Getting started with list building can seem like a daunting task at first, but it really isn’t all that complicated. And this report is all about getting started with list building from your blog.

1. List Building For
Internet Marketing Newbies
5 Strategies To Build Your List

2. Who Is Adrienne Dupree
• Online and Affiliate Marketer
• Educational Background
– B.S. Mathematics
– B.S. Electrical Engineering
– M.S. Computer Science
• Technical Background
– 25 years in the Information Technology Field
– Program Manager
• The Online Newbie was created to teach people in corporate
America who want to get out of the rat race how to start a
profitable online internet marketing business that can
potentially replace their income, allow them to control their
own destiny and stop trading hours for dollars.
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3. List Building Agenda
• What is List Building and Why Do You Need to Start
Now?
• List Building Service Of Choice – Aweber
• Getting Your First 100 Subscribers
• List Building Strategy #1 – Your Blog
• List Building Strategy #2 – Create An Opt-In Page
• List Building Strategy #3 – Article Marketing
• List Building Strategy #4 – Social Media
• List Building Strategy # 5 – Guest Blogging
• Monetizing Your List From Day 1
• How to Grow Your List Virally
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4. What Is List Building
• List
– Database full of email addresses
– Collect emails from website
– Store the emails in an autoresponder
• List Building
– Add opt-in on blog
– Aweber
• http://www.theonlinenewbieloves.me/autoresponder
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5. Benefits Of A List
• Can bring people back to your blog
• Can email product offers
– Own products
– Affiliate products
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6. List Building Service
• Aweber
– Easy to use
• Step-by-step wizard
• Video tutorials
– One of best email deliverability rates
– Library of templates
– Trial version for $1.00 for 1st 30 days
– http://www.theonlinenewbieloves.me/autoresponder
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7. Getting 1st 100 Subscribers
• Blog Commenting
– Find 10 blogs and comment on a few every week
• Forum Participation
– Find 3 to 5 in your niche and answer questions
• Article Writing
– Create 400+ word articles
– Link back to your blog
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8. List Building Strategy - Blog
• Opt-in Form On Every Page
• Invite readers to join list in blog posts
• Add opt-in form in blog posts
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9. List Building Strategy – Opt-in Page
• Create a dedicated Opt-In Page
• Easy URL
– Create an easy to remember link
• Captivating Headline
• Keep it short
– Introductory paragraph
– Focus on benefits
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10. List Building Strategy- Articles
• Good way to get traffic
• Write an article
– Short, 400 words
– Include resource box with link to blog or opt-in
page
– Submit to article directories
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11. List Building Strategy- Articles
• Ideas for Articles
– Topics should be closely related to blog
– Address problems and issues of your readers
– Go to forums and look for questions
– Browse article directories
• Craft your resource box
• Submit at least one article a week to the
article directories
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12. List Building Strategy – Social Media
• Move social media followers to your email list
• Facebook
– Link to your blog
– Link to your opt-in page
• Twitter
– Put opt-in page link in your profile
– Promote your offers and give-aways
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13. List Building Strategy – Guest Blogging
• Find blogs in your niche
– Blogs that have at least 5 comments per post
– Use Google’s blog search
– Use Technorati
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14. Monetizing Your List
• Should monetize list from Day 1
• Thank You Page
– Add an offer
• Welcome Email
– Share a tip or link to blog post
– Repeat the offer from the Thank You Page
• Send an offer email for every 3 content emails
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15. Grow List Virally
• Word of Mouth Advertising
– Ask subscribers to recommend
– Give them something to share
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16. Resources
• The Online Newbie
– http://www.theonlinenewbie.com
• Autoresponder
– http://theonlinenewbieloves.me/autoresponder
• Blogging Training
– http://theonlinenewbieloves.me/SmartBlogging
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