I have been asked by many of my subscribers to explain what is meant by list building, so here goes.
Having a product is good but it is NOT a business.
What is a business? A business is having the products and the customers to buy your products, many people believe that by just having a product on a web site they will make money, sure the occasional person may stumble across the web site and buy, then you feel dejected and look for something else.
Which is why so many people fail in Internet Marketing, you may have heard it before but this is important, “ The Money Is In The List “ please learn this one thing you have to have a list before you can sell, or put it another way.
Imagine you have decided to open up a retail shop, you check out the area which you think is right for you go to the wholesalers and buy up your stock, you spend many hours displaying your products and pricing them up, you put up a sign in your window opening tomorrow.
When you open the doors of your shop you wait, your waiting for your first customer you only have a few that day and it does not get better what do you do? You decide to advertise, you’ve still got to pay the rent and wages and you still haven’t got a real business until you have customers. I know this is not always the case will retail stores but what I’m trying to get over to you is in Internet Marketing you haven’t a business until you have a list of customers to sell to.
So, you have to learn how to build a list of customers or list building as it is commonly called. My mentor is Alex Jeffreys, and he has written a great report called you guessed it List Building With Alex, you can grab your free copy here no cost, nothing, nada, zip, just click this link and it will be with immediately whatever the time.
So who is Alex Jeffreys? Well he lives in Wales in the UK with his partner Katie and their son Cameron. Alex started an on-line business in February 2004 and Alex did not realise the importance of list building for at least a couple of years (or more like it Alex did not understand how to build a list in the beginning).
When Alex eventually started to build a list he didn’t see much money coming in and so like us all he started concentrating his efforts on other things. E-bay was where he made good money importing and selling motorbikes, and selling information products on CD’s through E-bay.
Then in 2006 Alex Jeffreys attended a seminar and Tim Knox became his mentor, he told Alex “the moneys in the list” and once again Alex concentrated on building a list so he could make money on Auto-pilot in the November Alex launched his first product Easy Profit Auctions, and then Post launch Profit Secrets.
You can read the rest of Alex’s success for free by clicking this link you will not be disappointed.


Hi Al!
Yeah it`s right as you say; this is a business. I think 99% of people starting out don`t think of it that way. People are too often being pitched with products that can “teach” to how earn a living online, and they give upm because they couldn`t figure it out.
But when people are starting out they need to understand that there are some things you need to understand and learn to reach their goals. It`s called evolution
Start small – think big… One step at the time
Have a super day my friend.
All the bestm
André T.
Hey Andre
Your dead right, Start small-think big…One step at a time
I couldn’t put it better myself, I’ve learnt such alot from the coaching sessions, and if Alex Jeffreys ever gets to read this Vist my Blog
Cheers Andre
Al
Hi Al,
Just back from my break so thought I would come and see what you are up to!
As you rightly point out, this is a business and that is of the most importnat lessons we have learnt from Alex.
With that in mind I’m still working on my 2009 plan and working on the business model I wish to follow. I was reading the 4 hour working week by Tim Ferriss while I was away and it has made me think more clearly about how I wish to build my business. I have written a post about the book so take a look and definately get a copy and read it. Alex recommends this book highly and now I know why!
All the best
Mark
Hi Mark,
hope you had a break, still working on my plan, funny it changes everytime I add something, I’ll have to get a copy of the 4 hour working week sounds good to me LOL.
Cheers
Al