hen I first started out was or to get some free tips on
online, like many how to improve my ad copy or grow
‘newbies’ I was my list. But as time went on I
overwhelmed by the amount of free began to notice a few things.
knowledge and learning that was
available just by signing up to a Many of the lists that I belonged
free newsletter or e-course, and to started to send out very
so that’s what I did… similar content in their
newsletters. I found that as soon
…a lot. as I had just finished reading
about why I should visit this
As I went about my daily surfing site and sign up for X I would
I took every opportunity to have another email from another
subscribe to ‘10 Steps To This’ guru advising me to do exactly
and ‘7 Ways To That’ the same thing.
While this did help to strengthen
And what about the free the message I really wasn’t
downloads? It is a well known interested in reading yet another
list building technique to offer 5 minute story just to be told
a free e-book as an incentive to the same thing twice (or more).
release your name and email
address, and while this is a Also as time went on my inbox
perfectly legitimate system, what became increasing filled with the
it does is add fuel to the fire names of many people that I did
of your enthusiasm. not recognise. Clearly I had
subscribed to their newsletter at
In the beginning I found all some point and for some reason
these newsletters to be a great but with so many emails coming in
way to access information and it was hard to remember what it
find out what the next big thing was I thought I could learn from
this person. being bombarded with ads for diet
pills and Viagra and requests
And as the days went by the sheer from overseas to open up a bank
volume of emails I received account for someone who will then
seemed to sky rocket – it can be share their millions with you –
very daunting to open up your Yeah right!
email client and find that you
have over 100 emails waiting to Luckily I have quite a good email
be read – Not to mention the time client and they have a great spam
it takes to filter through them filter and I highly recommend
all before you actually find that you find yourself a similar
anything of real value to your service because I’m sure we can
needs. all find better ways to spend our
time.
Another thing I noticed is that
as the number of legitimate My advice to anyone finding
emails I received increased so themselves in a similar position
did the amount of spam I is to stop and take a step back
received. before you give your details to
anyone. Yes there are a lot of
Most people will tell you when very useful newsletters out there
you sign up with them that they that really can help you to move
hold your privacy in a very high your online business forward but
regard and wont share your instead of jumping in feet first
details with anyone, but the stop and think if this
truth of the matter is that there information really is right for
will always be people who will you.
find a way to get your name and
email address from these lists Think about your business and
and before you know it you are what you and it need.
yourself from the lists that
• What kind of information do you really don’t offer you any
want to have access to? substance and leave yourself only
• How specific to your niche do with that which will help you to
you need that information to be? propel your business forward.
• Where is the best place to get
that information from? The more specific to your field
of interest the better. For
Then once you have those answers example if your business is
for yourself do a search online involved in collectables and you
and find 3 or 4 newsletters in need to know how to build a
that category that you think responsive email list then do a
could help you. search for those keywords and
find advice from someone who is
Your next step is then just to do already working in that field and
a little research on the has had success in building their
sources/writers of that own high quality list.
information and decide who you
think will be able to offer you That way you’ll know that the
the best quality. information you get will be
specific to your business and may
If you find yourself spending also supply you with other
half your day weeding through a nuggets of valuable knowledge
multitude of emails from names that you would not otherwise have
that you do not remember then its been privy to.
time to clear the garden.
Happy Reading.
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