… not building a list.

Those who do are smart marketers. Because, despite delivery problems, spam filters and what else, email marketing still works.

Besides that, it doesn’t cost a lot extra to build a list. You only need a great email management system. Here’s one that you can try out for $1.

Of course you’ll also need a sales funnel system when you’re a list builder. If you don’t have one, you can download your free funnel system here.

Still, with all resources in place, list builders make many mistakes. Let me first sum them up and then give you some great advice.

Here are the six biggest list building mistakes that I frequently see. Since they’re already addressed online, I will refer to the quality posts that I found.

1. Not having a great sign up (squeeze) page.
   It doesn’t necessarily needs to be fancy, but you must convince your visitors to subscribe.
   Read point 4 of 7 Deadly List-Building Mistakes by Robert Middleton.
2. Not giving away anything as an incentive to subscribe.
   David Risley describes this (and my other items) very well in 3 Big List Building Mistakes.
3. Not using a sales funnel system for subscribers who keep buying
   That problem can be fixed quickly. Just download your free funnel system and APPLY it!
   
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4. Not staying in contact with their list regularly.
   That means you don’t build a relationship with your subscribers. Read points 3 and 4 of 5 Deadly List Building Mistakes
5. They try to sell something in every email
   Well, this goes without saying. If you only send mails to sell stuff, people will unsubscribe in a flash. Same applies to sending swipe email, messages for affiliates composed by the product owner.
6. Not to segment their list.
   I found this one online, but it’s part of a downloadable file that many list builders use, so I won’t link to it.
   The point is, that you have to separate buyers from freebie seekers, and multiple buyers from single buyers. It would also be nice to segment buyers depending on the product they bought from you.Aweber does a nice job segmenting your lists.

Ok, to recap: not giving away anything is a huge mistake. And even if your subscription incentive is free, you have to “sell” it to your visitors. Therefore you have to use a few sales letter techniques: headlines, bullets, nice graphic, etc.

Which makes me think…

…if I have to “sell” a freebie using all these sales letter techniques, resulting in only a list of mainly freebie seekers instead of buyers, then why wouldn’t I …

SELL MY GIVEAWAY.

You only need a valuable product (as in the free giveaway situation), so you might as well sell it for a couple of dollars. Even a product that goes for $1 is going to be much more valuable than a freebie product. When people pay money for your product, then you know that the people on your list have a credit card or PayPal account available to buy other products or services from you.

SELL your incentive. If you use Rapid Action Profits your list segmentation can be automated during the buying process. By the way, RAP celebrates its fourth birthday with a great discount

The end result of building your lists this way is less subscribers, but now you have a list of buyers that you can throw in your marketing funnel to buy again! Huge advantage.

So, do you make list building mistakes?
Post your comments below.

Six List Building Mistakes and How To Turn Them Around is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Because if you do, you can contact your prospects over and over again instead of the 1 shot approach on your website.

The list that you build is your reward for all your time and efforts to get your prospects to your site.

Most people realize that, but hesitate to build a list because…

…they just don’t know how to do that or where to start or how to easily grow a list in a short period of time.

Bryan Super has a solution for that.
He writes about it in today’s guest post.
Enjoy!

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If you are thinking of building an email list then your best bet is to use what are called ad swaps.

Ad swaps are when you and another marketer agree to send out an email to each others lists.
Basically you will send an email to your list promoting their website or offer and vice versa. Now, the problem is how to build a list, right?

Before we get too far along, you’ll need a squeeze page and an autoresponder if you really want to succeed with list building and email marketing.

Squeeze pages are pretty simple to set up and if you do a Google search for “free squeeze page” you can likely get one, copy the code and use it as your own.

Then you need an autoresponder. I use Getresponse.com and many of my fellow marketers use Aweber.com. Both are great in my opinion.

Ok, now that we have a squeeze page and autoresponder we need a bribe in the form of a free report or something of value to give away. This can be a PDF document or even a video. This is what you will give visitors in exchange for opting in to your list.

Here are my favorite 2 ways to go about building a new list.

1. Buy a solo ad from someone who already has a list in your niche.

2. Write articles and make posts in forums related to your niche.

The first option is very easy.
You find someone with a large list in your niche and ask them if you can pay them to send an email to their list promoting your squeeze page. Most often you can strike a deal with someone and start getting instant visitors to your squeeze page. I use Warrior forum all the time to find solo ads.

