Willie Crawford Teaches Internet Marketing

My New Top 10 Free Website Traffic Generation Methods - Part 1
Copyright 2010 by Willie Crawford

In 2008, I wrote an ebook that revealed my most effective
methods of generating free website traffic. As online
conditions and technologies change, I feel it’s now time
to update that ebook.

However, instead of revealing my new top 10 free website
traffic generation methods in ebook format, I’m going to do
it in a 10-part article series.

While I do list these methods in order of my preference,
it’s not necessarily by which ones produce the most traffic.
Instead, I list them also considering which  produce the
highest quality traffic, and therefore adds the most to my
bottom-line.

Let’s get started…

My number one favorite method of generating free website
traffic is via an affiliate program.  I like releasing
simple, inexpensive products that pay as much as 100%
commission on the front-end.  Properly done, this can create
thousands of affiliates all working frantically to send you
highly-qualified BUYING traffic.

They find and send you traffic that you wouldn’t otherwise
have, and you reward them for doing so.

If you’d like to see a live example of how I do this, visit:
http://sellmorebigticket.com The product there is a
$17 audio/ebook combination where I pay affiliates 100%
commission.  That ebook is called “The Secrets To Selling
More Big Ticket Products” and is an MP3 and PDF transcript
where I share exactly how I do that

There are a number of keys to making this most effective,
and I see many people who attempt this tactic missing
some of the most important elements.  Those keys are:

1) You want to make managing the whole system as easy
as possible.  If your system is too burdensome, you won’t
use it for very long.  I use the Rapid Action Profits
system, developed by my friend Sid Hale, to manage this
affiliate program. I use it because once I set up a site,
RAP makes management practically hands-free.  The script
can be configured to pay any percentage commission that you
desire on a front-end and/or back-end product.

The beauty of the system is that when a sale is made,
the affiliate is paid instantly directly to their Paypal
account, and the customer is redirected to a download
page.  At that point, my affiliate has sent me that
prized traffic, but as importantly, is also building me
a mailing list.

2) You need to also have a good back-end product in-place.
I typically have a second product that I offer
immediately after that first sale. You can offer
affiliates any percentage commission on this sale,
and I often don’t offer any since I’ve given them all
of the money from the front-end sale.

The key though, is that if you do offer a back-end
product (or one-time-offer) you will often get a major
percentage of customer take it.  So, if you don’t have
that offer in place, you’re leaving behind much of
your profits.

3) You need to have follow-up in place.  It does little
good to build that list if you don’t later follow-up
with them.  Another reason that I like using Rapid
Action Profits is that it builds a database right within
the software.

Since some web hosting companies limit the number of
emails that you can send from their servers (at one time),
RAP also offers the capability for automatically
building your list on a third-party system (such as
Aweber.com or ProfitAutomation.com).

I have at least 30 sites built using RAP. Those are all
traffic generation systems.  Can you tell that I like
RAP?  You should check out RAP at http://timic.org/RAP

4) Here’s where a lot of people using this traffic
generation method cut corners, and fail…

You need to give affiliates lots of great tools so that
it’s really, REALLY easy for them to register as
affiliates and then promote like crazy.

Many of your affiliates won’t feel comfortable creating
tools on their own. So, if you don’t give them the
tools, they’ll end up doing nothing.  Tools should
include:
- Banners in a variety of sizes
- Solo emails
- Blog posts
- Tweets
- Classified ads (suitable for Google AdWords)

The tools should have the affiliates’ links automatically
inserted in the proper places - something RAP handles
beautifully.  If you force your affiliates to have to
track down links, and then manually edit the tools you
offer, many won’t bother.

5) Here’s how you make your traffic generator go viral…

Invite your customers to become affiliates after they
purchase.  I’ve seen many merchants put links to their
affiliate program right on the sales page. I don’t like
this technique since I feel that it can distract customers
that your affiliates worked hard to send you. So, I
don’t feel that it’s fair.

