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Building a solid list of people who need your products is very much like growing a crop. You must sow either time or money, and sometimes both, to reap the benefits of that kind of list. The question for you is, “What are you willing to invest to build your list?” To motivate you to make the investment, let’s first look at the benefits of doing so.

A Great List is a Long-Term Asset
You may have already made the mistake many entrepreneurs do of being short-sighted about your list. You may say to yourself, “Yes, I have thousands of names on my list now, but only the ones who bought this month are important.”

Developing and working with a list of prospects is a long-term process. Someone may raise their hand today and say, “Tell me more” but not buy until later. That interest they’ve expressed is still a valuable asset for your business.

You’ll continue to work with them and they’ll buy. By doing so, you’re building a structure that will sustain your business long-term. That business, stretched out over time, is what allows you to grow.

Here’s how it can be for you, once you’ve invested the time and effort to build your list:  Suppose you develop a seminar to serve a specific need. Over time, your hard work growing your list and continuing to offer them your product pays off. Each seminar gains a little more interest from your list until, finally, you announce a seminar and it sells out immediately.

Wouldn’t that be a fantastic place to be? That type of customer response takes time to develop, but it’s well worth it. A loyal base of customers who look forward to your next product is a fabulous asset.

When you’ve built trust with your list, and they’re eager to hear what you’ve got to offer, you can return again and again to the same people to sell products. You’ve taken the time to learn what the people on your list need, and you’ve developed products to meet that need. That’s when growth really becomes automatic.

What Are You Willing to Invest?
And so, we return to our original question: “What are you willing to invest to build your list?” Are you willing to put in the hard work, even when it seems as though no one is paying attention? Do you have a long-term view of what your list can bring to your business?

If you’re discouraged now because it doesn’t seem as though the people on your list are responding, dig deeper. If your list is too small, it may take a financial investment to grow your list by buying someone else’s.

If you’re not in a financial situation to do that, you must invest the time to find ways to increase your list. The investment you make, whether in time or money, will pay off if you keep at it. What feels like spade work now is going to reap big rewards. The secret is to keep at it.

It takes time to communicate effectively with the people who need your products.  It’s hard work to find ways to break into new markets and to develop new products. Learning what the people on your list need and creating those solutions isn’t always easy.

There’s nothing, however, quite like knowing there are people waiting for your next product. You can be in that position by deciding to invest whatever it takes to build the kind of list that will sustain your business long-term.

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