If you can find someone to send you 500 clicks to your site you should have no problem getting 250 subscribers onto your new list.
Then you can start doing ad swaps. Again, check out warrior forum and look at the Joint Ventures section. There are hundreds if not thousands of people doing ad swaps these days.

The second option to build a list takes more time, however you will have traffic sources coming in and backlinks to your squeeze page.

I’ve used both ways and if you have time I really like option 2. It takes a bit longer but it works too.

First you need to find keywords that people search for on the search engines. You mainly want to find low competition keywords. So, not something like make money online. That would be way to hard to target.

If your niche is making money online maybe you could use something like “best Internet marketing home business”. As you can see that is a longer keyword and your article will have a better chance of ranking in Google for the term.

Find at least 30 of these types of keywords using the Google Keyword tool. Make sure the keywords you choose are actually searched for by people each month.

Write or outsource 30 articles. You can write them yourself or use elance.com or again, the Warrior forum.

I did this in the gaming niche about 2 years ago and I still get around 20 opt ins per day doing absolutely nothing because I have 30 articles each getting several visitors each day because I used low competition keywords.

You can do this too, all you need to do is take action!

It is sad but many people try to complicate things and they don’t need to be.
There really is no “secret” to making money online. If I were to say I have a secret, it is that I got down to work and actually DID something. Also keep in mind that you WILL learn from your mistakes.

Get your free ad swap report at Affiliate Success Secrets. You can get started in 48 hours using this free guide – Ad Swap Secrets

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So far Bryan’s guest post.
What about you? Do you build a list?
Post your comments below.

Build A List of 500 Subscribers In Less Than One Month is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

What exactly is a GiveAway?
It’s an event where marketers join together to increase their subscription base by giving away something for free.

The host of these free giveaways invites partners, who basically also are list owners in the same niche, to contribute a gift, like

- an Ebook,
- a special report,
- a video or audio product,
- a free membership or
- software or a script.

The host lists all gifts contributed by the partners and the visitors can select them by clicking the gifts.
When they click, they are redirected to the partner’s sign up page where they can download the gift in exchange for their email address.
So, they get a valuable item at no cost, but that email address can be regarded upon as a payment.

Now it’s up to the partner of the free giveaways and her listbuilding capacities to develop her own sales funnel to get and keep these visitors in there and make money from them!

Where do the visitors to a free giveaway come from?
Easy. Apart from people visiting the event as a result of promotion campaigns, they come from the lists of all partners, who, in order to participate, are obliged to promote the event.

Of course you can advertise or promote the event in different ways to attract visitors, but for the most part it’s actually a subscribers swap.

How to recognize a quality giveaway?

1. Strong partners with huge lists of eager buyers, who will promote the event. Not all huge list owners will do that, but those with a reputation will.
2. The giveaway event host is reputable, can be trusted and checks promotion activities of the partners.
3. Partners should be in the same niche.
4. Although event hosts always want as many partners as possible, a certain limitation is desired to prevent information overflow for the visitors. That’s why events like this are always limited in time.

I’ve listed an excellent, high quality GiveAway event below, but you have to be fast, cause it starts soon.

Why would you want to join free giveaways as a partner?
Because it’s a great way to build your list if you take listbuilding seriously.
If the lists of the partners contain lots of potential buyers, you get an opportunity to persuade them to get on your list. Bingo!

In most GiveAway events you get a chance to upgrade your participation for a fee. This ensures a higher ranking of your gift in the complete list, thus making a better chance of getting visitors to subscribe to your list.
In almost all events I participate, I take this option, cause it drastically improves results.

What do you need to participate in a quality GiveAway event?

1. A mailing list. Rather than a huge one, events like this ask for a quality list. Only 1,000 eager subscribers is much better than 10,000 freebie seekers.
2. A gift. Again, offer a high quality gift rather than some updated PLR report, as subscribers will recognize this immediately and leave your list faster than they’ve subscribed to it.
3. Your Sales Funnel for follow up and sales. You therefore better use a reputable autoresponder service.
4. Download page with support email.
5. Images like Ebook covers or software boxes that support your gift. A mug shot will always help to support yourself and build trust.

In order to avoid freebie seekers that will only clutter my list, I always make the free gift available on my download page and ask for a subscription using another incentive. In that case, you’ll need 2 gifts.

