Create a Targeted Email Database Quickly

It's a rewarding experience to quickly build a client, subscriber, or prospect list. It is easy to understand the basic principles of list building.

Your prospects need to be able to find something of value and sign up for your mailing list.

To capture the contact information of your prospects, you will need to create a form.

Visitors are essential to your site (Develop traffic) Ed Email Database.

Basic Principle

You must start with the basic principle. Your potential prospects need something of value.

You can offer

Basic Principle

Your lead capture form is the second principle. This is where prospects enter their contact information. Your autoresponder will add them to your list and send them your message as soon as they click the send button. Now you are building your list.

Autoresponders will provide you with the HTML code for your form. You can simply copy and paste the HTML code.

The offer you are making will determine the details that you can easily collect from a prospect. You only need the prospect's name and email address if you offer an online newsletter. You can also collect their postal address and phone numbers if you send them a CD via snail mail.

One quick note:

Your response rate will increase if you include the sign-up form at the top or bottom of your website.

After you have done the necessary groundwork, you can start driving traffic to you website.

The Basic Principle

Building your list is similar to building a city. To get as many people to your city as possible you must build roads. To fill your city with people, you will need a 8-lane highway as well as multiple smaller roads.

List building is about focusing on one technique to draw prospects to your list. Secondary techniques are also important to increase the momentum of your traffic. This list contains the exact methods that I use to build my lists. You can choose one method to be your primary focus, and the rest for secondary traffic.

Advertise in print

Advertise wherever your market is. Find out what you read and where you can find information. You are most likely to have the same market as you. Get in touch with them using display or classified advertising:

magazines

Trade journals

Newspapers

Direct mail

Advertise online

This is the cheapest method of advertising. There are many free and low-cost marketing options that can reach your target audience.

Write articles

Writing articles can give you credibility. You should write articles regularly and submit them to both online and offline sources. Articles should be submitted to all publications in your market, as well as the ones you are advertising with. You can search Google or any other search engine for "ezine directories" to find a list of possible places for your articles or advertising.

Affiliate Program

An affiliate program is one of the best ways to grow your list exponentially. This will bring you targeted traffic as your affiliates will link directly to your site. This improves your search engine rankings which leads to more traffic which in turn increases the number and quality of affiliates which helps you build your network at breakneck speed. It's an endless cycle.

Forums

Participate in forums. You can attach a signature file to your posts when you answer questions in forums. It works in the same way as your email signature. Your signature file should direct people directly to your website, where they can sign-up for your list.

Sign up for email

Similar to forums, each email that you send should contain a signature file directing people towards your website.

Joint Ventures

A joint venture might be an option if you have a unique product. Reach out to entrepreneurs with large lists to see if you're interested in joining their ranks. Joint venture marketing can be a win-win. You win because you can tap into another's database. They win because they receive a higher commission for selling your products.

Referrals

This is a powerful tool. Your website should include a "tell a friend" or referral form. This simple form can increase your list exponentially. If someone recommends your website to a friend, they are most likely to go to it and tell a friend. The snowball begins to fall. This technique can be combined with an affiliate program to create a targeted, large list of prospects.

If you take a look at the basics, list building is easy. As an incentive, offer a quality product to sign up for your list. Your sign up form can be plugged into an autoresponder. Drive traffic to the page where your sign-up list is located and watch your list grow.