Is building a list mandatory?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by cheece2001, Aug 4, 2009.

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    Is building a list mandatory to be successful with affiliate marketing and haveing the ability to send poeple stuff? How many of yuor are building a list? And in what ways do you go about building that list. Is it pretty much a landing page that you just get traffic from the stand methodsl ike video marketing , writing articles and all those others ones and ppc?
    Also if you have a list, hwo often are you blasting a message to them?
    Can i just work with a landing page that has a link witch takes them to the product in with they can look over and from there decide if they want to purchase without having to enter any information?
     
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  2. Kat Fuschillo

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    Hey,

    You don't have to have one. But, they're a great way to increase your income.
    All you need is a squeeze page and an auto-responder.

    It's up to you how often you email your list and what you email them with. I would suggest testing the frequency and the content, and then go with what works/converts the best.

    I hope this helps.

    Kat Fuschillo
     
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  3. cheece2001

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    Can I do this. Have a squeeze page and get the emails and all that and when the user clicks that link in the email they receive, then they will be taken to business opportunity in witch they can in that page click a link on that new page to proceed to payment. The new page that they will be taken to will actually be the page they go to next after the landing page minus the fact they they have to type in some extra info to get to that page.

    Also my question is , is it better to have them enter the information and go through the hassle to click on a link that will take them to the next page or just have a standard link saying "join free" witch will take then right away to the next page in witch they can choose to make a payment or not.

    What converts better?
     
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    ian spence Banned

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    You have to think about it in terms of the amount of competition you have. Potential customers need to be exposed (on average) up 7 times to your website before they'll trust you enough to spend money with you.

    It's not about "selling", it's about building up relationships with people - who've subscribed to your list. Then you provide them with useful information. When and IF they see you as someone they can trust, then you'll get their custom. By opting-in through your squeeze page, they're giving you permission to send them your URL once or twice a week. You need a properly srtuctured email campaign to load into an autoresponder such as Aweber.com

    That's why a list is so important
     
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    so i can't have just a landing page and then at the bottom a link to take them to the opportunity and from there on they can decide if they want it or not. So u're saying if that what i just says shows them the opportunity only once right, and if i show it to them a few more times they are likely to look into what i have and will trust me... right?

    Also, why is it that in search result i never see landing page kinda stuff. Is it because all these people that get their traffic to their landing page is from ppc?
    Like what i am promoting is on the left in my sig... it has a button to go and make the purchase. Should i just have a landing page before that page and have them when they enter their email , have them continue to that page thats on my sign?
     
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  6. ian spence

    ian spence Banned

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    That's not the point of a landing page. A landing page has ONE job to do... to collect the name and email of your POTENTIAL clients. You must offer them someting of value too though, such as a free ebook or other such item of high content, quality, and value.

    Probably more article marketing than ppc ( I do article marketing), so if you type in something like "make money online" there's a fairly good chance of clicking through to someone's article, at the bottom of which will be their Bio (resource "box") in which there'll be a link to their landing page. The good thing about article marketing is that it can be done for free if you write them yourself, whereas things like ppc are not.

    It's maybe a little different in the offline world, but would you buy online from someone you didn't know?
     
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  7. Perry Rose

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    cheece2001, are you bored? Why are you asking this question you already seen the answers to?

    Get off your ass and do the things you are asking about.
     
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    Build a List...if you want to make money.... Do not build a list if you wanna be broke... Hope that gave you the point.
    Robert
     
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    So, any webmaster out there who doesn't have a list, and knows the reality of them are broke?
     
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