List building is deemed as the most important task of your whole internet marketing business. You can be the best writer, best web designer as well as the best graphic designer but if you are the worst list builder, you are not going to make enough money to pay your bills.
Therefore it is very important to learn the art of list building that can allow you to outshine other internet marketers in your niche.
Here are the 3 most useful tips that I use for building my list
1) Article Marketing: This is by far the best list building method I use for building my list. To be frank with you, 80% of my list comes from article marketing while the other 20% comes from the other 2 method below. Writing articles help to establish you as the expert in your niche and allow you to create a targeted list of subscribers. This is because people who are reading your articles are those who are really interested in what you are offering and thus are more likely to buy from you.
2) Search Engine Marketing: This method is to push your website to the top 10 spot of google search for a group of targeted keywords. With your website rank high in Google and Yahoo for your targeted keywords, your website will more likely be clicked and thus increase your chance of getting more subscribers.
3) Ezine Marketing: Talking about targeted prospects, ezine can also be one of the method to generate targeted leads for you if you have done your homework properly. You have to search for ezines that cater to your niche and has a responsive list. Therefore I suggest you try out one ezine by one to find your best ezines.
Building a targeted list is more important than building a big list because the key to your income lies in the responsiveness of your list. I only concentrate my effort on the above 3 methods of list building because it provides me with very targeted prospects compared to other methods.
Now put this into practice and you will see the result soon.