Want to participate in a high quality GiveAway?
Do you need more subscribers coming from great partners? If you answered that with a yes, I have a personal invitation for you.

Even if you have a small list of, let’s say 750 to 1,000 subscribers, you can participate as long as they are responsive.

The procedure to participate is very easy as everything is checked automatically. You can’t make mistakes.

Check out this High Quality GiveAway Event!
Your invitation code is: Fn91V7E8G

After that, let me know what you think.
Post your comments below.

How High-Quality Free Giveaways Can Make You Money. is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Actually it would be better to call such software an email follow up system, but email autoresponder is more often used in Internet marketing.

Your email autoresponder swings into action as soon as one of your visitors has raised her hand to receive something from you.

That may be your newsletter, a freebie, a report or a product or service.

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It will reply automatically, sending the information your visitor requested.

Plus…whatever else you have put in that system.

That’s exactly why an email autoresponder is a MUST have marketing instrument.

You can contact your prospects and customers over and over again. This in contrast to the single shot you have on your web page.

Contacting your subscribers over and over again implies that it should be well worth their time and effort, otherwise they will leave your list soon.

So, to make this email marketing strategy work and to avoid dissatisfied subscribers, you initially have to deliver exactly what you promised, nothing less, but also nothing more in the frequency that you promised.

After that, you can slowly try to build a relationship by offering more on the same topic!
Thus you bind your subscribers to you and make them trust you, so they may buy products that you recommend to them as a reliable resource.

When you want to select an email autoresponder, you basically have three choices.

1. Free email autoresponders.
   These are only good to learn the game. They send ads with your messages, do not provide all necessary features and aren’t very reliable.
   If you’re starting out from scratch, use one of these services. You can find plenty of them in your favorite search engine.
2. Use an email autoresponder script.
   There are some great ones available on the Net. But, you’ll have to install and maintain them yourselves. That requires a bit of technical knowledge.
   You also have to take care of the millions of email filters out there to get your messages passed. And you’ll need to take care that your website won’t get listed on the many spam sites on the Net. Once you’re on there, it’s a pain in the butt to get off.
3. Use a respectable email autoresponder service.

   There are plenty of these services available. I’ve used three of them in the passed, but I stuck to Aweber as they have the best service and features available in my opinion.
   Their support is great, their delivery rates are amongst the highest available and, besides the many features they offer, they also supply a tremendous knowledge base that you can refer to for all your email marketing questions.

   Check this out:
   

If you, like me, are going for Aweber, it’s important to know that they always use a confirmation system -also known as the double-opt in- before you can send any follow up emails. This implies that your subscribers have to confirm their subscription using a confirmation message that is sent before activating your email autoresponder.

Pricing with Aweber starts at $19/month, based on total number of subscribers you obtain. Aweber also offers an affiliate program, which I’m using here , so you can make money when you refer others to them.

You can try them out for 30 days for only $1,00. See what Aweber has to offer.
And make your email autoresponder your most effective marketing weapon.

Then tell me about your email autoresponder.
Do you use one and how?
Post your comments below.

Why An Email Autoresponder Is A MUST Have IM Weapon is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Because it stimulates your readers to continue reading as they like what they see.

A writing voice may be defined as a way of writing that communicates a unique and distinctive personality.

You know, the sort of writing that you are dying to read and desire to receive.

That is in sharp contrast with the tremendous amount of content that is solely based on keywords or even automated content, generated or spinned by software. The purpose of such content is simply and solely based on playing the seo game.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with keyword research to enhance the chance of getting ranked high in the search engines and adding these keywords to your content. That’s what I always do when writing content.

And I occasionally DO use other peoples content (in the form of Private Label rights) to get ideas and write my content, but I always REWRITE it in my own voice.

I may not have that much of a writing voice, but at least it’s my own.

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In most of my writing, I’m using my own words to express my personal experiences.
And I often try to add something valuable -whether paid or free- that my readers can get and implement right away to improve their business, even if it’s just a tiny bit.

That’s exactly what I’m trying to do here.
Read on, it gets interesting now.

If so, I have a GREAT report for you and you can keep your wallet in your pocket, cause it’s free!

It shows you how to find and develop your own writing voice. And it’s written by no one else than straight shooter and writing expert Paul Myers, so it’s very valuable.

Inside is great advice on how to find and develop your own writing tone. 23 Pages packed with valuable information that you can apply immediately.