Instead, I put links to sign-up for the affiliate
program on my product download pages, AND often in the
products themselves.  Simply explain to customers that
they can register, promote the product, and earn instant
commissions.  This is very effective, especially when
you have all of those great affiliate tools in place.

It’s also very effective because the INSTANT commissions
helps those who need the cash now!

Ok, I’ve just shared with you my very favorite method
for generating free website traffic.  I basically get
others to send me the traffic, and then I have tools
in place to leverage that traffic.

Stay tuned for part 2.

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Willie Crawford has been marketing goods and services over
the internet since 1996, and teaches many of his tactics
in his free ezine.  Be sure to not miss the rest of this
series by subscribing at http://WillieCrawford.com

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Earlier in the week, I released a new MP3/PDF product
called “The Secrets To Selling More Big Ticket Products.”

In it, I explained my exact system for making more sales
of big ticket affiliate products than most affiliates
can even imagine. You can check that report out at:
http://timic.org/MyVeryBestTips

Rather than try to sell you on the product, which
incidentally has a 100% instant commission affiliate
program, I wanted to pass along a note I received from a
friend this morning.

I created the product BECAUSE I was tired of watching
affiliate marketers, like my friend Michael, needlessly
fumble around. I put it up as a 100% instant commission
product so that others would help me to get it into the
right hands.

You help to spread the word, and every time that you help
out a struggling affiliate, 100% of the purchase price is
deposited directly into your Paypal account. I don’t
even try to sell customers some other backend product…
I want them to just dive into “The Secrets To Selling More
Big Ticket Products” and start using what I reveal!

Anyway, here’s the note from Michael…

When I listened to Willie’s call on How to Sell More
Big Ticket Products, I have to admit I was a little
skeptical.

I mean, Willie’s my best friend and I know first hand
that he sells more high dollar products than most people
sell $27 ebooks - including me!

I was there when he sold over 30 of Jeff Walker’s Product
Launch formula 2 packages, and I was there when he sold
around $40k worth of John Reese’s Traffic Secrets - over
10K of that from writing one article!

I was there when he sold around 30 copies of Butterfly
Marketing - some at $997 and some at $1497, so I know
this stuff works, but the problem is, it just hasn’t
been working for me.

Because of all this, I was shocked and amazed to hear
several things on the call that really will give you
what you need to be able to sell similar products.

Turns out there’s a process you have to follow. There’s a
few things you have to have in place before you’re actually
ready to start selling, and Willie lays them all out on
the table!

What really impressed me about this audio presentation is
that Willie tells you up front that “Yes, you can make sales
of big ticket products, but you got to have the foundation
in place first!” then goes on to show you how to lay the
groundwork.

With Willie being my friend and all, yes, I’m biased, but
the truth is, I was blown away with the call in spite of this.

I figured I knew all Willie’s secret tactics, but it turns
out he’s been holding out on me all this time!

I heard stuff that he’s never even told me before!

My recommendation is to grab this audio and transcript right
now if you have any thoughts at all about wanting to sell
high ticket products in the future.

You can do it the hard way - by trial and error, and maybe
never learn the proper way, or you can shortcut the process,
and do it the easy way by following what Willie tells you!

It’s that simple.

Michael Worthington
http://getfreewebsitetraffic.com

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Making affiliate sales of even big ticket items can be VERY
easy when you are organized, follow my system, and know this

http://timic.org/MyVeryBestTips

Willie

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I wanted to let you in EARLY on a product that I’ll be
launching today and paying 100% instant commission on.

The product is called “The Secrets To Selling More Big
Ticket Items.” It’s the MP3 and PDF where I explain how
I and many of my peers sell so many big ticket items
seemingly effortlessly.

The product will sell for a mere $17, so your customers will
quickly snap it up, and every time that they do, $17 will be
deposited INSTANTLY directly to your Paypal account.

My team is doing some last minute testing and tweaking, so
the primary site won’t be opened until mid-afternoon.

However, you should get in early here:
http://williecrawford.com/TheTranscripts/

Register there, and as soon as it’s ready, I’ll send you
a short email, and you can start raking in the dough

Willie

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My friend Jason Anderson is getting ready to open up a KILLER
private member area for his iFlash Video business.

