We talked about why you should be building a list in your niche on this post. Now, let’s start to deal with the mechanics.

Over the next few days we’ll give you a step by step guide on how should set everything up from the word go!

Firstly though, let’s be clear you cannot build and manage a list of subscribers without automation. It is simply not feasible to handle a mailing list in the same way you would correspondence between 2 or 3 people.

Goodness, I dunno… we put out a free guide on how easy it is to get a website and blog up and running… and we get a bashing.

OK, the guide isn’t exactly free. You have to be an ANC member to get it. I explained why on the post about the guide here.

But that wasn’t the reason we got a bashing. Lot’s of people have grabbed the guide and we’ve had nothing but positive feed back on it so far.

Bamboozled by the thought of getting your own domain and website going? Stuck on where to turn for hosting?

Have the upcoming changes to Squidoo thrown a spanner into your marketing efforts?

Well, help is at hand…

A new guide has just come out called ‘Get Up & Running Online‘ and it’s by Tiffany Dow. I’ve mentioned Tiffany before… she’s an ace marketer and real lady of action.

OK, I know from hanging out in Wealthy Affiliate and I know from the Reaper Lens on List Building that less than half the people who attempt Internet Marketing are actually building a list of potential customers.

This is a big mistake! Perhaps, understandable but a mistake nonetheless.

Why? Because when you build a list of potential customers you are gaining multiple repeat opportunities to sell to those customers. Provided you do it right.

With redundancies and unemployment increasing many people are seeking alternative forms of employment, often online.

The, so called, green shoots in the global economy seem to get snipped in the bud on a weekly basis. Redundancies and unemployment are a lagging indicator anyway, so things are only going to get worse.

People have often heard about people who make money online, maybe they even know someone who does.

Now, this little trick might not appeal to everyone but it was very important to me. Cause I’m dead vain, right? An arrogant, loud mouth show off. That’s me.

See, I noticed when we started this blog that whenever Thad added a comment to a blog post on here a little pic appeared next to it.

All I got was this faceless dull silhouette. Can’t have that.

LOL! Now you know where I get it from.

My mum is officially retired but she still works part-time at a local shop / post office. She likes to keep busy.

Well, they closed the Post Office bit last year and now they are even trying to remove the Post Box from outside the shop!

A vital resource for local businesses, people and pensioners.

Check out this little tool of Google’s that I’ve just found out about from a couple of Wealthy Affiliate buddies of mine.

It’s called Google’s Wonder Wheel and it can help you dig down during your niche research.

First, do a normal search on ‘dog training’ and you’ll then see this:-

Then click on ‘show options’ at the top and you’ll see a drop down like this:-

Getting ranked well in the natural listings is a dark art, right?

Well, that’s what they would like you to believe.

We’re gonna be posting up a series on hints and tips on here over the coming months as we tackle the sacred cow of SEO.

And here’s a little starter for ya.