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Budget: 100$ - Goal: 1k list - Time: close to nothing. What would you do?

by sabluuk
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Imagine this:

You got a 100 dollar budget, a great squeeze page with dito freebie that will convert 50% to opt ins.

What would you do to get to your goal of a 1k list without spending to much time.

You want direct traffic and not traffic from search engines.

I have got my own ideas, wondering what you guys would do to learn from it

Fire away!
#100$ #budget #close #goal #list #time
  • Profile picture of the author pinakin
    I would go to fiverr and buy multiple $100 coupons for $5 and start campaign on adwords, hope this help
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      I'm interested (and, to be honest, a little concerned) that your goal is apparently measured in "numbers of subscribers" rather than in terms of income.

      Which would you prefer: a quickly-built list of 1,000 subscribers and an open-rate of 25% and an income of $500 per month from them, or a slowly-built list of 500 subscribers and an open-rate of 75% and an income of $1,500 per month from them? I'm asking partly to be provocative, I admit, but partly to make the point that these "quantitative approaches" involving numbers of subscribers, and speed, don't necessarily do marketers any favors, in the long run. Relevance and quality can be much more helpful and income-friendly considerations ...

      Which of those two you end up with is likely to depend on how you generate your traffic, how well targeted it is, how much you qualify it, and how much planning and work you put into it, much more than on how much you spend on it.

      And I apologise because I still owe you a p.m.
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      • Profile picture of the author sabluuk
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        I'm interested (and, to be honest, a little concerned) that your goal is apparently measured in "numbers of subscribers" rather than in terms of income.

        Which would you prefer: a quickly-built list of 1,000 subscribers and an open-rate of 25% and an income of $500 per month from them, or a slowly-built list of 500 subscribers and an open-rate of 75% and an income of $1,500 per month from them? I'm asking partly to be provocative, I admit, but partly to make the point that these "quantitative approaches" involving numbers of subscribers, and speed, don't necessarily do marketers any favors, in the long run. Relevance and quality can be much more helpful and income-friendly considerations ...

        Which of those two you end up with is likely to depend on how you generate your traffic, how well targeted it is, how much you qualify it, and how much planning and work you put into it, much more than on how much you spend on it.

        And I apologise because I still owe you a p.m.
        Alexa, I understand your concern. Ofcourse i prefer the last scenario. I am only stating it this way to concentrate how people generate traffic fast.

        As you know, i am new to the international market and do not know alot about buying traffic.

        In Holland i am quite succesfull and i know how to generate traffic there and even more important how to convert it.

        I am not concerned i cannot convert the traffic to sales (i know how to build a good product and how to build a good funnel that sales).

        That is why I stated my question this way. The only thing I want to know is how to get targetted traffic to my squeeze page. I think I can handle the rest myself (allthough it is always nice to learn more also on that subject).

        So yes, this is a numbers question, but it is not a numbers game for me
        I am simply trying to devide the different stages.
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        • Profile picture of the author shane_k
          Originally Posted by sabluuk View Post

          As you know, i am new to the international market and do not know alot about buying traffic.
          if this is the case, then it would have been better for you to have the words "buying traffic" in your thread title, instead of having such a vague title.

          Why?

          Well, first it would have given you more 'targeted traffic' for your thread, meaning the people who are interested in buying traffic and more importantly the people who have experience in buying traffic would definately have checked out your thread.



          In Holland i am quite succesfull and i know how to generate traffic there and even more important how to convert it.
          My first thought is why don't you continue to do what you were doing in holland that was so successful.

          The same basic techniques strategies, and principles should apply no matter if you are international, or local.

          So if I were you, I would continue those strategies but on a larger scale, and at the same time learn more about buying traffic.

          Also, what types of buying strategies are you interested in?

          You can do PPC

          You can use Banner Advertising

          Solo Ads

          and others
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I don't think that you can do a lot with $100 to get to your 1K list.

    Even if you go with PPC, you are only going to get anywhere between 50-100 leads. You can get more or less. It all depends.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shaun OReilly
    Originally Posted by sabluuk View Post

    What would you do to get to your goal of a 1k list without spending to much time.
    Firstly, I wouldn't set a useless goal of building a list of
    1,000 subscribers.

    Secondly, I wouldn't make it my objective to not spend
    too much time on a project.

    Instead, I focus on sweating my knackers off on projects
    that I believe in.

    You beat your competition buy out-working them, not by
    going the least possible.

    Dedicated to mutual success,

    Shaun
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  • Profile picture of the author WeavingThoughts
    Honestly, you are setting yourself for failure. You need time/money or both to succeed. If you have neither then it is a game of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author ScottGrey
    I agree with both Alexa and Shaun, but since you asked the question:

    I'd worry less about how you're going to spend the $100 and more how you're going to get the people who do opt-in to share it for you. Maybe give a second product away with a "tweet to receive" type promotion. You need to find a way to multiply the return per dollar because, as talfighel mentioned, you're looking at getting 50-100 if you dumped all 100 into ppc.
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  • Profile picture of the author shipwrecked
    Originally Posted by sabluuk View Post

    Imagine this:

    You got a 100 dollar budget, a great squeeze page with dito freebie that will convert 50% to opt ins.

    What would you do to get to your goal of a 1k list without spending to much time.

    You want direct traffic and not traffic from search engines.

    I have got my own ideas, wondering what you guys would do to learn from it

    Fire away!
    Yes, of course you can do something!

    Try creating interesting YouTube videos about subjects/themes that people search for. Then place a link below the video (as YouTube permits) and direct people to a free-giveaway page, where they'll have to sign up.

    Don't sell anything on that page, because YouTube might ban you...

    A non-commercial good video could potentially gather thousands, tens of thousands... but your product must be related.
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  • Profile picture of the author jordyhill
    Mmmmm.

    Dunno if this fits with your niche but...

    ....Probably start a Fan Page on FB then get a $50 ad voucher on Fiverr and do some ads to drive traffic the fan page, get a like, send the traffic onwards after getting the like....bingo

    Spend the $95 you have left on a Cuban cigar and a glass of Dom Perignon
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  • Profile picture of the author ezekielseo
    Don't use PPC traffic to build a list, i dont like PPC for traffic.

    Usually the best way to do it is viral traffic, make a video and post it on social book marking sites, or maybe look around on the war room since i see you're a member. They seriously have some golden content on there. Anyways best of luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author KriiV
    Don't be in a hurry. A good quality list takes time to build. PPC traffic, in my opinion, isn't good for building a list. You should be building a list from people that really want to give something back to you because of all the great content you've provided them with. People join lists to continue to reap the benefits of your knowledge. They don't just join for the fun of it. I'd start a site on a topic that you're good at, and interested in and go from there. Post up some HIGH quality content, provide a free eBook or something and build it up. It will take time, but the benefits will be immense.
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  • Profile picture of the author PvPGuy
    Easy Bro.

    Launch a WSO with free gift or incentive for joining your Early Bird list, delay going live for 24 hours.
    Put a high price point on a product on the backend and offer 50-75% commission to attract affiliates.
    Start the product at $1 dime sale.
    Done.

    And you still have $40 to buy solo's with.


    Do I win something?
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