List Building - What Is The Most Critical Step When Building A List?

List building and monetizing your list is a whole science in itself. However, if you were to ask anyone what the most critical step is in the list building process, they are bound to say something like "building a strong relationship with your list".

Sure, it is important to have an optimized squeeze page. It is also important to have a plentiful supply of good quality traffic to your squeeze page as well. However, if the email messages you are sending are not helping you to develop a rapport with your subscribers, then you have a problem. It doesn't matter how good your website is, or, how much traffic you send, your email messages will simply be ignored after a while.

So, how do write your auto responder messages for maximum effect?

For the vast majority us, the reason we are building a list is to make a living off the Internet.

However, it is vitally important that you understand your subscribers are not going to buy from you in the LONG TERM unless they trust you and believe that you have their best interests at heart.

Therefore, to be successful, you must avoid blatant sales pitches at all costs. Offer high value content, free gifts and give them the benefit of your experience. Do not hold back on information that you feel may benefit your subscribers, as you will potentially be leaving money on the table.

Tell your subscribers that you genuinely want to help them and mean it by writing your emails with language that comes across to this effect. Encourage two-way communication and find out which info products you can develop for your subscribers. Do all of this and I promise that you will see the results in your bank account.

Peter Craske is the author of a course on list building. Get it free here. http://www.internet-selling-secrets.com