Like
- the elements of writing voice explained;
- the difference between voice and style;
- how exactly to write like you talk;
- finding the right place to make contacts;
- 7 categories of communication that just about everyone uses;
- three simple exercises that will improve your writing voice.

It’s a great and quick read, so download your free Writing Voice Report to improve your writing and bind your subscribers.

Then, after reading this great report, tell me what you think about it.
Can you improve your writing voice?
Post your comments below.

How Your Writing Voice Binds Your Subscribers is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

“The money is in the list!!”
“The money is in the list!!”

chanted over?

I guess it must have been many times, right?

However, just because we’re tired of hearing about it doesn’t mean it’s not true.

Just to prove that point, jot down booming companies that cross your head like Dell Computers, JC Pennys, Sears, Apple, Microsoft and so on.

What do all these companies have in common after you buy from them?

YES! They stay in touch with you, either through snail mail and catalogs or email or telephone. What they actually are trying to do is to cultivate a relationship with you!

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That’s what you should try to do too. Because building a mailing list is one of the most crucial and one of the heartiest aspects of running a home based business.

Simply put, your mailing list is your prospect list. Containing email addresses from people who raised their hand when you asked them if they want to receive email messages from you.
These people want to learn from you and maybe, eventually, buy from you.

Even more important is your client list. On that list are all your prospect who bought from you.
That means they trusted you and therefore you’ll have an even closer relationship with them.

You can email both lists and try to make money from them.

Hence the phrase: “The money is in the list!!” is still true. They can provide income for you for a long long time.

Let’s take a look at 4 important steps that you must follow to ensure to make as much cash as possible.

1. Don’t make it difficult.

   There’s no point in making people work to get what you offer them.

   Persuading people to exchange their e-mail address for what you have for them can be difficult enough as it is, so if they DO give you their email address, give them what they asked for right away!

2. Don’t let them forget you.

   It’s easy for your subscribers to forget all about you as they receive tons of emails every day. This isn’t something that you want to happen.

   The easiest way to avoid this is to reward them!

   Send them lots of great, valuable content. Just make sure that the ebooks and reports that you send them are full of great quality! Doing this will not only give you a great response rate, it will also keep your subscribers eager to open your emails!

3. Don’t waste their time.

   Time is the only asset you can’t buy. Time is finite.

   Remind your subscribers that you are adding value to their lives. High quality and great content is the soundest way to make certain that your subscribers know you value their time.

4. Don’t waste YOUR time.

   Whatever you do outside your business, you’re still running one. And the money that you make there is directly proportionate to how efficiently you are able to run things.
   So, don’t waste time on subscribers that simply won’t buy from you no matter how much great content you give them.
   Spending lots of hours writing an ad trying to specifically target these people is nothing more than wasted time.

   Maybe some of these people still may buy from you, but what if you would have spent that time working on a product for your subscribers that are eager to buy from you?

   Yeah, you’ll make LOTS more money! Cause: “The money is in the list!!”

Set up a great marketing funnel, use a great email follow up system, follow these four steps and you’ll be raking in the cash in NO time!

So, what do you think about “The money is in the list!!”
Post your comments below.

Is The Money Is In The List Still True? is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

They set up their email campaigns and let them run for a while, but their click-trough rates are pathetic.

And they’ll soon stop, because all their efforts do not lead to the desired results. They soon regard email marketing as worthless.

Tim Handorf, professional writer for top online colleges, has a solution for that problem.
That’s what he writes about in today’s guest post.
I’ll let Tim do the talking now.
Enjoy.

How to Test Your Email Campaign Marketing

Email marketing is a popular and effective tool for most Internet marketers, companies and organizations, because it allows them to reach a wide segment of their target market for very little money and few resources.

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But getting exactly the right formula in place to maximize open rates in their email campaign marketing efforts can be tricky and a little time consuming.

Here, we’ve outlined the biggest “tweaks” marketers can make to get the most bangs for their email bucks.

1. First, the easiest variable to test in email campaign marketing is the subject line.
   Different keywords, the company’s name, tone, and personalized information can all be experimented with.

   A quick study conducted by an email marketing service, MailChimp, found that of the emails sent via their service, the ones that boast the highest open rates have the company’s name first, are straightforward, and not considered “salesy.”

   Most email marketers believe in leading with strong, creative language, but sometimes less is more.

