Hey Non-List Builders - This One's For You

Hey Warrior:

Have you been putting off your list building until you start seeing significant sales? That's the excuse that's most prevalent from my own customers. "Well, I see a trickle of sales - a few each week - but I haven't been building a list yet until I get really going with it."

Hmmm.

So all those trickles - those drops in the income bucket - aren't good enough for you, eh?

Those men and women who purchased your product - their money for future sales is better spent with someone else, I guess.

You should have a subscription to Aweber (or pick your poison) before you own DLGuard, before you hire a graphic designer or write your own eBook. Before you turn in for the night tonight, in other words.

I have a very small list for one particular topic - people who want to buy pre-made pages I create at a discount. It's very small (570 to be exact) and highly targeted obviously.

October 6th I started selling these pages to gear up for holiday stuff because Amazon items do well and I've flipped 22 of them in 11 days. Not one has gone unsold. I sell them for $100 each. That means I averaged $200 a day JUST on page flips - this doesn't includes my eBook or PLR sales. That's a $6,000 a month income for the 30 day months.

Kinda nice, right?

It's because I have a LIST. Size doesn't matter when it comes to list building. TARGETING matters. TIMING matters. I didn't care if I had 5 people or 500 people when I started list building. It has to start SOMEWHERE.

Every person signed up to this list knows what's coming and is ONLY there to buy because I don't educate or teach on this list - I ONLY inform them when there's a product to buy.

So there aren't any complaints about sales pitches and needing more hand holding. You can build a list for just about anything. Here's one key I've found in list building:

BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT THE LIST WILL BE.

Don't say you'll teach something if you're really just building up a sales pitch fest. If you DO want to sell only, then be honest! Say something like, "I'll ONLY contact you when I've vetted the very best _______ products and feel it is worthy of your attention." (And then, of course, vet each product and don't OD on the emails).

If you'll only send them out a free course every once in awhile, word it like this: "From time to time I'll develop a step-by-step course that you won't have to pay a penny for - I'll let you download it FREE."

Honesty really does a long way with people.

But regardless of how you plan to use your list, START building it right now.

And yeah I'll say it - you're a FOOL if you wait. Because those trickles add up to a nice full glass after awhile, but if you don't catch them, they're gone forever.

tiff