The Importance of List Building
Even though it is possible to make money online as an
affiliate marketer before you have a list of your own,
building a list of your own is a crucial piece of the puzzle.
Being able to send an email to let your people know what is
available to them, and how it will make a difference in their
life, gives you the opportunity to market in your own
unique way.
Everyone starts out with no list at all. If you have people in
your email contacts, that is not a list because those people
have not given you express permission to email them with
business (commercial) information. Once you sign up for
an autoresponder service, create an optin box, and
someone gives you their name and address in exchange for
your free giveaway, that is the beginning of building a list.
This was quite a struggle for me during my first year
online. I have to say that article marketing and
teleseminars helped me to get those first hundred people
on my list. It grew slowly until I began to connect with
others who were already doing business on the Internet.
When social media came into the picture in a big way
during 2007, it suddenly became possible to share what I
was doing with others who were my friends and followers
on Facebook and Twitter. Soon my list began to grow as I
invited people to visit my blog and to join me on my free
teleseminars.