If  you’re new to Internet marketing, this is where you need to begin.

Depending on the type of business you have, you may have many lists targeting specific groups of people based on their interests. Once a person is on your list, you are able to contact and market to them for years to come.
For instance, If  someone comes to your website, they may be interested in what you have, but not ready to commit or purchase. Once they leave, they may never come back again. But if you have captured their name and  e-mail, you will have a second, third,fourth and a fifth opportunity to talk to them again.
Your autoresponder becomes your most important tool for your business, so choose it wisely.
I recommend GVO or aWeber.

So here are some ways that you can build multiple lists for your business.

Capture / Squeeze page
Create a page can offer them a gift (ebook, software, or newsletter) that would appeal to your target audience . Any easy to do newsletter could be “tips on ______”   This page will ask for the name and e-mail and be connected to your favorite autoresponder with a series delivering a “tip” a day or week.

Create a Blog
Having a blog related to your niche is one of the most effective ways of building a list. I recommend that you use WordPress or Blogger if you want to keep it very simple.
When people sign up for your blog you know that they are interested in that topic. And you will be able to market to them

Opt in form on your website or blog
offer  a “gift” in the upper right-hand corner of your site in exchange for their naming e-mail. This will be connected to your auto responder.

Article Writing
Writing short articles on your niche topic and submitting to article directories like EzineArticles, can be very effective. Be sure that you’re only links are in the resource box at the bottom of the article.  Send them to your capture page.

Groups and forums
Join groups and forums  related to your niche. Never promote your product directly, but puts your link in your signature.

Safe lists, downline and lead generation programs
Although you don’t always have direct access to the person’s  e-mail, belonging to these programs enables you to have contact with a large group of people.  Again, focus on getting their contact information rather than selling a product
.ie List Joe is a great safelist.
Triple Your LIst send you 3 contacts on a regular basis, totally free.
And Second Income Coach (SIC) is a great lead builder

Pop-up Capture Page
Although we all find them very annoying, it has been shown to greatly increase the conversion
rate over a simple opt in form.

Social networks
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and SoKule are gold-mines for your contact list.  Join  groups, make friends, develop relationships.  Then attempt to get their contact information.  On Facebook Fan pages, you are even able to have opt in forms right on your page. (Lujure.com is an awesome service to help you build terrific fan pages on the new Timeline.)

Renting or purchasing  targeted lists

Viral list building programs
Siphon and List Outbreak  programs that can help you build a list very quickly in Internet marketing niche.
I highly recommend them

Hope these ideas have help you get started building a massive list.
Please leave your comments and any other ideas you may have below.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. - Frank Howard Clark

Well, Happy New Year Everyone!

This is the time of year that many people are thinking
about doing their income tax forms.

But, what I would like to talk to you about today , is
starting fresh and properly organizing yourself to make the most of your
tax deductions for 2012. You need to get focused this month!

The smartest thing that you can do to save on what you
need to pay Uncle Sam each year,  is to have a
Home Based Business.
The government allows a tremendous amount of tax
deductions regarding your home business  as long as
you follow their rules. It is possible to save
$5000-$15,000 per year.

Generally, even though you may make a small amount of
money your first year, this is also the time when you
spend the greatest amount to get started. Following,
are a some great strategies that you can begin to
use as a home business owner.

Note:  I know in this day and age, you will have a spread sheet,
but also get a small spiral note book , and an envelope for
receipts, that you can have with you at all times.

You will  want to open a seperate credit/debit
card & checking account for your business. Any paid
annual fee, interest and other fees becomes a deduction.

Here are 8 Main Expenses that you’ll want to keep
track of on a monthly basis.

#1 HOME OFFICE DEDUCTIONS
You must 1st determine what percentage of your home is
used for business purposes. Tax law allows you to
deduct this percentage of all expenses that are
reasonably incurred in the course of doing
business. These include rent, utilities, insurance,
property taxes, phones, supplies, office equipment,
and repairs made to the office portion of your home.
In addition, you can also deduct the cost of office
furniture, for example your desk and file cabinets,
rugs, office decorations and office cleaning.

#2 Possible Vacations & Travel Expenses

#3 Food& Entertainment (proportional-receipts
important)

#4 Automobile Expenses (especially mileage)

#5 Education & Seminar Expenses Including Books, Reports, etc

#6 Possible Medical & Nutritional Product
Reimbursement

#7 Business Gifts or Correspondence (Greeting Cards)

#8 Payment to your children  for services they provide
for your Home Business.
For instance, they can help you with your paperwork
and filing, mailings, and office clean-up.   ( Case law
says that a seven year old can provide these services .
As your employee, you may be able to pay the child up
to $5000 per year in non-taxed income. )  Also, your
child can put up to $2000 per year in an Educational IRA.

Of course, you will need to be reasonable in these
very large expenses if you income is quite low. It is
imperative that you seek the advice of a good tax
accountant when applying these strategies.
A competent person, knowledgeable in home businesses,
can be invaluable in assisting you in their proper
application. Please also note that you must properly
set up your business enterprise, have a profit motive, run
it as a business (not a hobby) and document each of your
business expenses.
You may even want to look into the possibility of
spreading your expenses over 1-3 years if that is possible.

If you, or your spouse has another salaried income, your
business deductions will be counted against that income
with the Schedule-C form.
Even if your saving is not  huge amount of money,
without your Home Based Business, you would have just
given it away to the government.

I hope this information has inspired you to get to
work , and take your business more seriously.
If you are still looking for the right business…check out the Income Opportunities Tab on this site.

Here’s A little gift for you… a PDF form to determine your
yearly family budget to help you get started.
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To Your Success in 2012 and beyond,

Linda

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Backlinks...also known as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and inward links, are incoming links to a website or web page.   In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a web node (web page, directory, website, or top level domain) from another web node.

 Their significance lies in search engine optimization (SEO). The number of backlinks is one indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page. ( This is used by Google to determine the PageRank of a webpage). Outside of SEO, the backlinks of a webpage may be of significant personal, cultural or semantic interest: they indicate who is paying attention to that page.
Search engines often use the number of backlinks that a website has as one of the most important factors for determining that website’s search engine ranking, popularity and importance.

In simple language… When you comment on someones blog or website and give your website, that is a backlink.  It is also i0mportant to note that the more popular that host website is, the more weight it will carry and the better for you. so it is to yur advantage to leave comments on the ‘bigger’ more popular sites.

There are 2 sites that deserve your attention if you are interested in getting more backlinks.
The first is Social Monkey.  This is a great little program that teaches you the importance of backlinks as well as setting you up to start getting them on a regular basis. It’s free to join, and you can earn an upgrade if you like to benefit even more. Do check it out.

The second resource is watching this video by Richard Legg for some terrific tips on using this whole backlink concept to gets a ton of free traffic to your site right away.

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Hope you have found this post beneficial. Please leave your comments below.

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