06.22.07
Why is list building important?
Do you want to build a long term, sustainable Internet Business? If yes, then you need to build a list. That’s the bottom line. You can build a number of websites selling information products or promote dozens of affiliate programs but they will all give you a one time income.
At the end of the day, it’s a well maintained, responsive list that will create a steady income for you. I am sure you have heard this many times, and I wont dwell on it longer. But let me just clear the entire concept with an example.
Let’s say you have $100 to spend on your Internet Marketing efforts. Assuming your $100 investment can get you $300 in revenues through affiliate marketing OR it can generate 100 targeted leads for you - which would you go with?
I will choose to spend my $100 to build a list of 100 subscribers. And the answer lies in the value of a list. You know what a list is worth? A well treated list is worth $1 per subscriber per month. I had heard of these figures as a newbie but now, I have seen these figures myself.
So your 100 leads, if treated well, can generate $100 for you each and every month. Compare this to a one shot $200 in profits and it’s a clear winner. And that’s the only reason I would spend my time and effort in building a list rather than spending it on something else.
Grow that list to 1000 and you can earn $1000 every month. 10000 leads and your income grows to $10000 per month. What do you think the big Internet Marketing gurus do? They have massive lists - as big as 100K or 150K. All they do is send a few promotional emails every month. Each email they send generates as much as $20,000 in pure profits.
And that’s what you and I should target. We need to find ways to build a massive list. And all through the process of list building, we need to ensure that we treat our subscribers well. If we don’t, they will vanish faster than they arrived.
In my future posts, I will teach you all I know about building and maintaining a list. So stay tuned. And let me know what you think? Post your comments below.
Blend said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:07 am
I know list building is important because we can promote and sale our future product. But we need good way to catch subscriber. I waiting for your next post.
Ankesh Kothari said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:10 am
Thanks Alok. Good post.
Why not place a opt-in form on your blog?
I find it better to send people to a content rich page. And then guide them to the newsletter opt-in form. Rather than using squeeze pages. So I spend money advertising content rich pages (that could be an article, a blog post, a goodie or freebie, a tutorial, a video etc).
Carl McQueen said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:12 am
Hi Alok,
Very good idea, Have lots of list builders it seems
however they do not seem to work very well. Am
still learning….
Carl
Randy Swanston said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:12 am
HI Alok,
Great article. I like your perspective, and look forward to the info you are going to share
Thanks
Randy
Peter said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:16 am
Hi Alok,
Congratulations on your first of many information blogs!
With Many Thanks
Peter
Kevin said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:20 am
Hey Alok
I agree on list building. The trick is attracting the traffic to your site in order to encourage the subscribing. So ways to attract traffic is always of utmost importance to me. I would be open to your suggestions on this.
thanks
Kevin
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Chris said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:21 am
Hi Alok,
Great post - puts the huge number of internet marketing opportunities out there into perspective. Although effective list building is one of the more difficult things to do, it’s also one of the most rewarding in the long term.
Thanks
Chris
jozsef said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:21 am
Hello Alok, Would be nice to build a list as you say, only I have not got ONE enquiry or customer yet. So how do you think one can get to list building, from the position of below ZERO, Thanks, papajoe
Patrick Pretty said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:22 am
Hi Alok:
Your post on building a list is very important. I hope visitors will bookmark it and use it as a source of inspiration.
I especially appreciated your comments about treating your list responsibly. So many marketers think their only job is to build a list and then mine it for profits.
Internet marketing is a value-for-value exchange. List-owners aren’t providing value to subscribers if they hype every product that comes down the pike or use breathless prose to sell something ordinary.
Subscribers are smart people; they know when someone is trying to pick their pocket or insult their intelligence. It’s easy to spot a trickster.
As always, I appreciate your professionalism, Alok.
Sincerely,
Patrick Pretty
http://patrickpretty.com/blog.html
Robert said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:25 am
I beleive a good list will probably outlive most of the products we have so we must affiliate with a good social network to interact with our business interest to create a balance otherwise we seem to be just pushing product.
