8 Ways to Building Lists of Subscribers Fast

We need to be building lists. No, not because the gurus told us so, but because having subscribers allow us to have a peace of mind. You don’t have to worry all that much about Google Slap (if you do PPC) or being banned from Google Search for breaking the Google guidelines. Cause you’ll be able to survive from your subscribers alone. It’s also an excellent relationship building tool. Most of the time the first-time visitors and casual readers of your blog won’t buy anything from you. Even if they do, the conversion rate of your blog will be pathetic, probably less than 1%. The only way you can have a better conversion rate is by having subscribers that trust you. If you recommend a product that they need, they’ll most likely purchase it from you instead of someone else. These are the 8 ways to building lists of subscribers fast.

1. Use the Forum

The Process: Go to a forum. Reply to at least 15 threads a day for two or three weeks. This is to establish yourself in the forum. At the same time, create a squeeze page and a freebie that you want to give to your new subscribers. This freebie can be in the form of an eBook, audio, or video files. On the third week, create a thread that ask the forum members to go grab the freebie you’ve made. To get your freebie, they’ll need to subscribe to your newsletter.

2. Create a 2-Part Video

The Process: Create a video using Camtasia or other software or tools and split them into 2 parts. Using Tube Mogul, syndicate your videos to major video sites for free. You have to create a squeeze page at the same time as well. Your prospects watch the first part of the video in the video sites. But, to watch the second part, they’ll need to subscribe to your newsletter. Learn more about viral video marketing tricks.

3. Set Up PPC Campaigns

The Process: You need to sign up for Google Adwords account and start building your campaigns based on the keywords you have researched with Google Keyword Tool or other paid tools. Drive your ad visitors to your squeeze page that contains a free offer. Utilize video if necessary. Remember to do split-testing to your squeeze page to find the highest converting ones. Learn more about setting up your pay per click web site.

4. Do PDF Marketing

The Process: Create an eBook and split them into 2 parts. Post one part to PDF directories, like Scribd, eSnips, DocStoc, or Yudu. Provide a link at the end of the eBook that leads to your squeeze page. Ask them to subscribe to your newsletter to get the 2nd part.

5. Utilize Your Previous Subscribers

The Process: Give more free stuffs to your subscribers in exchange for recommending their friends to your free offer. You can use Mike Filsaime’s Viral Friend Generator for this. You can also ask them to tweet and social bookmark your free offer.

6. Do a Product Launch

The Process: Seriously?! I thought you need a list before you can launch a product?! It works both ways. Just remember, the reason why you have this product launch is to first and foremost, build a list. So, your offer price shouldn’t be too expensive. To start, find partners that agree to promote your product to their lists. Offer them 75% or more commission. Launch your product. Now, you have your partners’ subscribers.

7. Exploit Twitter

The Process: Having a welcome message to your new followers that leads them to your free offer is obsolete . Not to mention that they might un-follow you for being a spammers. @ and direct messages are also filled with spams. So, the only way do Twitter marketing is to do Twitter keyword research. Yeah, you heard me right. Search for keywords related to your niche in search.twitter.com after finding some possible ones with Google Keyword Tool. Send an @ or direct message containing links to your blog post to those people with the problems you can answer. In your post, ask them to subscribe to your list.

8. Do Article Marketing

The Process: As I’ve mentioned in my previous article, 9 Worst Internet Marketing Advice Ever Given, article marketing is not dead. It’s still working well and there are still a huge market for it. So, write a couple of articles and submit them to the top directories like EZine Articles, Go Articles, Articles Base, Article Alley, Article City, Article Base, and Article Snatch. Put links in the resource box of your article that lead to your squeeze page that contains a free offer.

These are the 8 most effective ways to building lists of subscribers fast. Use it well to get the best out of your list building efforts. Feel free to leave comments or tweet it if you like it.

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