List-Building Mind-Map

These keep your list from going "cold"

Follow 60/40 rule

Add new emails every day or week, shoot for 40 or so

Spread the distribution to every few days, don't send emails every single day

Write commission-grabbing swipe email

Follow AIDA principle

Short and sweet is best

Include "call-to-action" and link to squeeze page

Find traffic sources

solo ads - fast and effective, but must pay for them

use safe-swaps and warrior forum

blogs in your niche

make a deal with blog owner to send to their list

Provide something they can use for their blog or pay them

free traffic

use forums in your niche

blog commenting in your niche

Consistency is key

Build your list every day

ask yourself, "What am I doing today to move my business forward?"

Set goals to hit each month

Remember - a large list (10,000 and above) SHOULD be a full time income if monetized properly

When you're ready, make your own product to sell

use PLR or create from scratch

include an inital offer, an upsell, and a downsell

split test the heck outta your sales funnel!

Learn from others, get on other marketers' lists

Get yourself a coach/mentor to build business fast

set up domain and webhosting first

use namecheap for domain

use hostgator for webhosting

Use a template - don't make from scratch

When designing the squeeze page

Pique their interest

offer something for free

LESS is MORE! Don't use a lot of copy

connect the web form to your aweber account

Upload files to your server via filezilla

use aweber

Create a list & fill in details

Turn confirmed opt-in OFF

create a web form

don't need the name field

use your affiliate link

in custom thank you page

in already-subscribed

Stick to the "Big 4" Markets

Subtopic

Find Product to Promote on Clickbank.com

Find a best-selling product (look at product gravit)

Make sure product has good sales page (video is a big plus)