List Building – 5 Essentials to Grow Your List Faster in a Giveaway Event

January 23, 2010 by admin

It has been said many times that The Money Is In The List…

… but how do you build that list?

Relatively new marketers, many times find it difficult to build their list of subscribers as they watch one or two new signups every other day. Being a contributor in a giveaway event is a strategy that many of the top Internet Marketers use to cast a wide net and make themselves known to a huge pool of people.

This strategy is very easy to do and you will see results faster than you could with any other free list building method out there. Being a contributor in a giveaway event gets your free product in front of thousands of targeted people because other contributors, many of whom have thousands on their list already, are sending invitations. This way you can ride on their coattails.

Here are the five essential things you need in order to be a giveaway event contributor:

First you need events to join. A Google search for giveaway events is a good place to start. Once you participate in one, you will get notices of others.
You need a gift in the form of a downloadable product. If you do not already have a freebie for visitors to your website, you need one anyway. PLR (private label rights) products are great for this purpose.
You need to create a simple squeeze page with an opt-in form. When a visitor to the event decides to download your product, they will be taken to this squeeze page which contains the compelling reasons why they should opt in to your list to obtain the free report.
If you are new to creating lists, you will need an autoresponder such as Aweber to collect the names and communicate with the folks on your list while being in compliance with laws governing email spam.
Finally you need a download or thank you page with a link to download your gift which should be a PDF file, a video or even a podcast.

There is a little bit of effort to get this all set up initially, but the good news is that you do the work once, and then you can rinse and repeat for other events.

Now, although these events are free, you will be presented with an opportunity to pay for an upgraded position plus the opportunity to submit a paid special offer as well as text or banner ads. You may want to get your feet wet as a free participant, but upgrading can improve your conversions.

If you need free report, squeeze page, optin form or autoresponder suggestions, I invite you to download my free reports including my 7 Tips Report Making Money With Your Blog. Chris Cobb blogs about Affiliate Marketing at http://www.MyBonusBlog.com