10 Effective Ways To Build Your Mailing List

If you have been in the internet marketing business for any length
of time, you have probably heard the saying, The Money is in
the List.

Well, in a big way that is true. Building a mailing list and
sending out regular newsletters, updates, etc. is a very
powerful way of increasing your customer base.

There are numerous things you can do to build your mailing
list and most of them are free!

1. Be sure to put a subscription form/box on every page of
your website. If you want people to sign up for your ezine/
newsletter, you need to make it as easy as possible for them,
even if it is as simple as a link saying Subscribe Here.

2. Subscribe Address in your Sigtag Use your subscribe address
in your sigtag when you post to message boards, send emails to
email discussion lists and anytime you send out an email. This
is a very simple, yet effective way to get people to subscribe to
your mailing list. For example:

Free ebook to help you build your business.
subscribe @ subscribehere.com

3. Offer a Free Gift Give people some incentive to give their email
address for your mailing list. Offer them a free ebook or free
software. If possible, write the ebook yourself to get more
exposure for yourself and your business. Let people know they
are free to use your ebook as a sign-up bonus as well.

4. Hover Ads Hover ads, float in ads, pop-up ads, exit ads,
can all be very effective in capturing peoples email addresses.
Use the ad to offer your freebie and add your subscription
address so it is very easy for people to sign up. When I put one
of these ads on my site, I added hundreds of subscribers in just
a few weeks. You can get free code for this ad at:
tamingthebeast.net/generators/popup-hover-ad.htm

5. Contests Hold contests on your site to draw more people
in to sign up for your mailing list. People dont mind signing up
when they have a chance to win something for free. Keep in
mind that these will not all be solid subscribers. Some will be
contest junkies and freebie seekers!

6. Ad Swaps This an old but effective way to build your mailing
list. Search for other quality ezines/newsletters that compliment
yours and then contact the publisher. Ask them if they would like
to get free exposure for their ezine. Offer to put their ad in your
newsletter, if they do the same for you. This can get you lots of
free traffic and sign-ups.

7. Ezine Directories There are numerous ezine directories on the
net and most of them are free. Add your ezine and let publishers
know that you are willing to do ad swaps. You can also look for
ezines to contact for ad swaps.

8. Group Subscription Ads This is where you sign up for a free
program and get your ezine posted numerous websites along
with other ezines. What you have to do in return is add the code
for the box to your site as well. You can see an example here:
seymourproducts.com down at the bottom of the page.

9. Article Marketing Article marketing for me has been the most
powerful method of building my mailing list and my customer base.
Take some time to write an informative, helpful article, submit it
to directories and website/ezine owners and you are guaranteed
to get more subscribers!

10. Exchange Recommendations with Other Publishers This is
similar to an ad swap but you would contact other publishers and
discuss recommending each others ezine on your welcome/thank
you page or email. This is the web page or email your subscribers
see after signing up for your ezine. Doing this with several ezine
publishers could greatly increase the rate in which you build your
mailing list/subscriber base.

If you consistently use some or all of these ideas, you will definitely
build a large mailing list. If you use this list to send a quality ezine
they will definitely respond to you and your business!