Successful Home Business List Building
You’ve probably heard before that “the money is in the list.” But what does that really mean? It means that the more people you have on your marketing list the better chance you have of signing up more people and therefore making more money in your successful home based business.
It is true that the money is in the list … so how do you build a giant prospecting list when you’re just getting started in your home based business? Or perhaps you’re not new to MLM but you are new to the idea of list building. Either way, this post is designed to show you how to build the largest list possible in the shortest amount of time. Remember, the money is in the list!
The first thing you are going to need is a squeeze page. Squeeze pages are used by almost all serious Internet marketers. They allow people to take a look at your website and business only after they give you information, such as their name and email address.
Some squeeze pages have lots of information the prospect needs to enter but really all you need is the first name and email. Many people are not comfortable putting in their phone number, address, or anything else. If you ask for too much, your opt-in rate will decrease.
Once you get an opt-in they should be allowed to access your website and get the information they need. They will also be put in an auto-responder. An auto-responder is a program that sends out emails for you. This allows you to be doing other things for your business while the auto-responder markets to your prospects for you.
When a prospect is ready to talk to you personally they will pick up the phone and call you! This is the best way to use your list. When they call you, you know they are really serious about working from home and building a successful home based business with you!
If you are not currently using a squeeze page, you need to get one. It is the best thing you can have for your online business. Many marketers use multiple squeeze pages in order to get the most opt-ins possible.
Another way to grow your list is by giving away something for free. People love free stuff (I know I do!). By creating your own product (usually a free report or an eBook) and setting up a website to give it away for free, your opt-in list will grow by leaps and bounds! You will also have to make sure the product you give away is something that has to do with working from home. This will target the right people to opt-in to your list.
Don’t worry about bugging people with your emails because at the bottom of each message your auto-responder will place opt-out link. This way only the people who are really interested stay on your list.
Finally, once you have set up your free product page and your business squeeze pages you will need to promote, promote, promote! If you do not promote your websites, nobody (or very few people) will ever find them. Use free sites like network marketing forums, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and article websites to get the word out about your pages and you will have a lot of free prospects in no time.
Follow these easy steps and you will have more prospects than you will have time to talk to in a day. Remember, your list will not grow overnight or without some serious promotion. But if you are looking for a cost effective way to have a lot of people to talk to, this is the best method out there.
Brent Worley is an experience home business entrepreneur, an Internet marketer, and a cool guy! He is looking for people to work with and help them develop a successful home based business. You can get free information about Brent’s business at http://www.BrentsPlan.com – or call Brent directly: 
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