{"id":37,"date":"2012-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/lizdelaney\/list-building-5\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:59:49","slug":"list-building-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/lizdelaney\/list-building-5\/","title":{"rendered":"List Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

List Building<\/span><\/h2>\n

Part 5<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to Part 5 of my List Building Series.<\/p>\n

In Part 1,\u00a0 I outlined what list building actually is, how you can benefit from a list, and when is the best time to start.
\nIn Part 2<\/a>,\u00a0 3 basic methods for the blogging newcomer are outlined.
\nPart 3 talks about your blog and the advantages of\u00a0 putting an opt-in form on each page.
\nPart 4 outlines the advantage of an opt-in page.
In Part 5, I will describe another List Building Strategy –\u00a0 Article Marketing.<\/p>\n

List Building by Article Marketing<\/span><\/h2>\n

Now that you have an opt-in form on every page of your blog and a dedicated opt-in page, it\u2019s time to start getting traffic.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite strategies is article marketing. The basic idea is to write a short article, include a resource box with a link to your blog and opt-in page and then submit it to some of the popular article directories.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll get some traffic directly from those sites, but the real purpose behind this strategy is to allow other webmasters and bloggers to find your article and publish it on their sites. Whenever that happens, you\u2019ll see a nice increase in traffic to your blog and a boost in subscribers.<\/p>\n

What Should I Write About?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a question I hear quite a bit. You want to write articles that are closely related to your blog. You also want to be very specific in each article. Think about some of the problems and issues your readers are facing\u2026 those are the types of topics you want to write about. As your site becomes more popular, this will get easier because your readers will tell you what they want to learn more about. For now, think back to some of the questions you had when just starting out.<\/p>\n

Another option to increase your list building efforts, is to visit popular forums and look for questions that are asked. You can also browse some of the article directories and look what other people have written about in the category that best relates to your blog.<\/p>\n

Once you have your topic, write a helpful article of about 400 to 500 words. Answer the question you started out with or simply share 5 to 7 tips on a topic.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to spend some time crafting your author resource box. This is where you\u2019ll lead readers from the article page back to your blog. I like to include two links. The first goes directly to the home page of my blog, the second to my opt-in page to get readers on my list.<\/p>\n

Where Should I Submit My Articles?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019ve written your article, it\u2019s time to submit it to some of the popular article directories. This is where your List Building efforts become fun. Below you\u2019ll find a short list of directories I like to use. This is by no means a complete list. As you get more comfortable with article marketing, you\u2019ll find other directories, but this is a good starting point.
\n\u2022 Ezinearticles.com
\n\u2022 ArticleBase.com
\n\u2022 GoArticles.com
\n\u2022 Isnare.com
\n\u2022 IdeaMarketer.com
\n\u2022 ArticleSnatch.com<\/p>\n

How Many Should I Write?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re just starting out, a good goal may be to write and submit one article per week. That\u2019s enough to get a small trickle of traffic to your site. To quickly increase your List Building efforts,\u00a0 more is always better (provided the quality of your articles doesn\u2019t suffer).<\/p>\n

If you can manage three articles per week, great! If you\u2019re really ambitious you may even write one per day. I don\u2019t recommend aiming for more than that or you\u2019ll quickly get burned out.<\/p>\n

Article marketing is all about consistent effort. Find a number you\u2019re comfortable with and then make sure that come hell or high water you\u2019re getting those articles written and submitted.<\/p>\n

At the moment I am personally writing a blog post<\/a> per day in my List Building<\/strong><\/em> efforts, but it is time-consuming. I do enjoy writing, and am improving all the time. After my blog gets noticed more, I will gradually drop back to about 3 posts per week.<\/p>\n

List Building<\/span>\u2026.<\/h3>\n

\u2026..should never stop. You need to be consistent in your efforts to gain followers to your blog. The suggestions outlined in my 5 articles are just a start. They are for newcomers to blogging and are relatively free methods. There are many more methods out there, mostly costly, but over time, you can work them into your List Building budget.<\/p>\n

If you have found this List Building<\/strong> article helpful in any way, please leave a comment and share with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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