I need leads!

When it comes to obtaining prospects for your business, many people become discouraged rather quickly when purchasing leads. This is totally understandable as most purchased leads are junk! There are some reputable lead sources available but you have to sift through the piles of bad companies to find them and they are usually quite expensive.

The problem with all purchased leads is the fact that they opted to receive some information about something but they did not request anything from you.

This can set you up for a host of challenges. First of all, selling to these leads is hard because they don't know you from Adam. This can also lead to complaints that your emails were sent unsolicited. All of these drawbacks combined with the fact that they cost serious money makes purchased leads less than desireable.

The Solution?

Instead of paying for leads that are totally unaware of you or your business, try using your own lead capture pages that let your prospects subscribe knowing exactly what they are subscribing to. And for the most part, these leads are completely free.

The advantages are obvious. First of all, if you use a "double opt-in" autoresponder your prospects must verify their intent to join your list. A good autoresponder will also keep your prospects ISP address and time stamp on file to protect you if the need arises. The most important benefit is the fact that the majority of your prospects will know exactly what they subscribed to - and that they are interested in receiving more info.

This is a far better plan!

There are many Autoresponder services available. One terrific double-opt-in autoresponder system I use is GetResponse.