How to build a list for free and make money because of it!
(And How You Can Too!)
Are you ready to discover how to build your list for free, using three more low cost high powered marketing strategies and or tactics?
Introducing a simple three step marketing process you can use right now to, strategically increase your long term profits, without breaking the bank.
As you already discovered in a previous post about how to build a list for free.
How many times have you seen the cartoon where a happy go lucky bird is bouncing along; when they suddenly come across a nice shiny red apple that has a small hole in it, (which usually) indicates there’s probably a nice juicy worm inside.
The bird quickly splits the apple with their beak and low and behold; they get the worm and (of course) they leave the apple!
A Staggering 88% Of Your Competitors Don’t Follow This Simple Proven Advice…
Of course you’re wondering what (if anything), this has to do with your long term online marketing success? Well, simply this.
Just like the bird (who) happily discards the apple in order to get to the worm; so too (the average) cash starved small business owner or service provider, is blowing a tremendous long term opportunity to be extremely successfully, by concentrating (only) on the immediate sales (short term) nickels & dimes!
And they (you) are completely missing out on the long term big profits. Huh? For example; how many times have you heard the phrase “The money is in the list!” At least a gazillion times right?
How And Why You Need Your Own List!
( FYI: That statement should be more accurately modified to read: “The Long Term Big Money Is In Having And Developing Re-pore With Your Very Own Self Generated VIP Opt In Email And Or Mobile Marketing List!”)
And yet a staggering 88% of you still are not consistently building your own list! Why?
Anyway, just for illustration purposes. Let’s take a look at how three incredibly simple low cost, high impact marketing strategies can and will easily put a ton of spendable cash in your pocket within the next 90 days or less!
First a really simple way for you to leverage your ideal prospects immense long term value to your business and or service, without breaking the bank!
Call this first technique power “List Building 101!”
Always Use Practically Every Prospect Interaction To Build Your List….
A really simple way for you to quickly and inexpensively build your long term prospect, (semi hot) qualified prospect list, is by strategically using low cost, high powered JV’s ( Joint Ventures) to help spring board you into profitability in the next 90 days or less!
Let’s suppose that you are an extremely talented CFP ( Certified Financial Planner), and you really have an affinity for small business owners and or service providers, like the newly incorporated Mom & Pop type.
(Note: just substitute your particular expertise in the place of the examples given. Otherwise these illustrations will remain far too theoretical.)
Make Continuously Educating Your Best Prospects And Current Customers And Or Clients And You Are Well On Your Way To Creating An Extremely Profitable Sales Funnel!
Since you really understand the business side of the tax laws and how any recently passed laws both helps and (potentially) hurts small business owners, (especially the LLC type’s.)
You really should begin to share your incredible knowledge with your particular niche audience using a variety of proven low cost, high impact marketing strategies.
Such as; begin immediately writing a series of provocative and extremely helpful ‘how to’ articles.
And create some powerful free ‘how to lead generating special reports and or conducting powerful free 60-90 introductory workshops/seminars/online webinars etc.
Explaining in minute detail How Not Be An IRS Victum Of The Latest Accounting Gimmick! Or:
Introducing Seven Little Known Ways The Ultimate Insider’s Still Qualify For The Martini Lunch Deduction!( Even After The The IRS Has Ruled It Illegal!) (That’s what’s meant by being provactive!)
(As always; be completely truthful!)
In other words; make your explosive free how to special report and or video or audio series, grab your best prospects by the eyeballs and make them say to themselves, they absolutely must have this now!
And even if you primarily market offline, be sure that you always use the mega proven “Direct Response” type of advertising approach.
Meaning- at the end of your radio, TV, how to article, classified, display or yellow page ad etc.
Convert Your Marketing Funnel Into An Irresistible Marketing Funnel For Literally Pennies On The Dollar!
You must ask, (demand) that your ideal prospect respond to your ad now by either picking up the phone and calling either your toll free number.
Or simply call your office now in order to get your powerful free lead generating CD, DVD, written report and or to sign up for your Free 90 Minute Introductory Workshop etc!
(FYI: This process is often referred to as your all important “call to action!- “CTA.”)
Use Some Simple Direct Marketing Strategies And Or Tactics To Move Your Business And Or Service Ahead!