100% custom promotional videos with professional voice over for
under 50 bucks.

The ONLY way to take advantage of this is to be a private member.

Wanted to make sure you knew about this because he’s opening this
up to a limited amount of people (they’re all custom…and they
produce them from scratch…this is truly limited)…and for a
limited time period as well.

Check out what’s up Jason’s sleeve. As a marketing pro, you’re
really going to like this…I certainly do!

Check this out:

http://Timic.org/VIP

Willie

P.S. The video that’s on the page is the EXACT type of video
they can make for YOUR own promotions. They were going to go in
front of the camera to introduce this…but then then they decided
to do a true “iFlash” video to explain what iFlash Video is and
what they’re doing.

Hope you like it:

http://Timic.org/VIP

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Steve Clark is the Independent Business Advisor who honchos the
local Glazer-Kennedy Insider’s Circle chapter. We meet the
last Tuesday of each month in Navarre, Florida. If you need an
invite just let me know… here:
http://WillieCrawford.com/helpdesk/

Steve runs a business where he coaches/trains sales people and
local business owners. His clients are SERIOUS serial
entrepreneurs. Steve’s site is at: http://NewSchoolSelling.com

Steve is a consumate tester and really understands marketing. So
when I saw his email on Jason Anderson’s new, very limited
membership site, offering custom studio quality videos, I
thought that I’d better remind you to get on the waiting
list.

Jason really can only handle about 500 members because his staff
will make each video from scratch, for each member. So, don’t
drag you feet on this one… PLEASE!

Here’s Steve’s email which will kick up some dust. I’ve plugged
in a tracking url so that Steve can tell I’m talking about him.
Hopefully, he’ll buy me lunch

Hi Willie,

Here is a quick heads up about something I just found out
about….

Video has really been getting a lot of buzz lately, hasn’t it?

If you’re not using video in your marketing campaigns…you’re
simply not maximizing your options, conversions, or sales and
you ARE missing the boat.

Even though you “can” make your own videos, I’d be willing
to bet that you’re not doing as many as you would like to.
I know I’m not….

It’s time consuming. It can be complicated too. In fact,
I’ve produced many of my own videos but they never quite turn
out exactly the way I would like. I mean, they just don’t have
that pizzaz that can get from a professional videographer.
Yeah…I know it’s something I can learn, but frankly, it’s
just not my strength and not something I have a lot of time to
commit to.

Well…take a look at what I just discovered:

http://timic.org/Steve

iFlash Video produces 100% CUSTOM video productions with voice
over and for a very limited time, they are opening a private
members area for people like you and I to get studio quality
promotional videos for crazy cheap…I’m talking under 50
bucks.

These are the SAME quality video productions that regular
“brick and mortar” businesses pay thousands of dollars to
have produced…and that’s certainly not hype. In fact, iFlash
Video currently works with Ad Agencies and Independent business
consultants on a Private Label basis. These agencies outsource
the video production tasks to iFlash Video and then presents
these video commercials to businesses who pay them anywhere from
$800-$2500 for the commercial.

But that’s a whole different story in itself. I just wanted
you to know that they are the real deal when it comes to video
production. Take a look at what they’re putting together.
Once you see this video, I’ll be willing to bet that you’ll
be on the waiting list just like I am.

http://timic.org/Steve

Like I said, I’ve done tons of videos on my own but never any
with this kind of quality and attention to detail.

I can’t wait for this to open up. I recommend that you check
this out and get on the waiting list too. When they open up
their private membership it will only be open for 4 days
starting Feb 16th…after all they are custom crafting all of
these video productions from scratch. They can literally only
take on so many clients.

http://timic.org/Steve

Steve Clark

P.S. These guys are opening up their doors to their private
members area on Feb 16th. Thousands of people are being
invited but they are only accepting a few hundred people. I
highly recommend you get on this waiting list. It will do
wonders for your business.

http://timic.org/Steve

New School Selling

Don’t drag your feet on this. Serious business people in the
brick-and-mortar world aren’t!