   Testing these subject lines on your target market will help you discover what they respond best to.

2. Another easy email marketing “tweak” involves testing the send day and time.
   What is the best time for your message to reach your audience? Is it early on Monday morning, Wednesday afternoon, or on the weekend?
   By testing your time and day, you’ll be able to find your target markets’ time of peak receptiveness.
3. Email marketers should also consider testing the emails creative and copy as well.
   Consider changing the tone of the copy to suit the audience, for example, more formal for physicians and more conversational for writers.
4. Also, play with personalizing the content.
   Including a recipient’s name or title might increase the email’s click-through rates.

5. The email’s offer should also be tested.
   Experiment between hard and soft sells, various discounts levels, and wording. For instance, would using the term “free” be better received than “no-cost”?

   While they might seem like simple and insignificant changes to the marketer, these little things might actually encourage the recipient to open and read through the email.

In order to conduct these tests in the most comprehensive manner, email marketers should remember to only test one variable at a time and always use a control email.

For example, when testing days of the week, the email list should be randomly segmented into two groups. The first group will get the email at the regular day and time, and the second group will receive the email at the test day and time.

Also, keeping accurate and extensive details of each test will help marketers keep track of their changes, “tweaks”, and revisions. Testing a great deal of variables can get confusing after a while, so taking notes is definitely beneficial.

Overall, email campaign marketing has the ability to dramatically increase their exposure, open and click-through rates with just a few simple tests to their email campaigns. Again, it is a great return for proportionally little effort.

Author:
This is a guest post by Tim Handorf, an education writer. He also writes about Finance, frugality and internet marketing at online colleges.
Tim can be contacted at his email Id: tim.handorf.20@googlemail.com.

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Case again.
What’s your take on email campaign marketing?
Post your comments below.

5 Easy Ways to Test Email Campaign Marketing is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

See
8 Tips for building a profitable email list
and
What list builders use to create huge email lists

Today’s post is about how to build your email list fast.
That is: adding hundreds of subscribers to your list every week!

It’s a guest post, written by Gary David, an Internet marketer which specializes list building.
Here goes.
Enjoy!

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We always hear that the “money is in the list”.
Honestly, when I started online back in 2006, I never gave importance of building my list. I only took it seriously after 2 years.

Consider this for a minute. Every subscriber on your list is worth $1 in sales a month to you. Therefore, when you have an email list of about 2,000, you are likely to earn at least $2,000 per month. If your list is about 5,000, you can expect to make about $5,000 per month. That’s when I realized to start building my list in 2008.

Now, even though I have thousands of subscribers already, I still continue building my list every single day. In fact, I have one strategy that I would like to share to you that consistently adds hundreds of subscribers to me every week.

This is how I add 100-200+ subscribers to my list every week, and guess what, the more your list grows, the more money that you can make and let me show how you can do the same.

How Do I Consistently Add 100 – 200+ Email Subscribers Every Week?

Absolutely, one of my favorite strategies is what we call email “adswaps”, you probably heard of it before, or to some of you, might doing this already.

What exactly is an email adswap?
An adswap is when two marketers come together to advertise one of their offers to each others list.

For example, if you have 300+ subscribers. you will look for a marketer who have 300+ subscribers as well, and agree to send out promotional email to each others list to gain additional subscribers for each other.

Why does this work?
The best type of promotion is when other people promote you. That builds more credibility and trust from others, and as we all know, we need credibility and gain trust from people if we want to succeed online. I am going to show you how to look for them in a minute…

Why do email adswaps work?
It is very easy to set-up, no hassle and you get responsive potential subscribers. So, if you have 700 email subscribers, you have to find a marketer with similar amount of subscribers just like you.

If you both send an email, the normal rate of subscribers you would keep from 700 people is roughly 10% conversion which is 70 subscribers, and your opt-in page converting at about 30%, in that scenario, you would add 21 subscribers from this adswap.

At this point, it may not sound like a lot yet. However, just visualize if you keep on repeating this similar method frequently, you will notice that you are building your subscribers list fast. Just make sure to look for a marketer with similar list size, don’t perform email adswaps with people who have fewer subscribers than you.

Take a look at this instance…

700 subscribers X 10% conversion = 70 visitors X 30% opt-in = 21 subscribers.

If you do this repeatedly about 2-4 times a week, you will keep 10% of another marketer’s list.
As a result, that will build to 721, followed by 742, then 764, then 786. Thus, you have just added 86 new subscribers for that week!

