It gets talked about all the time in internet marketing circles that you need to build a list. The money’s in the list. The gold is in the list – and I completely agree. But why is this actually the case? Why build a list?
Having a list is probably your single most valuable asset as an internet marketer. It means you can bring in sales and make money just from sending out an email. Of course it’s not quite that simple because you need to invest time and probably money in building it in the first place, but the rewards are well worth it and it really does give you money on tap. You can be sitting there, send out an email and within a few hours see your balance rise by a significant amount.
That’s not the only reason though. A list gives you power. It means that you can adswap with other internet marketers or offer adspace in return for payment or even offering it as a bonus.
In any business one of the biggest costs (if not THE biggest cost) is acquiring new customers. A lkist means you can sell to the same people over and over again without it costing you anything extra. Why sell once when you can sell to someone again and again?
The good news too is that once someone has bought from you it gets easier. They are far more likely to buy products in the future because they have a pre-existing relationship with you, and it’s possible to upsell them to far more expensive products  – coaching programs, recurring income membership sites, etc.
Take a look at all the top internet marketers. In most cases the majority of their efforts is concentrated on building their list and selling to their subscriber base. The best ones have a good sales funnel that makes them money on autopilot. Imagine waking up in the morning to find all the sales you have made overnight through your autoresponder sequence. That’s what having a list gives you.

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Using giveaways to build your list is becoming an increasingly popular method, and providing you do it right it’s easy to generate a large amount of subscribers in very little time.

A giveaway event is basically a website where marketers upload products for other people to download for free. These products can be anything – eBooks, short reports, audio products, video products, etc.

In order to gain access to the products, people first have to sign up to the giveaway event (so the organiser of the giveaway gets to build their list) and then people also have to opt-in again to download any individual product (so the person who puts the product on the site gets to build their own list.)

Contributing a free product to a giveaway event can therefore be very lucrative. People sign-up to giveaway events because they’re looking for free products, and if you can provide a product that people want then you should generate plenty of new subscribers.

The most important thing is that you give away a QUALITY product. Many people upload products to giveaway events that are outdated, tired, and are generally rubbish.

You can’t offer crap. Sure you’ll get opt-ins, but if the product is rubbish then people will very quickly unsubscribe.

The other thing to consider is the quality of the giveaway event. Some giveaways seem to be put together in a great hurry, look very unprofessional, and have lots of rubbish products. Do you really want to be associated with a giveaway like that? Probably not.

It’s a good idea to promote the giveaway you’re participating in. By generating referrals to the giveaway you will in most cases help your product appear more prominently in the giveaway. On some sites it is a requirement that you generate a certain amount of referrals before you are allowed to contribute a free product.

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