If I Give Away the Milk, Who Will Buy the Cow?

In my last post, I gave you seven ideas for list-building freebies you can give away. While giving a free report or some such thing is great for building a list, I just know some of you are questioning my sanity. After all, if you keep giving your stuff away, why would anyone pay you? It's Not Really Free, It's a Trade A large mailing list is a valuable asset to any business, whether online or off. With it you can keep in touch with people who want what you are selling, and by keeping in touch, or offering them more chances to buy, you will make more sales. But in order to get that email … [Read more...]

7 Giveaways to Build Your List

Giveaways help build your mailing list. Photo by Saquan Stimpson.

If part of your Internet marketing plan is list building, then you probably know that the most effective way of getting people to sign up for your list is to give them something in return. It's essentially a trade: you give them something they want, they give you their email address. The question is, what to give them? It must be something of interest to them, and something which has a value. Of course every business is different, but here are seven ideas for free information products you or your Virtual Assistant can produce with very little effort, but which will provide value to your … [Read more...]