How fast could you build your list with a tiny budget?

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Imagine you have zero cash and zero subscribers to your list, you have a squeeze and have added a free plr product to it, Imagine I gift you 30 bucks and say to you that I want that list to be at least 250 by the end of the month - could you achieve that aim (without using contacts or buddies you have in the IM industry or any other internet real estate you possess)?

If so, then share please your strategy to achieve this modest yet challenging aim?
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  • Profile picture of the author kb24
    I would look into solo ads...
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    • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
      I would create a killer youtube video. If your search is high enough and competition not too brutal you can easily achieve your goal.
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    Yeah, I would put a ton of research into finding a great solo ad.
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    Depends what niche but you could try facebook ads
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    • It depends on how your advertise your products. Use social media marketing and solo ads. Participate in forums and discussion boards and let people know about your products. Try to gain maximum exposure for your page and you will build your list.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
    Think out of the box for a moment. I build every site and every list with $0 in advertising. Unless I'm looking for a great photo, the only money I routinely spend is on the domain itself, so I spend $10 per site, give or take.

    Go and find a few posts from Alexa Smith and she can show you how to generate MASSIVE amounts of traffic, for free, with not an extreme amount of effort. Her way takes a little work, but I think you could reach some lower goals within your 30 day hypothetical timeline.

    You're looking for two words: Article Syndication. It's like magic in your keyboard.

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    • Profile picture of the author khanhkunt
      Originally Posted by JaRyCu View Post

      Think out of the box for a moment. I build every site and every list with $0 in advertising. Unless I'm looking for a great photo, the only money I routinely spend is on the domain itself, so I spend $10 per site, give or take.

      Go and find a few posts from Alexa Smith and she can show you how to generate MASSIVE amounts of traffic, for free, with not an extreme amount of effort. Her way takes a little work, but I think you could reach some lower goals within your 30 day hypothetical timeline.

      You're looking for two words: Article Syndication. It's like magic in your keyboard.

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      Please tell me about her information
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      • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
        Originally Posted by khanhkunt View Post

        Please tell me about her information
        You can do it the same way I do! Just hit the little search button under your name in the top-right of the screen, click on Advanced Search to go to a new screen. Then, in the search box on the top right of the screen, type in Alexa Smith and hit the Search button.

        Voila! You have just found every post Alexa has ever made...there's only 15,000+ of them. Once you get into them, she starts linking you to the best ones. I'd start with the one about cauliflowers in her sig...it's what got me started looking into Article Syndication.

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  • Profile picture of the author retsced
    Okay, $30 = 30 - 50 subs (solo ad)
    10 Incredibly valuable guest posts on high traffic blogs = 100 subs
    5 Valuable posts on 5 forums every day for a month = 50 subs (that's 25 posts a day)
    Participate on facebook pages for 1 hour every day with good quality comments and tips with link back to squeeze page = 20 subs
    Twitter.search and reply to people looking for what you have every day for half hour = 30 subs

    A little bit of work to get this done but not really too much if you are working hard instead of hardly working. Be vigilant and consistent every single day. Focus focus, bloody well focus and get each task completed without distractions. 250 subs is a breeze. I am being very conservative with the above numbers too.

    You could replace the above strategies with any other ones you choose. It's more got to do with consistent effort than anything else. Write out your monthly target, weekly target, daily target and hourly target. GET IT DONE.
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    • Profile picture of the author Nathan251
      Originally Posted by retsced View Post

      Okay, $30 = 30 - 50 subs (solo ad)
      10 Incredibly valuable guest posts on high traffic blogs = 100 subs
      5 Valuable posts on 5 forums every day for a month = 50 subs (that's 25 posts a day)
      Participate on facebook pages for 1 hour every day with good quality comments and tips with link back to squeeze page = 20 subs
      Twitter.search and reply to people looking for what you have every day for half hour = 30 subs

      A little bit of work to get this done but not really too much if you are working hard instead of hardly working. Be vigilant and consistent every single day. Focus focus, bloody well focus and get each task completed without distractions. 250 subs is a breeze. I am being very conservative with the above numbers too.

      You could replace the above strategies with any other ones you choose. It's more got to do with consistent effort than anything else. Write out your monthly target, weekly target, daily target and hourly target. GET IT DONE.
      looks like a solid and detailed strategy

      just 2 further queries on it

      1) how do you secure guest posting ability on high traffic blogs?

      2) is there any tool that can tell you if high traffic forums lets you use a signature after 0 posts/10posts/50posts etc?
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  • That's a bit hard if you say "no contacts or other IM buddies". What exactly do you mean by that?

    Did you mean 'start from zero with no contacts or IM buddies' or 'you can't make contacts or have any partners at all'? If you mean the latter, then I'd have no chance of giving you any tips in that regard. But if you mean the former, then you can start from zero, and eventually work your way into having contacts by social media (and even forums).

    I reckon a combination of free strategies will do the trick.

    Video marketing and article marketing are both free. You can easily syndicate them through social media and other blogs.

    The trick is having your content (videos/articles) extremely high quality (meaning very informative, and entertaining) with a very strong call to action to subscribe to your list.

    While doing this, hang out in forums that are related to your niche and then learn from others as well as express your own value. But then again, this may go against your 'anti-contacts, anti-IM buddies' rule, so I dunno.

    Either way, good luck and nothing is impossible!
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