How To Build Your List And Not Someone Else's

I have joined and used a lot of programs that claim they will help you build your own list and make a lot of money online. I'm sure most of you reading this article all ready know what I'm going to talk about.

The truth is 98% of these so called List Building programs or Tools only help the program owner in building a list and not you! I know the above comment is going to upset a lot of people but the truth is the truth!

I'm not going to mention any programs names but I will describe how most of them work:

- Most of the programs I'm talking about get you to join for Free

- Then after you join there is always some sort of One-Time Offer so that you get an upgraded lifetime membership that usually costs around $197.00

- Upgraded memberships usually get to post more Ads, Banners, or get more Traffic to whatever they are promoting than Free members

- Free members get to use a very limited amount of the program features, where an upgraded member gets to use all the features

- The program or Tool gives you a ton of promotional tools that you can use to get others to join under you in this program. By doing this you will be building your list

- People that join under you also promote and they also get people joining under you in multiple levels

- Most of these programs allow you to email your entire downline usually once per week or every three days and you can promote anything in the email

So does the above sound familiar? Does the above sound great? First question the answer is 'Yes', second question the answer is 'No'.

The problem with these programs is that for 90% or more of online marketers they will only be able to get a few referrals. So for most members of these programs their downline will be very small. However for the program owner there list will be HUGE. Now the other thing that will happen is the program owner will email the entire database with their offer. In other words they have stolen your referrals!

By building your list by using these list building programs and tools you are really building someone else's list.

Now there are a few and I mean few list building programs that really do help you build your own list. I'm not going to discuss them in this article (that is for later), but I will tell you what you need to look for before joining:

- The program should email you or give you the Full Contact information of every referral you make

- You should be able to get your referrals subscribed to your own Auto-Responder when they join

- The program should allow you to email other members in the program that You did not refer

- The program should have marketing tools, and features that drive targeted traffic to any program

Basically what I'm saying is there should be a fair mutual benefit for joining the program. If you join a program and promote it to others, then you should also be able to promote to all the members of the program. Fair is fair! If you can't do this then the program is not worth joining.

I'm a member of 5 really good List Building programs that enables me to email close to 30,000 members per week! That is a lot of marketing power and of course it helps me build MY List FAST!

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Until next time!

Tyler W. Cant

Tyler W. Cant has been a successful Online Affiliate Marketer for over 6 years and makes a full-time income from Affiliate Marketing.

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