List Building - Only for What Niche?

It can be for almost anything that you can write about or get content for to use in your subscriber emails, and that has complementary affiliate products you can promote to the list. So...natural remedies, skincare, gardening, dog training, green living, dating...etc. etc. You could find dozens of list building niches with a bit of research.

Lynn

List building applies to all niches.

There is high competition in MMO niche.

You can try list building for health,games,dating,golf,travel and iphone niches by posting articles to ezinearticles.com and posts in relevant forums.

Good luck.

yes you can build your list in every niche if you want

List building should apply, in my mind at least, to everything you do in marketing. Everything!

My take is that you should only build a list int hte niches you want to make money in.



All the best,
Michael

I suggest building a list of your list, oh and always have a to do list. Can you tell I am mad about list building. Only when there is no chance of repeat business ever can you even half excuse not building a list.

A customer/mailing list is like life insurance for a business. If something happened to a business that made it stop functioning for a couple of months the business can always use their mailing list to keep their customers aware of the situation and to plan a big grand-reopening.

Lists help you build and strengthen customer relationships so that customers feel loyal to your brand.

Every single one of the replies so far have said it right, there's no other way but to build a list.

What's nice is that you don't even need to have a product, you could promote just about anything that is seemingly relevant to you niche.

And remember that you always want quality, targeted subscribers, not solely quantity.

List-building (building a database) is critical to your marketing
across all niches, and both online and offline. So is following
up with that database on a regular basis.

You have to be in front of your prospects when they are
ready to buy... and you never know when that's going to be,
so you need a way to maintain regular contact with them.

Willie

The BIGGEST stumbling block most people have when it comes to list building, from my experience, is they fear the technical side of things so they try to convince themselves they don't need a list or that "their" niche isn't suited for building a list.

Of course that is extremely limited thinking because of course you need a list... everyone needs a list... even Wal-Mart has a list of prospects and customers.

Like a few others have already said, if you want to make money online you need a list. But don't limit your thinking into believing you have to create a MMO list... because a list can be in any niche you want.

Now if you want a profitable list there are certain steps you need to go through, precautions you need to be aware of, actions you need to take but at the end of the day you really have no business (or a very limited one) until you do create a list.

Take this for example... if you are an affiliate marketer and figure you don't need a list because you don't want to make your traffic jump through hoops, you just want the sale... you need the sale. Well, what if you started to create a list, made it well worth their while to join your list and could then continue to market to them over time. The lifetime value of that subscriber is going to be worth a lot more to you than making a few people cranky about having to opt-in.

If you are going about your business in an ethical, responsible manner then you shouldn't feel you have to try and please everyone. This is a business after all so treat it like a business and start building a list NOW!

You and I are probably not going to be the next YouTube so having a list is crucial in any business offline or online... it's just smart business!

Mike Hill

Ah I see.

So I need an Autoresponder service to start a list?

What if the product I'm promoting is a one-off solution, for example the Acne niche.

These people just want their acne away, is building a list of prospects in the acne niche a viable strategy?

Regards,
SRLee

P.S Sorry for the no-reply. I just came back from school.

SRLee,

Yes you'd need an autoresponder to start a list. Aweber and Get Response are the two most prominent ones. They cost about 20 to 30 bucks a month to start.

I pretty much agree with what the others said - any business can build a list. Some will be more effective than others, and others less so, but all businesses should have a database of subscribers, clients and customers that they can keep in contact with just one mailing.

For example, I buy clothes from this outlet and I'm on their list. They send me updates about their promotions though email and SMS every few months.

For an Internet marketing list, you'll need to mail once a week at least.

Different rules for different niches.

For the acne niche, once clients have solved their acne problem, you can move them to another list for skin care solutions, as an example. So you can start sending them information on PREVENTING acne, getting a better complexion, removing brown spots etc.

While the Internet marketing niche has a lot of competition, competition is just one thing. The demographics of the market is another.

For instance, people who are into Internet marketing like we are will probably spend more time checking their emails, so that somewhat negates the amount of competition in the MMO niche.

In other niches, people may check their computer less often although there are lesser email marketing competitors in the direct marketing sense.

MMO niche - more competitors, more computer savvy clients

Other niches in general - maybe more more or less competitors, but people generally check their email less often than home business entrepreneurs

Fabian

Thanks Fabian!

Now I understand lists even more!

Alright case closed.

Thanks everyone!

There is even a Giveaway event coming up soon in the 'fitness' niche I believe. A list is a vital component to any online business, regardless of the niche. As soon as you think about making money online I think list building should be your main focus and remain that way.