1200$ to invest to list building. Need suggestions

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I`m planning to start to build a list. The niche is self - help.
What is the best method and traffic source for list building and converting traffic.

I am going to send lots of free advice about self help to my list first and then start suggesting them affiliate products after a while.

Share your thoughts how you would invest this money.
#1200$ #building #email marketing #invest #list #suggestions
  • Profile picture of the author cuddy
    You have some money, so you should consider ppc ads. You can do a mixture of social ads and search ads.
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  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    My advice - don't blow it all at once on link blasts!

    Invest it into a lower cost monthly progressive SEO plan to gain the best benefit.

    Look around the forum, pick something affordable and has a great reputation.

    After all, the SEO service will ultimately play a huge part in how successful your IM project will be.

    Cheers,
    Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author Viramara
    join Directory of Ezines and purchase some solo ads to increase your list size. start small and test your email solo first in smaller cost/list ezines, whether they're converting or not....before purchasing bigger cost solo ads for bigger list.

    Joining DOE is $197 lifetime...
    solo ads can cost from $20 to $500 above, depends on the list size or responsiveness.
    often you can get solo ads per CPM. I've seen an ezine owner offers solo ads $300's for 20.000+ list. if you're doing ppc, you may have spent the same amount but not getting as much subscribers that way.

    solo ads are quite a cost, but when you provide a great OTO, you'll often get your money back when the new subscribers purchase your OTO's.

    other than it, you can outsource or purchase MRR/PLR to sell or for your newsletter contents, one time offer, or to bribe your prospect.
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  • Profile picture of the author Toniy
    Yeah I was going to suggest acquiring as many courses as is reasonable to you, so you've always got high quality content, but also solid inspiration and source material for any product you might end up putting out there as well.

    Having said that... I'm just so incredibly reckless and irresponsible with money you probably shouldn't take my advice at all

    Professional site design, graphics packs... they always grab my interest.

    A full page ad in a local paper perhaps advertising your site? ... SEO service might be an excellent idea too though.
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    • Profile picture of the author budin
      That is huge money, consider using ppc (facebook/adwords)
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  • Profile picture of the author Ed Micah
    With $1200, I have the ability to build you a list of at least 10000 targeted subscribers - contact me if you're interested in more details.
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    • Profile picture of the author DamianLeon
      Hi Ed, You mentioned you can help people gain targeted opt-in subscribers for a low per lead cost?
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  • Profile picture of the author BabyMama
    I would spend some money getting the site to the first page of google. You could also do some social media promotion as this can be very powerful and targeted.
    In terms of building a list perhaps offer people a free survey to fill out and send them the results of the survey at the same time asking for their name and email to add to your list.
    This could be a good way of getting interested people to your site.
    Just my 2c
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  • Profile picture of the author Glenn Leader
    IMHO, it's no good building a list if you don't build
    a relationship with it. You can't do any better than
    taking a look at what Martin Avis (fellow Warrior
    and bloody good bloke too) has to offer.

    http://ezine-academy.com/

    I have no affiliation with this product, and
    Martin doesn't know I'm posting here.

    HTH

    Glenn
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  • Profile picture of the author reigovilbiks
    im pretty good in Facebook actually and my plan is :

    1. get my Facebook fanpage on 1st page on google with one keyword(this keyword is my FB page vanity name) like facebook.com/mypagename
    2. im gonna order some linkwheel backlinks from fiverr to my fan page.
    3. I purchased a PLR ebook about self help and im going to give it away free to my fans so if a customer lands on my fb page its gonna be the iframe tab(squeese page)
    4. Start building a relationship with my list and send free advice how to heal yourself.
    5. Advice customers affiliate ebooks and products about self help.


    Also im doing some ppc fb ads to drive traffic to my page.


    But is it wise to test my traffic when i have like 500 people. I`ll do a 7 day relationship building and do selling the last 2 days. Then see how is it converting and do my calculations?

    What you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author AymanGham
    I will highly suggest you to do blogging as you want to share free content then boost every post to the first page of google then suggest them to like you fanpage and subscribe to your newsletter. spend your 1200$ to software where you will be leveraging your time or outsource it it can be fairly cheap if you know where to outsource it. I do have a blog I target everyday a new keyword then blast it to rank. It work really well in my side and you can build a long-term business with that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
    Congrats on your plan to build your list!

    But WHO's your ideal buyer? You said that your niche is self-help. But that's still pretty broad. Before you spend ANY money, be sure you know exactly who your ideal buyers is.

    Also, do you have your squeeze page set up and the free gift you'll offer in exchange for their name and e-mail address? (If you do, ignore this step.)

    Once you've got that set up, then focus your time and effort (and spend your money) on buying driving TARGETED traffic to your squeeze page.

    Sorry I can't be more specific. I'd have to know your target market first.

    Michelle
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    • Profile picture of the author AdwordsMogul
      Originally Posted by Nightengale View Post


      ...

      But WHO's your ideal buyer? You said that your niche is self-help. But that's still pretty broad. Before you spend ANY money, be sure you know exactly who your ideal buyers is.

      ...

      Michelle
      Exactly. Once you figure that out, you'll know the best way to reach them.

      You want to spend the money, but if you don't do it right, you won't get it back.

      For all you know, there will be a much more effective way for you to start. There is nothing like the best way - there is only what works for your market.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dann Vicker
    You'd have to invest in creating great products and offer 100% commissions to jv partners in the niche. That should give you a list of buyers.

    Even a small list of 2000 buyers, when properly related with, can net you a comfortable 4 figure monthly income
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonl70
    in my experience - ppc. Hands down.

    And depending on how you do it, everyone who opt-ins are most likely interested in a solution - now.

    I personaly would not waste weeks of time "building a relationship" before showing them the solution to their problem. If I found a plumber, and he spent a few weeks "building a relationship with me", educating me on periphery topics, etc, before explaining what I needed to actually fix my problem, than he did NOT do me a good deed.
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  • Profile picture of the author BenoitT
    You said you like Facebook but what I would do is do a contest, put half of your money for the prize and use the other half to advertise your contest. It will grow your list of customers and people on your page are going to be more active.

    Like the famous Eben Pagan said, driving traffic should be at least half of your time/money. Do something cool that will help your community with the rest is maybe a wise idea

    Originally Posted by reigovilbiks View Post

    I`m planning to start to build a list. The niche is self - help.
    What is the best method and traffic source for list building and converting traffic.

    I am going to send lots of free advice about self help to my list first and then start suggesting them affiliate products after a while.

    Share your thoughts how you would invest this money.
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    Benoit Tremblay

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    • Profile picture of the author AdwordsMogul
      Originally Posted by Regal Content View Post

      With $1,200 you can get an auto responder, have a follow up series written, set up a funnel and then start buying paid solos to get going. That's about all you need to do really.
      Solo ads from whom and where? What's a funnel?
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  • Profile picture of the author manjit129
    There's a WSO on sale right now, that shows how to get a 500 person list in 10 days. Go search for that if you can. I haven't bought it, but the best way to start is to have a good teacher.
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  • Profile picture of the author jaiganeshv
    Do a solo emailing to a quality list and then when you get some 400-500 members to your list.. Experiment with that before you start spending further..

    This will be good to improve your next campaign also putting all eggs in one basket at one time is risky..


    Thank you
    Jai
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  • Profile picture of the author D37
    Focus on content and make sure you use a good keyword tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author michaeljuly
    You could also do some social media promotion as this can be very powerful and targeted
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