As I said in my last post on the JV Giveaways webinar once you have 1,000 people on your email list you should cut down on the giveaways you use and instead move to a different type of list building.  Ad Swaps is the next technique you should use.

What is an Ad Swap?

It is simply as the name implies a swap of advertisments between you and another marketer in your niche.  It is one of the easiest JV deals that you can do.

Ad Swaps are an easy good method to build your list provided you follow the rules laid out below.

To be able to do an Ad Swap you need:

Something to offer people such as a free ebook or report, or an audio or video report that will be useful to them.  This is your product. Ideally this will be a product you have created for yourself and not a PLR product.

You must also have an autoresponder and there are a number of auto responder companies out there.  The ones I have heard most about are Aweber, Get Response and GVO’s Eresponder service which is part of their hosting package.  I use GVO as they are my hosting company and offer a $1 trial for new members.  Click the link at the top right of this blog to find out more about GVO.

You need a Squeeze page or optin page to collect the names and email addresses of people who want the product you have available.  This should be a free product to start with.

You can use Giveaways to start building your list as if you don’t have a list you cannot do any ad swaps.

The one thing I would advise you to stick to when doing ad swaps is be totally honest with your partner in the swap.  Don’t say you have a list of 2,000 when it is only 200.  You may come across some dishonest marketers out their and if you do I would advise you not to have any further business dealings with them as if you continue to do business with them their reputation can affect your reputation on the internet and you don’t want that.  Long term success comes from being honest and building trust with everyone you come in contact with on the internet.

Be reasonable in setting up your ad swap

Sort out all the details before the swap takes place.  Most marketers will swap with someone who has a list no more than 20% – 30% different in size to their list.  If your list has been built up from Giveaways remember that these are freebee seekers and will not be as responsive as a list of buyers.  So by being honest with your prospective partner you are not leaving yourself open to negative feedback from them after the swap.  Negative feedback can cost you your reputation and stop you getting future ad swaps with others.

By sticking to the agreed terms and conditions you will ensure that both sides are happy before, during and after the Adswap.

The first time you do an Adswap learn from your probably more experienced partner.  If there is something you don’t understand ask questions of your partner, tell them it is your first ad swap.  They willbe understanding and if they are any good will be willing to help you.

Use a great headline and keep your email reasonably short – a long sales page is not needed and can actually work against you.  Stick to the date and time agreed with your partner for the swap.  Do not fill your email with links two or three is plenty, one near the start of the email, one in the middle and one in the P.S.  These links should all be the same and not refering to different offers as if they are different you will confuse the possible customer and lose the sale.

If you intend to use PLR products for your ad swap ensure that you have totally revamped the product before offering it as if not you may not be successful.

These are the basics of Ad Swaps and I wish you success with your own ad swaps.

Your comments are always welcome and if you have anything you would like me to cover here let me know and I will see what I can dig up for you.

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Richard

This is just going to be a short post to let you know that my affiliate products page is now live here on my blog.

I have listed a number of products and reviews of them for your perusal, there is no obligation just take a look and see if any of them are of interest to you.

To go to the page just click the button Affiliate Products Page at the top of the post area.

That’s it for now

Richard

First things first an update on my e-book.  This e-book “How To Create A Video Using Microsoft PowerPoint” is going well.  The Hidden Treasure Giveaway which launched on Monday has given the e-book a 4 star rating out of a maximum of 5 stars and has sent 52 people to my site http://www.richardmoloney.com to get their copy.  The star rating is something which was totally unexpected and pleases me as it helps to show what other people think of my efforts.

On top of this my own efforts have added another 27 persons to the list.  The one disappointing thing is that a number of those who signed up to get the e-book have not confirmed their optin email and thus have not as of the time of writing been able to download their copy.  If you are one of those and you want a copy then you have to click the link in the confirmation email sent by Aweber to you.

I intend to concentrate most of my efforts in the near future on the Affiliate Marketing side of Internet marketing and to this end I am in the process of setting up a new page here on my blog which will list all the programs / products which I will be promoting.  I will have this page live in the next few days and will do a post when it is ready.

The page title will be Affiliate Marketing and it will give details of products and programs for which I am an affiliate.  This will include PLR products, future Giveaways etc. etc.

That’s it for now

Richard