Earn Money Online Now

I was asked the other day; how to earn money online. Those types questions are quite frustrating but it’s even more frustrating looking for an answer to a question like that, only to get the broad reply that a broad question like that deserves. So I gave the answer I’d like to have heard when I was looking for that answer.

You see; starting out online can be difficult and there are thousands of money making schemes out there. In my opinion list building is the best and most of the top gurus are of the same mindset!

List building is putting together a list of email addresses to send a newsletter to. This list of email addresses should be targeted and specific to the niche you are in. A lot of people think that the bigger the email list the better as it will mean more sales. This is not necessarily true.

You need your list to be targeted and specific to the niche you are in. If the email addresses you have gathered are not interested in the content you are selling then it’s highly unlikely you are going to make a sale. Think about it; an ice cream van pulls into town with music playing, kids come running from every corner ready to buy ice creams and cones then the guy driving the van turns out to be selling vegetables. Do you think he’s going to make money? If the bigger the list was directly proportional to the money you make; spammers would be making serious money online.

So what do you need to do to build a targeted list and earn money online? You must put together content specific to your niche and so gain the interest of your intended market. Then by use of an opt in box try and capture their email addresses. A good idea is to put your opt in box on an opt in page that has been optimized to gain subscribers. If you don’t know how to set up an opt in page a web designer can help you do it and you can earn money online.

For an great article by Neil Russell; The Net Cash King on optimizing your opt in page go to: Creating and Optimizing An Opt in Page