Over the past couple of years, I have taught about the importance of building your list and leveraging traffic exchanges, safelist, and viral down-line builders to establish your brand and create automated income streams. One of the biggest problems many new and intermediate marketers face is that they have no list, no traffic, no sales and therefore no revenue.

List Recon is a brand E-Course and Membership Site developed by Solomon Huey that offers sound advice on how to overcome and finally solve both of these problems. Solomon Huey, is a highly respected and popular Internet Marketer who has learned to leverage simple yet effective strategies to create a thriving full-time online business and he loves to show others how he did it.

I just finished reading through the course and reviewing the membership website the you will gain access to as a free member. It is worth signing up for a free account and carefully reading the e-course. It is easy to understand, well thought-out, 100% consistent with the strategies I teach, and it will produce results if you follow through step by step. You can use what you learn to marketing anything you are currently market online.

Follow this link and grab your free account:

Free List Recon E-Course Membership

Here’s some of the stuff you get for joining as a free member:

* Information packed 29-page list building and traffic generation report
* The secret to getting over 200 visitors an hour for free
* Easy to understand video tutorials that show you everything step-by-step
* High converting squeeze pages to build your list
* Professionally written auto-responder series
* Top quality and high paying affiliate program
* Some ridiculous bonuses valued at more than $485

There are two ways you can look at this course, the first is strictly for your own education with actionable tools to help you make money from what you learn. Secondly, you can use this as a “done for you” sales funnel by marketing this program as an affiliate, which I am doing and recommend that you do the same as everything you need is provided. Once you sign up all of the details concerning re-branding the report with your affiliate links and additional marketing resources will be provided to you.

So let me give you a little feedback for review about why I feel so strongly about this e-course and sales funnel.

The format of the e-course and membership site couldn’t be more user friendly, the e-book is easy to read and the information is given in a very clear and concise manner, you do not have to be an Internet marketing guru to understand what Solomon is teaching you. The membership site itself has bite sized videos to guide you step by step in order to put what you learn into immediate action.

As a marketing funnel the program is real and it will convert based on Solomon’s reputation as a successful marketer and the topics covered in the course. It is also very inexpensive to upgrade which is one of the many ways in which you will make money by giving the membership away. There will always be a percentage of people who sign up for free, that will see the value in the modest cost to upgrade (about the same as buying a large pizza) for all of the additional benefits and increased commissions. So you will make money sharing this site.

List Recon actually over delivers on all  of Solomon’s promises and I fully endorse this amazing course. This could easily be a paid product and thousands would gladly purchase it, but there are many who would miss out and continue to struggle online. The mission behind this course is to provide the value to you free and if you chose to make money sharing it, providing a low cost opportunity to create an unlimited income stream through the upgrade.

I highly recommend it and consider it a must join program using this link:

http://www.askjamesholmes.com/listrecon

Be sure to leave a comment and I hope you decide to join us on this journey.

I am here to help you succeed in your business and life!

P.S. If you would like to hear an audio review of this program visit my podcast here:

Internet Business Blueprint Podcast List Recon Review

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Note: I am a Affiliate Marketer and it should be assumed that links provided within the content of this blog and individual blog post are affiliate links from which I may be compensated for sales made at the recommended sites. All products and service recommendations are made as a result of my personal experience with the product or service provider.

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Join me today and I will show you how to build a responsive subscriber list with relative ease. The key is knowing the best tools and even more importantly – how to use them.

List Building Doesn’t Have to be Difficult New and intermediate marketers operate under a false impression that the only way to build a list is to have a visitor opt into a subscriber form on your website or blog. Unfortunately this leads to a lack of action because they get stuck either because they don’t know how to put a web form on their site or they put the form on their site and do nothing more.

The long-term impact on the business of these marketers is a lack of sales. The longer you go without an organized and consistent list building strategy, the more difficult it will be for you to begin making real money online. If you read this blog post carefully and take immediate action, you will be on your way to building a responsive list with relative ease.

Here are the show details:

Show: The Internet Business Blueprint Podcast

When: Friday July 7th at 1:00 PM EST

Web-Host: Blog Talk Radio

Show Page: http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com

Call In Number: 1 (646) 727-3058

Chat Room Open: Yes

I have been and will continue to focus on list building for the rest of my entrepreneurial career, both in my personal business and in the training, resources and tools I produce.

Listeners of the program will be given an invitation to subscribe for a free copy of my soon to be released book on list building – this will no a “free” offer as a reward to my loyal listeners. I hope you will join me for one of all of these special session.

I am here to help you succeed online and achieve your ideal Internet lifestyle!

