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5 Free Gifts For Rapid Opt-In List Growth

Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Casper.

In the Internet marketing toolbox, few strategies are more powerful than having your own opt-in email list. With a consistent weekly, or monthly, list you are able to send out your information directly to the subscriber’s email inbox with your affiliate links and reviews in it. The trick is to grow a healthy list of subscribers that are both responsive and loyal. How do you do that? Offer them quality free gifts to entice them to sign up and also to keep them there. Here’s a list of 5 types of free gifts to rapidly grow a successful opt-in list.

Grow Your List With A Free Ebook

The idea is to offer value in your freebies. Offering a 7 page ebook isn’t much of an enticement. Plan on having a good 30 to 40 page ebook that has some real value in it. If you offer good information the subscriber will stay and not just unsubscribe after they have downloaded your offer.

Grow Your List With A Powerful Email Course

Instead of creating a multi-page ebook, a multi-part email series that deal with a very narrow topic are also a powerful way to grow your email list. The trick is to offer some information that is not found anywhere else.

Grow Your List With A Free Video Series

Offer several short, how-to videos on a particular topic. These could be interviews or step by step tutorials.

Grow Your List With A Free Trial To Membership Site

Membership sites are wildly popular because they offer consistent, updated information. However, they come at a monthly cost. By offering a free month, or even two, for new subscribers will not only grow your list, but potentially your monthly income.

Grow Your List By Offering An Exclusive Subscriber Only Membership Site

As stated already, membership sites hugely popular. If you have the time, and resources, you could create a subscriber only membership site that is free as long as they subscribe.

Growing your list is a powerful way to earn more income on a consistent basis. Use these five tips for rapidly growing your email list.

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Posted on 03. May, 2009 by Casper.

If you are interested in a profit making blog, or perhaps already own a blog and wish to monetize it, this short post might give you some ideas on how do it.

Google Adsense
Something you could consider. It is very easy to add to your blog, and you will earn money every time someone clicks on and advertisement on your site. Do remmember to read the terms for Google Adsense, and never EVER click your own ads, as this can get you banned from ever using Adsense again.
Affiliate programs.
An easy way to go. Your blog is free (unless you have your own domain and pay for hosting) so advertising costs is zero. Each sale generated from your site will result in you making money on your blog. You can even ad some affliate links in your posts. You should concentrate the affiliate products or services so that they match the content of your blog, for higher convertions, and higher profit.
Sell advertising on your blog.
This requires that your blog is already recieving a substantial amount of traffic, so that interested advertisers are willing to pay for ads on your blog.

These are the three easiest way to monetize your blog. There are other ways, but you should start out with these if you are a new blogger or just starting to monetize your blog.

If you are using Wordpress blog and want to monetize your blog post, you should read this article by Lorelle VanFossen Monetizing WordPress Plugins.

The article gives you some in-depth description of several plugins to help you monetizing your blog including:

Amazon.com WordPress Plugins
Other Advertising WordPress Plugins For Your WordPress Blog
Ad and Banner Rotator WordPress Plugins
Shopping Cart WordPress Plugins
PayPal Donations WordPress Plugins
Adding Ads to Feeds
Monitoring Other People’s Money

The ways to monetize you blog is endless. Just remmember to either do it or not. Don’t just put a banner in the bottom of your page, as this won’t bring in much profit. Do not be afraid to scare of visitors or readers. As long is you do not over-do-it, you won’t have anything to loose.