In this post I want to tell you about a source of traffic that is generally overlooked by most internet marketers. In fact if you were to go to somewhere like the warrior forum and ask for advice on using safelists you would get a very negative response and quickly form the opinion that safelists are a junk traffic source that doesn’t deliver results.

Today I want to turn this negativity on its head and share with you the reasons why I love safelists and how I am able to generate hundreds of new leads for my online business using them.

Understand the market

Before you do any sort of marketing you need to understand what sort of traffic you will get, and ideally what type of product / service would perform well. For example before you set up an adwords campaign you would research which keywords to target and how much it will cost, and what research the type of landing pages being used by the other people advertising via adwords in your niche.

With safelists the traffic is generated by other safelist members clicking a link in their email. The most popular safelists work on a credit system, so the people clicking these links are doing it to generate credits so they can get their own advertisement out to as many people as possible.

What this means is that you will have ~ 10 seconds to make an impression on the visitor. Put yourself in the position of this safelist user and think about what would make you look up from the task of clicking all these credit links?

How Can You Grab The Visitors Attention?

The people who claim that safelists are rubbish are advertising the wrong things…

Do you really think you can sell the latest “product of the month” within 10 seconds to someone who’s thinking about the next site before the one you’re promoting has even loaded in the browser?

I really hope you have realised that the answer to that last question is no!

So to be successful with safelists you need to have a splash page that will load in under a second, summarise exactly what you are selling and smack the reader between the eyeballs with your call to action.

Give The People What They Want

Even if you have followed the above step a brillaint landing page on the best way to breast feed your baby is not going to work. Sure some people may be new parents but the 99.9% who aren’t will not be interested.
People clicking the safelist credit links are looking for 2 things.

#1 More Traffic
#2 A Way Of Turning This Traffic Into Money

So if you happened to have a free report called “7 Ways to Turn Your Safelist Credits into Cold Hard Cash” or “How To Generate Leads For ‘ACME MLM’ Using Safelists” it’s something that should interest the reader.

It Is All About ListBuilding

Like all other forms of internet marketing the purpose of using safelists is to generate traffic to your lead capture page, get them to enter their details, make them an offer, build a relationship through follow-up, and make more offers.
The beautiful thing about safelist marketing is that you have all you have to do is advertise your product to a steady stream of internet marketing newbies. The owner of the safelist has already spent time and money advertising in places where new internet marketers hang out, so all you have to do is to press send.

Remember that just simply by having your own opt-in page online you will already be an expert in the eyes of these newbies.

Don’t Forget The Chance To Network

We are living in the digital age where social networking is now commonplace.
When I’m clicking for my safelist credits I actually take a note of the affiliate pushing any programmes / services and try to find them on facebook. If this person is actively marketing on facebook and safelists they are exactly the type of person that I want to be networking with.

Happy List Building

Andrew Stark

How Can I Find Out More About Safelists?

In case you haven’t guessed I actually sell a course on this subject called safelistsecrets.  This will teach you the correct way to get started, where to find the best safelists, how to set up your own list building pages, and explain my marketing funnel for monetization.  The normal retail price is $9.95, but as a reader of John’s Blog I’m giving you a 50% discount from this link.

This is a guest post written by Andrew Stark.

If you would like to be considered for a guest post please contact me.

There are some marketers who offer no value to their subscribers and they just seem to abuse the privilege of being able to put a message into someone else’s inbox. While I am a marketer who offers products and services on a regular basis via email every single broadcast email I send goes out with the intention of helping my subscribers and this is how you should operate online.

Then there are the marketers who spend more time on their sales copy than creating a quality product. They don’t mind spending $15,000 on a top copywriter but only spend $500 on a half assed script that doesn’t work properly. I tend to spend weeks, sometimes months and on 2 occasions even years on creating my products as I want them to be the best they can be.

There are also marketers who look at a jv/affiliate page just to see what they can earn in commissions and prizes and they mail out without even checking out the product they are promoting. Hows that for looking after your subscribers?

I don’t know about you but I know that everything I do is done with respect for my subscribers and customers.

I feel I am doing the right thing.

And because I like doing the right thing I have no problem sending you to check out a product where I will receive no reward at all.

Jim Cockrum has just launched a brand new book called Free Marketing 101. Yes, this is an actual physical book that you hold in your hand. If you know me at all you will know I have a lot of time for Jim, he is another marketer who does the right thing and always gives quality information to his subscribers. I’ve been on Jim’s list for as long as I can remember and I’d actually recommend you get on his list just to watch how he operates as you will learn a lot.

Anyway, back to Jim’s book. First of all I’ve had the privilege to read it and the content is fantastic, something every single Internet Marketer on the planet should read.

Secondly, you should know that Jim is not going to earn one cent from any sales of his book. The proceeds are all going to support inner-city entrepreneurs. Jim’s friend (Pastor Kevin Ramsby) runs inner city training centers for budding entrepreneurs. They are teaching young people with ideas how to use IM to create jobs and income! Everything from eBay to advanced strategies…and it’s WORKING!

Thirdly, it makes me feel good to know I’m doing the right thing so I encourage you to go to Jim’s page, buy the book and get on Jim’s newsletter. I promise you wont regret it. Not only will you be helping a good cause but you will also learn 101 ways to grow your business.

Heres the link you need. I assure you nothing is getting tracked and I would appreciate your comments, especially if you decide to buy.

www.101freemarketing.com

Oh and if you can, spread the word by commenting, liking the page and generally getting the word out to as many people as you can.