Double Opt in Email List – How to Build it Quickly!

October 4, 2008 by Butterfly Filed under: Email

If you’ve been left scratching your head wondering how ‘gurus’ make so much money, it usually boils down to their list. Think about it, with an opt in list, you can

1. Leverage on your list and keep growing it.

2. Promote other people’s products.

3. Promote your own products to your list

4. And many more!

Having a double opt in list also tends to increase responsiveness as it weeds out those that won’t even bother to click on their confirmation link. Here’s another secret: Major autoresponders like Aweber and GetResponse will keep the IP address that are double opt in clean. Meaning deliverability rates on double opt in lists will almost always yield a higher response.

Here’s 3 ways to build a double opt in list real quick:

1. Participate in giveaways. If you’re on any marketers list (chances are, you’re on many!) you’ll receive lots of emails about new giveaways sprouting up. Giveaways are a super quick way to build hundreds and thousands of subscribers within a short period of time. Remember to join as a contributor as often as possible!

2. Do article marketing! Very much like what I’m doing right now. Give away good content in your articles and get them to click on your link to your squeeze page so they will opt in for more information.

3. Do an ad swap, once you’ve got your first hundred or so subscribers, you can start approaching other similarly list sized owners for ad swaps! The basic idea behind it is very simple. You send your subscribers to his/her squeeze page and your partner send your squeeze page to his/her subscribers!

So there you’ve it, 3 simple and quick ways to build a double opt in list!