How did you reach your first 100 subscribers?

11 years ago

My first 100 subscribers came through solo ads. It took me a long time to get there because I was a newbie and just figuring out what worked and what didn't but it was a great milestone to reach.

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echelon

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dburn

My first 100 subscribers came through solo ads. It took me a long time to get there because I was a newbie and just figuring out what worked and what didn't but it was a great milestone to reach.

The first time I tried solo ads I received subscribers the fastest. It was nice to see the notifications queued in my email inbox.

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paul54 11 years ago

Good ideas here. A few that I haven't tried. Thanks for the ideas.
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Seyandra 11 years ago

I need some solo ads. Where did you get yours?
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talfighel

11 years ago

My first 100 subscribers all came from paid media such as pay per click.

I used Yahoo PPC back in 2006 and that is how I got my first 100 subscribers.

I don't build a list anymore but if I wanted to get my first 100 people onto my list nowadays, I would be able to get them all through FREE marketing and not a single penny will be spent on ads.

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TheFreeman 11 years ago

I would had never guessed that. So paid media is an option too.
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Smith18

11 years ago

I got mine a few months into building my site. I got around half of them from solo ads and the other half was traffic from my Facebook fan page which converted quite well surprisingly. Most of my recent subscribers are coming from the page too.

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gcbmark20

11 years ago

1. Solo Ads

2. Forum Traffic

3. Facebook Ads

All combined of course & I think I tried some Craigslist
ads too and got few subs from there also.

Great post by the way as this can give those who are
thinking about building a list some ideas.

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Gavin

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TheFreeman 11 years ago

Solo Add, forum traffic and FB adds. I guess I need to take note of all these possibilities.
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sirtiman

11 years ago

From my autoblogs. I really don't hard sweat.

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rossm

11 years ago

National newspaper ad, I got 1342 subs in just one day!

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TheFreeman 11 years ago

Now this one seems a good idea too, although I would have not guessed it.
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Gary Ning Lo

11 years ago

My first 100 came from CB products review sites.

Was getting traffic from Google..

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James Clark 11 years ago

I read Perry Marshall's book and set-up a PPC campaign and invested $300.00. Within two weeks I had 120 subscribers. A few week after that I made my money back and some more. I was lucky!
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selma

11 years ago

Pinterest offering a free product if they signed up to my newsletter... but I target moms/teachers

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Jennwith2ns

11 years ago

I'm new to list building, but thank you for this. I completely forgot about Facebook ads. Not sure why.. maybe because I really only use it for personal reasons. I could use all the help I can get.

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Les Blythe

11 years ago

My first 100 subs came through joint venture giveaways and yes it was a great feeling to get them. I have had thousands now through solo ads and run a solo ads business.

My main objective now is to build lists of RESPONSIVE subs which is a challenge in its self.

(List) size isn't everything

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Jsollee

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Les Blythe

My first 100 subs came through joint venture giveaways and yes it was a great feeling to get them. I have had thousands now through solo ads and run a solo ads business.

My main objective now is to build lists of RESPONSIVE subs which is a challenge in its self.

(List) size isn't everything

I totally agree Les... I got my first 100 subscribers through solo ads, the only problem is that majority of them were already on so many lists, they were already burnt and dead!

After I had a small list, I would use ad-swaps from safe swaps (make sure you find a reputable person to trade with)

But a Responsive list is definitely the way to go it seems these days

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curly sue 11 years ago

i got my first 100 subscribers from selling free wsos, then solo ads and ad swaps then after.
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Coby

11 years ago

I got my first 1,000 (not 100) from solo ads...

and I've never looked back

If you aren't building a list you are leaving money on the table.

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clever7

11 years ago

It happened a long time ago… The internet was totally different. I had my first 100 and more subscribers thanks to the articles I was submitting to EzineArticles and the free ebook I was giving them in my resource box.

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adgaro

11 years ago

I got my first 100 subscribers after I bought a solo on Safe Swaps forum. Pretty responsive and in IM niche. Now it is also growing thanks to ad swaps.

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Jason Kanigan

11 years ago

If it takes you longer than a couple months, you've picked the wrong niche or aren't marketing correctly.

I got my first 100 subscribers by creating a series of videos in exchange for the signup. Still running it.

