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You know that it's much easier to earn a profit from a lead who has already shown an interest in what you have to offer.

Chances are good that if a person has already signed up, or "opted in" to receive information from you, then they are willing to take a look at products and programs that you tell them about.

So, if you want to make any type of steady income using the Internet, the first thing you'll need to do is create a mailing list of subscribers.

Keep in mind the bigger your list grows the more profitable it will become. But for the purposes of this article, beginning your list and getting a couple hundred subscribers will do just fine and help you begin earning some part-time cash.

There are actually several ways to quickly build a list of subscribers. I'm going to describe a few ways to get started below. If some of the things I mention don't make sense, don't worry I will do my best to clear things up for you in upcoming articles.

And remember if you have any questions you can contact me at any time. Just look for the link in my signature to visit my blog.

Let's get started...

1. You will want to place a sign up form for your list on your website, blog, and even on your "About Me" Pages of your favorite social networking sites, like Facebook, My Space or Ebay.

If you need help doing this it's best to check with your autoresponder service. They should have complete set-up tutorials and if you don't have an auto-responder yet, it's vital that you choose the right service. There are a couple of good ones, and I personally use and recommend Aweber.

2. There are listbuilders, such as Listdotcom and ListQuik that are free to join. (see the author box for links.)

With these programs you join, then promote it using the marketing materials that they provide for you. Put them up on your blog and website, and interested visitors will subscribe under you.

You then get to mail to these new members as well as the number of people that are included when you first join. Often there is an upgrade that gives you the ability to mail to several thousand people once or up to a few times every week.

3. You can do a joint venture. Once you have a list of a few hundred people then you can build faster by getting in touch with the owners of similar lists or ezines and make arrangements for a JV. This involves recommending each others newsletter or product to your own lists.

Keep in mind that most people will join multiple lists so it could be
very beneficial for both of you.

You may also want to check out JV-Network.com. It's excellent for finding joint venture partners.

4. Join product giveaways. These are simply another form of joint venture. They usually consist of several list owners banding together and offering one of their products for free to any one who joins the event as a member.

This benefits you as a contributor by requiring all of the people who want your product offering to give you their name
and email address so that they can download your gift. These events can bring you dozens of new list members
targeted to your market.

There are several other ways and ideas that will help you build your list, but these suggestions should get you
going in the right direction.

The main goal is to start a list of valid email addresses who opt-in. Which
means they give you permission to send them email.

Using any of the 4 suggestions above, or better yet, implementing all of them one at a time, will begin building your list.

Out of the four ways above the quickest way to amass more subscribers is by joining a giveaway event. You can find them by subscribing to free Internet marketing newsletters, and by joining specialized
marketing forums such as Free Advertising Forum, The Internet Marketing Warrior Forum, or IM4Newbies Forum.

When building your mailing list it's a good idea to steer clear of safe lists, mlm programs, or purchasing lists of random bulk email addresses. These methods are nearly useless for list building purposes, and are huge time-wasters.

Now let's discuss how you will compile and manage your list of email addresses. You can accomplish
this with an autoresponder system.

There are two main types of autoresponders to choose from.

1. Your own php script you set-up and run yourself.

2 A fee-based service that is hosted and run for you.

You can download a free script from Hotscripts.com or do a Google search to locate other free script sites online.

If you prefer not to go through the lengthy and confusing process of setting up your own mailing list script, then just go with one of the paid services.

The one that I use is Aweber.com, and another good one is GetResponse.com.

As a matter of fact you can sign up for a free account, so that you can test out the service before you part with any money. This is a smart way to get started with list building when you're on a budget.
Tracy Austin offers useful marketing tips and tool at her Internet marketing blog. Check out this post on viral listbuilding, and visit
Aweber
ListDotCom, and ListQuik to learn more about the resources mentioned in this article.
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