’s their treasure. They are always looking for new and innovative ways to build their lists to keep visitors coming to their sites continuously.

They offer various things to the prospective customer like free reports, ebooks, software, memberships, services etc. just to get their email address and other identifiable information.  It is essential to keep following up with people who might be interested in what you are offering.

Only when you have a growing list can you facilitate your users to visit your site. It grabs their attention and takes them to those areas of the site that are of particular value to them.

Why Have A Growing List?

Is it not sufficient to have a few hundred contacts? In online marketing, not every visitor buys from the site he or she is visiting.

Sure you may have built a huge database of contacts, but unless each one is a qualified contact, there is no guarantee that they will take any purchase-related action when they visit.

Even in the offline world, you usually cannot get a buying decision out of your prospect right away – it takes not less than 5 visits unless they are desperately in need. Again, if you deal with more than one product, different visitors may be interested in different products.

That is why you have to get your visitor’s email id and name as they browse through your site. This will let you plan a frequency at which you can remind them and keep them updated about current offers to keep the sales coming in. You must use ethical methods to build your lists.

The worst thing in Internet marketing is acquiring a bad reputation, because that will ensure that you can never do business again.

I hope you enjoyed the information in this post.  tomorrow I will post part 2 which is called “What do you need to Build a List?”

This series is excerpts from my eBook, “List Building Guru Tips”.   There is lots more about List Building in the book.

The book has 94 pages of information about List Building, Autoresponders, eBooks, Messaging Etiquette, Spam and much much more.

I am selling this e-book for a very low price so get your copy now before I raise the price.

Click on the Banner to the Left to Buy “List Building Guru Tips” NOW!