http://buildthatlist.net Build That List! is a blog for internet marketers looking to build their online email list. Also, information on how to get traffic to your website, and affiliate marketing. Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:35:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know if you have ever done this, but it's very important when sending out emails to your opt-in list. You have to make sure that you are writing to them specifically, and not to all your subscribers. Why? When you write an emails in a friendly, and personal ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/09/06/speak-to-the-reader-not-an-audience/ Setting Up A Mini-Site that will Dramatically Increase The Rate Of Opt-Ins As I mentioned before using a mini-site (also known as forced opt-ins, and squeeze pages) is one of the best ways to get opt-ins. Why is that? It's because you aren't giving them many choices. They have the choice ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/08/10/15-days-to-building-a-list-day-9/ I must admit. I get distracted easy. Checking my email constantly is a tempting thing. There's one thing That I want to point out here is that there is a difference between leisure time and distractions. Leisure Time - Leisure time is the time that you spend doing the things you ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/08/04/are-distractions-stopping-you-from-making-money/ Some of you may have been wondering where I have been for the past few days, and why I haven't been writing posts. Well I have been devouring Jimmy D. Browns membership site List and Traffic There's just so much information that I've had no time to do anything else. Not ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/08/02/where-ive-been-for-the-past-few-days/ Do you have the Google and Alexa toolbars installed on your browser? If you don't it would be a great idea. These two toolbars are great research toolds, and a great indication at where your site is at. Let's look at what each one does: Google Toolbar: You can search google directly ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/07/30/google-toolbar-and-alexa-toolbar/ Are you selling to your readers or are you providing them with good useful content? This is a good point that I want to stress upon. You could instantly lose a reader if you try to sell to them right away. The reason for that is because then you look ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/07/29/15-days-to-building-a-list-day-8/ Increase Website Traffic This is the problem everyone has. They might have a highly optimized site with a great opt in forms, but you can't get any subscribers without any traffic. Website traffic is the key to getting subscribers. Today I'm going to explain to you the many ways of getting ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/07/27/15-days-to-building-a-list-day-7/ It can be tough as an email marketer. What you write will be the determinate if the subscriber will stay or leave. So you have to do a few things. You have to try to achieve a few things with your subscriber. - First you want to build a relationship with ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/07/26/what-to-do-with-your-new-subscribers/ Now you have all your opt in forms on your webpages, but you have no traffic, and no follow up messages set up. Let's work on creating the first message. Log into Aweber. Click on the messages tab. Next, you'll want to click on the link that says 'create message 1' I usually ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/07/26/15-days-to-building-a-list-day-6/ This term may seem evil to some, and some of you may have symptoms of being a workaholic. Is it really all that bad? It depends. I've been doing some thinking of this, and thinking of the two types of workaholics. There's forced workaholics, and voluntary workaholics. The forced ones are ... http://buildthatlist.net/2006/07/22/workaholic/