Now, how many times have you heard, “The Money Is In The List!”, but what you’re missing from all this is, “HOW?”

The biggest question I hear, time and time again is, “How do I build these money making email lists? I want to be able to write my own check day after day.”

Well, I always say the first step of building an email lists is to figure out what your freebie “bribe” is going to be. What I mean by this is that you need to GIVE your visitors some sort of FREE offer in exchange for their email address.

The obvious question is, “What should you give as a free offer?”

Simple, solve a problem, write about, and give it away. Yes, it’s really that simple. Don’t over complicate this, that’s all there is to it. You see building a giant email list is very easy, you just need to understand how to do so.

Now the next obvious question becomes, how do I find problems? This I can understand to be a little tricky for newbies, but you’re in luck!

I’m going to share with you a secret weapon that almost NO ONE uses!

My secret weapon is Amazon.com

So here are the steps:

1. Visit Amazon.com and search for your niche. There’s categories all over the place, all you have to do is search for books in your niche.

2. Find a book with plenty of comments and reviews.

3. Read the reviews.

That’s it!

These reviews are nothing short of golden nuggets, waiting to be mined. These are real life reviews, about what the reviewers like best and what they didn’t – this, my friend, is where you CAPITILIZE.

Find out what most didn’t like, what questions came up, and even things they liked most.

Solve these problems, with the reviewers in mind, and you’ll have yourself instant expert status. As an expert, you will gain the trust of your visitors, something very crucial when you build email list. This in itself, sets you apart from the sea of marketers you are competing with.

This method sounds so simple and makes so much sense, yet not many are doing this!

There’s tons of reviews, looking for answers, looking for change, looking for that someone to help them out.

Once you gain their trust, you’ll have a lasting relationship that will continue to line your pockets time and time again.

This should always be your primary focus when it comes to list building – money will always follow, trust me!

Everyone wants the best email marketing strategy to take their business to the next level.

In this no-fluff article, I’m going straight to the point and tell you just how to make money with a list in 3 easy steps.

1. Get Signed Up With An Autoresponder

This, my friend, is your personal assistant in the online world, your most important listbuilding tool in existence! This piece of software will automate ALL of your emails, allowing you personal time and freedom.

No one can make money with an email list, without an autopresponder.

2. Provide VALUE

Your goal is to come up with a series of emails that will give your subscribers VALUE, this is key to your success. They came to you because they’re ready to learn something they don’t already know. You need to become that go-to maven in your niche. The purpose of your email series is for that subscriber to know, like, and trust you.

Once you’ve built that relationship, it’s a slam dunk. Understand, your subscribers are willing to buy; they just need to know who to buy from. Build that relationship and become that person they purchase from – Don’t chase money, let money chase you.

So remember, your email series needs to be jam-packed with FREE and INCREDIBLE VALUE.

A good strategy is to fill your autoresponder up with weeks of emails, and they’ll be sent on your behalf. A true set-it and forget-it.

There are many services that claim to be the best, but if you’re anyone in the Internet Marketing world, you know AWeber and GetResponse are the top competitors – and with good reason.

An auto-responder service is your bloodline to your business and should be part of every email marketing campign. I personally, cannot trust my database of customers to a free, no-name, website. $20 a month, compared to unlimited potential in riches, it’s a no-brainer.

3. Capture Email Addresses

In the Internet Marketing circles, we do this with Squeeze Pages.

A Squeeze page has one goal in mind, and that’s getting contact information from your website visitor.  If you want to know how to make money with an email list, you need a squeeze page.

An effective Squeeze page with boost your list building efforts and grow your email list.

This website is not meant to be a complicated, full-featured website. It’s meant to do one thing and one thing only, get the e-mail address of your visitors, allowing you to offer products and services for a profit, alongside your free, value-packed, self-expert branding, newsletter you created earlier.

Teach your subscribers something and they’ll come back for more.

So let’s recap the 3 steps on how to make money with an email list. First, grab an autorespponder (AWeber or GetResponse). Second, fill it with VALUABLE content that your readers are going to enjoy. This creates a bonding relationship of trust; positioning you as an expert maven in your niche – alongside, having recommendations of other products for a profit. Third, create a squeeze page to capture email addresses

Don’t make this harder than it really is. Internet Marketing is VERY easy, people just make it OVER COMPLICATED.

This is NOT a get rich quick scheme, but a get rich FOREVER business – treat it like one.

Most marketers just fall short in incorporating the right list building strategies for their online business. You see, there is a flaw with the mindset of most online marketers today; the bigger the list, the more money they’ll actually make.

But having a huge opt-in mailing list is really only half the equation. What you really need is a responsive email list. Learning how to nurture and treat your optin list so they will become responsive to your e-mails should be your primary goal. Focusing on this simple fact, your opt-in list will grow naturally. Keep in mind, implementing the most effective list building techniques, you can cash in, even with a small list.

These sales strategies, given to you in this blog post, will be helpful for any marketer, newbies and gurus alike. Once you’ve mastered in applying these list building tips, you’ll be able to sit back as you watch your subscribers grow.

First and foremost, you need to give to all your prospects an equal importance and respect, as they all are people just like you. Keeping this idea close to heart will go a long way with your prospects.

Create Your Website

In this day and age, there are plenty of programs that will help you get your website started and maintained very easy, usually with just a simple click of a button. Someone with little or no programming knowledge can easily create their own website in no time flat.

Just about every on-line marketer has their own blog, this an important step to listbuilding. You need a way to funnel all your traffic to a centralized location. Having a blog is a perfect place for your prospect to know, like, and trust you.

Set Up A Freebie

You need to set up some sort of free offer. This will be used as an exchange for your traffic’s name and email address. Free offers can be in the form of reports, free software, discounted offers, and any other free downloads. I have even seen some Internet marketers go as far as to ship $1000 products to their subscribers, absolutely FREE. This specific marketing strategy is not for any newbie to try. But once you start making some real money, I always recommend giving away your BEST product for FREE.

Sounds a little backwards, but remember your goal: You want a list of LOYAL customers, that will buy from you time and time again. What better way then to give them something they will LOVE? The rule of reciprocity goes a long way.

In part 2 of my post, I will write about using offline marketing and sales strategies, using the email list of your peers, options to unsubscribe, and tell you about a list building video from the famous Alex Jeffreys…

UPDATE:
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