Anyone Here Create A Huge List Or Popular Site Strictly By Word Of Mouth?

Vagabond 007 · 11-23-2009, 10:39 PM

Steve Pavlina comes to mind with his site. From what I've read on there, it's all been word of mouth. And I know he is doing well for himself.

Has anyone else done this? Grow either a huge list or have a very popular website (or both) strictly from word of mouth?

I ask because I am in the process of entering into a very competitive niche. And I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm not really looking forward to writing tons of articles and doing all of this keyword research, backlinking, pinging, yada yada yada.

I know everyone thinks this about their own material, so take it for what's it's worth, but the content I am going to provide will be above and beyond what most of the others in the niche are teaching. I can only name a few (can count them on one hand) who I truly respect and think they are providing excellent value to anyone that's willing to use it.

My approach as of now is mostly using video. Providing a free mini 5 (give or take) day course via email. One new lesson a day. Then from there, survey my list and ask them what they want to learn about.

As I'm doing that, I will be working on an ebook. I already started it, but it needs to be finished.

I obviously need to get traffic to my opt in page. And to do that I was just going to write articles and put them on my blog, then submit them to article sites, and post on relevant forums. I don't planning on getting to crazy with keyword research. In fact, I may not do any.

So, again, has anyone here become successful from word of mouth? Providing such great content that word spreads and it just becomes a snowball effect?

Thank you.

Andyhenry · 11-24-2009, 01:16 AM

Yes.

I have a couple of membership sites where almost all of the members come from word of mouth. To be honest, I don't even bother doing any online advertising for the site due to the way we get people from offline interactions.

Vagabond 007 · 11-24-2009, 11:43 AM

Awesome, that's good to hear!

I'm sure it's a great feeling knowing that people appreciate your content so much that they tell other people. Which then helps you to continue to provide great content. Which makes them keep telling other people.

Nice little never ending cycle.

Thank you for your post.

Jeffery Baxter · 11-24-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Vagabond 007

Awesome, that's good to hear!

I'm sure it's a great feeling knowing that people appreciate your content so much that they tell other people. Which then helps you to continue to provide great content. Which makes them keep telling other people.

Nice little never ending cycle.

Thank you for your post.

Same goes for here! I dont even bother doing all the extra stuff with my personal blogs, people just know me like that and everything comes natural!

Jeff

Vagabond 007 · 11-24-2009, 11:50 AM

Jeff and Andy, let me ask you...

How did you get started? Like, before people knew you had great content, how did you get them to see it?

How did you start rolling the snowball downhill?

11-23-2009, 10:39 PM	#1
Vagabond 007 Dark Horse War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Outside Philly, PA Posts: 489 Thanks: 86 Thanked 770 Times in 121 Posts Social Networking	Anyone Here Create A Huge List Or Popular Site Strictly By Word Of Mouth? Steve Pavlina comes to mind with his site. From what I've read on there, it's all been word of mouth. And I know he is doing well for himself. Has anyone else done this? Grow either a huge list or have a very popular website (or both) strictly from word of mouth? I ask because I am in the process of entering into a very competitive niche. And I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm not really looking forward to writing tons of articles and doing all of this keyword research, backlinking, pinging, yada yada yada. I know everyone thinks this about their own material, so take it for what's it's worth, but the content I am going to provide will be above and beyond what most of the others in the niche are teaching. I can only name a few (can count them on one hand) who I truly respect and think they are providing excellent value to anyone that's willing to use it. My approach as of now is mostly using video. Providing a free mini 5 (give or take) day course via email. One new lesson a day. Then from there, survey my list and ask them what they want to learn about. As I'm doing that, I will be working on an ebook. I already started it, but it needs to be finished. I obviously need to get traffic to my opt in page. And to do that I was just going to write articles and put them on my blog, then submit them to article sites, and post on relevant forums. I don't planning on getting to crazy with keyword research. In fact, I may not do any. So, again, has anyone here become successful from word of mouth? Providing such great content that word spreads and it just becomes a snowball effect? Thank you.
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11-24-2009, 01:16 AM	#2
Andyhenry Beware - Straight Talker War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 9,502 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 1,225 Thanked 4,702 Times in 1,582 Posts Social Networking	Re: Anyone Here Create A Huge List Or Popular Site Strictly By Word Of Mouth? Yes. I have a couple of membership sites where almost all of the members come from word of mouth. To be honest, I don't even bother doing any online advertising for the site due to the way we get people from offline interactions.
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11-24-2009, 11:43 AM	#3
Vagabond 007 Dark Horse War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Outside Philly, PA Posts: 489 Thanks: 86 Thanked 770 Times in 121 Posts Social Networking	Re: Anyone Here Create A Huge List Or Popular Site Strictly By Word Of Mouth? Awesome, that's good to hear! I'm sure it's a great feeling knowing that people appreciate your content so much that they tell other people. Which then helps you to continue to provide great content. Which makes them keep telling other people. Nice little never ending cycle. Thank you for your post.

11-24-2009, 11:50 AM	#5
Vagabond 007 Dark Horse War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Outside Philly, PA Posts: 489 Thanks: 86 Thanked 770 Times in 121 Posts Social Networking	Re: Anyone Here Create A Huge List Or Popular Site Strictly By Word Of Mouth? Jeff and Andy, let me ask you... How did you get started? Like, before people knew you had great content, how did you get them to see it? How did you start rolling the snowball downhill?