List Building Crash Course - Step #5: Create Your Lead Magnet

Now that you have a website and your autoresponder, it's time to create a product of real value that you can give away. There are a couple types of products that you can give away, but I would highly recommend information so that's what I'm going to talk about.

Information is quick and cheap to produce, [...]

[LBCC] Step #4 – Get The Essential Tools

Wow! It's been awhile since I posted step #3 to the List Building Crash Course, but I'm back and hopefully will get this thing back on schedule. Today I'm going to dive in to step #4 of starting your list…Getting the essential tools.

So far if you've been following this tutorial, you should have your market [...]

[LBCC] Step #3 - Establish Your Business Presence

Welcome to the List Building Crash Course…Step #3! Now that you are in the business mindset (step #1) and know your market (step #2) it's time to establish your online presence.

So here's the key question…Do you have a website that acts as your business hub?

I don't suspect you would start a brick & mortar business [...]

[LBCC] Step #2 - Don't Just Choose...But Know Your Market

So now that we know that we have to get in the right mindset, that we need to focus on building a business slowly, not just trying to make money online. It's time to dig in and get started with our marketing plan. If you missed step #1, read about the internet marketing mindset here.

And [...]

List Building Crash Course Step #1 - The Right Mindset

When I first heard about the ability to make money using the internet, I totally avoided anything that talked about mindset. I believe that was one of my biggest mistakes. If I had my mind in the right spot and really focused when I first got started online, I believe I would be much farther [...]

List Building Crash Course – Free Step by Step Super-Simple Guide

I've decided that I don't post to my blog nearly often enough, so I am going to start a complete, step by step tutorial that will give me something to post about in a sequential order. So here's what I'm going to do…

I know that one of the hardest things to do when you're getting [...]

3 Easy Ways To Increase Conversions On Your Squeeze Page

If you're goal is to build a business online, then you need to be building a list in your niche. But how do you know that you're getting the best conversion rate possible out of your squeeze page? There's nothing worse than spending a bunch of time and money driving traffic to a page that [...]

Final Results & My Thoughts On Crappy Traffic

So far I've tested my three crappy traffic methods for roughly 30 days, so it's time to wrap it up and post my final results. I've been testing traffic exchanges, list builder sites, and safelists to see if they are a viable means to grow my business.

Here's the total results after 4 weeks of crappy [...]

Final Week – Crappy Traffic Case Study

May 12 – May 18

This post will be the results of Week 4 of my Crappy Traffic Case Study – A quest to see if I could get results from "crappy traffic." I set out this case study with high hopes that something could be gleaned from these traffic sources, but truthfully after looking at [...]

Crappy Traffic Case Study Week 3

For the week of May 5 to May 11, 2010

If you've been following this case study then you know what I'm up to. If not, here's my plan…

I am testing out 3 different sources of traffic that have gotten the reputation of "crappy traffic." These are traffic exchanges, safelists, and list builder sites. My goal [...]