Putting an email list together may in fact be time consuming. But there is a way to get it right. I had the same problem when I started my business. Try to buy email listing. There is a lot businesses that sell them. If you're interested, here is the info: Email Listing Service
There are a few ways. 1) Build tons of content sites and require the user to put in their email address before they get access 2) SIgnup with a company like Copeac.com you can offer email submits to affiliates.
Be careful with the cheap email leads...trust me, you don't want to buy a list which was collected by spambots.
Fantastic, you are all helping me a lot here, I was always of the mind never to buy lists? And maybe as linsys said collect data from sites, Some pointers on the actual collection of emails would be good E.g. on some sort of discount offer etc….
Don't get me wrong, eg Getresponse's lead generation service is great, their smallest package is like 200 leads for $89? http://www.getresponse.com/leads_offer.html
I'd highly recommend building your own list slowly. There are many marketing methods to help you creat a brand new list with trus relationship, and help you build it. It is the most profitable way. Here's a 10 Steps Free Email Marketing Guide you might want to take a look at. Good luck
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