If your giving away a product… fine I will give up my ID but if you try to sell me before I exit with a this is the only time you will ever get this offer cheapens the product and the site and puts up a defensive wall before any value and good faith is created…the site veiwer needs instant gratification not financial choice.
Hamant Keval said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:33 am
Hi Alok,
Great article.
And yes I realise that building a list is probably the most important thing Problem sometimes is that many newcomers have a difficult time communicating with their lists even when they start building one.
I guess that is a confidnce thing and also the fact that you need a certain amount of credibility as well.
I find that it takes a lot less time and effort if many newcomers to the IM field learnt thier trade and applied those same tactics to non - IM field.
As it is there are so many IM marketers and these usually are pretty clever people especuially concernning the IM field.
After 2 years in this field and learning evrythig about IM I started to apply the same proncipals in non IM field and almost immediately started making money and building a list pronto.
I recetly put up a webpage and drove some traffic to a non IM product page actually it was to a CPA program but I left it with almost no effort and the list started to build itself.
Obviously it also means that you need to keep in touch with your list. but for obvious reasons in the non IM field even if you oly send out an email once a week or less its quite acceptable.
Look forward to more articles.
Thansk Alok
Hamant
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ning said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:42 am
hi alok,
nice post..yes, i beileved building the listing is so important..
waiting for ur next info..
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Jerry Jacobs said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:43 am
I fully agree with building the list, it’s been the answer forever! It’s like J. Paul Getty said, I would rather have 1% of a hundred peoples effort than to have 100% of my own. It’s a no brainer.
Jonathan said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:49 am
Hi,
It’s a good ideal. I will waiting to read future post.
Brgds,
Jonathan
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June 22, 2007 at 5:51 am
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Pete said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:54 am
Hello from Australia,
Alok, this is a very appropriate subject, and I’m interested to see what develops. Knowing your track record, I’m sure it will be interesting and valuable reading for all of us.
Jack Seegers said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:01 am
Hi Alok
Yes of course you’re wright. I started online marketing about two years ago but never did build a list. now i’m using http://www.seegers.ws to build my list and yes it is working i’m subscribing almost 100 persons a day to my list by little effort. and the great thing about it it pays me also very good. (just for building my list )
Well if somebody needs this tool he can download it for free at http://www.seegers.ws !!
Thank you for your great help in IM things !
Brenda Franzo said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:09 am
Hi Alok!
Great post! Keep up the good work. You’ve always got alot of information to share. Thanks!
Benton Middleton said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:29 am
Greetings Alok,
About list-building, could not aggree with you more. But I would like to point out one thing here about marketing in general, which can benefit from a list also, even on 2 or 3 different ends if you lay out your strategy just right.
I have been doing this sort of thing for several years, and there is one big problem in our industry that most of us either ignore, don’t know about, or just figure someday it’ll straighten itself out on it’s own. And that is the problem of thousands of marketers all trying to sell each other the same old hashed-over, re-written or not, marketing material that has been around for years.
Now I AM NOT knocking anybody’s work but I believe that there are millions of ideas, products, and services that have not even been tapped on yet. What it all boils down to, and you all know I am right, is this. The fastest way to build a site with thousands of “buying customers” is to give them what they are looking for. People are always looking for something new to solve a problem. Or entertain them. Or expand their horizons. Or make them money.
The Modern business world for the most part, has forgotten the oldest rule of business. Namely, “Give the people what THEY want, and you’ll have them eating out of your hand”.
So, what I’m really saying here, and I’m sure I speak for many more marketers other than myself, is that My inbox is so bland form thousands of marketers trying to sell me the same thing over and over, just to keep the industry alive. We need to interject a whole new concept into what we are doing, and begin selling everyday items and services along with our marketing material. Like I said, there are literally MILLIONS of ideas that have not been tapped on yet, and it almost drives me crazy that people are not looking in their own minds and backyards to see what THEY can offer the world.
