{"id":284,"date":"2014-02-19T18:46:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T08:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/build-your-list-simple-easy\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T02:53:40","slug":"build-your-list-simple-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/build-your-list-simple-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Your List. Simple. Easy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep. Everyone tells you it\u2019s simple and easy to build a list. So let\u2019s find out if it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways you can build a list.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>you can buy a list (<em>but how do you know those people have agreed to be \u2018sold\u2019, in other words you better make sure they optin to you or you could find yourself in breach of spam laws<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>you can do a deal with someone else and cross promote each other to each other\u2019s list (<em>so how do you do that if you don\u2019t have one? hmmmm<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>you can agree to do a co-registration thing where when people sign up to one person\u2019s list they end up on other people\u2019s list as well (<em>now I know how my inbox has been swelling<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>you can put a product into one<!--more--> of those Giveaway promotions (<em>although<\/em> <em>if people are clued up they will give a dud email address or one they rarely use<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> I\u2019m sure there are other ways but it boils down to two types \u2013 buy\/rent or do a deal with other people. They work. You WILL get email addresses and maybe even names. The question is, what is the quality of that list?<\/p>\n<p>Far better, and more reliable, is to <strong>build your own list<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, it may not be quick but you can control that to a great degree.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, to get people on your list you will need to exert some effort and be diligent.<\/p>\n<p>But it will work.<\/p>\n<p>When I started I had no one on my list. Now I have a database (aka list) of over a thousand. Not huge but it\u2019s building and they are all people who signed up to ME. So they already know who I am and hear from me regularly.<\/p>\n<h3>Tell me what do I need to build a list?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/MP9004312501.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"MP900431250\" border=\"0\" alt=\"MP900431250\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/MP900431250_thumb1.jpg?resize=240%2C174\" width=\"240\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a>Want to know what to do to get people onto a list that\u2019s all yours? In essence there are three things you need to build a list. And when you get these happening right, and work them, then it\u2019s like dominoes. Everything starts to fall the way you want it to!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>something to offer people <\/li>\n<li>an opt-in form<\/li>\n<li>an autoresponder system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let\u2019s break that down \u2026 tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep. Everyone tells you it\u2019s simple and easy to build a list. So let\u2019s find out if it\u2019s true. There are many ways you can build a list. you can buy a list (but how do you know those people have agreed to be \u2018sold\u2019, in other words you better make sure they optin to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/build-your-list-simple-easy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Build Your List. Simple. 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