The Perils of List Building..

If it is a targeted and focused list, that is nothing to sneer at. What good is a large list if they aren't ready to buy?

100 subscribers in 3 weeks isnt bad atal. Don't feel discouraged, keep at it.

Build on this model, try different traffic models to your squeeze page, and even try some interactivity with your list.

Yes, important point here is not to get discouraged ... 100 in three weeks isn't actually that bad at all, and you're probably doing better than most.

I know someone who started selling a paid subscription info-product, and only had 1 subscriber for 6 months - each month, he had to create an info-product from scratch for this 1 guy. He could have been demotivated by that and given up, but he stuck with it, learning as he went, and now has several hundred if not several thousand.

Stick with it, keep communicating with them, and gradually add in more ways to build your list further, and it will gradually accelerate over time ... good on you!

Not sad at all! Getting people on your list can sometimes be like a snowball rolling downhill. It may start off a little slow but can start building very quickly.

I will say that I would rather have a small targeted list of people who care about what I am doing versus a huge non responsive list. Don't worry about the numbers right now, just pump out lots of great quality and keep kicking some butt.

Solo Ads, AdSwaps is the best ways to build your list

It takes time definitely, but now these 100 subscribers will flow your word, and later your list building efforts will get desired results

It all depends on how you're getting the traffic. What are you doing to get traffic? Btw, 100 subscribers in 3 weeks is nothing to sneeze at, but it would be helpful to find out exactly what you're doing to get those subscribers so we can give you feedback on what to scale up.

RoD

That's awesome. 100 subscribers in 21 days is not bad for the beginning. I'm assuming you are using free traffic sources like articles, blogs, forums, videos, and social media. This kind of subscriber gain is great in the first 3 weeks.

You hear people doing xxxx subscribers in xx days because after you've built 100 lists, you understand exactly what traffic sources are going to produce huge results. You focus your efforts on those traffic sources. It's also common to have friends in high places the longer you've been working in an industry.

For example, I am building my IM list right now. The best possible way for me to do this is within this forum. I could post articles all day in the "make money online" niche but I would receive 1/10 the results I could get from posting 1 WSO. I would make money with the WSO right away too.

This money could be used to pay for advertising on the forum...or in ezines...or for solo ads. This is all traffic that comes in large bursts. With the right sales funnel, this can be turned into more profit. Which can be used for more advertising.

Each niche is going to have it's Warrior Forum. It may not be as powerful as this place, but it will be your source of targeted buyers. If you keep scaling up the positive results, you will quickly build a large list.

Have you sent a promotion yet to the list? With 100 subscribers, you could possibly get a couple buyers. This revenue can be used to purchase your first banner ad.

Using the principle I mention above, I've been able to add nearly 300 buyers to my list over the past 3 weeks. This is with no list or product to start with.

You're doing great. Keep up the good work.

Travis

Sad? I wish I had 100 subscribers =[ I dont even have an Aweber account set-up yet..lol.

Keep at it girl!

You can increase this to up to 500 - 1000 by running a good wso which you can give away for free. Then, find good adswap partners in the jv section and you'll triple it in no time. Its that simple

100 subscribers is better than nothing. Keep building that list until customers start buying. It will come.
If potential buyers want something, they will buy the product.

Maybe you could tell us how you built that list? It might inspire the newbies starting out.

That's a great start, nothing to be sad about.

What was your unique subscribe rate? That will tell if your numbers are really good or really bad... either way though, 100 subscribers is a great start.

Good job.

forget quantity it's quality that counts....200 buyers is much better than 10,000 tyre kickers. Some of the richest bizz focus on a haandful of mega rich clients....

right well i 'll steer clear of them. Why does it seem the big bizz on the Net are steering away form affiliate marketing?

I agree with what everyone else has said, 100 in 3 weeks isnt too bad at all. It is a process if you do it correctly. In addition to getting more subscribers, you should also be taking care of the 100 that you already have. In other words, send them relevant information that they can actually use.

When I build a list, I usually hit them up with a bunch of freebies before I try to sell them something. I know others will say to hit them up right away. You just have to find your balance that will work for you.

not much to add to some solid advice in the thread - be proud, probably 95% of internet marketers NEVER even try to build a list. Just focus on providing incredible value to your list, focus on your niche (forums, etc) and you will succeed. And finally, don't ever be fooled by the "65,729 opt-ins in 14 days!!" bs