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ajbarnes777 11 years ago

My first 100 came from article and blog marketing... which is still the same today.
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GDW

11 years ago

I started with solo ads

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riyaz riffard

11 years ago

i am looking forward to build my first 100 subscribers

thank you

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justaskismall

11 years ago

My fist 100 subs come from solo ads, FB ads and forum...
what the important is, do it well and do it right

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basse

11 years ago

Sharing some really great products for free helped me to my first 100. Still sharing some great stuff

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echelon

11 years ago

Thank you very much for sharing your experience in this thread. There are a lot of ways to get to the 100 subscribers mark. It seems that solo ads have been used by the majority of us. It has been mentioned about 10 times in the thread.

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TheFreeman

11 years ago

I am now getting ready to start my list. So I guess this is an exciting time.

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GDW

11 years ago

Yes you can start with solo ads, and when you have a list with about 500 subscribers you can start ad-swaps

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troy23

11 years ago

I got mine from a combination of YouTube marketing and distributing my ebooks.

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RockNRolla

11 years ago

My first 100 subscribers came years ago from Yahoo Answers

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Erick Griffin

11 years ago

I got a majority of my subs from solos ads and a few from craigslist list for different niche.

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curationsoft

11 years ago

Offering free product and forum traffic

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martimoney

11 years ago

Solo ads and free WSO.

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PCH

11 years ago

I foolishly used facebook ads to get mine in a non-IM niche. I say foolishly because I didn't understand exactly how to place FB ads, and I'm too embarrassed to repeat here exactly how much they cost. But it was far more than I ever made from that squeeze page.

Oh well, you live and learn ;(

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samjaynz

11 years ago

My first 100 subscribers was on a console repair site I have... took about 2 weeks from the date of setting up the site.

Of course had I done this earlier, instead of direct linking to the affiliate sales page I was using, then I would probably have a massive list.

However, my console list is rubbish in terms of buying things because its probably 90% teenagers who want stuff for free. I just keep it going as a "pride" thing.

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michaelcorvin

11 years ago

When I first started list building I got 900 on my list in 60 days. And then went to 13,000 in 90 days then 60,000 in less than 180 days.

Michael

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rossm 11 years ago

Originally Posted by michaelcorvin

When I first started list building I got 900 on my list in 60 days. And then went to 13,000 in 90 days then 60,000 in less than 180 days.

Michael

Yeah right....wheres your proof?

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Gary Pettit

11 years ago

Solo Ads and Craigslist

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jbsmith

11 years ago

My first 2000 subscribers came from promoting my ebook (mainly through affiliates) who did not buy on the first visit, but signed up to my list to get a free chapter of the ebook. From there I went on to sign up more than 20,000 more...now many of my subscribers come from my blog as well.

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jamesrich1

11 years ago

I used Forum marketing and Article marketing to get my first 100 subscribers online.

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nicholasb

11 years ago

It took me less than a week, I started in 2007 and made $300 my first 7 days and close to $3,000 my first month..

my first month I built with all with free traffic ezine articles, then I took all that money and invested in paid advertising

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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

Didn't take me long. It was during the summer after 1st semester of college. I had a job, so i would invest like crazy into PPC, and was getting around 30-50 leads per day. I didnt know what i was doing, but i loved the results. Didn't realize later though that all of my "real" money would come from backend sales... wish i knew that earlier before i started losing so much money on advertising lol.

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11 years ago

Believe it or not Adf.ly three years ago. The traffic wasn't really that junky. I followed that list building automation program. Excellent course on list building and oto ! but I didn't have an OTO though ... Now I wish I would have had it. !

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Curtis2011

11 years ago

I'll tell you as soon as I actually begin list-building.

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kinyash

11 years ago

Forum marketing was my gem..

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eClicker

11 years ago

I was in IM long before I even thought about building a list or at least I thought I was

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Jeffery 11 years ago

I started with just my ramblings of making money online. That list was well over 100 strong within an hour. That was back in the day when we did not have blogs. We used to post here, but that had to changes for different reasons.
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spunk91

11 years ago

Through solo ads.

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celente

11 years ago

I did it through solos, and other paid ads, and buying media buys on highly traffic blogs.

Plus I worked my ass off doing free traffic, articles, these days I have the financial backign to buy up big lots of media and ppc. This is what I believe to be the fastest and highest quality subscribers on your list.

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