Four Ways to Build a List with No Money

[Rudi Vanhaecke]

 

 

You’ve heard it before – if you want to succeed online you must have a list of your own.

 

 

Every guru says it. Ever wonder why?

 

 

Because it’s true!

 

 

How about you? Do you have a list yet?

 

 

If not, here are four simple ideas you can use today to start building a list of your own even if you don’t have any money to spend, a website of your own or any traffic!

 

 

These are all methods I have used, and I still use each of them today.

 

 

These tactics work for me and have for years. I hope they will work for you too.

 

 

Idea 1 – Your Email Signature Line

 

 

Go to your “sent email” folder right now and look at the email you sent today. I’m willing to guess that your email does not include an offer for someone to join your mailing list.

 

 

But it should!

 

 

Think about this – If you send only 20 emails a day (including replies) then you are sending over seven thousand emails a year!

 

 

What if only 1 in 7 people saw your link and joined your list?

 

 

That’s over 1000 subscribers to your list … free!

 

 

Idea 2 – Forums

 

 

Ever visit a forum and ask a question? Many have but they don’t leverage the experience in their favor. Just about every forum out there offers a signature line feature, yet we see thousands of posts with no signature.

 

 

Don’t make this mistake! If you post on the Warrior Forum or Michael Green’s How To Forum or any other, make sure to include a link where people can join your list.

 

 

Again, free and very effective. Put time on your side with this one!

 

 

Idea 3 – Twitter

 

 

Ah, Twitter – friend or foe? Great marketing tool or time waster?

 

 

Great marketing tool!

 

 

Here’s how you can use Twitter today to begin building your list with no money. Start following people you know of and replying to their Tweets. Make sure your reply makes sense and won’t waste people’s time.

 

 

Fan Tweets – replying to a Tweet with something like “loved your book about ___” are 100% okay and often much appreciated.

 

 

Once you have been following for a while you will get followers too, and become a recognizable name in your circles. When that happens, send a short Tweet about your new mailing list and where people can join it.

 

 

Sure, it takes some time and there is software to “automate” this process. But no software in the world can automate the personal touch, and that’s what is needed to build lists.

 

 

Idea 4 – Your Blog

 

 

If you don’t have a website you might be thinking “sounds good Rudi but where do I send them to sign up?” Fair question.

 

 

The answer is your blog. If you don’t have a blog there is simply no reason to wait any longer. Go to Blogger.com and get one now. It’s free, they have templates you can use that look professional.

 

 

 

If you can type, you can blog. And you should. Once you get a blog just put a form on it for your list and you are good to go!

 

 

So there you have it, four ways to begin building a real list of your own with no money and no traffic!

 

 

Your email signature line

Forums

Twitter

Your own blog

 

 

 

Begin using these methods today and you will put time on your side. Sooner than you think, you will have a mailing list of your own. And having a powerful mailing list is a beautiful thing indeed!

 

[Heath Miles]

Hi, that is some very valuable advice for anyone that is trying to build there own list.

 

These 4 methods are excellent.

 

Heath Miles