The List Bandit - I Caught The Boat

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Writing blog posts is much easier when you've just had a coffee. See if you can work out at what point during the writing of this post that the caffeine kicked in...
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I'm still about 24 hours behind it but, for a UK marketer, I guess that's about average.
So... let's go back to 2003 where all these gurus are promoting the virtues of list-building and I'm thinking,

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"Man, that sounds dull. I mean, sure, you can probably make a lot of money that way, but I'm not just about the money. I want a business that is real and exciting and... oh look, the electric bill just arrived."

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No, this isn't a blog post about selling out. This is an post about why - after four years - I decided to get serious about list-building.

Two reasons:

1) In all the time I've been on-line, the effectiveness and strategies have changed but the core idea of building a profitable list has remained the same. And it's rare that you can say that in the IM world.

2) What my uninitiated brain failed to appreciate until recently, was the side-effect of having a list of people to email... Communication.

Whatever I do with my online business now and in the future, I am and always will be, at heart, a writer. It's the work I enjoy the most and obtain the most satisfaction from.

And what a writer wants - even more than money - is for someone to read his work and respond favourably. Whether it made them laugh, or cry, or think, it doesn't matter. As long as there is a reaction.

It's nice to receive commission cheques for my work, but one of the things I enjoy most about list-building is when someone reads my work and then writes back to me.

It doesn't even matter to me if they don't buy anything, as long as they enjoyed what I wrote.
So let me take this opportunity to thank everyone who has taken the time to reply to one of my emails or blog posts. Please be assured that it is appreciated.

That said, if you want to continue to hear from me, it wouldn't hurt to accept one of my recommendations from time to time ;-)

When I first learnt about list-building, I assumed that it would be fairly easy to do and, as it turned out, I was right.

But the danger of thinking something is simple, is that it becomes easy to put it off until another day. List building is one of those things that is best started sooner rather than later. Even if you don't have a lot of time to PUT INTO IT NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SYSTEM UP AND RRRUNNING.

Fortunately, getting a lead capture system going has never been easier. And whether you are completely new at this, or you just want to add to an existing list, then Gary Ambrose's new program is absolutely superb.

Please just stop for a moment, because whatever you've already heard about The List Bandit has probably been very misleading.

The List Bandit has a solid system at it's core, but what has me really excited about it is a new facility that, until now, has been criminally underused.

In fact, it's my guess that the majority of people that register for The List Bandit over the next few months will completely overlook this.

And even those that don't overlook it, will still get it wrong.

OK - I've just looked over my last few sentences and it looks for all the world like I'm about to say... "and you can find out the secret for one low payment of..."

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I'm going to share all of this for you without charge.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Coffee is great for getting the writing juices flowing, but it has the side effect of creating waffle.

I'm 600 words in and I still haven't told you what The List Bandit is. I'm making the dangerous assumption that you already know and that's just not fair. So, in brief:

- The List Bandit is a free membership site
- You tell other people about it and begin building a list of people to email
- A random drawing is made daily, giving you the opportunity to win a mailing list of thousands
- It's extremely easy to use
- It has two, very cool, additional features that can build your list VERY quickly

This is one of the rare times when I got to see behind the scenes, ahead of time. I promised Gary that I wouldn't tell anyone about this which, to be honest, has been really hard to do.

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By the way, that isn't a fake, "my friend Gary", name-dropping thing. Gary told me about this during an instant message conversation which is how I got to hear about it.
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And the thing is, after the Brian Edmondson story, I'd love to be able to product a similar kind of result with my own - relatively small - list.

So, whether the idea behind The List Bandit excites you or not, please take 2-3 minutes to visit the website and complete the free registration. It's dead easy to do and it would really help me out.

And, to show my gratitude, next week I will send you a free copy of a special report I am putting together that will show you how to set up your List Bandit system, from start to finish. If you want to get the most out of your membership, then you'll find this really helpful.

You will also receive "give away" rights to the report so that you can use it to help build your own list.

To get in line to receive this exclusive report, just click the link below and scroll to the bottom of the page to find the registration link. Once you've done that, just send an email to david@thenettle.com and let me know you've done it.

http://www.thenettle.com/goto/listbandit.html

I hope you enjoy building your own list and thank you, in advance, for your support.

There's a new issue of The Nettle Magazine on its way next week, but this should keep you busy over the weekend.

http://www.thenettle.com/goto/listbandit.html

Best wishes,

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David Congreave
david@thenettle.com

PS - The report I'm offering is an exclusive one and I won't be making it available anywhere else. Once I've given it out to my readers, I'll be deleting the original.
http://www.thenettle.com/goto/listbandit.html


PPS - Have you read the latest issue of The Nettle Magazine?
Just go to http://www.thenettle.com/latest.php