Consider this, when your list grows and you are hitting 1,000 or 2,000 subscribers and you are repeating this method, matching your list size with another marketer, you begin to increase your list fast.

Just to illustrate, if your list is 4,000 subscribers, 10% of that is 400 and a 30% opt-in page conversion, you will add 120 subscribers just from 1 ad swap, and if you do 2 that week with the same size, you will add 240 new subscribers, isn’t that incredible?
Now, keep in mind that those are very responsive subscribers, because it came from another respectable marketer.

My objective is to help you build your email list fast this year. I aspire to see you accomplish something and the quickest and much more long-term approach to do this is to build your email list primarily.
Keep in mind, traffic = money, no other way around it, this really is traffic you possibly can generate on demand by sending 1 email to your list.
Also, when you are driving traffic from other sources you continue to still build your list at the same time, how awesome is that?!

Everything else is simply a distraction to you.
Your email list needs to be your number 1 concern every day, and all of the things that I’m doing to build my list including article marketing, blog commenting, forum marketing, viral marketing, social bookmarking etc all leads back to my squeeze page to build my list.

I’m going to provide help to build your email list to at least 300+ subscribers this month to be able to get the standard downpact and on your way to making true success, because it does matter.

Keep in mind, it is not about how big your email list is, it’s about how responsive it is!
I’ve seen 500+ subscribers list out-perform list size of about 5,000+ and by building your email list using these techniques, it is possible to build fast, and build responsive too.
Remember, not anything works unless you truly put it to use.

Gary David is an Internet Marketer which specializes list building. Discover 26 superpower tactics for rapid-fire list building and learn the step-by-step guide on how to build your list.

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Case again.
So, what’s your take? Do you build your email list?
Post your comments below.

How to Add Hundreds of Subscribers to Your List Every Week is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

At least, that’s what David Smith says and I couldn’t agree more.
That’s why I decided to publish David’s guest article about building a profitable email list.
Here goes.
Enjoy!

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Email marketing still works!
In fact, email marketing earns an ROI of nearly $50 for every $1 spent on it. Simply put, it’s one of the most effective direct marketing methods available. And if your business isn’t using it, you need to get started now.

The first step to building a successful email marketing campaign is growing a list of subscribers.

Remember, the CAN-SPAM Act says you can only send marketing emails to people who have opted in to your email list, and you also have to tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future email from you.

Here are 8 tips that will help you build a profitable (and legal) email marketing list.

1. Place signup links on every page of your website.
   You never know how visitors will arrive at your website. Many will come through your home page, but others will arrive on deeper pages and on your PPC landing pages.

   That’s why I recommend placing a signup form on every page of your website. To get the most results, place this email signup form above the fold, and clearly label it. Give people a reason they should sign up by highlighting a benefit (e.g. “Get a 25% discount off your next purchase by subscribing to our email list”).

2. Harness the power of article marketing.
   Article marketing still gets results. I know a lot of people view article marketing as an outdated and even spammy technique, but I disagree. You can get a lot of signups for your email list if you place links and a call to action in your author’s resource box.

   Remember, let people know what’s in it for them if they signup. And don’t make the mistake of putting too many calls to action in your resource box. It’s overwhelming and distracting. Leave it at one clear call to action.

3. Promote samples of your newsletter.
   Show your website visitors what they’re missing out on. Post samples of your newsletters on your website. This can be a useful article from a newsletter or a special deal that email subscribers got to enjoy.
   By showing them rather than just telling them how useful a subscription to your email list is, you increase the chances of getting them to sign up.

4. Socialize your email campaign.
   Email marketing and social media are beginning to become inseparable. 27% of businesses have already integrated social media into their email marketing campaign, and another 24% are in the process of creating an integration strategy. The benefit of socializing your email campaign is that it allows your email subscribers to share your content with their friends on Twitter, Facebook, etc. This helps you spread your messages farther, creating a viral effect and earning you more signups.

5. Give people a reason to sign up.
   Sometimes, people need a little extra motivation to sign up for your email list. That’s where freebies come into play. Free eBooks, whitepapers, and trials of your product act as powerful bait for reeling in subscribers.
   For example, you could say “Get a FREE copy of our new eBook ‘10 Ways to Make More Money’ when you sign up for our email list!” Everybody loves getting something for free, and if it’s a good offer, they’ll happily give you their email address.

