28. Some Speedy and Simple Ways to Build Your Successful Money Spinning Opt-In List Today

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Today I am going to share another of my Articles that I submitted to Article Directories.  It concentrates on building a successful optin list.  I hope you enjoy the information I am sharing and do appreciate any feedback you may have for me.

Some Speedy and Simple Ways to Build Your Successful Money Spinning Opt-In List Today

© By Carol Harridge

We Have All Heard That The Money is in the List Haven’t We? Have You Got One? Well! It Definitely Is Important For You To Build Your List As Soon As Possible For Today And Tomorrow! Let me share with you the very best, most successful, fastest ways to do this.

Let’s put a scenario forward that depicts you as being at a place where you have finally come to appreciate the importance that you really do need to have a good quality list that has opted in to you. You now feel you have read numerous articles and information about the importance of having a good quality list, attended coaching programs related to the topic, as well as seminars etc and also questioned a number of experts for their advice on this topic. You have also read a vast number of success stories that related to people who were now earning a huge amount of money from their own opt-in lists. All of a sudden you find you are in a place where you believe you now know all there is to know about opt-in lists, and about how to create them etc., having followed all the learnings you have partaken in right down to the last letter, you feel, but you have found you are still not making any money worth writing home about, and with definitely no profits showing for all these efforts.

In reality, there is a possibility you might even have lost money at this point. You may have even decided to outsource to get some writers to assist you, but this has resulted in extra costs to pay them. You may have even built a reasonably large list this way but find that only a small amount of people are actually buying from you, which has definitely resulted in loss of profits. You may not even come to this realisation until a few months down the track when you work out your profits and losses for this time.

You begin to wonder what went wrong? You may start to question as to why so many others have been successful at this when you feel you have “failed”. Usually the most frequent mistake people make is that they jump right in too fast. They haven’t researched their chosen topic enough to find out if it is a popular one to share with their list that is what their list is looking for, and that they could actually make money from this topic/ product if they shared it with their list. Just because we send out to our lists, does not mean that people are actually going to buy from us.

Just a little advice, if you have already started building your opt-in list but feel that you failed at doing so correctly the last time, it is so important to not give up now. These issues are all part of the hiccups of life. Everyone goes through them as part of their learning curves. Do not worry! You will be able to revive your previously unsuccessful endeavor. And for those just starting out to build their opt-in lists, I would like to share with you Some Speedy Simple Ways To Build Your Successful Money-Spinning Opt-In List

• It is important to not start sending out to your lists with products for them to buy from you. You really need to get your list to know, like and trust you first. They have only just joined your list and they do not yet see you as an expert, nor someone they can trust purchasing from quite yet. It is time now to send out many free articles etc to them, as well as information to them that you really know something about. It is also time to share some of yourself with them, so they get to see you as human, approachable, a person. Also visit Forums related to your niche so you can gain first-hand knowledge of what people are currently looking for – what their needs and wants are, and then you will be able to target these in the correct way.

• Not only should you visit Forums to see what people really want and need but you should also join Forums related to your niche as well. This is your opportunity to provide support, knowledge, expertise, advice and information to people you are ahead of with knowledge, in order to help them genuinely, of course, but also to build up their trust, and when you have accomplished this you definitely will be able to start building your very own opt-in list. You will also, at the same time, be building trust with other Forum members, and building friendships, as well as future business partnerships. You can also ask them to join your list, and you theirs. It is quite a true thing that friends almost always are very good customers. Also, share with your customers/ those on the Forums a link to your site – your Blog? so they can get to find out more about you and what your business is all about. The absolute truth is that money will not flow towards you until your customers and subscribers know, like and trust you. They are looking for products or services that are a very good exchange, in their eyes, for the parting of their very hard-earned cash. They really aren’t going to purchase items from you, as a result of your advice, when they really don’t know you, nor whether they like or trust you at this stage.

• It is extremely important to search out, and uncover, a product or service people really want and need to purchase from you. When you have researched thoroughly to find what they really do want and need, even though this actual niche may not be an area you feel you are particularly strong in, it is important to push forwards and use this information to produce something you now know they actually do want and need. Just devote the essential time, effort , research and learning in to a finding, and producing, a product or service that you are actually able to sell as easily to your customers or subscribers that equally provides this same opt-in list, simultaneously, with products and services they will now definitely be able to utilise.

Whilst it is certainly a fact that it is better to sell products and services you have expertise and/ or an interest in, maybe not many people will have the same interests as you, and you therefore may be selling something to your customers that is not going to be beneficial at all to them, nor profitable to you. When you actually do take the necessary time to research something they want and need thoroughly enough you will actually, in the process, become more knowledgeable in that area and you will definitely see profits result for your efforts. The power of word-of-mouth advertising cannot be underestimated either, so the building of these genuine relationships based on knowing, liking and trusting, that take time to establish, and when achieved it I also important to provide your customer/ subscribers with advertising material as well that they can share with others so they can help spread the message virally about your product or service.

• It cannot be underestimated the importance of forming strong friendships with your opt-in list of purchasers / subscribers. There is an incredible amount of articles/ products/ services/ reports available out there on the internet, but there is no substitute for obtaining information as to what products and services are the best out there to procure, than from someone you know, like and trust and that is where you come in having built that firm relationship with them that is based around these 3 important areas.

• Also, it is important as you may be fortunate enough to have people opt-in to your list who have already established their own successful opt-in list, as you will be able to form a strong, business partnership with them as well. Experience is definitely the greatest teacher and these experienced opt-in list builders will be able to relate to you things to do and things that might be better not to do as they have already experienced the successful steps and the pitfalls themselves. Even though situations can be quite dissimilar for different people and circumstances, the overall learning curves they have been through can still be extremely beneficial to cut your journey shorter. There really are quite a lot of things you should steer clear of and these experienced people on your opt-in list will be able to help you avoid them.

To build a successful and profitable opt-in list is definitely not an overnight event. There are lot of things to prepare, and much effort to apply. Everyone’s opt-in list starts from zilch, even the “gurus”. As your opt-in list grows, and it will if you follow the essential steps to do so, it is vitally important to preserve the quality of your opt-in list. You should keep it ordered and manageable. If you need to outsource and get assistance in some areas, then it is important that you do so. The most important thing is to ensure your customers/ subscribers are pleased and happy with the service you are providing, that they know, like and trust you, and they will then definitely be eager to purchase from you. Good luck with your successful opt-in list building!

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I hope this information has been helpful to you and I really do look forward to feedback, questions, recommendations etc.

Well.  That’s all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to read this post.

Have a great day everyone!

Talk again soon,

Until next time,

4 Responses to “28. Some Speedy and Simple Ways to Build Your Successful Money Spinning Opt-In List Today”

  1. Hi Carol,

    Awesome post! I am about to start concentrating on list building so this post was perfect timing.

    I hope all is going well. See you back here soon! :mrgreen:

    Jacinta :D

  2. Hi Jacinta,

    Thanks so much for your comments. I am glad it was helpful. All is going well and I look forward to you returning.

    Carol

  3. Carol,

    One way I build my opt-in list is through ad-swaps. I know there are other ways, but with time constraints, ad-swaps seem to work well for me.

    Best regards,
    Cheryl Jones

  4. Hi Cheryl,

    Great to meet you.

    I am not working Internet Marketing any more.

    I am working a successful eBay business.

    Best regards,

    Carol

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