E-mail marketing newbie looking for advice

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Hello everyone. Just recently started with this e-mail marketing career and I'm looking for some guide from the veterans. I've been using ListJoe and AWeber to start building subscribers. So far I have only 7. How long does it takes to start building a good amount of them? What are the best methods to attract them? I'm sending them free stuff for the moment in my emails. Any help will be appreciated.

Wish you all success and abundance.
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  • Profile picture of the author camohit
    Keep doing what you have done for getting those 7 and bring LOTS of traffic to your squeeze page. Its difficult to tell how many days or months work will build a certain number of subscriber list as there are many factors on which it depends.

    Moreover, take good care of the people in your list. Try to build relation with them. Sending free stuffs is OK but they should also add some value to their life. Try to interact with them, see what their response is. See if they trust you or not else all your work in building the list will be in vain.
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  • Profile picture of the author HonWai
    Hi,

    The best way to get started is pick a strategy or method, focus and follow through. If you have picked ListJoe to build your list, you have to know how much subscribers you are going to add to you list, and how long you need. Generally, 1000 subscribers in 90 days is a good start.

    There are ways you can get more subscribers, learn about ways to generate traffic to your free offer, and also learn how to build a good list building funnel.

    Traffic generation like, solo ads, ad swaps, submitting articles, blogging, etc...
    And some of the important elements of the list building funnel is the squeeze page, one time offer, follow up emails, etc...

    I'm not sure if you have searched in the forum about email marketing, but you may start here:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/articles...hen-start.html

    http://www.warriorforum.com/email-ma...-answered.html

    Wish you all the best in your email marketing journey!
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  • Profile picture of the author fasteasysuccess
    As far as how long it takes to build a large list, it all depends on traffic, offer, marketing methods, etc...However i would stay away from the bigger the list the better mentality a lot of people have.

    I put this http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ys-better.html post in another spot and talks about this.

    It's all about quality.

    Focus on building a quality list versus just a large list of everyone. It saves you money and time and generates better results.

    The best way to keep list engaged and continue to open your emails is provide value and entertainment mixed.

    If you are just constantly sending out information and no real "thing" to it, you become just another information provider on the internet. There's so much info here, google and every where else. Why should they listen to you and open your stuff?

    When you inject your personality, value and entertainement into your newsletter, not only do you get better responses, you can also pitch people (the right way) and have people love it.

    I always used the old seinfeld methods in my newsletters to list. I still send these tyes of newsletters to my "buyers". It could be about anything, even something i did this morning, but it always provided a nugget or lesson in it so it benefited them and they read because entertaining.

    Plus, when do right, people will actually look forward to opening all your messages and even clicking and accepting your offers.
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  • Profile picture of the author winnermarketing
    It depends on what system do you use!
    With PPC (one of the fastest methods) in few weeks you can build a good mailing list with hundred of contacts!
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  • Profile picture of the author cookiesfromhome
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    Just focus on target customers and use effective methods like PPC,Email marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Samfakroon
    Now this a strategy I used when I started its a paid method.
    Solo ad - $100 Good squeeze page / good price

    100 subs

    List of 12,000 sending 400 clicks a day to a swap

    200 subs

    Facebook/PPC ads budget $50 day

    100 subs

    Giveaway Event.. Running one and joining 2 every 2 weeks

    100 subs daily

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    100 + 200 + 100 + 100 = 500 subs

    $150 / day = 500 subs
    end of the month = 15,000 subs..

    Budget = $4,500
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Byhovtsov
    It difficult to say how long will it take to gain more subscribers. As budiness owner you should try to promote your services/product with the help of marketing strategies. Maybe you have a marketing specialist in your comoany? Try to make a marketing plan for promotion with him/her at first. The more people know about your business, the more interested in it they become. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author kojo2509
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    • Profile picture of the author neurion
      Originally Posted by kojo2509 View Post

      I wouldn`t recommend to use Aweber as your autoresponder as I know that many people had their profile banned for no reason, so you risk to loose all of your subscribers in one short moment.
      Much more better to use GetResponce, Infite or your own autoresponder.
      I totally agree with you! I'm using GetResponse and it goes without saying that it's much better stuff than Aweber.
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  • Profile picture of the author Schettini84
    Thank you all for the great advises. I will look at the information given. It's a long way to go but practice makes perfection.
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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Originally Posted by Schettini84 View Post

    How long does it takes to start building a good amount of them? What are the best methods to attract them? I'm sending them free stuff for the moment in my emails. Any help will be appreciated.

    Wish you all success and abundance.
    For many people ,it can take years to build a really significant number.

    It is not an easy Game. And it takes patience and work.

    If you want quick riches you entered the wrong door


    - Robert Andrew
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  • Profile picture of the author davgonz90
    You can drive traffic to your landing page with pay-per-click advertisements, solo ads, and forum marketing (putting a link in the footer of your profile). Two of these are paid and the other is free. Experiment and see which one you like best.
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  • Profile picture of the author msanate
    Split test your landing/opin page. with small budget.
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  • Profile picture of the author augustwarrior
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  • Profile picture of the author nurulls
    Select a service what you want provide than pick a strategy or method to reach your bayer make sure they trust on you than they purchase your product. try to make a relation with them.
    get subscriber use squeeze or landing page,PPC,
    try to generate traffic like solo ads, ad swaps, submitting articles, blogging etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author yogibeezy
    You can invite people who are following you on facebook that really interests in your business. You can tell a friend to advertise your business by her colleagues and give a calling card coupon and invite thme thru your social network. Try to put up trust and introduce your main vision of your business. You can also drive traffic to your website by building backlinks and SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyalpha
    Work to improve your offer, twist your swipe and track the clicks. Make sure you are offering people valuable things that's going to make their life easier in one way or another. I believe that's how one can make a business sustainable.
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