The money is in the list

...or so they say.
Every internet marketeer keeps saying that the money is in the list, and you gotta make your list, else you're leaving money on the table. But the pure thought of making a list of subscribers simply left me in a state of paralysis! Me, with a list of a bunch of people relying on what I have to say? And what will I write them about anyway? How can I sell them anything? I'm not good at it! Can I do it without a list?

Well, that's pretty much what ran through my mind right until a few days ago, until I took the plunge and followed The Niche Blogger's new month. I really didn't believe I can do it, but I said, I'll give it a try, what do I have to lose?

And here I am just now, grinning from ear to ear because I've just finished the following and it didn't even take that much time or sweat!

• Subscribed to Getresponse (Amy at The Niche Blogger recommends Aweber, however I know for a fact that both are top choices. My preference was purely based on 'molah', as Getresponse is cheaper than Aweber and for a startup internet marketeer, every cent counts.) Just in case you're wondering, Getresponse and Aweber are the top two autoresponder services, where you can write newsletter, ecourses, to your mailing list. But I will go into that in another post, later on.
  
• Set up my first web form where the users can subscribe to my ecourse, and added it (and tested it) on one of my niche blogs. It works like a charm!
• Wrote and tested 9 (out of 10, just one last to go) emails belonging to the course, which at first thought would be daunting to do, but Amy has a way to break down everything in such simple steps, that even I could do it. Yay me!
• Got already my very fist 5 subscribers. I know this is not the thousands of subscribers one is usually talking about, but hey, I've just started with it and didn't even advertise it yet. People found me on the net and subscribed!
• I've added the ecourse to Getresponse, and the first subscribers are already getting them on a daily basis

I can't believe I've got over one of my major stumbling blogs in Internet Marketing: making a list AND writing a set of emails to them in the form of an ecourse.

I feel much more confident now in the world of internet marketing, and I'm slowly getting the ropes. Never did I imagine when I first started with The Niche Blogger that I'll be doing such advanced stuff, which are way beyond simply 'blogging for money', as Amy advertised it! This is pure internet marketing, and presented in such a way that even newbs like me GET IT!