Willie

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I interviewed Peter Drew, creator the Brute Force
SEO software back in December, 2009.

I had trouble hearing/understanding Peter during the
interview and understand that he had trouble
hearing/understanding me too.  So I didn’t release
this audio at first, but after doing  some heavy editing,
to improve the sound quality, I realized that this was
simply too valuable to NOT share with you!!!

I did find the MP3 easier for me to understand when
I listen with my headset or ear plugs! So, you may
want to do the same.

You may download the MP3 directly by clicking the
link at the bottom of this post. I won’t force you
to join any type of list.

I DO ask you to register for a free trial of the
software here: http://timic.org/bruteforce

and THEN download the free MP3.

In this interview I asked Peter some fairly tough
questions and things we covered included:

Discussing automation and why you should use software
to do  your SEO.  How software can be much “smarter”
than users who doesn’t need the understanding and
experience.  Know-how is programmed right into the
software.

Peter once had 5000 software generated websites…
back in the AdSense hey-day!

Peter’s Mom was making too much from AdSense (based
upon what he taught her) and it threatened to affect
her pension,  so she had to scale-back

Peter has been creating software for online marketers
since 1995.

Peter once had the ability to send messages to any
of 40 MILLION ICQ users!  They once sold affiliate
product via ICQ and was constantly in the Top 5 for
any product that they jumped on! That’s where Pete’s
team honed their skills in software development!

They could even send ICQ messages sorted by country,
gender, and age

The ICQ software product was strictly used in-house!

People approached Pete during the AdSense hey-day
because he was having such phenomenal success, and
that’s where those in the Internet marketing niche
(insiders) got to know him.

Peter discover processes that worked and his
programmer, Max, developed software to automate
those processes… and things just grew from there!

What common mistakes are people making in their
SEO?

What are the two MAIN things people need to
understand before they even start refining their
SEO?

What constitutes a great keyword phrases… and
what’s the best way to determine the competition
for a given keyword phrases.

How to instantly identify which niches and keywords
will be  incredibly tough to rank for  and therefore
not generally worth focusing on… when there are
many easier pickings!

What’s THE big key to effective backlinking?
How do you want to structure these backlinks?

Why you should NOT use automated tools to check
your rankings!

How to use article directories to gauge if you’ll
be able to get a top ranking on a given keyword
phrase.

How does Brute Force SEO work, what does it
actually do?

How to make your outsourcing staff 10 times more
productive!

Video tutorials and PDF’s are also available that
explain how to use Brute Force SEO but in the
process teach you some valuable SEO tips.

What is The SEO Fight Club and how do you get in?

Why search engines, directories, etc. don’t even
know that submissions are being made by the
Brute Force software… rather than a person!

“Brute Force SEO Automated What Humans Can Do -
Nothing More, Nothing Less!”

How Is Brute Force SEO EVO2, Different From The
Original Brute Force SEO? How is it 1000 times
stronger?

How does Brute Force SEO benefit sites posted
to?

How to TOTALLY dominate in local listings using
Brute Force SEO, and the best strategy to use!

Why and how Brute Force SEO allows you to test
different markets, and keywords that you wouldn’t
normally bother with.

How should long-tail keywords and LSI figure
into your efforts.  How does targeting less
competitive keywords provide LEVERAGE in a way
that most people are totally unaware of?

He swapped a relative new domain for an expensive
camper trailer.   Listen to the interview and
see how

The interview is really good, and I’ve actually
listened to it several time in the past 2 days. I’m
also having it transcribed, now that I’ve made
the audio easier to understand!

So, first register for the free trial of Brute
Force SEO EVO2 at http://timic.org/bruteforce

It IS important that your register for the free trial
first.

Then download the MP3 recording of the interview here:
http://timic.org/DirectDownload

I guarantee you’ll be blown away!

Willie

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Getting more traffic, more subscribers, and more sales
is all about getting more eyeballs on your pages when
you condense it down to the bottom line.

