Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Is Building a List really Necessary in Affiliate Marketing

To be honest, my jury is still out on this one. Please remember though, I really don't know what I am doing. Do I have a list? Well yes, but I did not have any auto responders to get it. Oh no, that would have been way too easy. Instead I found public forums to post on and in the process I built relationships. It's only been a year, but I have made many a friend that has landed in my inbox. They trust me and rightfully so, I have been with them on these forums for over a year. Work, well yes. Rewarding, well that too. They are friends. Virtual friends, but real people on the other side of these copper wires.

Oh yes I could add a responder, come up with a clever campaign and mail it out to everyone on my list, but would I really be targeting my market? It's the old numbers game, send it to enough people, someone will buy. Like dating, which by the way is my niche in internet marketing. Mine and about a million or zillion others. Am I making a killing? No. Am I making money consistently and is it growing? Yes!

Funny thing happens with my small list, the market is targeted, they trust me and when I tell them something is a great product, they believe me. If I don't think it is great, I am not going to ask you to buy it.

I have not invested any money with one exception which got me started. Curious? Click here.

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