| Since people generally ask me the same questions | | | | Tellman: You will hear conflicting information from |
| about list building all the time, I thought maybe you'd | | | | different people. I have four or five different |
| like know... | | | | autoresponders I use that I have tested and tried |
| Q: When I am buying domain names, is buying ".com" | | | | for different things. What I am giving you with My |
| all I need to buy? | | | | First List is a complete system that will all integrate |
| Tellman: Personally, I very rarely buy .net, .biz, etc.. I | | | | together easily, so you don't have to think about it |
| normally only buy .coms. The reason is because I | | | | when you are starting your first list building system. |
| come up with all sorts of other ideas as time goes | | | | That doesn't mean it is the best for everything. But |
| on. If you have an unlimited budget, buy all of them. | | | | what it does mean is it's the best to get started |
| You can redirect the other ones to your main .com, | | | | right now, today. The reason I am telling you to go |
| just in case someone types in .org or .net. But that | | | | to is because, if at some point, there is a better |
| does not happen too often. Most of the time, if | | | | autoresponder to get started, I am going to change |
| someone is just typing a domain in, they are going to | | | | that redirect to something else. I will change it to |
| type it in as .com first, if they're just trying to hit on | | | | something else that is more appropriate for someone |
| something. Stick to .com and you'll get more hits. | | | | list building for the first time. Right now, the easiest, |
| Q: I am one of those people with a million ideas, and | | | | quickest way for you to get started is to get what |
| I have a lot of domain names already that I bought | | | | you see at Don't think about the rest of the other |
| when I got the idea. How do I decide which is the | | | | stuff until you have your first list growing. Go and do |
| right one for list building? | | | | it now, don't wait another moment! |
| Tellman: Here is what I would like you to do: Pick | | | | Q: If you have a product or a service, where do you |
| one, not because it is the best. If you have kids that | | | | get the information to plug into the autoresponder to |
| have ever been on a sports team, you know that | | | | send out to your list? Are there any tools that will |
| they sometimes screw up in practice. Be a kid! I | | | | help you do that? |
| want you to go out and screw up. Remember, when | | | | Tellman: To answer your question, you go to the |
| you're talking about online business, it is completely | | | | company that provides the product and you ask |
| fluid, it's like water or air. You can change it | | | | them for stock emails. The other thing is that in My |
| instantaneously. Even if you completely screw it up, it | | | | First List, I teach you some methods I use to come |
| doesn't matter, because you can change it. | | | | up with ideas for emails to put into the |
| Just start list building, and don't worry about whether | | | | autoresponder. Right now, you don't need to think |
| it is right or wrong. Just do it for fun. It will cost you | | | | about that. For now, all you need to do is worry |
| a little bit, but you will get a massive amount of | | | | about getting the autoresponder set up so it is |
| knowledge. You will be a million times ahead of | | | | functional. Lay the foundation first. Then, start list |
| everyone else out there, just like you, who has been | | | | building. That's all you have to do. |
| sitting around with way too many ideas in their head | | | | The biggest concept here is that you need to start |
| and no list. Once you get your own list building, you | | | | list building. Don't let anything stop you. You will make |
| can do anything, but until you start to take the first | | | | mistakes, and through them, you will learn. Just start |
| steps toward list building, you will remain paralyzed. | | | | list building, and only concentrate on sending traffic to |
| Q: There are different types of autoresponders, as | | | | your list building squeeze page. Until you have done |
| far as features and functions go. Is one better than | | | | that, until you have built a massive list, don't do |
| the other to service a list? | | | | anything else. |