Have no free stuff to give away, how to make people opt-in

if you want to fill your list with people who wants freebies, it is up to you. I suggest you to hire freelance writer to write you an ebook. fill your ebook with report, statistic, fact, guide, advice, how to do things, informative and useful article which is related with your niche. don't forget to follow them up in the end of the ebook to your squeeze page. last but no least, this is the part where you have to be creative and unique.

I about killed myself writing my first give away which could a should a been a book. You can write up a simple report or offer top notch PLR.

Won't that destroy my trust? And hardly sell anything to them.

create your own report. Nothing is better then a custom system you have built yourself.

I'd say definitely create your own report.

Quick format would be:

Cover page (Fiverr or just in Word)
Disclaimer page
4 - 5 pages of content (maybe 1,000 to 1,500 words, nicely written, short sentences/paragraphs)
Resource page (with affiliate links of course)

Easy to do, unique to you.

You need something to give in exchange for an opt-in.

You could do a PDF, videos, audio, whatever. You could interview someone and use the audio from that, for example - that's an easy one to use.

You could give away templates, membership to a site, exclusive discounts.

There is tons that you could do - hopefully you're not looking for the easy way out, and are looking for something that would be useful to the people opting in?

Since your intention is to be an CB affiliate, it is very easy to get Free stuff for people opt in -> Just email the product owner ask for it! I can tell you 50% of the time the product owner will feedback to you and provide you some free report and autoresponder email series. All CB product owners want to get more affiliates to promote their product, so if you ask for it , you get it!

Cheers,
Donald

Helloe Shane,

I want you to think about something for a moment.

You can spend a lot of time and/or money building your email list only to find out that a large chunk of your subscribers don't even open your emails. That's a hard lesson to learn after months of hard work, Shane.

If you don't know what to give away for a freebie on your opt in page, what are you going to be sending them to build that initial trust once they sign up to your list? and why should anyone listen to what you have to say?

It's pointless and a waste of your time if you haven't got anything of value to send to the people on your list - and clickbank products are not going to do that for you. The problem here is that if you cannot create a 10 - 15 page report showcasing your knowledge on your chosen niche, then why would anyone look forward to your emails? They won't, and they will not open them.

Wouldn't it make much more sense to build a list in a market where you have knowledge? I mean, if I signed up to your list and noticed that you have nothing of value to send me or that you haven't got the knowledge to teach or educate me, then there's no way I'm opening any of your emails. I already have an inbox full of messages from marketers who know their subject well, and have stuff to teach.

You could easily spend the next 6 months building a large list of subscribers only to find out that you've made no money whatsoever. This is very likely going to happen here, Shane. People don't buy from other people who just send them random stuff related to their market. If that was the case we'd all be rich.

List building and email marketing are not the same thing. Anyone can build a list, but very few know how to make money from their list - and that's where the problem lies. It's safe to assume that you don't know your market well enough and therefore you will struggle, no matter what anyone else tells you.

Don't go into this business blind. Think long and hard about what your goal is here. It's just not wise to build a list for the sake of it. Unless you can educate the people who sign up to your list, you'll struggle to gain any momentum.

If you decide to move forward and ignore what I'm telling (which I'm sure you will) then at least pick a sub niche within this market and spend a couple of hours each day educating yourself on what people in that sub niches biggest obstacles are - and then go get that information, put it into a short PDF guide and give that away for your freebie. After you've done that, keep educating yourself and address as many pain points you can within that niche and structure your email messages around that.

It's just smart to put the work into this from the very beginning rather than slapping some crappy PLR freebie onto your opt in page and then just sending offers for clickbank products. That model simply doesn't work anymore. Remember, you're competing for the attention of your subscribers with every message you send. After a couple of emails they'll know damn well whether you're worth listening to.

Save yourself the inevitable heartache further down the line by educating yourself on your sub niche and structuring your email marketing around solving real problems your subscribers have. Is it hard work? Yes, of course it is, but hey, whoever said business was simple and straightforward knows absolutely nothing about what it takes to create one.

Best of luck.

You can either create your own (report, ebook, video, MP3 or use PLR.
In your case I think PLR is the quickest way.
Whichever way you go remember to give as much value as you can.
Even though it is free you should still aim to deliver quality.

In my opinion you can write quality informative content and users will be happy to join your list. May be you should give this a try. Keep publishing useful content on your website or blog.

Write your own eBook and give it away. It doesn't need to be anything fancy. Talk about a topic you know well that can add value to your readers.

Buy a Fiverr gig for the eBook cover and make it about 20 pages long. That's all you need.

Just try out a comparison report. I tried it out. It worked. Just think of what people search for, when considering your domain. Spend a day or two, get details from the web and create a detailed comparison chart. Make the content more engaging to get the people download it. Instead of giving free giveways, you can ask the visitor to pay for the document with the tweet by using the paypertweet button. You will get the leads as well as the social media exposure in an instant.

This is awful advice! It is not honest, and certainly will create a list of people who will never trust you again. Unbelievable!

:-Don

There is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want to build a business, you are going to have to work at it.
Spend a few hours researching internet marketing. Apply what you have learnt and see some results. Using those results write your own short report to help others. This will be your free WSO to generate subscribers.
Once you have a list, you could market clickbank products to them.

I know a few of the weight loss venders on Clickbank have affiliate pages setup that offer free ebooks, videos, articles and more.

For an offer on pregnancy, I got a few of their articles they gave away to affiliates and turned them into a very informative ebook that gave away a lot of great info. It gave them just enough info interest them and make them want more at the same time.

