A begginer with some questions... some help PLZ

[MunkMurray]

Hi All,
I'm new to the internet marketing biz and my current plan is to make a product and build a list.
my product is almost finished and is supposed to be pretty good (I'll probably elaborate in the future) and in the meanwhile I'm trying to populate my list.

here I've encountered some question marks:
1. what is the fastest way to build a list? (I don't mind paying for a course if it's really good)
2. What is your take on using a pen name instead of my real one?
3. do people really send letters to the address most auto responders force you to put in every mail you send?

Thanks for your time,
MunkMurray

[Paul Ashbrook]

Originally Posted by MunkMurray

1. what is the fastest way to build a list? (I don't mind paying for a course if it's really good)

Create a squeeze page and send traffic to it from PPC, such as Google Adwords.

Originally Posted by MunkMurray

2. What is your take on using a pen name instead of my real one?

Down to personal preference, doesn't make much difference. I use a different pen name for the different niches that I market in.

Originally Posted by MunkMurray

3. do people really send letters to the address most auto responders force you to put in every mail you send?

After sending out thousands of email messages, I've never received a letter. I believe the reason that they force you to put an address is to comply with can-spam regulations, not for customers to contact you.

[MunkMurray]

Thanks a lot Paul, I only have one other question,
is there a cheaper way to quickly build a list?
i tried PPC & direct linking (not for list building but for promoting) and it's pretty costly

[Rich Williams]

If you're looking for a cheaper way you could do try article marketing where you send traffic to a squeeze page, blogging and give away a free report. When you have built up a decent sized list you could then do Ad swaps with a JV.

[TheCren]

No matter what you do, the first step is finding good keywords. A lot of people seem to neglect that aspect of marketing. If you just throw up some PPC ads, you are not marketing, you're blindly advertising.

Use https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal, KwMap.net - A Keyword Map For the Whole Internet to find cheap keywords. KwMap will show you phrases related to the phrase you initially insert and the Google keyword tool will allow you to see the bid prices while also showing you some related keywords.

Also look for keywords with fewer than 500,000 results when searched on Google and more than 3,000 searches per month (if you go the article marketing or video marketing or SEO route). Personally, I really like video marketing. It's incredibly simple yet very powerful. People like to watch more than they like to read.

PM me if you need a little more assistance. Hope this helps.

Best of luck!

[cosmokid]

Pen names are great, go ahead and use them for different niches you go into to separate different "brands" you're creating.

List building trick I use - contact other webmasters in your niche and create a unique, free article which they can use in their newsletter, in exchange for a link back to your site at the bottom of your article. You'll get people from THEIR list signing up for YOUR list, especially if you offer some kind of free report at your site to entice them to sign up.

Keep in mind depending on your niche you might need to send out dozens of emails to webmasters before you get positive responses, but for each positive you get you could be looking at dozens or hundreds of free signups to your list. Plus you're building a relationship if you ever want to JV with that webmaster on a future project.

Jennifer

[MunkMurray]

Thank you all for your help!
Rich:
what is a decent sized list to start looking for JVs?

TheCren:
Thanks for the advise I am actually working on a keyword list as we speak

Jennifer:
I do have a free report my friend wrote for me and I think it's pretty good,
and you can be sure I'll use your article trick as soon as I finish with my keyword list

Thanks a lot!

[Tyson Faulkner]

When building your list, you should always try to think about how you can get others to spread the word for you.

If you have a great ebook or free report your giving away, you could allow those that download it to give it away to their list as well. Just include links in it that say "To get more info on this, I offer another ecourse here" and include a link to your opt-in page.

Your list will grow much faster if you can leverage the work (or lists) of other people.

-Tyson