The Internet is a big place and is not getting smaller anytime soon. And as more and more people go online, more should be done to expand on the content as well as products and services that are available, and then promoting these too. Instead of concentrating on every marketer continuing to sell to other marketers. Sure, beginners (sorry, I hate the word ‘Newby’) do need to learn the basics of marketing, then move on to where the real money is online, and that’s selling THEIR OWN products and/or services.
And when you’re ready to do that, your list will be a starting point along with focused advertising in the area(s) that you now want to sell in. That’s my take on all of this, Alok. Really, I do appreciate your insights and spreading your techniques in your blog and in my inbox. Have a great marketing day, and will holler at you later. Until then, I shall remain,
Professionally Yours,
Benton Middleton, @
The IpowerNetworK
Mustafa said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:33 am
Hi Alok,
Very interesting article. Am curious to know what next you will share. Please show how to build a list and also how to maintain the customers(this seems to be more important).
Alok said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:36 am
As is already evident from some comments, newcomers may think of list building as a tall task. But believe me, its not. In fact, building a subscriber base is simpler than selling as an affiliate. And more rewarding.
You just need to understand the parameters involved and the concept of viral list building. And I am going to cover these topics in detail right here in this blog.
Alok
Steve B said,
June 22, 2007 at 7:00 am
I agree that a list is valuable in the long term, but for new marketers waiting for these long-term results to pay off can be disappointing.
Better strategy: If you have $100 to spend, spend it making a $300 return. Now you have another $100 to spend building a list, $100 to spend on another $300 return, and $100 to buy groceries.
Dividing your intended returns between long-term objectives, like list building, and shorter-term objectives, like putting cash in your hand today, is an important strategy early in the game as it provides both the list and real cash-in-hand.
Merle said,
June 22, 2007 at 7:21 am
Hi Alok.
Congratulations on your new blog.Great topic for a post and well writen.
I agree with you that building a list is the best thing one can do for any internet based business.Without a list you would have to spend a lot of money every month to promote your business.That`s not to say that it isn`t a good idea to advertise all the time,because it is,this is where you start building your list from,but by building and using your list you can cut costs by not having to run as much paid advertisement, and you can target more serious people who may be looking for just what you have to offer.
I think Benton hit the nail on the head.If there is anyone reading this who didn`t get his point,go back and re-read his comment and think about it.
It makes a lot of sense.
Thanks Alok,and have a fantastic week-end.
Merle.
http://goldenone.myworldresults.com
Gordon Chrispin said,
June 22, 2007 at 7:36 am
Hi Alok,
You hit the nail on the head, the money is in the list, list building is critical but looking after your subcribers is far more important, look forward to your next blog
Meg McNeal....Want A FREE Optin List of Thousands ... By Tomorrow? said,
June 22, 2007 at 8:00 am
Great Alok
For me it’s been hard figuring out how to set up my opt-in page. I’m a self taught web design, but the opti in page is something I haven’t taught myself yet. I know how important it is and I have tried and tried, but for some reason I just don’t get it.
So any help would be great.
Meg McNeal
Dani5121 said,
June 22, 2007 at 8:10 am
Hi my friend.
Yes a list is very important, and to treat them with respect, knowing that they are the ones that makes our living profit.
Best friends
dani5121
Lowell said,
June 22, 2007 at 8:24 am
Hi Alok,
I have been teaching what you say about building lists for some time now over at my listbuild.com site. I find that most don’t take action. But that’s the way it goes, only a few do the work, and they are the ones who reap the rewards.
Congratulations on your blog: clean, well written and researched.
All the best,
Lowell
Abhinav Does NOT Agree said,
June 22, 2007 at 8:24 am
hi,
Thanx for your post Alok but I unfortunately do not agree with you.
By the example you gave @$1/subscriber/month you can generate $1200/year on 100 subscribes! sounds great till you hear this by afiliate marketing if $100 can generate $300 in a month then i would not sit on the $200 profit! i ll invest it back for one month! and this month the profit will be $400 …. then 800 …..then 1600 and eventually at the end of the year —->>> $$$$4096 just for settinh up an adwords campaign for a few product! Well $4096 Vs. $1200
And list building is very easy but maintaining it … milking it is the hardest part!
what do you all have to say about that?
tell me at abhi_28_11@yahoo.com
I ll wait for your reply alok!
