The Best Safelists for October 2010

Hello and welcome to October!

I’m sure glad last month is over.  I’ve been doing a lot offline work at a new concert venue here in town and haven’t had much time to work on my online stuff.  When I am online I’ve been spending much of my time branding myself and building my list at Sweeva.  The results have been fantastic but the social aspect can be very time consuming.

Even with all that going on I still manage to find time to do my safelist and viral list builder submissions every day.  Before we get to the monthly safelist stats here’s what’s going on in the industry…

Two new list builders launched last month.  Both of them are running on the same script that List Effects started using a few months ago.  The script doesn’t offer a lot of bells and whistles but for a mailer it gets the job done.

The first site launched at the beginning of last month called Power Profit List.  The site is owned my Michael Coursey who is a well respected traffic exchange owner.  As you will see in my stats below Power Profit List is performing well above expectations.  Hopefully that will continue into this month.

The other new mailer just launched yesterday and is called Quick List Profits.  They are waiting until they hit 2000 members before they open the mailing part of the site but considering over 1000 people joined yesterday I am guessing we won’t have to wait long.  I just know that when the mailer opens at Quick List Profits I am going to enjoy getting my ads in front of those 2000 new members.

And finally, my good friend Winter Perkins dropped a bombshell on me earlier this week when she told me she is going to be taking over Reactive Adz from David Foley.  Reactive Adz is an amazing looking safelist but in my opinion it has never fully lived up to it’s potential.  I think Winter has what it takes to whip Reactive Adz back into shape.  I don’t think the take over is official yet but look for some big changes at Reactive Adz over the next few months.

Ok, ready for the stats?

Like any other successful Internet marketer I use tracking links to gather valuable statistics about my ads to let me know which advertising sites are bringing me the best results.  Every month I share my safelist and viral list builder stats here on my blog.  These stats are a results of promoting several splash pages for my ebook Safelist Marketing Tactics.  I do pay for upgraded memberships at most of these safelists so if the numbers seem higher than what you are getting as a free member that’s probably why.

Total Clicks Unique Clicks Action Sales CTA CTS
State of the Art Mailer 4,209 2,114 79 22 3.74% 1.04%
List Joe 2,118 1,467 51 19 3.48% 1.30%
List Zillion 1,386 779 59 13 7.57% 1.67%
DownlineBuilderDirect 2,463 1,036 55 14 5.31% 1.35%
AdTactics 2,891 869 56 13 6.44% 1.50%
Power Profit List 882 584 46 12 7.88% 2.05%
ListBuildingMaximizer 2,091 804 67 9 8.33% 1.12%
List Auction 1,370 727 39 6 5.36% 0.83%
ViralAdStore 1,292 726 33 6 4.55% 0.83%
Adsolutionline 2,406 895 29 5 3.24% 0.56%

“Clicks” is how many people viewed my splash page.  “Action” is how many people clicked the link on my splash page to go to the main site.  “Sales” is how many people joined my site.  CTA and CTS are “clicks to action” and “clicks to sale”.  I ranked these safelists by sales but it is also important to look at the other numbers to determine how responsive each safelist really is.

Have I mentioned how much I love State of the Art Mailer?  (swoon)

It’s nice to see List Joe back on top again where it belongs.  Welcome back List Joe!

The newest entry on the list is Power Profit List which launched at the beginning of last month.  Not a huge amount of traffic but it’s very “active” traffic which is what really counts.  Let’s hope that momentum carries into next month as well.

The big shocker this month is DownlineBuilderDirect.  This site has been around for awhile as a non-credit based viral list builder but recently made the switch to credits.  I picked up a lifetime upgrade and was starting to think I wasted my money after the dismal results I was receiving over the last few months.  Looks like things are finally picking up!

If you are not already a member of ListBuildingMaximizer you can join there and you are sure to receive some solo ads offering discounts on the upgrade at DownlineBuilderDirect.  Even if you’re not interested the upgrade you should be a member of ListBuildingMaximizer anyways because it’s just an excellent mailer.

That’s it for this update.  Keep in mind that all the stats you see above are a result of my own advertising efforts with my own ads.  Your results may vary but you’ll never know it unless you are tracking your ads!  You can get a free link tracker that will show you which ad sites work best for you from TE Toolbox.

 The Best Safelists for February 2010

Sunny’s JV Giveaway

Happy Mother’s Day!

As you probably know from reading my blog Sunday is the night that I put together my weekly list of new JV giveaway events that are looking for contributors.

I don’t usually promote individual events because to be honest, there’s an awful lot of really mediocre giveaways.  I’m not saying they are bad.  I mean, they are free so you might as well join and take advantage of them, right?

Well, today I was just alerted to a very SPECIAL JV giveaway event being launched by my good friend Sunny Suggs.  Sunny and I have been talking about this giveaway for months and it’s great to see that it is finally open for contributors!

