Everyone wants to build a list. It’s the easiest way to hands free, auto-pilot income. Once you have a sizeable list, you can be guaranteed a pretty hefty pay day whenever you want it. But many people struggle to build their list from scratch, so in this article I’m going to give you the five fundamental keys to build an exponentially growing list of subscribers in any niche.

Key #1
A Strong Offer

In order to get people to give you their email address, they’re gonna want some value. You can’t give away the same old resale rights crap anymore. You have to give away something unique that a LOT of people want; something that solves a major problem for a lot of people. A free report or an eCourse are the two most common opt-in incentives. Before you begin building your list you need to create your opt-in incentive.

Key #2
A High Converting Squeeze Page

The aim of a squeeze page is to convert as many visitors into subscribers as possible. You can see one of my most successful squeeze pages (and get a fantastic report) by clicking HERE.

Feel free to model your own squeeze page on my own.

The most important thing you must be doing is constantly testing and tweaking your page to boost conversions. I’m not happy with a squeeze page until it converts at around 50%. Create a variation of your page with a few tiny tweaks. Test it against the original. If it converts slightly better, then get rid of the original. Then create another variation and test that against the first variation. Keep doing this until your opt-in rate reaches around 50%.

Key #3
A Cash Producing Opt-in Process

When visitors subscribe, it means they are interested in what you have to say. This is the ideal time to sell to them. Once they opt-in redirect them to a confirmation page to explain how they can confirm their email address (if you are using double opt-in). On this page explain what they have to do to confirm their email address (in my report Accelerated List Building I share a fantastic technique to sky-rocket the number of people who confirm), and then present them with a special offer.

You’ll find a large number of people will take advantage of this special offer. They’ll then go and confirm their email address, and you can redirect them to a thank you page. On this page you present them with what they signed up for and then give them another special offer. Again, quite a few people will take advantage and this is more money in your back pocket before you’ve even sent any emails.

I recommend you subscribe over at http://www.acceleratednicheprofits.com just to view the entire opt-in process.

Key #4
A Content Packed Cash Producing Follow Up Sequence

Your follow up sequence is where the real money is made. If you get this part right then you will have money flowing in 24/7 without you having to lift a finger.

When creating my follow up sequences I follow a few rules.

  • Provide fantastic free content
  • Interact with subscribers (ask them questions, encourage them to get in touch)
  • Follow the 75% content 25% offer rule
  • Only promote fantastic products
  • Don’t overload subscribers with emails daily. I like to send an email every 3-4 days.

Again, you can see my follow up sequence by subscribing at http://www.AcceleratedNicheProfits.com

Key #5
Traffic, Traffic and more Traffic

It’s no use having the above four keys in place because without traffic because we won’t get any subscribers and we definitely won’t make any money. Traffic is the hardest part of online business. It’s also the most frustrating. But it can be a doddle with the help from an expert who actually practices what he preaches.

Automatic Traffic Blast is an incredible system, and if you follow it I guarantee you’ll start to see mammoth amounts of traffic within days. You can see what it’s all about HERE.

Here are some things you can start doing today however to ramp up your traffic.

  • Submit articles to article directories
  • Contact blog owners and ask if they can publish your articles in exchange for a link back
  • Comment on high traffic blogs and link back to your squeeze page
  • Answer questions on Yahoo Answers and link back to your site
  • Social networking (e.g. Twitter, Facebook etc)
  • PPC
  • Forum marketing

There are a few things you can begin to do, but if you want to seriously ramp up your traffic then get Automatic Traffic Blast

This is a very rough outline of the list building process. It’s a quick start guide to getting going. I’ve found there to be only one product on the market that reveals EVERYTHING about building and profiting from your very own opt-in list. It’s called the Super List Building System and is a complete step-by-step crash course to almost force you into taking action and getting your own online business up and running - in a matter of days… not months.

It more than just teaches you what to do, it also gives you a great big kick up the backside if you aren’t putting the steps into practice. This could be the product that motivates you to build your own online business very, very quickly.

You can get the Super List Building System HERE.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this article. I love writing things like this because I know it will help a lot of people. I have an exam on Wednesday and really should be revising, but this is much more fun :)

Let me know what you think with a comment below, and if you enjoyed this article then please feel free to Tweet about it.

Over and out,
James Penn

P.S. As a thank you just for reading this article, please accept this free audio interview as a gift. It’s called The Great Big List Building Lie. You don’t need to opt-in, just go and listen to it HERE.

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