Regards
Abhinav (india)
Abhinav Does NOT Agree said,
June 22, 2007 at 8:28 am
sorry it is not $4096 it is $409,600 Vs.$1200
Sorry for that mistake by the way 409,600 is 340 times more than 1200
Kurt Schmitt said,
June 22, 2007 at 8:57 am
Alok,
You are correct, the money IS in the list. List building is much talked about, but rarely does anyone actually lay out how to do properly, unless they’re charging big fees for that information. Even more rare is the person who actually uses that information and builds a good list.
A few years ago, I was trying to promote MLM programs via the Internet with no success. I finally figured out what the top marketers were doing, and latched on to a good list building technique, all using free or low cost tools.
Within 3 weeks, I had sponsored 17 people into an MLM program. Those 17 people became a downline of over 3,000 within several months. That is the power of list building. Unfortunately, I chose the wrong MLM, and even with 3,000 people, my income was very low.
I handed everyone on my list the means to do what I did. I gave them the tools and even let them steal my ad copy, autoresponder copy, and landing page. I even showed them where to go to get free visitors who would be interested in being on their list.
The idea, after all, was duplication. No one did it. Perhaps because I gave it away for free? Perhaps because it seemed too easy? Perhaps because people are… should I say it? Lazy? Afraid? I don’t know for sure.
The biggest hurdle in list building, however, is how to drive people to the sign up page. The second biggest hurdle is overcoming resistance points.
While you can say things like “give away something for free and you’ll build your list,” or “give people what they are looking for,” that is an incomplete thought. That helps to overcome resistance, but it does not put your offer in front of people. If you don’t have visitors, you don’t have a list to build.
So, you need either your visitors (free or paid) or someone else’s (co-registration, purchased leads, or JV, etc.). That is the hard part. Getting website traffic is the number one hurdle in Internet Marketing. It’s not the list building part that is the tall task.
If the entire world visited your website at least once, someone would join your list. What most people don’t realize is that in most cases, getting more than 500 unique visitors a day to one site is a tall task and requires a lot of work. There’s a lot more to talk about on this point, but the numbers advertised by some can be very misleading.
Then, you have to get those visitors to convert… twice. You have to get them to convert from visitor to list member, and from list member to active customer.
This requires a specific trust building strategy layered on top of a website promotion strategy. Unless you’re going to buy your list, your rent your list, or buy your visitors in order to build your list, your number one task is traffic building, followed by trust building. There are ways to build both at the same time, but this is a learned skill.
Rarely is any of this information properly laid out in an easy to understand, easy to duplicate, easy to adapt format. People need to understand the concepts, be able to duplicate it, and then adapt it to their particular industry, niche, or web site profit strategy. Hmmm… I suddenly just got even busier than I was as I see a business model developing here. Good luck to all!
vivek suri said,
June 22, 2007 at 9:01 am
Alok,
u may not be knowing about me.I m male 57 years old from delhi.I m trying to be updated even in internet.I m also trying not to learn only but also to earn while sitting in the house.If possible make your blog so simple so that people like me should have more interest for using intenet n they should also learn while earning. Thank you very much for making blog so simple.If possible u can make it in hindi too.
Alok i must appreciate your efforts. May God get you full sucess.I think your sucess will be our sucess.
Willard said,
June 22, 2007 at 9:17 am
I like your idea but it is hard with so many people sending out their info and sometimes they do not work too well.
Willard said,
June 22, 2007 at 9:19 am
I like your idea but it is hard with so many people sending out their info and sometimes they do not work too well or not at all.
Kurt Schmitt said,
June 22, 2007 at 9:47 am
Abhinav has an interesting point that I’d like to address.
Reinvesting your profits and using the doubling concept is a very good technique. While you might be able to do that, there are some challenges and the comparison is a little off.
Let’s see if you’ve left off some important points about how Alok can build and use his list, and how PPC is a little different.