Yay!

Here’s the link:
http://www.sunnysjv.com/contributor.php?id=74

Sunny has lined up some real heavy hitters to promote this thing who don’t usually do giveaways.  That means you can expect to see a lot of new people visiting your squeeze pages which means a lot more subscribers for your list.

There are a lot of factors I look at when deciding if a giveaway event is worth the price of the upgrade and Sunny’s event has them all!  Of course even as a free member you are still going to get a ton of sign-ups from this event.

Don’t miss the special upgrade offers that you’ll see when you join.  The price
of the upgrade is much more expensive inside the site so if you plan on  upgrading you will definitely want to do it now.

The site launches on May 23rd!

Click the image below to join.


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The Rockstars of Listbuilding

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a great weekend.  I know I did.

This past Saturday I got hired to setup and run my concert lights for a guy named Tim Reynolds.  If you are a fan of Dave Matthews then you probably know who Tim Reynolds is as he and Dave have played quite a few shows together.

Needless to say it was a good time.

Tim Reynolds is not the only rockstar I have been lucky enough to work with.  I have also had the fortune of doing lights for guys like Dick Dale, Derek Trucks, and Fareed Haque.

What’s this have to do with Internet marketing?

Funny you should ask…

In addition to working with rockstars on stage in front of hundreds of screaming fans I also get to work with some of the biggest rockstars in the world of listbuilding every day from my home office.

Nice segue, eh?

My good friend Marc Eglon actually just released a new website where he sits down and interviews some of these listbuilding rockstars and uncovers some truly valuable nuggets of wisdom.

You can watch his hour long interview with rockstar Justin Brooke here for free:

http://rockstarlistbuilding.com/dap/a/?a=217

Vip members get access to 6 hours of interviews from other listbuilding rockstars like Alex Jeffreys, Matt Garrett, Soren Jordansen, Andrew Stark, and Sean Mize.

If you don’t know who these guys are then I suggest Googling their names asap to find out.

Vip members of Marc’s site also get rebranding rights to the “Mojo Report”.   You will find my rebranded copy of the Mojo Report when you login to the members area.

Click the image below to grab the interview with Justin Brooke before Marc removes it!

PS – If you want vip access to all the videos plus the rebranding rights to the Mojo Report you can get a huge discount if you grab the login offer when you first sign-in.  Don’t miss it!

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How’s Your List Coming Along?

I guess it’s been over a week since I have posted any of my list building articles.  I was just wondering, are you putting all this list building stuff into practice yet?

I know it can seem a bit complicated at times when you are trying to figure out how all these pieces are supposed to fit together.  It doesn’t help either that most of the lessons are getting spread out over time and might not make a lot of sense the first time you read them.

Wouldn’t it be easier to just watch an expert list builder at work and see exactly how he does it?

Well, that’s what you are gonna get…

My good friend John Guanzon has just starting allowing access to his exclusive “List Building Vids Club” and you can get in now at a crazy  introductory price!

John knows his stuff.  He has been list building for years and he is one of the
first people I talk to whenever I have questions about list building.

John is providing you with his complete step-by-step system that you can use to start building, growing, and profiting from your very own opt-in list of subscribers starting today!

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the List Building Vids club.  Click the link
below to claim your membership now.


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Affiliate Jumpstart Launches Today

Happy Monday!  (yes, really)

As you may or may not know I make most of my money online doing affiliate marketing.  That means I promote other people’s stuff and I earn money every time somebody I refer buys something.

The problem with affiliate marketing though is that while there are thousands of free programs out there for people like me to promote it seems like most people who are new to the business have a hard time trying to figure out exactly where to start.

Here’s my solution…

Last week my good friend Ryan Hogan gave me a sneak peak at a new book  that is he releasing today called “Affiliate Jumpstart”.

You can see his site here:
http://www.affiliatejumpstart.net/?rid=11

Ryan does a great job in his book of covering every aspect of affiliate marketing including how to find the best high paying affiliate programs, how to drive traffic to them, and most importantly how to convert that traffic into sales.

Normally I would just send you my download link to get the book (it’s on my blog somewhere if you want to hunt for it) but this is one of those sites that you really should join.

Why?

Because not only will you get access to the ebook but you will also get 3 customizable squeeze pages and a pre-written autoresponder series that you can use to start building your list today!

Also, if you’re an action taker and want to really make a big difference in your bottom line, you’ll definitely want to check out Ryan’s upgrade offer.

With it you can make insane commissions, access high quality training videos and you can load up his powerful ebook up with over 35 of your own affiliate IDs for some of the best affiliate programs out there and push your commissions into overdrive!

The site is launching today so you get to be one of the first people to try it out.

Click link below to join now!


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