List Building: Why Building A Great List Is Important
Oct 15th, 2009 by admin
If you’ve been online a while, you know the old saw: The money is in the list. It’s true. Without a list behind you, you probably won’t succeed.
If you’re new to this business, a list is a group of people who are interested in what you have to say These are people that signed up (and created your list) because you either gave them something of value or because you offered them a free report or for many other reasons.
What’s the first step to building this great list of people?
Your squeeze page.
A squeeze page is nothing more than a very short introduction to whatever it is you’re offering, an image of some sort, and an opt-in box, where people can input their names and addresses.
Whatever you decide to offer people in exchange for their information should be something you already know about. For instance, if you like to sew, you could offer “10 Sewing Tips to Make Your Next Project a Breeze,” or let’s say you were in the hair business, “Funny Stories Heard from the Barber Chair,” or maybe you were in a job you could write about. I was a banker in a former life, so I could write, “10 Ways to Be Sure You Never Bounce Another Check.” You see? Write what you know.
You can also offer people tips on a program you belong to, like GDI or PAS or another popular program. Or, you can offer them something you picked up for free with the right to give it away. (You can find these in most “giveaway” programs.) But whatever it is, be sure to read the report yourself or test the software, or the people who accept the offer won’t trust you very much when they find out the program doesn’t work or the ebook isn’t well written.
One great way to get people to pay attention to your offer is by using a great graphic. Your picture is important, too, as it brands your image, helping people to remember you and to recognize your name when they see it again. But any kind of image that will catch people’s attention is what you want to use.
The last component of your squeeze page is the opt-in box, which captures the person’s name and email address for you. Keep it simple. I use first name only and that seems to work well. Don’t try to get full address, telephone number, or any other information. If you ask for too much, people won’t want to give it to you. None of us wants our privacy invaded, and then, there’s the whole identity theft issue that puts the fear of the Almighty into folks.
So, where do you get the information for this opt-in box? From your autoresponder.
An autoresponder collects the names and addresses and stores them for you. Then, the program sends out a confirmation message to the person who signed up. When they click on the link in the message, they confirm that they want to be on your list.
Without this process, you’re running the risk of being accused of spamming, and you really, really don’t want that! You can be banned from your ISP or worse. Always be sure that this “double opt-in” occurs, and never send unsolicited mail to people or you’ll be breaking the law (at least, if you live in the U.S.).
At the autoresponder site, you’ll also upload a message with a link that will give people access to your free report or gift. Then, you’ll be able to write to them whenever you want to. You can upload a series of messages to the autoresponder to go to your list members at specified times, or just write to your list whenever you want.
It’s best not to write to your list members more than once a day (and I don’t even write to my list nearly that much), and when you do, be sure it’s for a good reason. Don’t send them the same offer every day. In fact, don’t send them an offer, send them information. They like information, but too many sales pitches and you’ll be getting lots of unsubscribes.
Treat your list well. Allow them to trust you, and at the end of your message, in your P.S. even, tell your list about your offer in a short sentence or two and just offer them a link. They won’t mind, if you’ve given them something worthwhile in the preceding paragraphs. Follow these simple outlines and you’ll be building a great list of people, who will hang on your every word. With that comes trust. With trust comes sales. Treat your list well, and your list will treat you well
The money really is in the list.
Pat Marcello
http://www.articlesbase.com/marketing-articles/list-building-why-building-a-great-list-is-important-80552.html
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Things to keep in mind when building a gaming computer?
Hello, I was wonder what are some key things/hardware to keep in mind when building a gaming computer. My gaming category ranges from MMORPG’s to FPS to RTS games. I usually play newer games, meaning a lot better/advanced graphics most of the time.
If you could please list a couple of things(such as hardware) to keep in mind that would be great. You can also state some good/reputable company names when listing the important hardware. Any reputable custom computer (gaming) websites as well?
Thanks in advance.
the most important but overlooked thing when buying a gaming pc is cooling for the graphics card and the power supply. make sure you buy cooling fans or watercooling systems, and also a good psu with atleast 750w also it needs atleast 4 pcie power cables for new graphics cards
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Ok basically what you want from a gaming computer is speed and kick-A graphics right? I reccomend you spend alot on your cpu and graphics card. Any mid range motherboard will do fine as long as it can handle that. Keep in mind that bigger components require more power so at least a 600W psu for a gaming computer.
try http://www.newegg.com or http://www.techbuy.com.au if your in Australia
You only need to go nuts with cooling if you plan on overclocking any parts.
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good processor, core i7 920 2.66Ghz, 2.93 and also 3.20GHZ
—intel is the best, yet AMD is also very good and cheaper, AMD PHENOM II is also quite good)
good graphics card, eg. ATI RADEON 4870 or above (4850 is ok though), perhaps put two of them in crossfire.
(Nvidia is also good, but are gooddam expensive for what you get, — ATI is superb and fantastic)
Lots of ram = 4GB + for vista, 2GB + for XP
(more Mhz the better (like 1066 or 1600Mhz, any brand really)
make sure that your HDD is less than 50% full, because it makes your comp slow (7200rpm at least for uber gaming
make sure that you have an adequite power supply unit ( 1200w better)
go here for alienware, i think theyre silly design but quite good and very good value - aus web ::::: http://www.alienware.com.au/dnn2/
dell also make awsome gaming computers, make sure that theyre XPS though:::: http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/xpsdt?c=au&cs=audhs1&l=en&s=dhs
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Check out Digitalstormonline.com, great gaming computer guys there.
Also, Newegg, and Tigerdirect.
You will need RAM, and this is something many people make a mistake on, by going overboard, get 4-6GB of RAM, if you are going to be using XP, then no more than 3GB, as it can only utilize 3.3GB of RAM.
A decent GPU will be needed, I would highly, highly, suggest the GTX 285 1GB, it’s a beast and will power through any games out.
You will need a good processor, I would definately reccommend you go for an i7.
Also, get a well build/ manufactured Motherboard. If you would like, get one that is SLI ready.
Have fun creating your own beast
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http://game.amd.com/us-en/amdgame_whatis.aspx
Keep in mind no matter what you build it will be old news in less than 6 months so spend your money wisely as in the price range of 600-1200 a build because the best changes everyday.
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most prebuilt systems or custom build system use crappy parts that will put your computer in jeporady of breaking. If you buy a crappy psu and it blows then it may take the rest of your computer with it. Some good psu companies is seasonic,corsair… Post more details if you want tanything else. Also what games exactly and what is your price range?
If you plan on gaming the new i7’s are actually not the best. Dual cores are fine and most games can only handle a utilize a duel core the quad cores are more then enough. Amd is cheaper but I find intel better quality. It is all in what you prefer same with graphics cards. But nvidia tends to have less problems driver wise from what I have heard.
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