Alok would most like do at least two things with his list building efforts. Just like you, Abhinav, Alok would reinvest his profits. He’ll also use viral techniques to grow his list at no additional cost.
In one scenario, he could buy 100 subscribers per month for $100, so he will not be earning just $1200 per year. In fact, by year end, he’ll be earning $1100 per month. First month, $100, second month $200, and so on.
But, what if he invests all of the money he earns from each month in more subscribers? Remember, our assumption is he’ll earn $1 per subscriber per month.
Keep in mind that his actual cost for the subscribers is $0 after the first 100, because he is using the money he earned from the previous month to buy the new subscribers. He only has to worry about his profit margin. If he’s selling information products, his cost might be $0 (the web site and tools he would have to pay for anyway as part of the normal cost of doing business, even if he made no money, so we’ll leave that out).
Even if he does have a cost of goods sold, there’s a way around it. If he purchases all of this on a credit card and pays the minimum monthly payment, he can float his money until he’s got enough cash flow to stop buying subscribers and pay off the debt. From then on, it’s profit land!
So, month 1, we buy 100 subscribers and earn $100. Month 2 gets us another 100 subscribers for a total of 200, month 3 gets us 200 more for a total of 400, month 4 brings us 400 more for a total of 800, month 5 gets us a total of 1600, month 6 is 3200, month 7 is 6400, month 8 is 12,800, month 9 is 25,600, month 10 is 51,200, month 11 is… tada! … 124,000.
So now he’s earning $124,000 per month. (I think I did the math right, but I’m in a hurry, so feel free to blast me if I’m wrong)
Two, he’ll use viral techniques to grow his list from that $100 investment. In fact, if his viral techniques are good enough, he may not even need to buy any more subscribers. He may even be able to get his suscribers totally free by back-ending a product to offset any costs.
We could go on with this, but… one thing to consider… even if it costs him $2 per subscriber, and even if he is only one third as successful as that example, he OWNS the list.
He can use that list at any time to generate cash flow. You don’t own anything with PPC. You have to spend to make, and as soon as you stop spending, the money dries up (residual and repeat sales can be there yes, but just look at any site that relies on paid advertising to get visitors and track their Alexa ranking. They die when they don’t advertise).
I realize that the above examples are not real and things don’t work this way in the real world, but I think it makes the point. Also, every market has a cap, even using Adwords in certain markets, we just don’t know what that cap is until we push it to the limit.
Alfred Fernandes said,
June 22, 2007 at 10:02 am
Hi Alok,
Congrats to your new blog, wish you and your blog good health and every success.
Your article on List Building is certainly a good starting point. Look forward to hear from you on constructive and practical ways of list building with speed where I feel speed carries significance. I have read some Ebooks on List Building explain the sophisticated things but forget important things as o how to set up a squeeze page to capture subscribers which is in fact is one of the most important factors to start with. When they elaborate on autoresponders they never mention how to set up autoresponders to get the html code for the subscription form. It is like giving back-end information without the starting point.
You must have got my point and am sure that you will throw light on these important aspects of List Building.
Thanks Alok, have an enjoyable week-end. See you soon.
Alfred Fernandes
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Anthony said,
June 22, 2007 at 10:58 am
Hi Alok.
Thanks for the heads up on this. I agree with you about building the list.
What I have found difficult in the past is how to really handle the list when
you start building it. How much free stuff, against how much selling,etc.
I’m sure there is a fine but lucrative line drawn somewhere there.
I appreciate you,
Anthony
http://www.your-affiliate-home-business.info
Mardell Sutherland said,
June 22, 2007 at 11:26 am
Sounds good so far.
Mardell Sutherland said,
June 22, 2007 at 11:26 am
Haven’t tried this as yet….but it sounds good.
Mardell Sutherland
Surinder said,
June 22, 2007 at 11:32 am
Hi Alok,
That was excellent and YES, Alok you have hit the nail on its head.
For a long term sustainable Online Biz the LIST is the key. Although it takes time and effort but a solid list of active subscribers is a must. Will be looking forward to learn how to get the ball rolling.
Best Wishes.
