!Starting My List!

[tonyg]

Thanks for the encouragement Craig and Tarun. I'll check out Mikes ListDotCom

I was just looking to see how long it took some of you to build your list to where

it is today. I'm not going to give up and fill highly accomplished because I have

a squeeze page done just as well for ALB and OAC already. So I just have to tend

my sites and wait. Once again Craig thank you for all your hard work. You have made

it that much 'easier' to get into IM and actually start on the right foot. SAC is like my

IM bible now haha and for good reason too. ;D

[alandrews]

Hi Everyone,

List building is no big secret it just takes time. As with almost every part of internet marketing list building is about developing a system and working that system.

Here are a few suggestions for building your list.

1. Writing articles for submission to article directories or ezines. The main thing here is to make sure you include a link back to your site in your signature file at the bottom of the article. Ideally you would want the link to go to a squeeze page where you would offer a free product or ecourse or something of value for their email address. Also make sure it’s good content.

2. Social Media Marketing. My space, face book, you tube, stumble upon…etc

3. Joint Ventures.

4. Blogging.

5. Tell a friend scripts.

6. Co-opts.

7. Giveaways. This can build your list really fast but it may not be as targeted as you would like. I have had good success with giveaways and continue to participate in at least one per month.

Hope this helps,

Al Andrews

[Mark Gray]

HI,

I am finding it very frustrating having no list.

I am beginning to see that without a list you really dont stand a chance of making
a living in affiliate marketing.

I have had ALB on front page of google for almost 5 days now and NOTHING
not 1 opt in.

Now this is probably more to do with my marketing techniques than anything else
but it seems to me that when product releases come around, lets say Google Nemesis
for example the people who are making all the money with least effort
are the ones with large lists.

I have followed a proven IM course to the letter with ALB and GN
with 0 success. Now dont get me wrong, i am not saying this doesnt work,
i know it works, it obviously has something to do with the way
i am creating sites etc (probbaly the lack of original content)
but it seems imperative to me that you MUST have a list.

26,000 video views in 20 hours for GN !!!!

You just know the big hitters with 1000`s on their list are
laughing all the way to the bank, while us small doodes
are lucky to make 1 sale (although i didnt expect to with GN
as i missed the boat).

I just wanted to say this to make a point - i dont beleive for 1 second
you can make a decent living without a list, offcourse everyone
may have started without a list (maybe not as you can buy them)
but its a hell of as hard slogg getting one started thats for sure.

I say keep on going, refining, learning, getting tips from some of those "big hitters"
and i "HOPE" that at some point, you (we) will start to hit the right
buttons and slowly but surely the list will start to grow.

I for one will definately be trying out ALB in my up comming
projects to see what difference this makes.

Mark

[davemac]

Hey Jason:

You might like to check out your spelling on your squeeze page. I didn't read it all, but for example you've misspelt "receive".

Cheers, Dave.

[tonyg]

I can relate man. It is a slow process and its just going to take TIME

and lots of it unfortunately. I say as long as we can get some leads

here and there on all these product launches eventually we

will have something thats longer than a to-do list haha. I have a few

subscribers and more unverified leads. But I believe there is some truth

in that you can make money without a list but it is like pulling teeth

if you are the little man on a budget going up against those with deep

pockets and a huge list. Lets just hang in their man and soak up more

info.

[Mason Tanner]

I have been building my list in the water4gas niche for about 2 weeks now and get about 3 leads per day out of 100 or page views or so. I tried the pop-up box and did not get a better opt in rate. I guess this is about what I can expect for that landing page. Is that a good opt-in rate or not? I am not sure. I make plenty of sales from the landing page but hardly anybody signs up for my newsletter. Maybe there is some way to optimize your page to increase the opt-ins without detracting from your affiliate link that you of course want them to click on. I thought the hover ad would be the silver bullet but I think people may find it irritating. Does anyone have any thoughts on that? Half the time people never verify their address which I don't understand. Oh well...its slow going but we'll get there.

[Mason Tanner]

BTW I really like your squeeze page Jason...nice work!

[affiliaterockstarx]

Hey Guys,

When I made sales for Mass Control and Product Launch Formula 2.0
I did not have an email list in the $2000 price range.

Yet I was able to make sales based on the amount of traffic
I received.

I had over 1200 hits in 30 days for PLF 2.0.

If you are on the first page of Google you will make sales.

It is really the only way to do it besides using Adwords.

If I can do it anyone can...




Craig

[Mason Tanner]

I did get on the first page of google for one particular keyword "halfwaterhalfgas" if you check it out you will see my wordpress blog and a few other things up there. however I have not made any sales yet with those but Im sure I will. I think I optimized for the wrong words because I thought there was less competition for halfwaterhalfgas then there is for half water half gas, but also less sales so I just use ppc and do see a good ROI so im going to leave it for now...But I did accomplish something by optimizing my pages and that is that I proved to myself that Craig's methods really do work (not that I had any doubt) and am 100% confident that I can go out there and optimize for some new launches and get some free sales which I have began to do...

I am not crystal clear on one concept from SAC and maybe someone can help me out....Do you optimize your keyword density (not including the tags) for all your pages for the same keyword? I dont see how you put "product name + revew" as 3% of your article and not make it sound awkward. If you just optimize all your sites for just the "product name" are you going to be at a disadvantage on launch day?

Thanks everyone for your input,

Mason

[affiliaterockstarx]

Hi,

Most searches are for the product name.

You can try to work in the product name review but
it is a little difficult at times to make it look natural.

Just try your best to create a smooth flow.

Craig