Everybody in Web promoting agrees that ‘the cash is in the list’.

From day one, you should be capturing leads and then communicating with your sign-ups effectively.

After all, list building is almost more important than the website … and you do not truly have to own a website to begin this essential process.

A well-established means of list building is the Joint Venture Giveaway, and you’ll be able to see one that I’m currently involved with here:

Valentine’s Giveaway

Giveaways dominate within the Web Promoting niche, however they also flourish in different in style niches like Health and MLM/Network Marketing.

In this case, the Giveaway is concentrating on video coaching resources.

The essential method is this:

A hosts sets up and advertises a JV Giveway event

Contributors sign on and add their ‘gifts’ to the website … these are sometimes e-books, software packages, audios or videos

These gifts are sometimes offered free of charge, however members have to sign up to the contributor’s email list in order to receive their gift … hence this is often a ‘list building exercise’ for contributors

Once a pre-determined period of contributors adding gifts to the location, the doors open, and members will sign up and see what is inside.

Sometimes it’s a downloading frenzy, a trolley dash where you’ll download e-merchandise at no cost … and many of them will be resold for profit

Members are inspired to push the JV Giveaway, and incentives are typically given to encourage this

Credits or commissions are usually awarded for referring folks and probably downgrade penalties if no one is referred.

Many individuals join up to Giveaway events simply to assist themselves to freebies, and there is nothing wrong with this.

If people didn’t try this, the marketers wouldn’t generate any new leads … thus a Giveaway thrives on its ‘freebie seekers’.

But, there’s no higher place to be – if you’re serious about your online business and your list building – than at the front of the queue … and that means being a contributor and taking a vigorous part in a Giveaway.

For 1st-timers, it is best to take a free listing … most, if not all Giveaway events, supply a free listing option.

At the Valentine’s Giveaway there’s even a ‘Newbies Bootcamp’ which shows you specifically how to create a initial listing at completely no value to you whatsoever … and challeges you to enroll your 1st 10 referrals to convince yourself that this method extremely works.

Once you’re convinced about the method, having ventured nothing however it slow, you can begin to get really concerned and get the additional advantages of taking an upgrade.

When you do this, you get text adverts and One Time Offers, with the power to list more of your products.

Most Giveaways are therefore moderately priced, you simply have to sell one in all your One Time Offers and you may have earned your fee back.

So, what are you waiting for??

No matter niche you are in, there’s certain to be a benefit in taking part in these Giveaway events.

Sign-up at Valentine’s Giveaway right now and convince yourself that Giveaways really are the place to be if you would like to build a list fast.

I hope to see your name at the top of the leader board at Valentine’s Giveaway!

I don’t usually post about my personal life, but I’ve been relatively absent for the past couple of weeks, and thought I’d share with you.

I had an “opportunity” to do a bit of international traveling for a short term contract for a large company. It sounded like fun, and the money offered was a definite plus. So I grabbed a suitcase and my passport, and off I went on a whirlwind trip to the Caribbean.

It wasn’t nearly as much fun as I had anticipated, but it was an eye opener. I ended up in places I didn’t expect to ever visit, and seeing how some people truly live in emerging nations is heartbreaking, and gave me a new found appreciation for what I have right here in the US. I know that these people need help, and at least I can say that I did spend some money in their countries, and every little bit helps them. But most of all, I expanded my own mind.

Now I’m not about to abandon everything and rush right back to become a bleeding heart, but I do see their world, and mine, just a bit differently now. It’s amazing how we take certain things for granted, such as electricity. Not everyone does! It was very odd to be in a store picking up some basics, and have the power go out, and all the locals just went about their business – because this was normal to them. They told me it happens all the time – so what? We live very comfortably here in the United States, and we need to appreciate it.

As more of us approach retirement age and consider moving out of this country because we won’t be able to afford to live here, let’s focus instead on thinking outside of the box, and finding ways to support ourselves. I do not want to be 80 years old and living on Social Security, or working at a toll booth, or as a greeter in a store. I want to be enjoying my life, living from my passive income that I’ve built using my skills online.

That’s what this is all about, isn’t it? If you’ve joined my membership, you’re learning how to build blogs, market them, flip them, or hold them and build them up so that you can earn constant monthly income. This isn’t overnight income, although flipping can yield quick cash. But for steady, passive income, you need a little army of blogs earning you money every single day.

Yes, it generally takes about 3-6 months for a blog to become a steady income producer. It might yield $10 a month, or it might yield $300 a month – it all depends on the niche, the marketing that you do, your income streams, etc. Be patient, and the income will come. Patience is not something that we’re good at here in the US, we expect instant gratification. It’s not that way everywhere, so once again, I learned to just slow down a little bit.

It’s good to be home!