The Importance of Building a List

2 Comments | Posted in: Make Money Online on October 14, 2011

When attempting to sell a product or service online and finally make money online, building a list is one of the most important things. Most highly successful internet entrepreneurs will tell you that they only started making substantial profits once they understood the concept and the significance of a list. A list is comprised of the names and the email addresses of people that have visited your site.

As an enticement to have people provide you this information you want to give them a FREE gift that directly relates to your website. In other words, if you have a real estate site, you would write a 10 page e-book titled “Ten Tips Every Home Buyer Must Know”.

In order for them to download this book, they of course would have to enter their name and email address. The most popular company used today by the vast majority of online markets for collecting this data is called “Aweber”.

A list is very important for many reasons. First, people rarely purchase anything on the first visit to a website. Second, it is hard enough to get traffic to a site in the first place, but once somebody has provided you their name and email address you have identified a potential customer very interested in your product or service.

Third, once you have this data you now have the ability to market them forever. You will want to send out an email once or twice a week providing information that they will find beneficial attempting to establish yourself as an expert on your particular topic. It is very important not to be too pushy or having your emails sound like one sales pitch after another, but rather they should provide sensible advice that will help your potential clients. You want them to come to trust you as a highly respected authority in your field.

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  2. Becca Bucley says:

    The article is very interesting and useful! thanks for sharing!