If you don’t want to pay for that traffic, by using the
somewhat risky pay-per-clicks, then you’re left with
generating free “organic” traffic.

The bottom line there is getting as many other high-traffic
sites as possible pointing to you, and telling the world that
you are a credible source of information on a specific topic.

That’s all about getting backlinks and I DO have a system that
allows me to totally DOMINATE in that arena… and you can try
it out without spending a single penny.

Check it out at:  http://timic.org/Dominate

The second  prong of my attack is that I seek to gain “shelf
space.”

Go to any American grocery store, and Coke and Pepsi dominate
the shelves in the solf-drink department. They simply have
dozens of choices that you can choose from (low calorie,
caffeine free, cherry flavored, classic formula, etc.) .

The net result is that few other soft drink manufacturers can
gain a foothold in the major supermarkets, because they’ve
allocated all of their space (at eye-level) to Coke and Pepsi.

How do you apply this to internet marketing?

You put up numerous competing sites in your niche to lock in
more positions on the front page of Google.  If all of your
sites are eventually leading to the same destination, you
don’t really care which one of them initially draws customers
into the funnel.

That’s the entire thought process behind my approach to
dominating many niches that I and my clients are in. We simply
crowd the competitors off the shelf… relegate them to places
few shoppers ever look

We put up a dozen, keyword-optimized, competing sites in order
to accomplish that.

If you LIKE that idea, you may be able to find some domain
names that are already aged, and therefore already even have a
little “respect” from the search engines at:
http://DomainsForSaleByWillie.com

You can get “aged” domain names at the url above are real
bargain prices.  Just submit a bid of say… 1/2 the listed
value… or less.

So there you have it… my secret strategy.

I do hope that you use it, before I wake up and delete this
blog post

Willie

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That is the title of a 2-hour audio interview that I
recorded with Super Affiliate Doug Champigny.

In it I share the exact in-depth tactics and
techniques that we use to generate many times more
sales than your “average” affiliate.

I share with you how I sometimes easily generate as
much as $70,000 in affiliate sales in mere days,
during a major product launch, using tactics that
ANYONE can use.

My secret is that I do have a system and I’m very
methodical, deliberate, and do things that have
proven to work for me and my peers.

How do you get this free MP3 audio?

Just visit The International Association Of Joint
Venture Brokers member-only forum. The link is near
the top  of the forum.

We’re offering this MP3 for free to generate more
members and activity in IAJVB.

*** You can get the Silver Membership  free at:
http://IAJVB.ORG

The heart and soul of the IAJVB site is a database
of upcoming product launches and events. This is the
perfect place for your to find out about product
LAUNCHES early!

If you have any product launches or relaunches
(or live events) coming up any time soon, you DO want
them in the IAJVB database. We just launched a
MASSIVE membership drive. You do want your products
that you are looking for JV partners or affiliates
for to be in that database.

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At the recent Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) Workshop,
I gave two presentation… one on list-building to the beginners
group, and one of traffic generation to the intermediate group.

I also helped with FOUR workshops

If you missed NAMS3, you can get the recordings very
inexpensively at: http://timic.org/NAMS3

NAMS is not a pitchfest… instructors go very in-depth
in their presentations, and then in follow-on hands-on
workshops, have attendees actually DO what they just
taught… with assistants walking around the room helping
anyone who gets “stuck.”  It’s this level of training
that you’ll get  in the recordings, so again, they are
VERY worth getting.

A common thread in both of the presentations that I gave,
plus in many of the workshops that I helped teach, was
that you really do need your own affiliate program

I preach that having your own affiliate program allows
you to get OTHERS to send you website traffic and new
list members who are PROVEN BUYERS.

The affiliates will do all of the heavy lifting if you
just give them a great product and the right tools.

Since with an affiliate program, you only pay for
performance, it really costs you nothing.  I’m
presuming that your affiliates are reaching customers
that you wouldn’t be reaching. In many of my markets,
I assume that I’m not reaching even 1/10th of my potential
customers.

