Finding people with email lists

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Many of us here know how to find people with email lists in our niche by searching NICHE NAME "powered by aweber". The question I have is: is there a better way do this?

My thoughts:

1. Not everyone uses aweber, so the strategy above automatically limits the results.

2. I'm assuming that people with legit squeeze pages that don't have "powered by aweber" anywhere on their page (see mattmason.info/squeeze for an example) are going to have larger lists. I am making this assumption based on the fact that they seem to know what they're doing a little better than people who just insert the autoresponder code into a template. The professional squeeze page is a more professional approach IMHO. (I'm not knocking anyone here, just saying that some people take it to the next level.) Also, from what I've seen when doing the "powered by aweber" search, most of the results have me literally searching the webpage for the opt-in form. These people don't seem to understand the eye path of a user. (See http://www.digitalmarketer.com/acces...-squeeze-page/ for an AWESOME video on squeeze pages.)

Those two things being said, does anyone know a better way to find people with lists than by doing the search that I bolded at the top of the post?
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    1. Go to Google and search your top keywords. Go through the sites manually and look for those that have free giveaways or newsletter signups. This won't take long and will find you some good lists that way.

    2. Search Google for terms such as "play guitar newsletter"
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Mensah
      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      1. Go to Google and search your top keywords. Go through the sites manually and look for those that have free giveaways or newsletter signups. This won't take long and will find you some good lists that way.

      2. Search Google for terms such as "play guitar newsletter"
      sorry bro, will is right, the manual way is the best way for these types of things you literally have to scout the page for the opt in form but definitly searching via newsletter will make the job quicker. You could also higher someone for cheap on odesk.com to do this for you.
      hope that helps
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    • Profile picture of the author Velant
      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      1. Go to Google and search your top keywords. Go through the sites manually and look for those that have free giveaways or newsletter signups. This won't take long and will find you some good lists that way.

      2. Search Google for terms such as "play guitar newsletter"
      Wow, that's an awesome advice, Will!

      Another method that should work is:
      3. "Free KEYWORD ebook"; "Free ebook on KEYWORD", where in you case keywords can be: 'Play guitar', 'how to play guitar', 'learn to play guitar'.

      People who actively build lists tend to give away free ebooks and reports on the subject, so this should be effective as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author Matt011
        Originally Posted by Velant View Post

        Wow, that's an awesome advice, Will!

        Another method that should work is:
        3. "Free KEYWORD ebook"; "Free ebook on KEYWORD", where in you case keywords can be: 'Play guitar', 'how to play guitar', 'learn to play guitar'.

        People who actively build lists tend to give away free ebooks and reports on the subject, so this should be effective as well.
        Great tip - thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author J50
    People with really large lists rent data, just put data rental into Google. I hope you've got deep pockets.
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by InboxElephant View Post

      People with really large lists rent data, just put data rental into Google. I hope you've got deep pockets.
      People with large lists that are not earning them money usually rent their data out or do solo ads. They are not the type of lists you want. Those who nurture their lists and have a good relationship with their list would never think about renting their list data out because they have no need to. They are the type of lists you want because they will convert much better than any bought or rented list.
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      • Profile picture of the author J50
        Originally Posted by WillR View Post

        People with large lists that are not earning them money usually rent their data out or do solo ads. They are not the type of lists you want. Those who nurture their lists and have a good relationship with their list would never think about renting their list data out because they have no need to. They are the type of lists you want because they will convert much better than any bought or rented list.
        This isn't that kind of data, 16 million emails of people who took out home insurance in the last 12 months etc.
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        • Profile picture of the author Matt011
          Originally Posted by InboxElephant View Post

          This isn't that kind of data, 16 million emails of people who took out home insurance in the last 12 months etc.
          I can see your point as well. Different types of lists. Thanks for your input!
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      • Profile picture of the author Matt011
        Originally Posted by WillR View Post

        1. Go to Google and search your top keywords. Go through the sites manually and look for those that have free giveaways or newsletter signups. This won't take long and will find you some good lists that way.

        2. Search Google for terms such as "play guitar newsletter"
        First of all, thank you for your post. That makes perfect sense. Although it's more time intensive (barely) than using the "powered by aweber" qualification because you have to look at each site, it is much better because it finds the sites that wouldn't come up in the aweber search.

        Second of all, WOAH. You mentioned "play guitar newsletter".... that's the niche I'm after! So crazy that you mentioned it without knowing that's what I'm looking into.

        Originally Posted by WillR View Post

        People with large lists that are not earning them money usually rent their data out or do solo ads. They are not the type of lists you want. Those who nurture their lists and have a good relationship with their list would never think about renting their list data out because they have no need to. They are the type of lists you want because they will convert much better than any bought or rented list.
        Another valid point. Thanks!
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        • Profile picture of the author WillR
          Originally Posted by Matt011 View Post

          Second of all, WOAH. You mentioned "play guitar newsletter".... that's the niche I'm after! So crazy that you mentioned it without knowing that's what I'm looking into.
          Haha, wow, that is crazy.

          Another thing to do is to look around for others who offer guitar courses. The more popular ones are obviously going to have a list of customers and you may be able to work out a deal with some of them. Musicians will often buy more than one course so that's no issue.

          I think Facebook is also a great place to tap into markets like that since you can target people who have liked certain guitar brands, etc.
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          • Profile picture of the author Matt011
            Originally Posted by WillR View Post

            Haha, wow, that is crazy.

            Another thing to do is to look around for others who offer guitar courses. The more popular ones are obviously going to have a list of customers and you may be able to work out a deal with some of them. Musicians will often buy more than one course so that's no issue.

            I think Facebook is also a great place to tap into markets like that since you can target people who have liked certain guitar brands, etc.
            Good suggestions. Thanks!

            Originally Posted by Malcolm Thomas View Post

            Will already offered a great strategy to find other people in your niche with high email lists. The only thing I can suggest is to take action with the valuable information he has shared with you.
            I'm already on it. :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt011
    On a separate note, it seriously makes my day when people are so friendly and helpful. I hope I can return the favor someday soon. :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Malcolm Thomas
    Will already offered a great strategy to find other people in your niche with high email lists. The only thing I can suggest is to take action with the valuable information he has shared with you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt011
    One more question on this topic:

    The word "newsletters" was recommended in this thread as a way to find people with lists. What other words can you think of that would produce a similar result in a search?
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    I do it manually. Just search for blogs on Google based on my keywords and look for a sign of an opt in box or newsletter then find their contact details on the site and email them. There was a good WSO out a while back on the topic called 'List Hijack' that went into a lot more details about this.
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