How big is your list?

12 years ago

It's not really a numbers game if you know how to market right...I made consistent money with a tiny list of 23 people many years ago. So size doesn't matter.

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jonmay

12 years ago

I've said this many times.......I wish mine was bigger. lol But a lot of people say that you can average about $1 per person on your list per month. So with that logic if you have 1000 people on your list, you can expect about $1000 per month.

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alamest

12 years ago

What I can say that don't worry about list at all, start building list and start your follow up email, try it, get some number rolling in your autoresponder than see how your list is behaving.. it is not numbers game is testing games.. once you test than you can say it is number game..I hope it helps..

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payment proof 12 years ago

My list has grown over the years, but I made good money before that with SEO and direct promotion.
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Qamar

12 years ago

My list is not as big as other gurus but they are my friends and they usually buy when I make recommendations about a product.

Now I am in the midst of gathering more subscribers to join my newsletter. To do that, I am buying WSOs that teach about list building techniques and how to nurture a good relationship with my subscribers.

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Trevor M

12 years ago

I don't think you're going to get many people that will give you the specific number of subscribers they have.

Especially the ones with large lists.

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ttdub

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Trevor M

I don't think you're going to get many people that will give you the specific number of subscribers they have.

Especially the ones with large lists.

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Thanks guys. I don't need to know how big people's list is now, just how big it was when they started making a nice income.

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MaggieDavid

12 years ago

Lists, lists, lists, hmmm, this is my take on lists.

there are lists and there are lists. A list of hundred and thousands and thousands of names, is worthless unless they are a list of buyers! Lists like that cost you money. I have read "I have a list of over 500,000 subscribers", - SO WHAT?? If you email them and they do not open your emails, you send them offers and they don't respond.

People on lists, change their emails addresses, like they change their sox!

You need to cull your lists all the time.

Ideal list, ones that open your emails (you can track that rate), those that buy, you can also track that.

I would rather have a list of 1000 buyers than a 50,000 names that are useless.

That is what I think of lists, but that is just me and others will howl me down, but..

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DanAndrews

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MaggieDavid

Lists, lists, lists, hmmm, this is my take on lists.

there are lists and there are lists. A list of hundred and thousands and thousands of names, is worthless unless they are a list of buyers! Lists like that cost you money. I have read "I have a list of over 500,000 subscribers", - SO WHAT?? If you email them and they do not open your emails, you send them offers and they don't respond.

People on lists, change their emails addresses, like they change their sox!

You need to cull your lists all the time.

Ideal list, ones that open your emails (you can track that rate), those that buy, you can also track that.

I would rather have a list of 1000 buyers than a 50,000 names that are useless.

That is what I think of lists, but that is just me and others will howl me down, but..

This is 100% correct. I heard of a handful of e-book gurus have 1,000s of people on their lists thanks to a few JVs and are scraping by to make a living (and it's no small feat to get a list like that). Having an email address is a nice step, but what matters most is what kind of value you deliver and what people think of you and your products.

My blogs are pretty popular, I've been going at it for over 2 years, and I have : 3,560 on my list. That's a great number for my sort of business, aweful for an ebook marketer.

A lot of people think of lists in terms of raw numbers: like "i'll put up a landing page and when I get 500 people opt-ed in, I'll send them x offer and I'll make y amount of money... then I'll have a biz" kinda thing. I think that's a poor approach for a bunch of reasons, one of the main one's is that those offers often aren't that sustainable because your list will suffer offer fatigue. If it's your first time out of the gate, I'd highly suggest something worth a continuity membership.

But the broader point is that list is just one representation of something that matters even more: relationship.

100 trusting readers on a "Dominica Passport" list likely has a bigger market value than 50K on a 'SEO rank niche sites' list.

500 trusting readers on an 'expat tax advice' list is likely more valuable than that list as well.

So 'list' is just one arm of relationship, before you can decide how much to invest in your list building efforts, define how valuable the underlying relationships are to you and your business.

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fizyusuf

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MaggieDavid

Lists, lists, lists, hmmm, this is my take on lists.

there are lists and there are lists. A list of hundred and thousands and thousands of names, is worthless unless they are a list of buyers! Lists like that cost you money. I have read "I have a list of over 500,000 subscribers", - SO WHAT?? If you email them and they do not open your emails, you send them offers and they don't respond.

People on lists, change their emails addresses, like they change their sox!

You need to cull your lists all the time.

Ideal list, ones that open your emails (you can track that rate), those that buy, you can also track that.

I would rather have a list of 1000 buyers than a 50,000 names that are useless.

That is what I think of lists, but that is just me and others will howl me down, but..

Agreed, big list doesn't mean anything to you if they cannot bring you money..
Most important is how to have a very responsive lists, one email you send, then it will bring you tonnes of cash....
Many people have the skills to grow big lists, but less people teach on how to make responsive list.. hmmm great idea for WSO... hehe

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Viramara

12 years ago

My first 2 sales came from 48 list, so there is no exact "one size fits all". It depends on how you treat your list, their response, targeted or not, and their buying power. Just give first and you will receive [sales]

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jammu1317

12 years ago

When i had started business when i have no list but as it grew up list start making bigger...so if you are selling any product or your service that you can do without any list..yes but if you already have clients then it's obviously gives you more benefit.