Surinder
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June 22, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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Sky said,
June 22, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Your blog post is VERY well written and straight to the point.
This is one of the best (If Not The Best) methods of becoming
financial free through online revenue and can’t EVER be
stressed enough!
In my opinion, the main problem is not that people don’t know
HOW to build a list, it’s that people don’t know what to SAY to
the subscribers of that list. The best advice I can give to these
people is to subscribe to other newsletters on the subject your
targeting and study them.
Best Of Luck Alok,
Sky
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Robert Methe said,
June 22, 2007 at 1:02 pm
I know what a list is but I never worked with one. Nobody shows you what to do to build one. They seem mosly affraid of competition, or they don’t really
know what a list is. They make it a show to impress you. If a guy like you can show me how to build one and do the things to keep it I’ll jump aboard.
I just hope it doesn’t take too much time to build it, not a lifetime I hope, am getting old and too old for a lifetime.
Best of luck to you!
Robert
Mandy said,
June 22, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Hi Alok! I have been reading the Blogs from the start very good stuff here.
I am building the skeleton of the list now. I need to know how to get the right people to my site the cheapest way possible and get them to sign up for the list and to make purchases.
Eric said,
June 22, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Hi Alok and thanks for the info …. I agree with what you say 100%.
Am I typical of most list builders? I have a small list who I never mail to because I have nothing to say and no products to promote. This raises the question in my mind … do I now add to my list first or do I need products/services first?
John Brackney Sr. said,
June 22, 2007 at 5:09 pm
I read every one of the messages and liked a lot of them. A lot said plenty on
list building so I started looking around Alok’s site here and found a new site
that he got going. Check it out.at the link below the message. I think that’s
your answer. Also, I found a new service on the subject in which you get to keep your own list that you create. YES, and It is at http://tinyurl.com/yo8b7n .
It’s also viral. What, the price, it’s FREE!
Sunil said,
June 22, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Hi Alok,
A good effort you have started,by helping to build a list.
I think it would be better if we could build the list on our own platform and not by joining some site which hepls to build a list.The site may disappear on some bad day loosing all our data on the server. It would be better to have all our data in our own server for the better.I hope you will be guiding us to make our own list on our own platform itself.
Thanks for your sincere efforts.
Mark Terry said,
June 22, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Hi Alok,
I enjoy reading the entries that you put into your blog.
I am very new at internet marketing, and reading your blog is helping me to understand it a little better.
I guess the more that I read it, the more that I will become less afraid to experience this stuff.
Thanks for allowing me to read your stuff.
King said,
June 22, 2007 at 11:25 pm
I’m still learning about Internet marketing Techies….. i reckon this is the fundamental or core concept i would say.. keep me informed as i have just crossed B of internet business and Z is still to achieve..
To your success
dave said,
June 23, 2007 at 12:02 am
Very good posts. A responsive, tartgeted list is key. Not a huge list.
Give, Give , Give and trust me….you will get later.
vin said,
June 23, 2007 at 12:15 am
well, thats a very important thing to have.
thanks and take care
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yathish kumar katapady said,
June 23, 2007 at 8:26 am
want to build a long term, sustainable Internet Business. But dont know how to do it. if you guide and convince me in this regard i willbe thankfull to you.
yathish
Adib said,
June 23, 2007 at 10:18 am
Yep true the money is in the list but easier said than done. Need to consistently communicate with subscribers and do not sell all way long. They will sure unsubscribe..
Thanks Alok for sharing this..
laura stewart said,
June 23, 2007 at 10:24 am
i dont have money to invest.
Daryl said,
June 23, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Aloha Alok,
Kudos on your unselfish contributions to the community at large. I was sent to you by Erik Stafford who has help me with building a web site. He has spoken highly of you and have come to appreciate your efforts.
Thanks again and cheers to the list.
Prashanth Hebbar said,
June 23, 2007 at 11:22 pm
It is one of the best way we can earn money.. i looking to build muy account.. thanks for your information
Alok said,
June 24, 2007 at 3:25 am
Thanks Kurt - you offered an excellent answer to Abhinav’s comment.