6. Offer subscriber-only deals
   Reward your subscribers by giving them exclusive deals not available to anyone else. Each month, you could give them a special coupon. This accomplishes two things:
   1) It makes it worthwhile for people to sign up and stay on your email list and
   2) It drives sales as most subscribers will want to redeem their coupons.
   It’s a win-win.

7. Never buy an email list.
   This is the biggest mistake you can make. Buying a list is a complete no-no. Not only do you run into the whole spamming issue, but the simple truth is no list that you buy will be as targeted as one that you build yourself.
   People who actually sign up for a list that you’re building do so because they’re interested in receiving your messages, meaning they’re likelier to take action than someone whose email address was sold to you.

8. Use print signup sheets
   Do you have a physical storefront?
   Do you attend industry events?
   If you have any sort of physical interaction with your customers, you should have print signup sheets for your email list. This is another great way to get more subscribers, and it’s an offline method that most people ignore.

Does your company use email marketing? Are you satisfied with your results?
Please share your opinions in the comments below.

David Smith is the freelance writer working for conversion rate optimization company Invesp. Feel Free to download our free landing page templates.

8 Tips for Building a Profitable Email List is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

Despite the micro blogging hype, they are -still- right.

With a huge and sound list you will always be able to generate an online income.
You can lose your SE rankings, being slapped by PPC advertising systems and being hit by a lot of other tragedies.
You will still be okay as long as you have a great list.

But how do these list builders create their lists?

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Well, they use many different ways that you can use too, but before we’ll go into that, let me point out the most important part that list builders use consistently.

The main key is to dedicate all your efforts to a formula that will work for you.

You should create a detailed plan to build your list and then stick to it. That’s what all great list builders do and so should you, as it will keep you focused.

However, don’t consider it written in stone. As you move forward, be prepared to change your plan and discover better ways to do things. It’s kind of split testing: you keep what works best and replace the other formula by a new one.

Giving valuable information away for free still is one of the best ways to build a huge list and that’s what successful list builders use most.

Visit your favorite forums and watch closely what members are talking about to get an idea of what would make a great free gift. What problems do people have? Then find a solution for that problem and give it away in exchange for their email address. That’s one great way to build your list.

Give away events are another way to grow your list. Mind you, give-aways always attract freebee seekers, so give away your incentive and then ask for email addresses. Thus you will get less subscribers, but those who sign up are seriously interested in your offer.

But ways to build a list is not all.

Once your list starts growing then you will need to keep your subscribers satisfied. List builders are very aware of that. That’s why, instead of concentrating all their energy on the list building aspect, they also take good care of their subscribers to prevent people from leaving.

One key ingredient here to give them value on a weekly basis, so if you create a series of valuable follow up messages they won’t even consider leaving your list. Therefore nurturing your list should be an important part of your plan too.

Implement these 3 tips that list builders always use:

1. Choose Your Autoresponder Wisely

   An autoresponder is a software program that automatically sends automatic emails to people at any interval you tell it to. You simply write the emails, feed them into the autoresponder, and set the date to sent that message.

   I’m using Aweber, because I have found them the best in delivering my messages through all the spam filters. Others are GetResponse and Email Aces. And there are some self-hosted scripts too. They all have great features, but at the time of my selection, Aweber was simply the best for me (and still is) and for most great list builders. So, take your time and choose it wisely.

2. Make People an Offer They Can’t Refuse

   Offer your potential customers valuable information in exchange for their email address. Or you could offer them a chance to win some type of prize or a free copy of your latest software or Ebook.
   For example, you could give away a free laptop every month. Just make sure you publicize who wins the prize so that more people will be encouraged to try to win it.

3. Concentrate on Content

   You prefer to carefully craft every follow up message that you write. Make it valuable to the reader, so they can use it immediately to improve THEIR business. Include some casual selling without really blatantly trying to sell them something. People don’t like getting an email that is simply a sales pitch. Just offer a solution to a problem and the product that you use.

   When you’re writing your follow up messages, treat your subscribers like friends. You prefer to start a long term relationship with them so that they don’t unsubscribe. Therefore treat your list less like potential customers and more like friends.

Follow these 3 list builders tips and you will have a large and profitable list.

So, what’s your take on these list builders tips?
Post your comments below.

What list builders use to create huge email lists is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.