how to build a list?

Post at forums just like this in your niche. It's a tried and true method. Best of all, it's free. Just add a link to your site in your sig & become an active / non-spammy member.

In short,
1) Sign up for an list service (aweber, constant contact to name a couple) and start an emailing campaign.
2) Start your website and put in an opt-in box. Make sure the user has a reason to give you his/her email address, so use incentives, like a free ebook upon email confirmation.
3) Drive traffic with various methods.

That's the short, simple version. I'm sure many others will give you more in depth answers here.

I'll assume you're a totally raw newb.

First, sign up for an autoresponder service. There are a lot out there, but most offer free or $1 trials, so you can get started on the cheap. Get Response has a free account, I'm pretty sure, and AWeber and Constant Contact both offer $1 trials, again, I'm pretty sure.

One of the most popular ways of building a list is by setting up a squeeze page. A squeeze page is a website that serves one purpose, and one purpose only... to collect an e-mail address. Squeeze pages are usually short, to the point, include an Opt-In form (the form people sign up to your list through), and give the visitor something in return for his e-mail address.

This something can be a free report, video, consultation, newsletter course, anything. The more creative you are with what you give to your list, the more successful.

Note, though, that you don't always have to give something away for free in order to build a list. You can sell a product here on the Warrior Forum as a Special Offer and build a list of buyers that way.

You can also throw an opt-in form on any existing website you may have and simply encourage your visitors to sign up for updates. I actually have one list that is growing way quicker than I expected using this method...

So, go ahead and sign up for an autoresponder, determine how you're going to build a relationship with your list, and get to it. Good luck.

The first thing you need to get is an auto responder. You can use Aweber, or GetResponce, they are both good.

You will need then some type of opt-in page and a thank you page and give stuff away for free.

There are 2 different thoughts about building a list. Do you build a list of people who want stuff for free or do you make them pay a small amount so you know that they are buyers?

I would say both are good, but people really like free stuff. Then once you have them in your list, survey them and ask them what they really want solved. Create a relationship with your people. Don't spam them like a lot of IM people do. You buy something from some of these people and the next day they tell you their friend just came out with something that is so great! And they just keep trying to sell you other peoples stuff left and right.

So long story short, the money is NOT in the list, it's in the relationship that you create with the people in your list

You are going to need a nice clean squeeze page and send lots of traffic to it. Infact send all your traffic to your squeeze page. A nice looking one that converts well.

Make sure you have a reliable auto responder like aweber and that will house people as they subscribe.

I can tell you that since building a list my business totally changed and my income. It is the single most important thing to do whilst building a business.

Also test and test again, you will find that one version of your squeeze page will outpull the others seven fold, so be a constant tester of this to ensure you are getting lots of subscribers for minimal effort.

Post at forums, get JV partners, PPC!
PPC is the best way to build ultra targeted list in a short period of time.

My preferred method is to host a webinar for someone with a good size list.

You've got tons of great advice here on how to set up your list. I also love Aweber for my email list.

@TEC Quote:
So long story short, the money is NOT in the list, it's in the relationship that you create with the people in your list

Very true!

Hi Spen,

I believe you need a squeeze page with a free offer to provide to your subscribers once they have signed up to your opt-in. After which, you would require to send follow-up emails to them to build good relationship. Please remember to send them good and quality content to your list.

Apart from content and technical set-up, you would need to drive traffic to your squeeze page and it is a long term process. Traffic such as adswaps, purchase solo ads and writing and submitting articles to build one-way backlinks are few methods you can use.

Hope it helps,

Raymond

If your focus is just on building list then I would suggest setting up a squeeze page (a web page designed for building list) where you can offer a freebie to grab name & email addresses of users.

Now you need to send traffic to your squeeze page & this can be done in many ways. You can buy solo email ads or you can use any other way of traffic generation (there are many).

Take action for sure to get success in IM.

Wish you all the best.

Cheers
Ciel!

get your autoresponder first either aweber or get response and start doing adswaps. Set up your squeezepage and have a product that your going to give away for free. Basically the idea is to pair up with someone who already has a list in your niche, and help each other out. They mail for you, and you mail for them. Each of you is now reaching a broader audience than you were before, so everyone wins.

There are many ways to build your list but first you must deal with the technical side of things (setting up your website, your squeeze page , setting up your autoresponders and your free gift )

then you can use proven strategies to build your list fast such as free wso , solo ads and product to build your list of buyers and automate your sales