Four Ways to Build a List with No Money Part 2

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Four Ways to Build a List with No Money Part 2

I hope you got a chance to read part 1 from this article. The should be fairly close to each other in the forum.

Idea 1 – Your Email Signature Line

Go to your “sent email” folder right now and just scan the email you sent in the last month. If you are like most of us its hundreds of emails. Maybe thousands.

But does your email does include an offer for someone to join your mailing list?

It should!

Here’s why …

If you send only 20 emails days (including replies) then you are sending over seven thousand emails a year!

What if only 1 in 7 people saw your link and joined your list?

That’s over 1000 subscribers to your list … free!

You may be thinking that many of the emails you send are to friends and family. Or that you send many emails to the same person. I thought that too.

But one thing to consider is this – if you add an offer to join your list to your signature those who are interested will take it up and those who are not will ignore it. This is perfect because people are self-selecting, which is the essence of permission-based marketing.

You will find, as I did, that people will occasionally forward your email as well. When that happens an entirely new audience gets to see your list building offer. It’s a win-win.

And it costs nothing!

Idea 2 – Forums and Blogs

Ever visit a forum and ask a question? How about making comments on the blogs you follow and love?

Many people have done one or both but don’t leverage the experience in their favor.

Just about every forum out there offers a signature line feature, yet we see thousands of posts with no signature.

Almost all blogs encourage you to enter a URL when you comment but many comments contain no URL at all, when they could easily include the URL of your squeeze page or Aweber hosted form.

Don’t make this mistake!

If you post on the Warrior Forum or Michael Green’s How To Forum or any other, make sure to include a link where people can join your list.

The same thing goes for commenting on your favorite blog like Copyblogger or Chris Brogan’s blog.

Again, free and very effective. Put time on your side with this one!

Idea 3 – Twitter

Ah, Twitter – friend or foe? Great marketing tool or total time waster?

Great marketing tool!

Here’s how you can use Twitter today to begin building your list with no money.

Start following people you know of and replying to their Tweets.

Make sure your reply makes sense and won’t waste people’s time.

Post fan Tweets – replying to a Tweet with something like “loved your book about ___” are 100% okay and often much appreciated.

Once you have been following for a while you will get followers too, and become a recognizable name in your circles.

When that happens, send a short Tweet about your new mailing-list and where people can join it.

If you want you can even automate this process by using a service like Hootsuite or a software like TweetAdder.

The key here is to create curiosity which creates the click and that leads new visitors to your squeeze page.

And it can all be automated!

Of course you can use other social media to accomplish this as well. Other articles will cover those methods. But I find that Twitter is the easiest way to start for someone just starting out, hence the specific suggestion here.

Idea 4 – Your Blog

If you don’t have a website you might be thinking “sounds good Charlie but where do I send them to sign up?”

Fair question.

The best answer is your blog.

If you don’t have a blog there is simply no reason to wait any longer. Go to Blogger.com and get one now.

It’s free, they have templates you can use that look professional.

If you don’t like Blogger you can use a service like TypePad to host your blog.

Another option, if you have hosting, is to use an excellent theme from Studio Press (that’s what I do) or use Optimize Press or the Socrates Theme. The last two are highly optimized for online marketers.

The advantage of having a blog is that you can use it as a landing page only OR publish a full-on blog and build your audience even faster.

Options are a beautiful thing! With one hosting account you can have an almost limitless number of blogs in various niches. You can create virtually any number of squeeze pages too.

If you can type, you can blog. And you should. Once you get a blog just put a form on it for your list and you are good to go!

So there you have it, four ways to begin building a real list of your own with no money and no traffic!

1. Your email signature line

2. Forums and blogs

3. Twitter

4. Your own blog

Begin using these methods today and you will put time on your side. Sooner than you think, you will have a mailing list of your own.

Once you have a list of your own the possibilities become endless. You can take polls to uncover needs, offer recommendations, warn them of online scams and so much more. All free!

And having a powerful mailing list is a beautiful thing indeed!

To Your Success,

J Mark
http://www.traffic--evolution.info
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