Unusual List-Building Techniques

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If you're an Internet Marketer you probably already know that having a big purchasing email list is of primary importance. In fact, you'd be spinning your wheels if you weren't putting most of your efforts into building such a list once you have your product for sale on a decent website.nnThere are lots of articles available on how to build a list, and most will instruct you on the basics. The key is finding a freebie relating to your niche, then advertising this giveaway with a squeeze page where you gather email address. This article is for you if you've begun that process and have already begun marketing your squeeze page in spots using articles, safelists, forums and traffic exchanges. Here we'll discuss some methods of getting email addresses added to your list that are a little more unusual, but effective.nnGo to the FairnnRent a spot at the local craft fair, county fair, flea market, etc. This will cost you something, but it will be worth it.nnFind a physical product you can obtain at a low price and give away. It should be something of value or something cool that relates to your niche. Include the URL for your opt in page. You could easily gather hundreds of local list members with this method.nnPost FlyersnnWrite up a quick eye-attracting sales flyer about your opt-in page giveaway. Print up a few hundred copies. Then post it everywhere you can think of - grocery store bulletin boards, malls, shops, utility poles, trees in parks - everywhere.nnAfter you've hit all your local areas, pay someone 25 - 50 cents per post to put them up in more remote areas. Doing this you can not only get them up faster, but you can market to areas you couldn't otherwise visit yourself; perhaps throughout the world! This will cost you about 25-50 cents per post, but thousands more people could see your flyer. Don't forget to get proof that your hired help has actually posted as many flyers as he or she claims. Requiring digital pictures is one good way. Or, if they're close enough, randomly audit the locations.nnJoint Venture Swap - AdvancednnThis is for those with a good-sized list already who want to increase its size.nnFind a Clickbank product in your niche with a low gravity rating, say 10-30. Contact the owner saying you'll mail their sales letter to your list without an affiliate link, just the owner's own page if, in exchange, the owner will place your squeeze page ad on the thank you page.nnSay you'll also teach him a proven way to increase his gravity number. When he agrees you give him the link to CBCentrifuge.com with instructions to build about 20 affiliate accounts and drop them into the free software obtained there. This software will automatically rotate those affiliate accounts whenever the owner's marketing efforts result in a sale. This, in turn, raises his gravity rating. A larger gravity rating means more affiliates will work to sell the product.nnYou'll get a big increase in your list plus a new joint venture partner who will follow you wherever you go!nnReview Books on VideonnMany people know you can write book reviews for items that are sold on Amazon, but not everyone knows you can do so on video. The first thing you need to do is find a book in your niche at Amazon.com. Read it. Then make a video of yourself talking about the book and how valuable it was to you in your business.nnBefore you upload it to Amazon, you need to do one or more of the following. First, you can overlay the domain name for your squeeze page unobtrusively on the video. Second, at the end of your video review, tell those interested to learn more about your niche topic by visiting your site and signing up for your list. Thirdly, put your website URL in your member profile at Amazon. That way when people click on your name, they'll link to your site.nnWhat kind of people do you want most on your list? Online buyers! That's exactly what you'll get from Amazon.n nConclusionnnWhen it comes to list-building your imagination is the only limit. Think globally, regionally and locally. Think online and offline. Take the time now to give things away free so you can make more sales later, over and over again!

About the Author

Learn more about how to build a list, along with other topics relevant to Internet Marketing at my blog - http://www.IMtoolboxblog.com . And don't forget to check out CB Centrifuge at http://cbcentrifuge.com/.

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