Be sure to visit the Blog Talk Radio Site: http://blog.blogtalkradio.com

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James Holmes Featured Host

I invite you to join me Wednesday June 30th, I will begin a new series of podcast on the “Internet Business Blueprint” on Blog Talk Radio. This series is titled “Effective List Building” and it will be presented in 10 episodes.

List building is a crucial piece of the success puzzle when it comes to creating a successful Internet marketing business. The bottom line is clear, you need a list regardless of which business model you choose; information product marketing, affiliate marketing, direct sales or any other the other handful of variant models you have to choose from. The bottom line is to be successful you must place your message in front of your market with consistently.

There are a variety of channels that you can use to deliver your message, but few are more effective than a responsive double opt in subscriber list of buyers who already know you, like you and most importantly have grown to trust you. Once you have a subscriber list in place, you should plan to earn one dollar for every name on your list each month. Then if your desire is to make more money simply grow a bigger list.

I have been and will continue to focus on list building for the rest of my entrepreneurial career, both in my personal business and in the training, resources and tools I produce.

Listeners of the program will be given an invitation to subscribe for a free copy of my soon to be released book on list building – this will no a “free” offer as a reward to my loyal listeners. I hope you will join me for one of all of these special session.

Visit the Show Page Here: http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com

I am here to help you succeed online and achieve your ideal Internet lifestyle!

Be sure to visit the Blog Talk Radio Site: http://blog.blogtalkradio.com

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One of the primary purposes of your blog should be to collect subscriber names and email addresses to add to your list. The best way to achieve this is to consistently post great content to your blog to generate traffic and then offer a item of high value free in exchange for the subscribers opt in to your list. I like using either a free e-book, a seven part email course (delivered over 21 days), or a free video based product.

Let’s examine the options of offering an e-book in greater detail and take a look at a couple to tools to help you get up and running quickly. I am also going to show you a short cut used by many of top marketers on the Internet!

I. Free E-Books

Marketing free e-books is an effective way to build your list regardless if the content is your original work or work for which you have obtained “resell rights.” If you follow the recommendations found in this post, you will be able to create numerous viral funnels that will drive traffic to your blog and build your subscriber list by simply giving information away.

If marketed correctly your e-books will be viewed by thousands of Internet users over time making them viral. the more relevant the content is to your targeted audience the greater the opportunity for your e-books to be seen as valuable within your niche.

II. Write Your E-book Written

Be sure to select a relevant topic that your niche will respond to and create a high quality e-book. Just because it is to be given away for free, the subscriber is entitled to truly valuable content. Remember, you are making a first impression with your e-book.

Please understand, you do not have to be a Pulitzer Prize winning author to write an authoritative special report or e-book. Simply select a topic you know something about, do any additional research needed to create authoritative content, organize your material in a logical sequence, and write in a very instructional manner as you would be speaking to one person, make it personal to your reader.

If the idea of writing an e-book seems overwhelming you can employ a ghost writer or use resell rights for published work or private label rights products from a quality source.

Here is the shortcut I promised – use resell rights e-books.

III. Using Resell Rights

I have published an e-book titled “James Holmes Exposes Resell Rights Secrets,” which provides a number of tips to help you use resell rights to build and reward your list with relative ease. I highly recommend clicking on the link above, acquire a copy of the e-book by immediate download and take action.

IV. Quick Tips

1. There are few hard and fast rules when it comes to creating an e-book, you can provide a ten page special report or a one hundred page book – there are no limits to how you present your content.

2. Always deliver your e-books as a digital PDF, only offer to mail an e-book if it is part of a larger course that should also include recorded media, either MP files or DVDs. Your subscribers are looking for the immediate gratification of receiving your material as soon as they opt in – they will not want to wait for snail mail!

3. Be sure that your e-book is created to be viral by including several links to your website, blog, and other resources including affiliate links and your contact information. If the e-book is a free offer, be sure to provide “give-way rights” in the copy write section of your book.

4. Be sure to include a “subscribe” link in several places in your book so that anyone who ends up with a copy can easily join your list.

5. Do not stop with one e-book, you must continue to produce content on a regular basis, reward your current list members with new material and keep your offers for new subscribers fresh. The more content that you can produce and distribute online, the more traffic you will generate and the bigger list you will build.

V. Leverage Your E-books to Build Your Subscriber List

There are several ways that you can use your e-book to build your mailing list, pick one and master it:

1. Simply offer the complete e-book for free in return for your visitor’s name and email address.

2. Authoring an e-book helps to establish you as an expert in your field and builds your credibility.

3. Post your e-book on a variety of  niche sites and social media sites in order to maximize the number of opt ins and download your viral e-book receives.

