How to Build and Monetize an Enormous List Fast!

Have a quality freebie to offer through a squeezepage.

Then you will need traffic to the squeezepage:

1. Traffic by SEO.
2. Traffic by PPC.
3. Traffic by offering the freebie as a WSO.
4. Through your signature on forums
5. Order soloads
6. Do adswaps

my 2 cents It does take some time but these are the ways to build a big list but quality in my opinion is more important than the number of people on your list.

Hi, Michael and Roan !

Let's not forget about "giveaways" - great way to get "numbers"; but as you said, Roan, "quality" is something altogether different. With a "numbers" list, it takes time to 'win them over' (to get to know like and trust you enough) for them to buy from you.

My first giveaway was at Christmas time some years ago - I got 2,300 on my list in just a few days (3,200 if you count 'duplicates'). Unfortunately, at that time I was the newbiest newbie there could be.

List building is 'easy';... list 'cultivating' is an art

Best wishes, Michael !

Roan, I signed up for your free WSOs

Hal

If you're starting from scratch, you could do your niche research, pick a niche, and find a PLR product- make it yours (customize)- and offer that as your freebie. Then start driving traffic to your squeeze page and also work on your own product. That should save you a few days off the bat.

Again if you're starting from scratch, the fastest ways to get traffic would be through paid advertising. Solo ads, PPC, etc.

Set up a few autoresponders that provide nothing but value. Then get working on your product or find an affiliate product to offer and incorporate that into your autoresponder series.

Then for longer-term traffic you can start a blog, write guest blog posts on other blogs, set up social media accounts, article marketing, video marketing, podcasts, participate in forums, the list goes on..

I have a friend who has a 7k list and 500 on the list are actual buyers, 99 percent of his revenue come from the buyers list..... food for thought....

Solo ads and ad swaps are probably the fastest ways of generating leads, but also the most expensive in my experience.

the best people added to you list is always going to be the ones that buy your product as they are known buyers!

so creating products gets you sales from currents subs plus new subs! The more you create the faster it grows

thanks

thekaver

What are some tips that you guys have for myself where i have an established blog I believe, great eye appeal, alright traffic, but have the tiniest list. I wrote an ebook and give it for free but lack people wanting to opt in. Any suggestions?

Is the main rule of thumb the more traffic the more opt in?

I have tried the giveaways and they did not do well at all. I had all unique products and I had more sign ups through organic traffic than I did from the giveaway. I did do a giveaway once and I did get thousands of sign ups. I think I will do another giveaway as the site owner.

The trick is turning as many of the freebie takers into buyers as possible. It takes time and above all, they have to trust you. Make sure you don't send crap offers just to make a quick buck. That can come back and wreck your list faster than anything else you do. And tell them you're looking out for them. Hardly anyone does this, but it's highly effective. This is relationship marketing.... so relate to them. Talk to them like they're friends and look out for their interests like you would someone you care about.

It really is that easy. It amazes me how few email marketers get this. It's just human nature and treating people like you'd hope to be treated.

John

I agree with Zeus66, get to know your list. Mix in offers/upsells and good advice or whatever is relevant to how you got them in the first place.

Traffic will certainly help opt-ins but don't forget it's often the conversion to opt-in that is the problem, i.e- if your capture page/ auto-responder isn't well thought out or placed you will have a hard time.

Heavy advertising. PPC, Google content network, ezine advertising, high traffic website advertising, joint ventures, starting your own affiliate program, and autoresponder.

When doing PPC, be prepared to pay alot for certain keywords. On the flip of that, use a keyword tool like Worktracker or Keyword Discovery to come up with thousands of keywords that folks are searching for each month.

I think there are tons of free guides about list building in the internet. In this forum, there are so many WSO's about list building, and you should check them out as well.

so many great tips here from everyone! building a list sounds scary lol...but im making the move and working on it!

One of the best ways to increase your list is by improving upon what you have. This is something that I shared with another user in another thread.

So this may be something you may have already read.

I highly recommend you to check out the site critiques done by Derek Halpern. He has some really great advice on how to rapidly increase your leads. You can find his website at Online Marketing Strategy – Social Triggers

Here is one of his critiques.


Hope this helps

Dan

Building a list that buys is the most important aspect. The list may not be huge by doing this, but you know for a fact they are buyers.

E.g When you get your potential customer onto your squeeze page, instead of giving something away, charge them a small fee for it, say $1-3. This gives perceived value to the item you're offering.
I know some will say that a $1-3 product may be perceived as low quality, but people who are interested will see it as a bargain. In fact, you could say that this item is normally valued at $XX but for our readers etc, it is a special and only available at this price from this site for a limited time.

What this does is weed out the freebie searchers from the buyers. I know who I want on my list, It's the people who have already paid for something. They are much more likely to purchase an offer that I make to them in the future.
It's pointless to have thousands of people on your list and only a small percentage is positively responsive to your offer.

You need to build a relationship with them once they are on your list. Give them more valuable content free of charge until it's time to monetize. Because these people have already paid for information from you, how delighted do you think they will feel when you give them more relevant quality content for absolutely nothing?
They will love you for it and will start to trust and see you as someone who offers value.

Apart from that, if you already have a large list of people on your list and only a small percent are buyer's, then analyze over a couple of offerings to confirm who is a buyer and who isn't. Then it is a matter of dropping those non buyers off the list and keep the cream of the crop.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents...

Great information to get started from the bottom, thank you for your time.

Is there any advice about buying targeted mailing lists and going from there to get people to your site and then maybe on your opt-in list?