Say for instance: If it said something like "Lettuce, greens, green beans", I would say..

"A few of your favorite green veggies" and then at the end, I would say something like "this was a very detailed report but I can't go into full details simply because it is simply too much information. My friend who is a retired midwife, is very knowledgable in this area and ask me to mention her...." and you get it.

Basically, create a report with the content they give you. Takes some time but it's well worth it.

Hope that helps

Dennis
The Marketing Menace

PS. Also, there is tons of PLR stuff on Fiverr you can use. Some of it may be trash but it's worth a shot...

I never really had good success with freebie ebooks. For example one of my sites was a cooking/recipe site I didn't have some small crappy e recipe book instead I clearly stated "GET 1 FREE RECIPE PER WEEK"

I would normally send about 2 emails per week, one email being the recipe and one just about news. Never attempted to sell in my news letter, but on the recipe email I would always say "over 100 recipes only $19.99" or whatever it may have been to entice them to buy the book. This method worked out really well for conversion and repeat traffic to my site.

Be unique - you don't have to do what every one else does. Just make sure you are adding personal value otherwise it might as well just be sent straight to the spam or trash folder

You need to remember that whatever you decide to give them is the first impression they'll have of you. If you give them a mediocre product that you've thrown together or some old PLR that they've already received from other sources they won't be inclined to stay on your list or buy your other products.

You need to wow them with your first product. Whether it's an ebook or a video it needs to offer something of value that's unique from what everyone else is giving away.

Rose

Its not that hard to get yourself a product using plr...
Get some plr on topic you're interested giving away and put together the golden nuggets or something. Add some pics there too and voilaa - you got a free report.

It is really simple, get some free stuff, or create some free stuff.

There is so much "Stuff" available. Just seek and you shall find.

al

You could spend the time you would have spent on a PLR - and just brainstorm a unique angle and hook that your target audience actually wants.

Unless you are a great copywriter, it's hard to beat giving away a "FREE Video that reveals the #1 Secret to <blank> that will increase the amount of <blank> in only <blank> days - Guaranteed!"

But it has to be something unique and interesting.

Nathan

PS - But it has to be something unique and interesting!

Make sure your freebie encourages your subscribers to read your emails. This is a hugely missed opportunity.

Don't give away the farm in your free report.

Make a 5 or 7 or 10 day email course for free and then the emails on the list actually become the freebie. Make sure you actually teach something or give information your list wants.

Offer a free newsletter. Or a 7-part email series. People will subscribe to it believe it or not.

I will put on my linguist hat now and take a closer look at the language of your OP and report back what is revealed through your 'speech' (conf. langue & parole; F. de Saussure)

- You don't think that the free stuff you give away should be of real value to the people who subscribe to your list.
- You do not appreciate the people who would subscribe to your list in exchange for your "free" gift.
- You do not want to help people by offering them your best, you just want them to serve you.


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Question from OP? Have no free stuff to give away?

Response: You have an opportunity to learn what to give to your list.

These are the times when we develop ourselves. It is a time that we run into our weaknesses so that we can become stronger.

Embrace it and learn from it. It will serve you well and you will figure out what to do. That in turn will give you the experience to be able to create something for someone else in a very similar situation that you can either give to them for free or sell it as a paid product.

We are all in the problem solving business. Not the business of lead generation.

As has been stated by others you clearly aren't at the stage where you should be even trying to build a site or a list on this subject if you've no idea what your free report should be about, how to put it together or what the content should be.

Stop for a second and re-think this. This isn't going to work for you if you've no clue what you're talking about on the subject and aren't able to deliver content people want to read. When people say 'the money is in the list' they don't simply mean that anyone with an email list will make money because you see posts on here all the time from people who no knowledge or experience doing exactly what you're trying now saying they can't make any money from their list and that no one opens their emails.

Start a site on a subject you know about or spend time learning about a new subject before you get into it. Other wise you'll waste lots of time and money and get nowhere.

A mini video series of helpful tips and tricks? how to install a blog? there's tons out there?

A report on the same mentioned above?

Craig

one not create a fast simple camtasia-powerpoint video on the subject. really not that hard.

PLR is a great way to help you get opt ins for a list. People are willing to give you their email address for a useful and valuable ebook or report. But like everyone said above, the PLR ebook or report needs to be quality with good information.

The best way to use PLR is to get an ebook or report in the niche you are interested in targeting and then customizing it with your site and company information. You should also add some new and useful material to make it more valuable. Also, read the entire thing to make sure the material makes sense and there are no spelling errors, etc.

You can also have the cover graphic redone to someting different. This is easy and can cost you $5 from Fiver.com. Will take a few days and you will have a new cover graphic customized to your site and brand. Taking these few steps with customizing the PLR content will give you better opt ins and those opt ins will be more responsive when you market to them in the future since you gave them valuable information. Like they say - the money is in the list so always give your list good information and it will pay off big time in the future.

So use PLR but do some customizing. There are tons of PLR Stores and one of the bigger ones is Master-Resale-Rights.com and we even have our own plr store at PLRStore.com.

We actually know a lot about is subject. Good luck and hope you make lots of money.

PLR would be my recommendation (but then it would wouldn't it ) Get some good quality articles or content that match the niche you are looking at, rewrite it yourself or have it rewritten and presented in a nice tidy format and offer that to your subscribers.

Although I'm new to the list building side of things, the key to PLR is to make it your own, don't just copy & paste - it needs your voice and your experience to make it a worthwhile product for your list.