Best list building Course?

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What is the best, most comprehensive list building course that you've used? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Tandan
    There are an absolute ton out there - and I've tried lots. I am a BIG fan of David Kirby's info, so you should search him out in the WSO section.
    I also highly recommend a guy by the name of Shane Farrell who has a great method as well.

    Plus, I've got my own systems that I personally use for solid results. Hope this helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author Stephen Williams
      Originally Posted by hpgoodboy View Post

      If you really want to master list building you should buy every single course on list building.

      Seriously.

      I review a lot of WSOs. That means I have seen probably 60 or so list building courses and I have learned something from every single course.

      You do not have to buy all oft them at once. Just start with a few. The most recent one that I read is from Shane F: Build Massive Email Lists for Free

      Excellent course by the way.
      haha. I am sorry but this guy's advice is so horrible.

      Maybe you are a "vet" of the warrior forum but its such bad advice you
      give to people I don't understand it.

      Okay here is the formula to build a list in any niche at any time.

      LIST BUILDING FORMULA


      1)Find something that will help your market and that will be of value to them.

      2)Offer it to them free in exchange for there email

      3)Do that a lot.


      HOW IT WORKS?


      Traffic -> squeeze page -> join your list -> Buys your stuff


      HOW TO GET TRAFFIC


      Buy it or get it from free manual methods.
      I buy it using:

      Solo ads.
      Google ad words

      or you can use

      Yahoo paid search
      Banners
      Any of this will work.


      WHAT DO I GIVE AWAY TO LIST?


      Old school. Free report.
      Downloadable audios.
      Videos
      As long as its something people can benefit from and get value from, you're good.
      Give them something good now. They will trust you, start to like you and buy from you later.
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      • Profile picture of the author guitarizma
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        Originally Posted by Stephen Williams View Post

        haha. I am sorry but this guy's advice is so horrible.

        Maybe you are a "vet" of the warrior forum but its such bad advice you
        give to people I don't understand it.

        Okay here is the formula to build a list in any niche at any time.

        LIST BUILDING FORMULA


        1)Find something that will help your market and that will be of value to them.

        2)Offer it to them free in exchange for there email

        3)Do that a lot.


        HOW IT WORKS?


        Traffic -> squeeze page -> join your list -> Buys your stuff


        HOW TO GET TRAFFIC


        Buy it or get it from free manual methods.
        I buy it using:

        Solo ads.
        Google ad words

        or you can use

        Yahoo paid search
        Banners
        Any of this will work.


        WHAT DO I GIVE AWAY TO LIST?


        Old school. Free report.
        Downloadable audios.
        Videos
        As long as its something people can benefit from and get value from, you're good.
        Give them something good now. They will trust you, start to like you and buy from you later.
        That's the formula and its been perfectly laid out, but the problem is the formula doesn't cover small issues like how to write good sub line/content, how to hit the traffic with OTOs, how to price products, how to handle low CTR, what to do with those guys who never even open your mails, how frequently to send out emails, what to do if you are moving to a new niche, but what to keep the list....there are a bunch of things that need to factored in.

        So, some mentoring IS required.
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    • Profile picture of the author cjalvarez91
      Originally Posted by hpgoodboy View Post

      If you really want to master list building you should buy every single course on list building.

      Seriously.

      I review a lot of WSOs. That means I have seen probably 60 or so list building courses and I have learned something from every single course.

      You do not have to buy all oft them at once. Just start with a few. The most recent one that I read is from Shane F: Build Massive Email Lists for Free

      Excellent course by the way.
      Is that why you haven't mastered any?
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  • Profile picture of the author drlelong
    What kind of list are you trying to build?

    If you want to see the gold standard in content marketing and list building, check out the HubSpot blog (http://blog.hubspot.com).

    The basics of list building involve:

    1) Create/find a compelling offer
    2) Create a landing page
    3) Get traffic to your landing page

    There are definitely a lot of courses out there.

    Not sure which one was the best though.

    When I started building my own list, that's when I started learning the most.
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  • Profile picture of the author wndrshare
    I should probably have named this course something other that "list building" because building the list is only part of the equation.
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  • Profile picture of the author gloria123
    There are so many courses on Traffic.... too many... What I learned from the different sources is, choosing one traffic source and work at it until you master it... Then move to the next one...
    The fastest way to get traffic, it's definitely solo ads... But alwyas research before you spend your hard earned money.
    For free traffic, blogging, articles, forum, etc. There is no magic wand...:-(
    Goo luck. Hope it helps.
    Gloria
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Szalok
    I can recommend 2 course:
    - "Traditional" (but still revolutionary!) list building from Lee Murray: 21 And Done (comes with tons of bonus materials, all of them are pure gold, and it's not a marketing bullshit - I love all his WSOs)
    - "Selling solo ads" type list building course: check Robert Mangan's "The Solo Academy" membership site. One-time fee, incredible value.
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    • Profile picture of the author Simon Farmer
      Here is your list building course...

      Step 1. Build a squeeze page

      Step 2. Send traffic to it

      Congratulations, you have finished the course.

      Slightly kidding of course, however that is essentially all you need to know.

