One of the greatest combinations I have found online to create long term income is that of article marketing and list building. You see, article marketing produces some of the highest quality leads online, for more detail go to: www.mailing-lists-manager.com. and when you use those leads in conjunction with list building, you can really leverage that high-quality traffic to your benefit.

List building of course allows you to leverage your initial traffic into something much more.

You see, with list building, you get a one-time visitor, and then you convert him into a life long visitor. You also need to make sure that the organizer of the giveaway REQUIRES joint venture partners (gift contributors) to all promote the event. Ideally, those who are discovered not promoting the event, usually by the fact that they have made NO referrals, should be purged from the database of those eligible to receive subscribers fairly early in the giveaway's timeline. But if you are not list building, then the only value you get out of that visitor is if he buys something right away. But most people don't buy right away ? they buy once they have gotten to know you.

And how do they get to know you? By your article marketing and your list building!

You see, they are such a great combination, because they both work together to create credibility and to relationship. And your email list is the same way. Your email list is not just a bunch of names and email addresses; it is a collection of relationships.

Why do I think the article marketing works? I think that it works for list building because if someone reads my article and clicks through, they have already bonded with me, unlike someone who lands on my site from Google Adsense. You see, for more detail go to: www.autoresponder-money.com. when you write articles, people get to know you through your writing and your writing style. And the same thing happens with your list building ? people read your emails, and begin to polarize towards you.

Internet marketing or not, any business involves some level of interaction between the business and its customers. You can be talking about how two things are connected, or a romantic or personal relationship where there is much more involved. These relationships bear a certain depth, which is important for effective Internet marketing, too.

This is a critical thing. You see, people online do not buy because they absolutely have to have the product right now and there is no where else to get it (unless you really have a product like that) ? they buy because they have developed a relationship with you and they want to buy from you, specifically.