I NEED affiliates to introduce me to their contacts.

I need affiliates to make recommendations for my products
since they are already know and trusted by their list
members and followers. This allows you to borrow or leverage
someone else’s credibility.

Setting up an affiliate program can be really, really
simple.  I explain a lot of what I do in this PowerPoint
presentation that you can download free here:
http://WebsiteTrafficPhD.com/PowerPoint.htm

As I said, you need to give your affiliates a great product
and the right tools.   I cover both in my slides that I
offered above.

The two easiest ways to create a product quickly is to
record an interview with an expert, or to find a good
private label rights product and rework it.  Let’s talk
about how I do both.

For the record product with the expert, I simply ask
someone who knows a LOT about a topic that my
audience is interested in, if I can interview them.
MOST say yes… they love talking about their area of
expertise, and appreciate the value of the free publicity
for them and their products.

I use Audio Acrobat to record our call right over the
phone. Audio Acrobat cost $20 per month, and you can
make an unlimited number of recorded calls and have so
many benefits that you simply need to check out the site
at http://williec.audioacrobat.com

I’ve used Audio Acrobat for over 4 years, which tells you
how satisfied I am with them

Within minutes of hanging up from the phone interview, I
can download the MP3 recording. I use Audacity or Sound
Forge to clean up the audio if necessary… removing
coughs, excessive pauses, small talk, etc.

Then I pass the audio to my transcriptionist to have
them type it our so that I can turn it into a PDF
complete with live hyperlinks.

I want the live hyperlinks because that is where I often
build in backend profits. If the interviewee has an
affiliate program, I often ask if I can use an affiliate
link when discussing their products as a solution to
some problem.

As soon you get your audio and transcript ready, you
have a product ready to roll. You could even offer just
the MP3, or offer the transcript as an upsell.

I typically set these products up on a site designed
just for the ONE product.  I power my affiliate program
with my friend and neighbor, Sid Hale’s Rapid Action
Profits script.

The reason that I use Rapid Action Profits is that it
allows me to pay affiliates INSTANTLY… with customers
making payments directly to affiliates Paypal accounts
before Paypal redirects the customer to my download
page.

Affiliate who need cash NOW rather than having to wait
a month or more to get paid really appreciate products
the instant commission. I also often pay 100% commission
on the front end product, making the product even more
attractive to affiliates!

You can check out Rapid Action Profits at:
http://timic.org/rap

The second way to come up with a product FAST is to
start with private label rights.  I think of private
label rights as a product where someone else has done
the research and created “the first draft.”

With PLR I recommend that you:
- Revise it, making sure it’s accurate, in your own
voice, and even has links to additional resources that
you recommend (your affiliate links).
- Give it a new title
- Have new graphics created
- Revise any provide website to make it more powerful
and of course to reflect the new product name.

If you do a good job with PLR, the original creator of
the product should not even recognize it… that’s when
you know that you have something that delivers a lot
of value, yet is unique in the market place.

After you have your product ready to roll, you just
need to get the word out.  You can do that in numerous
way that I’ll cover in a future post… one I’ll write
shortly… after I’ve taken care of a few other things

Bookmark the site and drop by often.

I will recommend that you list your new affiliate product
in the database at http://TIMIC.ORG That requires a Gold
or higher membership.

You can also post that you are looking for affiliates/
JV partners on many popular forums.

A way to grow your affiliate program, and as a result
your subscriber/customer base, and your website traffic
REALLY fast… is to recruit your new customers as
affiliates. Rapid Action Profits makes it really easy
to do this.

Just stick a link to your affiliate program on your
download page. I DON’T like links to the affiliate
program on the sales page as I feel this a disservice to
hard-working affiliates. They send you customers ready
to buy, and instead of encouraging them to buy you
short-sightedly entice them to become affiliates
instead.  I do think that is fair, but many of my peers
will disagree

You can also recruit your customers as affiliates by
adding a page to your product (ebook) inviting the
customer to join. You can do the same thing in a
follow-up autoresponder message

Customers who have already used, and therefore know
and hopefully LIKE your product make some of the best
affiliates anyway.