      So I think you really want to know "What does a high converting squeeze page look like, and how do I build one?" and "How to drive traffic to a squeeze page?"

      To find out what a high converting squeeze page looks like just Google "Guru style squeeze pages" in Google images. That will be a good starting point for you as they usually convert fairly well (25%+).

      Then you'll want to set up A/B split testing so that you can test a variation of that page and increase your optin rate.

      Then you want to know about traffic...

      Depending on your niche solos will probably be you best starting point, but of course there are thousands of ways to drive traffic and would take me all day to go through them all.

      Personally I use a lot of SEO...

      And yes you can rank a squeeze page if you know what you're doing.

      If you don't know much about traffic then look for a WSO on it.

      Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Malteaser
    My personal advice is to specialize in one traffic source and learn all there is to know about it. I personally picked YouTube marketing because ranking is so easy and you can promote anything you want with this free tool. You will only need to spend a couple of bucks on backlinks and some other ranking factors. There is tons of free research out there. If you already have an offer then start learning through research and master one traffic generation method at a time in order to build your list.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alice12345
    Do you have a list? You can start trying to send it to your list.

    Test it and you will know it.

    I think Igor is the best course I been through.
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  • Profile picture of the author asamanthinketh
    Hello Julia, how do you do?

    Here's how I would go about list building

    Theory
    "The money is in the list" -about a gazillion marketing geniuses.

    What does it mean?
    Basically this: without a list you have no leads to market your products and affiliate offers to, which in turn makes it very difficult to generate any income online.
    Hence the total 'irrelevance' of list building.

    List Building Step-By-Step
    1. Determine you niche market (+keyword analysis)

    2. Create a highly useful FREE PDF Report to give away to people in your niche

    3. Setup your auto-responder series

    4. Create your download page

    5. Set up your squeeze page and/or pop-up email grabber
    a. Write a compelling, attention-grabbing headline
    eg. "How To Make 5-figure Commissions on Clickbank in less than 3weeks with no money down..."

    b. List the AMAZING benefits of your report
    e.g. In this free report
    i. blah blah blah
    ii. blah blah
    ii. blah

    c. Insert auto-responder form code

    6. Market your squeeze/lead-generation page

    7. Market some more, and Voila! Your first 100 subscribers in absolutely No Time At All!

    Demo?
    I figured. Check out

    http://www.empowermentwarehouse.com/weightloss

    Resources?
    1. Google "how to" + "any of the steps outlined above"

    2. Report Creation
    a. PDF Creation
    MS Word or Open Office (free)

    b. Audio
    Audacity (windows & mac, free)
    Garage Band (mac, paid)

    c. Video
    Camstudio (windows, free)
    Screenflow (mac, free)

    3. Setting up your auto-responder (the service that allows you to collect and save your email list)
    I use Get Response. Why? It's the most powerful yet simple and easy to use and costs about a dollar less than the only worthy alternate (in my opinion) Aweber. Unlike the (expensive) others, Get Response also starts you on a free trial for a whole month! How cool is that?

    4. Creating a download page
    I use Kompozer to create and FileZilla FTP to upload the page to my website. Both are free tools that anyone can setup and use in under an hour. As always, just google for a free tutorial.

    5. Setting up the squeeze page
    For simple work like what you see in my demo, i use the WP Lead Plugin for wordpress. It's both affordable and powerful, that's what i like about it.

    For more work requiring more functionality, try Optimize Press 2.0: costs a bit more but well worth the money due to the extreme value it offers.

    For exit pops on say... a blog use Pop Up Domination <--this plugin is money!!! (for blogs). Check out the full review and features here.

    6. Market your content:
    Google "what is an ad swap?" . Check the "solo ads" section in "JV" here on warrior forum. Google "how to market my page/content/free report"

    Top marketing methods:
    Ad Swaps & Solo Ads.
    Social Media.
    Blogging.
    Yahoo Answers.
    Niche Specific Forums


    *The best i've gotten training from so far in this area is Anik Singal : Inbox Blueprint.

    Unfortunately, the training has been closed to new members. Sorry. Send me a PM and I will get back to you on what's best & ON OFFER at the moment.

    I'll try and post some more details on list-building later.

    Hope this was helpful.
    -Safe



    Update:
    Igor Kheifet's Instant List Building Formula is AVAILABLE at the time of this update
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    • Profile picture of the author Bengood
      Originally Posted by asamanthinketh View Post

      Hello Julia, how do you do?

      Here's how I would go about list building

      Theory
      "The money is in the list" -about a gazillion marketing geniuses.

      What does it mean?
      Basically this: without a list you have no leads to market your products and affiliate offers to, which in turn makes it very difficult to generate any income online.
      Hence the total 'irrelevance' of list building.