And Abhinav, I like your approach as well. You are thinking deep and questioning hard. And that’s the way to go in this industry. Most people do not apply their own brains to what is being said. And that leads to massive failures.
Back to your comment. As Kurt explained, I am not talking about settling down with a list of 100. You need to earn from them, and then reinvest your money to grow that list.
Having said that, I also believe in keeping my income streams diversified. So I wont stick to a list alone. I am also going to put in some of my money to affiliate marketing via ppc, creating blogs with adsense on them, etc etc.
The point of this post is to stress on the importance of owning a list. And I strongly believe that each one of us should devote some of our time and efforts in building one.
Alok
Eva said,
June 24, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Good Article– but I agree with a post I read further up. When I was building my offline business, I actually had a situation analogous to this. I had generated a quick profit with a small item that was obviously a fad. I took the profit, reinvested it in the fad, and came out the other end having quadrupled my money. I then split the pile 4 ways– 1 directly into building the inventory in my main business (jewelry/crafts), 1 into advertising/marketing, 1 into gas and groceries, and 1 into continuing to market the fad for as long as it sold. I did this over a period of about 8 months, during which selling these dollar store fad items gave me enough capital to seriously expand my craft business, attend a trade show, develop new product ideas, and finish up solidly in the black.
If I had 100.00 to spend online, I would do the same thing– go for the 300.00 in commissions. Take those commissions. Put 1/3 into list building, 1/3 back into generating more commissions, and 1/3 to me. Synergy is crucial in ANY business. A list of 10,000 doesn’t do you a darn bit of good if they don’t buy or otherwise enhance your business.
tap said,
June 24, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Hi Alok,
Absolutely true! Looking forward to your next posts with your secrets on listbuilding!
Thanks
Anne Panares said,
June 24, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Hi Alok,
I would love to know how to build a list. As of today, I have zero on my list. I look forward to your next blog wherein you said you’ll teach how to build a list.
Best regards,
Anne
Chung said,
June 24, 2007 at 8:58 pm
Yes, list building is very important. But only if you can get very targetted list.
Martha said,
June 25, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I think it is an excellent idea. List building is very important. Because without it you cannot run an internet business.
Thank you.
M. Piper
Jon said,
June 26, 2007 at 9:28 am
Hi Alok,
Get idea. I can’t wait to find out how to go about making a list. But Eva, (a few comments above) has a good idea too. I can’t wait to hear more about this idea.
howard said,
July 8, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Sure would be nice to know how to build and maintain a list… ive been struggling for a long time just to sell afilliate products etc.
Ranjitha said,
July 17, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Hi!
Alok,
Wht you have given is excellent & very much true,Thank you for the information on building a list.This is very useful to the newbies of an Internet Marketing, without list building we can,t run an Internet Marketing.
Max Lund said,
July 18, 2007 at 3:09 am
Hi Alok,
Great tips on building your list.
I need list building HELP!!!
I just came across a PLR giveaway that is expected to reach more than 200,000 people. I want to make the best use of this event and possibly add a minimum of 10K new subscribers to my list. Can anyone suggest the best possible way to promote this event?
Donnie said,
September 20, 2007 at 9:04 am
Alok - what do you consider to be the best book or product on getting started building a list? I’m looking for recommendations as I’m new to this area.
Thanks!
–Donnie G. Maynard, MCP
Web Designer, Developer
Microsoft Certified Professional ASP.NET Development
http://www.DonnieMaynard.com
Harun said,
December 17, 2007 at 11:30 am
Hi Alok
I’m new to this listing thing you are building. It seems interesting but I’m not very sure how this work.Perhaps with your assistance through out the process I would very much appreciate as I need this listing.
Thanks
Harun
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Germaine said,
December 17, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Hi Alok,
Please, i need your help because i have’nt done anything yet.
Thanks a lot
Germaine
Ricardo A. said,
December 18, 2007 at 1:16 am
List-building … hmm … it sounds so deceptively simple that it would be so easy to overlook it. But I guess you can’t argue with success.
… Better add that to my list
Ricardo