Ok, so grab my slides at:
http://WebsiteTrafficPhD.com/PowerPoint.htm

Grab RAP at:  http://timic.org/rap

If you need a new domain name you can find one dirt
cheap at http://WillieCrawford.com/domains/
I set that up to offer domain names to my clients at
near cost.

You may also be able to find a domain name that’s
already aged, and therefore may rank higher in the
search engine, in my database of domain names that I
have for sale at:  http://DomainsForSaleByWillie.com

When you see a domain name that you want at the url
listed above just click on the link next to the domain
name and make me an offer… if it’s reasonable, I’ll
accept it

Ok, what are you wait on

Willie

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I’ve been online since 1996 now, and during MOST of that
time, I’ve been steadily working at growing my database…
my list of subscribers.

Consequently, I have a substantial database that spans
numerous niches and sub-niches.

For practically every product that I sell, ever website
that I build, and every free or MP3 that I give away, I
incorporate list-building into the process somehow. It’s
NOT always with the use of a forced opt-in (a squeeze page).

I sometimes give a direct download link and then in the
product or on the download page, ask them to join my list.
In those instances, I’m delivering value and proving that
it’s worth being on my list BEFORE asking them to join it.

I was taught, very early in my online career, that you
should have an opt-in form on practically every page of
your website. So, I do that, except on pages where the
opt-in form would pull webpage visitors away from another
objective that the page is set up to accomplish.

You should be doing the same.

I publish regular newsletters, or have autoresponder
sequences set up in many niches. It’s pointless to build
a list (or database) if you are not going to communicate
with them regularly. It’s just wasting disk space and
resources.

If you contact your list infrequently, they forget about
you, and file spam complaints on those rare occasions
when you DO email them… since they often honestly don’t
remember how they got on your list.

I hear too many people  who have been online a year or
more, in comparing themselves to me, say that my big
advantage is that I have a list.  My response to that is
“So when are you going to start building yours?”

Some people aren’t as prolific or as comfortable writing
as I am.  My answer is that as you do it more, you grow
into feeling comfortable with it.  I still make many
mistakes, but as long as my message is reaching (and
benefiting) my intended audience that’s all that REALLY
matters.

If you really don’t feel up to putting together your own
ezine, grab this collection of 24 pre-written ezine
issues:  http://timic.org/YourOwnEzine
Set them up to go our once every two weeks. That covers
you for a year in delivering solid content to your
subscribers.

On the weeks in-between issues, send out a solo mailing
promoting a product that you REALLY, REALLY believe in,
and that you know will REALLY, REALLY help your customers.
If you need help finding new products, join the IAJVB.
You’ll find a database of new product launches (and
relaunches) there.  Take the free silver membership if
you are just an affiliate marketer, and don’t have your
own products that you want to list in the database.

Get the free IAJVB membership at http://IAJVB.ORG

Publishing your ezine can then be as simple as having
an issue pre-scheduled to go out every other week. On
the other weeks, you can send out  one of the
cut-and-paste emails provided by one of the affiliate
programs that you found at: http://IAJVB.ORG

One of my most effective, and simplest list-building
techniques is to offer free MP3’s or PDF’s of
interviews that I’ve record, posting to places like
Twitter (or posting to dozens of sites using Sokule
http://timic.org/Sokule ).

An even better technique for building a list and traffic
is to set up a simple affiliate program selling an
inexpensive product, paying 100% instant commission,
and having OTHERS send you tons of traffic and new
subscribers. That’s how I literally get THOUSANDS of
new subscribers some months

I’ll write about that in my next blog post. For
now do two things:

1) Join IAJVB, taking the free Silver Membership
at http://IAJVB.ORG

2) Get the PLR ezine, with 24 pre-written issues,
edit them slightly, and get them online… and
building a list (and building your relationship
with that list). Get those at:
http://timic.org/YourOwnEzine

Ok, so we just took care of that excuse. We’ll
tackle another one in my next blog post!

Willie

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