How to Build a Responsive List

Written by Linda Offenheiser


Everything you read concerning Internet Marketing tells you that you must have a list to succeed. That's true but it doesn't go far enough! If no one pays any attention to what you have to say, your list is worthless.

Here are some tips on how to getrepparttar response you want from your list:

Give Your Subscribers Time and Reason to Trust You.

Most marketers are too impatient. They think that just because someone has agreed to receive their ezine, emails, etc. they are going to run right out and buy everything they recommend. Nothing could be farther fromrepparttar 119900 truth.

It takes time to build rapport with those on your list. You have to let them get to know you; learn what makes you tick. Here are few ways you can do that:

If you have an ezine or newsletter that contains nothing but ads, with maybe an article thrown in here and there for good measure, you aren't going to build anything but disinterest. Tell your readers about you! Let them into your life. Let them know what's important to you; what your thoughts are. Just relate to them like a real person.

You have to prove to them that you aren't just focused onrepparttar 119901 almighty buck. You have to show them week after week that you want to help them succeed. Give them ideas and tips that will help them alongrepparttar 119902 path to that success.

Don't Throw Every Product That Comes Along at Them.

If you want your subscribers to trust you, you have to be very careful what you recommend to them. Make sure it's a quality program or product before you endorse it. That means you have to have personal experience with it. How can you honestly recommend anything that you've never used or been a part of?

If you're selective with your recommendations, eventually your list will trust what you say and at least check out your recommendations. Ifrepparttar 119903 product or service is something they can benefit from you'll have a new customer or affiliate.

Get All the Traffic With Blogs and RSS Feeds

Written by Craig Desorcy


Get Allrepparttar Traffic With Blogs and RSS Feeds Are you a small businessman setting up a brand new website to advertise your products? Maybe you already have an active website, but desire to make it more interesting. Either way, you’ll want to investigate blogs and RSS feeds to give your website some awe-inspiring zing!

Even good, hardworking marketers come up against a brick wall sometimes. How many times have you grabbed your head in frustration, wracking your brain for innovative ideas to liven up your website and get more public interest? Don’t fret! Blogs and RSS feeds have taken many small marketers’ websites and blown them sky-high with additional traffic and revenue.

Bruce, like you, was a hard-working businessman. Now Bruce is also a successful marketer, but he hasn‘t always successfully marketed his products. Several years ago he set out try his luck as a virtual salesman. First, he thought of his hobbies and decided to make a video about his most favored hobby - body-building. After months of preparation and spirits high, Bruce’s web-page was designed and his product on-line. “All-right!” he bragged to his good buddy, Jeff. “I’ve got my website up and running. Now I’m going to make big bucks on-line.” His optimism quickly died after three months when he had only sold five of his high-quality workout videos, Twenty Minutes a Day to a Fat-free Muscle-bound Bod!

How did Bruce solve his problem and become successful? Simple! Bruce put a blog onto his website that he updated every few days. He gave his personal account of trimming his figure. Bruce also used RSS feeds to announce new products that complemented his video, and was amazed atrepparttar 119899 increase in traffic and sales his website began bringing in. Within a week, his sales had skyrocketed past his wildest expectations!

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