In the last couple of weeks I have been concentrating my efforts on list building and developing a solid relationship with my subscribers, i have seen many of my peers in this industry shoot passed me in terms of list size by doing adswaps on a daily or twice daily basis,

The Benefit for them is they grow a list quite fast, a lot of them seem so concentrated on doing this that they never stop to think of why they have a list, (to make money), I know people with lists of 2000+ and are unable to sell anything to the list or just plain dont know how, all because they were only ever taught how to build the list, not use it.

It seems very common for marketers to avoid building a solid relationship with the list, be it being lazy or not understanding why its necessary, a lot of them claim they don’t know how or don’t have time, for me i sat down one evening and wrote 7 emails one after another, it took 2 hours and then loaded it in my autoresponder … so what do i have a result? was it necessary or just a waste of time?

I have set up two lists as an experiment, 1 list with 800 subscribers and one with 400, building a solid relationship with the list of 400 people and for the list of 800 people I have been mailing twice daily selling information products..

Continueing at this pace of over one month what are the results? was it silly of me to build a relationship? was it a waste of time?

Shown here are results

List of 400 Subscribers, average open rates for emails 21.375%
Clickbank earnings from this list in a 1 month period $179.54

List of 800 Subscribers, average open rates for emails 5.613%
Clickbank earnings from this list in a 1 month period $17.71

Enjoy the stats people I hope it helps.

Everybody in Internet marketing agrees that ‘the money is in the list’.

From day one, you need to be capturing leads and then communicating with your sign-ups effectively.

In fact, the list building is almost more important that the website … and you don’t actually have to own a website to start this essential process.

A well-established way of list building is the Joint Venture Giveaway, and you can see one that I’m currently involved with here:

http://new-jv-talent.com/easter/go/34/jv

Giveaways dominate in the Internet Marketing niche, but also flourish in other popular niches like Health and MLM/Network Marketing.

In this case, the Giveaway is concentrating on video training resources.

The basic process is this:

# A hosts sets up and advertises a JV Giveway event

# Contributors sign up and add their ‘gifts’ to the website … these are usually e-books, software packages, audios or videos

# These gifts are usually offered free of charge, but members have to sign up to the contributor’s email list in order to receive their gift … hence this is a ‘list building exercise’ for contributors

# After a pre-determined period of contributors adding gifts to the site, the doors open, and members can sign up and see what’s on offer

# Usually it’s a downloading frenzy, a trolley dash where you can download e-products for free … and many of them can be resold for profit

# Members are encouraged to promote the JV Giveaway, and incentives are usually given to encourage this

# Credits or commissions are usually awarded for referring people and possibly downgrade penalties if nobody is referred.

Many people sign up to Giveaway events just to help themselves to freebies, and there is nothing wrong with this.

If people didn’t do this, the marketers would not generate any new leads … so a Giveaway thrives on its ‘freebie seekers’.

However, there is no better place to be – if you’re serious about your online business and your list building – than at the front of the queue … and that means being a contributor and taking an active part in a Giveaway.

For first-timers, it’s best to take a free listing … most, if not all Giveaway events, offer a free listing option.

At the Easter giveaway there’s even a ‘Newbies Bootcamp’ which shows you exactly how to create a first listing at absolutely no cost to you whatsoever … and challeges you to sign up your first 10 referrals to convince yourself that this process really works.

Once you’re convinced about the process, having ventured nothing but your time, you can start to get really involved and get the additional benefits of taking an upgrade.

When you do this, you get text adverts and One Time Offers, as well as the ability to list more of your products.

Most Giveaways are so reasonably priced, you only have to sell one of your One Time Offers and you’ll have earned your fee back.

So, what are you waiting for?

Whatever niche you’re in, there’s bound to be a benefit in taking part in these Giveaway events.

Sign-up Here right now and convince yourself that Giveaways really are the place to be if you want to build a list fast.

I hope to see your name at the top of the leader board at http://new-jv-talent.com/easter/go/34/jv!

Colm Wynne

Hey guys,

Been a while since I’ve updated here but just to give you a run down on what ive been up to.

In recent times Ive been using YouTube as a way to market various products, more specifically i have had the good luck to have gotten my hands on Frank Michaels secret affiliate income and done a video in response to this,

The benefit of this is that the video will stay online for a long time and create a permanent back link to a product, this could be your own product or that which you are affiliated to.

Take a look at the video created and if you have time look at his sales page, this product is in my opinion a mush have for all affiliate marketers..

Here is a link to the video I have been talking about…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHRo9L4PN9k

Thanks,

Colm