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CyborgX

12 years ago

Still building a profitable list. Its not that big yet so making me a little money.

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khanhkunt

12 years ago

I often use free methods to attract traffic to the squeeze page. It may take long time to build a large list. But I do not have enough $ to pay for ads

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manicmethods

12 years ago

What a personal question :O

I think conversion rate is far more important.

What's better?

a) A list of 100 that converts at 100%
b) A list of 5000 that converts at 1%

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Shaun OReilly

12 years ago

Asking how big the list is, is the WRONG question.

You're better off asking on how RESPONSIVE the list
is.

Fact: The responsiveness of a list tends to decrease
as the list gets bigger.

Here's some research data from 105,922 e-mail campaigns
via AWeber:

Therefore, I prefer to build a series of smaller lists that
are more focused on specific subject areas - and are
more responsive too.

Dedicated to mutual success,

Shaun

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WinstonTian 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Shaun OReilly

Asking how big the list is, is the WRONG question.

You're better off asking on how RESPONSIVE the list
is.

Shaun's right.

There's absolutely no point in a big list if that list doesn't convert. Repeat after me...

Conversions...Is...KEY.

Now repeat that 10 times until it sinks in. (lol)
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Matt Morgan 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Shaun OReilly

Asking how big the list is, is the WRONG question.

You're better off asking on how RESPONSIVE the list
is.

Yep, the responsiveness of the list just as, if not more important than the size.

Some things in life are best 'big'.

But as far as an email list is concerned then responsiveness counts.
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Lucian Lada

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Shaun OReilly

Fact: The responsiveness of a list tends to decrease
as the list gets bigger.

I don't get it.

Why would a list of 500 subscribers, that were delivered 100 emails will have, let's say, 60% open rate, but a list of 10,000 subscribers that were sent the exact same emails, in the exact same order, at the exact same intervals, will have a smaller open rate?

Of course, we consider that nothing else has changed either (the traffic source, the copy for the sign-up, the website design, etc).

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Shaun OReilly

12 years ago

Originally Posted by canyon

I don't get it.

Why would a list of 500 subscribers, that were delivered 100 emails will have, let's say, 60% open rate, but a list of 10,000 subscribers that were sent the exact same emails, in the exact same order, at the exact same intervals, will have a smaller open rate?

Of course, we consider that nothing else has changed either (the traffic source, the copy for the sign-up, the website design, etc).

I agree that it seems a surprising result that list responsiveness
tends to decrease as the list size goes up.

After all, it's not like the subscribers necessarily know what
the actual list size is!

However, as the list gets bigger, the list owner tends to
write with less focus, so some subscribers see the content
as being less relevant and therefore their responsiveness
decreases.

Also, smaller lists tend to have newer subscribers who are
more engaged with the e-mails. As a list grows, it tends to
accumulate more aged - and less responsive - subscribers.

This is why I like to have many smaller, segmented lists
that are tightly focused around specific subject areas
rather than having one big and unfocused list.

Dedicated to mutual success,

Shaun

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Dragonfire Wealth

12 years ago

I think men just obsess over how big their list is, and how to make it bigger.

While women are more interested in how well the list converts for them, am I right?

-Paul

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clou

12 years ago

I have 1 million list

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lovebeingdaddy 12 years ago

Depends how you aquire list..is it freebie seekers, which is ok but are you providing value to them, thus getting them to be responsive? Are you getting this list from freebie seekers over to informed buyers?

Building a relationship of trust and friendship with your list will be the key...a list of buyers is what you want so obvioulsy the bigger the list of responsive buyers the better.

Interact with your list
Build relationships
Provide Real Value
Learn from your list

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Patrick Batty

12 years ago

My list grows every day, by between 30 and 60 or so.
But it's the relationship that I have with the subscribers that is invaluable.

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Trieu

12 years ago

The quality of your list is more important than the quantity. The more you have on your list the more you pay to your autoresponder, so its not good having a large list where no body responds to you.

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mollymarkiewicz

12 years ago

Originally Posted by londonwarrior

I started making a nice income without a list. You don't need a list to make money.

How did you make nice income, did you have a product to sell or a websit? Can you explain in more details? Please

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Matt Morgan

12 years ago

Originally Posted by londonwarrior

I started making a nice income without a list. You don't need a list to make money.

You don't, but it certainly helps to boost the income bracket, (if done right that is)

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BankBen 12 years ago

i plan to have 1k list this year..
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- saramks 12 years ago
  
  Hi,
  
  i think it's not important the quantity but the quality! Obviously with a small list you can not expect great results but you can start with a decent income.
  
  I believe that the minimum number of sufficient members to start earning is 3000.
  
  I speak from personal experience.
  
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celente

12 years ago

its not the size its how you use it...... **insert sound of zipping up fly**

relationships come first with your list.

One of my clients has 900 people on his list but makes a full time income, cause he emails, and looks after them. One email sent can make him 10k...so the proof is in the pudding.

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kolbywhite28

12 years ago

I have 2 people on my list. One of them is me and the other unsubscribed.

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Jim Nariel

12 years ago

All the above is true - not the size but the responsiveness etc etc

I think list building is the great because you have an assest that is continuously building. An assest you can personally look after - rather than a site that can be slapped by google

But thats just me personal view

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Adam1987

12 years ago

Mine is pretty long but It's not the size, but what you do with it that counts.... right ?

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