List Building - Avoid The Pitfalls of List Building

List building is a very effective way to create traffic to your site. The question is, how are you going to go about it? Well, you can either go out and buy lists or you can build your own.

Going out and buying a list may seem practical and a great time saver, but is it really? Bear in mind, the list you are buying is also being sold to many others. How long do you think it would take for that list to fall into the category of “the law of diminishing returns.”

There is another negative factor associated with buying lists and that is the problem of spam. If you get a reputation for spamming, you’ll become an internet pariah.

If on the other hand, you build your own list you can have total control over the way it’s distributed. And unlike buying lists you won’t encounter the problem of spamming.

It will be necessary to have your own website and auto responder. You can purchase a good website host for as low as $5.95 a month. You will get step by step instructions on how to build it.

To get an autoresponder go to the search engines and bring up a list of the top ten. Choose what looks best for you. These will run you about twice what a website will, but they’re well worth it.

As you work on your email campaign offer your subscribers a free ebook or ecourse. This will be a great incentive for them to give you their name and email.

Build your email campaign by offering your subscribers useful information. If you are sending information about internet marketing, cover all topics related to that subject, i.e. affiliate marketing, websites, etc.

Once you load your emails into your autoresponder you can offer your subscribers the double opt in feature that will avoid spam. You will also have the ability to send your emails at intervals of your choice.

Over time, you will develop a trusting relationship with your subscribers who will be more inclined to buy from you, than from others.

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