4. Generate sales for your paid content such as e-books and courses by giving away the first two chapters of your e-book along with a special offer to buy the full e-book as a new subscriber.

5. Offer your paid content for free as limited “time sensitive offer” to create true urgency and deliver a valuable resource for free to new subscribers.

I welcome your comments or questions, so please feel free to leave a comment and if you like what you have read, be sure to re-tweet this post.

I am here to help you succeed!

P.S. Here is a free account that allows you to re-brand vial e-books: Get Free E-Books

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Effective List Building Part 3

List Building Doesn’t Have to be Difficult

New and intermediate marketers operate under a false impression that the only way to build a list is to have a visitor opt into a subscriber form on your website or blog. Unfortunately this leads to a lack of action because they get stuck either because they don’t know how to put a web form on their site or they put the form on their site and do nothing more.

The long-term impact on the business of these marketers is a lack of sales. The longer you go without an organized and consistent list building strategy, the more difficult it will be for you to begin making real money online. If you read this blog post carefully and take immediate action, you will be on your way to building a responsive list with relative ease.

Subscription Opt In Forms an Obvious Place to Start

I believe that every serious online marketer should have a blog which services as the hub for their primary online activity. That being said, placing a web form on your blog that offers a free item of extreme value to your visitors for subscribing to your mailing list is the obvious place to start, so this is your first assignment.

Here are a few bullet points detailing how you establish a high converting subscription magnet to encourage your visitors to (join) opt in to your list.

1. Offer a valuable ethical bribe, which can be any item that creates desire from your visitor.

2. Make your form attractive using a template or custom web form. These forms can easily be created using an auto responder service such as Aweber. Refer to this blog post: Aweber Web Form Generator

3. Ensure that your subscriber form (or a subscriber form) appears on every page of your site. Depending on how a page viewer finds your site they may arrive at a page other than your home page. Most standard blog templates present a static sidebar that appears on every page. I would suggest placing your opt in form on the sidebar or in the header of your site.

4. Keep it simple to encourage an opt in by your visitors. It is best to ask for a fist name and email address only – asking for more information will lower your conversion rates with each additional question on the form.

5. Deliver the opt in gift immediate to reward your new subscriber and begin to build your credibility and trust.

Gain Organic Traffic by Creating Content

Dynamic content creation is such a big topic that it requires an entire series of post and cannot be covered here. The bottom line is that you should be posting to your blog weekly, writing articles, bookmark your site, become active in social networks, and re-purpose your content in a variety of ways.

Buying Traffic is a Solution if Your Budget Allows

If you have a sufficient budget, you can purchase traffic or subscribers from a variety of resources. I will cover this specifically in future post, but here are a few ideas. You can use pay per click, e-zine ads, solo ads, classified ads, advertise on other blogs, and purchase subscribers from list providers.

Build Your List with Your Funded Proposal

One of the most powerful ways to build a list is through a self-funded proposal. I use the Prosperity Marketing System as one of my automated funnel in addition to hosted sales pages offering a free e-book or audio mp3 files. In my opinion, having a series of self-funded proposals posted across the internet is the best free or low cost method for building a quality list.

In addition to building your list, a self-funded proposal also develops buyer among your list members allowing you to identify segments within your list most likely to purchase your products and services in the future.

Here is a Golden Nugget

You have likely heard it said that “the money is in the list,” the truth is that the money is in the buyers within your list. So providing your list members with extreme value for free in the beginning builds your trust and credibility. Once established you must convert free opt in subscribers to buyers, even for a small monetary amount such as a seven dollar special report or a paid membership to your site.

Build a Targeted List

It is critical in all aspects of your business to be very specific about your market and develop an effective message to market match. Once a visitor opts into your list, you should consistently provide them with content, products and services within their targeted areas of interest. If your subscribers suddenly find that your content and recommendations no longer fit their needs, they will simply (unsubscribe) opt out.

Recognize the Lifetime value of Your List

Having a large responsive list of loyal subscribers allows you to effectively market on a continual basis as long as you do not abuse the privilege. If you use care to market relevant products and services while consistently rewarding the loyalty of your subscribers with free reports and other bonuses, you will secure the long term viability of your business.

Be sure to provide me with feedback concerning this post and your own thoughts on effective list building. Be sure to follow this entire series and share you have discovered with your friends.

I am here to help you succeed!

(c) Copyright 2008-2009 James A. Holmes. All Rights Reserved.

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