Make sure that your series of highly informative articles, (and or blog posts) starts sharing with your niche audience, powerful little known insider info such as; Introducing Five Incredibly Simple Ways to do this or that!
Or The Seven Best Ways To … do something that truly benefits your target audience, that they weren’t previously aware of!
( Note: FYI, it’s a proven fact that when you list your chosen number of benefits, (whether) you list them as bullets points on either your on or offline sales letter, and or on your online sales page/lead capture page etc.)
Be And Remain Extremely Pro-active With Your Direct Marketing Strategies Approach!
Recent stats prove that using odd numbers such as 3,5, 7, 11 or 17 seem to always out pull even numbers. You can either get on board here with these proven insights, or take your chances or go off on a tangent!
It’s ultimately your bottom line at stake here! And not to worry about all the eyeballs reading these posts, because remember, a staggering 98% of the eyeballs reading these posts are not doers!
Only a measly two percent (or less) will ever do anything long term that’s meaningful!
You Can Really Cash In Big Time Just Like The Big Boys And Girls Do Using Powerful Joint Ventures!
Now then… suppose that you (currently) market your CFP services offline. You might find three other savvy offline small business owners and make the following arrangement with them.
You will allow each of them to distribute your two best market tested, free problem solving how to lead generating info products; such as your 17 (or X page) special report and your 47:29 second CD/DVD on subject X, to giveaway to their valued customer base!
To help them both build their list and increase their long term profits for peanuts. For ex: suppose the following three companies decide to join you in a highly profitable long term joint venture.
1.) A small Mom & Pop printing business, ( stay away) from the big players like Kinkos etc; until you first work the potential kinks out in your JV process.
And then you can approach them with a semi proven winner, and (more importantly) a proven track record as well!
In The Beginning All You Really Need Are A Few Realistic Entrepreneurial Ideas To Get Started!
2.) A small weekly or monthly niche on or offline newsletter, and or free penny saver type publication that sells both classified and display advertising.
3.) Find a fairly well established offline small business round table type of organization, that meets on a monthly basis.
And here’s how the three of you could potentially help each other grow really fast.
1.) The printer could potentially benefit with your powerful free how to problem solving info in one of three ways.
Forming Potentially Profitable Strategic Alliances Is Like Finding Unused Capital!
First they could use your how to special report as a free upsell bonus, to be given away to any (small business owner) and or service provider customer, that spends just X amount of dollars or more with any purchase!
In other words if they upgrade from a $15.00 purchase to just a $25.00 purchase, you must inexpensively price test.
(The printer) will include your explosive free 17 page how to special report and or DVD etc! (Which is a blank dollar value!)
There Are Lots Of Proven Ways To Use Profitable Lead Generation Strategies And Or Tactics With Non Directly Competing Vendors!
Just be sure that you specify the perceived value of the info product, and the name of the report ( in other words), the main power headline has been market tested for maximum impact!
(If you attempt this technique first without testing, don’t blame yours truly for your mediocore results!)
2.) The printer could also offer a free in house drawing for small business owners and service providers, (in other words) a highly targeted group and offer your free lead generating info as a valuable secondary prize to all the runners up!
Who Says It Has To Be Expensive To Build A Profitable Sales Funnel!
For ex; (you must inexpensively test) in order to discover if offering the free drawing, either once a month or once every three months, (every 90 days) produces the most bang for you buck!
But you could create a big signs that reads “Free Drawing!” Drop your business card in the bowl, for a chance to win $100 – $500 dollars ( or X dollars) worth of printing! No purchase necessary!
You (meaning the printer) will start inexpensively building a list and and you’ll also have a very valuable long term asset to start strategically JV’ing with as well!
All The Additional Long Term Profits Is How You Build A List For Free!
3.) The printer could also give your special report or DVD away at Xmas or New Years, to their most influential customers as a way of simply saying thanks for your continued patronage during the year!
Plus, they could give away as a special free bonus gift to any customer that gives them one of those mouth watering testimonials, which they add to their website, on and offline sales letter, lead capture page and or blog etc!
Each month (or quarter), you choose one grand prize winner and everybody else wins some valuable secondary or third prizes! That either you or your savvy JV partners will gladly supply, in order to access a list of potential new leads for peanuts!
And that’s how to build a list for free, using powerful joint ventures. It’s definitely time to get busy, don’t you think?
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