Is a double opt in email list that important?

Should I buy an opt in email list?

• I have two websites that I just started to make money on from doing affiliate marketing and I have heard that buying an opt in email list from a reputable company is the best way to start making even more money and getting traffic. For anybody who has experience with this already, do you recommend this? Thanks!

• Answer:

  I have been marketing online for over a year now after I came across a website for IM expert Matt Bacak – www.mattbacak.com. I was intrigued that I could make money online and so I followed his advice and made my own websites and did everything that he recommended. One of the things that I learned is that you have to sell to people who are actually interested in your product. Many of the times when you buy an opt in email list, even one in your topic area, if people did not sign up for it, they are going to delete it or have it automatically sent to their spam folder. The way to work an opt in email list is to have people sign up for your own email list through your website. You should have a sign up on your home page such as in one of the sidebars or at the end of your articles or posts. You could write, " To learn more, join our newsletter list," or something like that. This way, you know people are interested in your site and products and want to receive info from you. To build traffic to a new site, you have to start out with the basics as this is the only way to go. Things such as article marketing, forum posting, and good SEO go a long way. Try to build up as many good backlinks as possible to get your ranking higher and put your name out there more. It is not easy to start a new website and get traffic as it does take work. Like I mentioned, I have been doing this (part-time) for over a year, and probably about 4 or 5 months ago is when I really started seeing my efforts pay off. In fact, if I could make 5 more websites that generate the same income that I am making off the 8 I already have, I could probably quit my day job if I wanted!