      List Building Step-By-Step
      1. Determine you niche market (+keyword analysis)

      2. Create a highly useful FREE PDF Report to give away to people in your niche

      3. Setup your auto-responder series

      4. Create your download page

      5. Set up your squeeze page and/or pop-up email grabber
      a. Write a compelling, attention-grabbing headline
      eg. "How To Make 5-figure Commissions on Clickbank in less than 3weeks with no money down..."

      b. List the AMAZING benefits of your report
      e.g. In this free report
      i. blah blah blah
      ii. blah blah
      ii. blah

      c. Insert auto-responder form code

      6. Market your squeeze/lead-generation page

      7. Market some more, and Voila! Your first 100 subscribers in absolutely No Time At All!

      Demo?
      I figured. Check out

      http://www.empowermentwarehouse.com/weightloss

      Resources?
      1. Google "how to" + "any of the steps outlined above"

      2. Report Creation
      a. PDF Creation
      MS Word or Open Office (free)

      b. Audio
      Audacity (windows & mac, free)
      Garage Band (mac, paid)

      c. Video
      Camstudio (windows, free)
      Screenflow (mac, free)

      3. Setting up your auto-responder (the service that allows you to collect and save your email list)
      I use Get Response. Why? It's the most powerful yet simple and easy to use and costs about a dollar less than the only worthy alternate (in my opinion) Aweber. Unlike the (expensive) others, Get Response also starts you on a free trial for a whole month! How cool is that?

      4. Creating a download page
      I use Kompozer to create and FileZilla FTP to upload the page to my website. Both are free tools that anyone can setup and use in under an hour. As always, just google for a free tutorial.

      5. Setting up the squeeze page
      For simple work like what you see in my demo, i use the WP Lead Plugin for wordpress. It's both affordable and powerful, that's what i like about it.

      For more work requiring more functionality, try Optimize Press 2.0: costs a bit more but well worth the money due to the extreme value it offers.

      For exit pops on say... a blog use Pop Up Domination <--this plugin is money!!! (for blogs). Check out the full review and features here.

      6. Market your content:
      Google "what is an ad swap?" . Check the "solo ads" section in "JV" here on warrior forum. Google "how to market my page/content/free report"

      Top marketing methods:
      Ad Swaps & Solo Ads.
      Social Media.
      Blogging.
      Yahoo Answers.
      Niche Specific Forums


      *The best i've gotten training from so far in this area is Anik Singal : Inbox Blueprint.

      Unfortunately, the training has been closed to new members. Sorry. Send me a PM and I will get back to you on what's best & ON OFFER at the moment.

      I'll try and post some more details on list-building later.

      Hope this was helpful.
      -Safe



      Update:
      Igor Kheifet's Instant List Building Formula is AVAILABLE at the time of this update
      Detailed steps with links to examples. I wish my questions were answered like this. I think I'll go build my list now.
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      • Profile picture of the author heavysm
        Hah, i actually learned email marketing/list building by getting my hands on everything i could find...over time, of course.

        Once you have the basics down opening yourself to a different course could shed some light on new insights you hadn't thought of previously.

        Some people here are implying that you don't even need a course to properly learn list building (im assuming you also mean to include email marketing) that you can follow very simple steps and that those steps doesn't need further insight.

        But problems can arise in any number of ways, which is what those courses help you avoid. A weakness in one course might be uncovered in another and strengthened with amazing new nuggets you can use in your campaigns.

        That's why i say not to limit yourself; start off slow with maybe 1 course then broaden your scope once you have more experience.

        I don't think we can link to or mention WSO's so you can PM me for my recommendations if you wish.
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  • Profile picture of the author amuro
    The best list building courses I know are Anik Singal's Inbox Blueprint which closed its doors recently, my compatriot Jaz Lai's Inbox Cash Blueprint and Igor Kheifets list building course here.
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    • Profile picture of the author Walter Parrish
      Street Smart Profits.

      There's others out there that are good, but that is the one I would go for if I had to choose just one.
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  • Profile picture of the author jsniemeyer
    Sheesh this thread is full of bad information.... Or maybe I should say incomplete information. The devil, as is so often said, is in the details... And you will live or die by those details. If you want to learn to build a great list then look up Igor Kheifets (who was mentioned earlier) and do what he says. You can't go wrong with his advice.

    Josh
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Guy by the name of Fabian Tan has a great course. He's on the forum. You should Google him and check out what he has to say. His info is solid and he's making that paper. Another good course is from Ewen Chia... i think "Opt-in Profits". I personally like the free "review" copy he had before the course, and it is astonishing. Both of those are the best i've seen.
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  • Profile picture of the author zerofatzreturns
    If you can get your hands on a copy, Frank Kern's List Control was awesome.
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    • Profile picture of the author gluckspilz
      Originally Posted by zerofatzreturns View Post

      If you can get your hands on a copy, Frank Kern's List Control was awesome.
      I don't really consider List Control a "LIst Building Course"

      If anything, it's more of a email marketing course.

      When it comes to List building. it really depends on the WHY

      Why are you building a list?

      If it's to build a solo ad business where you sell clicks to other marketers then I highly recommend you check out Igor Khefeits. With his testimonials and results, I can't see it failing.

      If your purpose to building a list to actually monetize it, sell other products, nurture it and so on then I suggest you study 3 core skills

      1. Traffic generation
      2. Email Marketing
      3. Capturing leads

      These skills can be found in individual courses but if you combine the knowledge, you're all set and ready to BOOM and BANG and BAZOOKA list building..
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