How To Build A Highly-targeted Opt-in List

If you haven’t achieved the success level you imagined at this point in your Internet business experience perhaps you simply haven’t figured out the right way to succeed in Internet Marketing.

Having a website isn’t enough. Having a great website isn’t enough! If your using SEO techniques good for you! But that still won’t be enough. You’ve got some good traffic to your site by now, but it’s a slow process. No, I’m not going to tell you about some great product that will have you re-mortgaging your home…

I’m going to tell you about a not very well kept secret – The money is in the list! Sound familiar? Any expert Internet marketer will tell you that building a highly targeted opt-in list is the most effective and important tool in Internet marketing. And they are right on the money!

If you have an ezine or newsletter keep up the good work. If you haven’t started one yet, please do so. This article will show you how to build a highly targeted subscriber list that will love buying your products and services!

So what is an “opt-in” list? Simply put, it’s a list of email addresses of people who have agreed to receive your newsletters, brochures or promotions. In other words, a group of people who are ready and willing to receive your recommendations, products and information.

By creating an opt-in list, you can maintain solid contact with your target market and develop a trusting relationship with your subscribers – which is worth its weight in gold!

The key to using your opt-in list is to develop a large subscriber base. Without a massive list you are losing hundreds (or thousands) of dollars each week.

If you’re building your list with only subscription boxes on your website, it will take years to build a massive list. There is so much competition today that you really need to give potential subscribers a reason to subscribe.

No, don’t take down your website subscription boxes. But consider adding some of these ideas to speed up your list building process:

Co-Registration

Co-Registrations are one of the best and fastest ways to build large opt-in email lists in a very short time. It's a fast, easy, and Free "secret weapon" used by the famous Internet marketers to rapidly grow their large opt-in (permission based) email lists!

Co-registration refers to the practice of referring leads, subscriptions, or memberships concurrent with another registration process.

This might happen when visitors signing up for a free subscription or other service are offered the chance to opt-in to other offers on the "thank-you page" that appears after the initial registration.

In other words you would partner with one or more sites similar to your own, but not necessarily competitive.

You can get an idea of how the joint venture works by taking a look at this page. http://www.advertisingknowhow.com/jv/index.php

Incentives

Providing an incentive is a highly effective method of obtaining new subscribers. Of course, your incentive must be worthy of your target audience.

Here are some examples:

- eBooks that provide valuable information or solve a problem relative to your target audience.

- Reports providing exclusive and detailed information regarding a specific topic.

If you create these products yourself, along with obtaining subscribers you’ll have a viral tool that will bring in extra cash and build your credibility as an expert. By all means put a link to your sign-up page in these books and reports as well.

If your not comfortable developing these products yourself, you can find free ebooks all over the web. If you can obtain brandable ebooks to giveaway you’ll be able to earn some money as well.

- eCourses are another excellent choice and they provide a unique opportunity to show your expertise and gain credibility with your subscribers over a period of days.

Joint Venture Giveaway’s

Becoming a JV partner in a Giveaway is another highly effective way to get a massive number of subscribers. If you have a product of your own for inclusion your all set. Simply make sure that your product reflects the target audience your looking for.

If you don’t have your own product create one! Put together a package of other people’s products (that are licensed to be given away). You can’t claim ownership of the individual products, but you can claim ownership to the package you put together. Simply make sure that you understand the rights given with each product in your package.

Just remember when you set up your product to include an opt-in email. In cases such as a giveaway it’s easy to forget that you signed up for a newsletter as well as a product, so you’ll want to protect yourself from those lapses of memory.

Popup Windows

Popup windows, although annoying to many, are a very effective method of obtaining new subscribers. When combined with an incentive you can literally double your subscriptions instantly.

Rather than using a standard window that opens on page load, consider a first visit popup window to keep visitor annoyance at a minimum. This type of popup window only loads on the first visit and won’t pop up each time they visit.

Get a script here: http://www.web-source.net/javascript_codes.htm

Your window should contain information about your publication and incentive.

Make sure your auto-responder is set up to request verification of new subscribers.

In conclusion, no matter how many new subscribers you acquire, the key to a successful list is keeping them. The relationship you build with your subscribers will ultimately determine your success.

To keep those hard won subscribers from un-subscribing make sure you provide quality content, products and services. From the time you begin your publication, be yourself, be truthful, and develop a trusting relationship with your readers.

Whatever you offer or recommend should only be products and services that you truly believe in. Your reputation depends on it – and so does your list!

To Your Internet Marketing Success!

JV Giveaways

Just a short note today to let you know about the Saint Patrick’s Day Give-A-Way that began yesterday.

You’ll find private label ebooks, free advertising, list building products, source codes, traffic ideas, product packages, video tutorials, free memberships and a lot more…

If you’re interested in receiving some valuable products for no cost then go now because the event ends on March 27, 2007.

Click here to get your gifts NOW


An invitation for you…

To join with me and many of the top Internet marketers in a JV partnership offering a ton of PLR ebooks and software.

If you’re interested in building your opt-in list with a massive amount of subscribers then join me in the PLR Vault Giveaway. It begins on March 27th so you’ll want to sign up and get your product set up.

About 200,000 visitors are expected so exposure will be great – you don’t want to miss this so go now and Sign Up Here http://tinyurl.com/ywxso3


To Your Internet Marketing Success

Building An Affiliate Marketing Website - The Easy Way

There are many myths about affiliate marketing that attract people to give it a try, and when they don’t become a millionaire overnight they give up.

I’m here to tell you there is no overnight miracle to affiliate marketing or any other business you may attempt. But there are simple things that you can do to build a successful business using affiliate products in a fairly short period of time.

There is work involved, so if that turns you off, you’re definitely reading the wrong article and looking into the wrong business! I’m sorry if that sounds harsh, but better you find out now than after you have sunk thousands of hours and dollars into a business that isn’t what you expected or wanted.

For those of you who are serious about starting an online business, affiliate marketing is certainly the easiest way to begin. Affiliate programs are easy to join, free and if selected carefully will provide you with many tools to promote your products.

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If you don’t know anything about programming or html that’s ok. Site Build It! will take care of that too. You can choose from the many templates and color schemes available. You should have a text editor to write your copy though. I use TextPad (http://www.textpad.com/) but there are several free ones such as, Note Tab (www.notetab.com/) or NotePad, which may already be installed on your computer.

By day 6 you’ll have brainstormed your ideas to find your niche, chosen your domain name, have a list of keywords for your pages, and have all your ducks in a row to begin building your web pages. By day 10 you’ll have a website, be submitted to Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines. You’ll be set up with RSS, have a blog and be ready to roll!

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To your Internet success!