| If you're new to making money online, undoubtedly | | | | out the rights information on the product to be |
| you have heard that building a list of email addresses | | | | double sure you can give the product away before |
| is key to your success. | | | | purchasing it. |
| Once you have a list, you can use it to your | | | | Items in the public domain also make good free gifts. |
| advantage in many ways. First, and most obvious, | | | | Being in the public domain means that the item is |
| you can market goods and services to your list. You | | | | copyright free and you can give it away. You cannot |
| can use your email list to promote your initial offering, | | | | claim to be the writer, however. To locate, run a |
| plus backend sales, upsales and newly launched | | | | search for "public domain ebooks". |
| versions of your product. | | | | Back to the joint venture giveaway. The gift-givers |
| Selling is not the only way you benefit by building a | | | | are called joint venture partners. Each joint venture |
| list, however. You can use a list to conduct surveys - | | | | partner invites other people to visit the giveaway |
| to discover what products your subscribers want and | | | | and take as many free gifts as they want. If you |
| how much they will pay for it. You can use your list | | | | don't have an email list to find members, perhaps you |
| for market research. You can solicit testimonials for | | | | can invite some friends or notify the members of an |
| your website and other marketing materials. You can | | | | email group or forum. (Be sure the rules permit this |
| use your list to beta test a new product. You can | | | | before you post). |
| use your list to seek joint venture partners. | | | | So how does this help you with building a list? When |
| If you are new to making money online, the question | | | | joint venture members click through your link on the |
| going through your mind is probably, "Fine. But how | | | | giveaway page to collect the gift, they arrive at a |
| do I go about building this list that everyone says I | | | | "squeeze page." A squeeze page is a page that asks |
| need?" | | | | for a visitor's email address before receiving the |
| There are many approaches to list building. | | | | information to collect the gift. You set this up using a |
| Participating in a joint venture giveaway is one way. | | | | form and an autoresponder. If you don't have an |
| In a joint venture giveaway, the host invites other | | | | autoresponder, run a search for "autoresponder" and |
| Internet marketers to donate a gift. This gift can be | | | | you will find many offerings. |
| an electronic document such as an ebook or report, | | | | After submitting the form with the email address, the |
| a subscription to a membership web site, audio files, | | | | visitor is taken to a page where they receive |
| video files, a software application, free graphics or | | | | information about the gift and the download. You |
| anything else that can be provided online. | | | | might also include a sales letter for another product |
| If you don't have a product or service to donate, | | | | or service on this page. Place the download |
| visit eBay and search for "ebooks." You will find an | | | | information at the bottom, below the sales letter so |
| array of items that come with PLR rights (Private | | | | the visitor will view your letter first. |
| Label Rights). PLR rights allow you to resell or give | | | | You're on your way to building a list. Be sure to treat |
| away the documents. You can even rewrite PLR | | | | your list members with respect. They are a valuable |
| documents and add your name as the writer. Check | | | | resource that you want to nurture and maintain. |