Day 31: Build Your List Using Classifieds

According to our guide, there are two ways you can use Craigslist to drive traffic back to your site: 1) by posting classified ads, and 2) by joining their huge network of topical discussion forums…

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Day 30: Traffic From Social Bookmarking Sites

It’s the next to last day in our 31 Days to Growing Your List challenge, and our topic today is driving traffic by using social bookmarking sites. – Bookmarking bland web pages isn’t going to help you out. You need to bookmark your viral content – your crazy videos and your shocking reports and articles…

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Day 29: Build Your List via Social Networking

Ways to use Social Networking sites to build your list. Don’t stop at the well-known general social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. There are plenty of niche social networking sites that have more targeted users. Dogster.com and Catster.com cater to dog and cat lovers. There are sites for moms (CafeMom), wine lovers (BottleTalk), fashion (GirlSense), hip-hop music (CrackSpace), travel (TravBuddy), etc…

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Day 28: Creating Viral Tools In Your Niche

The key is to consider the things your market needs and wants, or could really use, and approach it from that angle. Are they competitive? Do they track anything in particular? What tools do they need, or which tools would they love to get free? …

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Day 27: How to Create Videos That Go Viral

On Day 20 we talked about ways to create buzz-worthy videos, and how to launch them to create a splash in your market. But here are a few more tips to *really* catapult your viral video…

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Day 26: How to Create Viral Info Products

Today we’ll look at how you can create Info Products that go viral, as a means of building your list. A couple of examples come to mind. We can’t forget Jonathan Leger and how he came on the scene by storm with his $7 Secrets method of creating low-cost reports with the 100% commission model as a means of building a highly targeted list – and fast! Interestingly, very few modeled his success to the same degree *ahem* – something we should ALL consider! Join me at the full post for ideas and resources to get your creativity flowing…

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31GYL Day 25: Using Petitions for Viral Traffic

Today’s suggestion is another interesting one I wouldn’t have come up with on my own: using petitions to grow your mailing list. Petitions have the potential to go viral simply because the issues surrounding petitions are often emotionally charged. People sign them and pass them to their friends to sign them, especially if the issue is very important to them…

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