Now that you have gone through and set up your preliminary accounts (Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and LastPass) we can move on to setting the foundations for our online business. If you have not created the accounts from the last section take a few moments and do that now!
I know that you are sure to be very anxious to start generating leads, but before we do that we have to have somewhere to organize your leads so that you can begin building fruitful relationships with the people who take an interest in your opportunities.
This next step of the process can be a bit long, so have patience! When this phase of the process is done then we can started on the exciting step, generating leads! So just hang in there for today and let’s get the initial legwork out of the way.NOTE: The services and accounts you will be creating today are not free, however, they are ESSENTIAL for properly marketing your online business. Without them you will have no way to build a significant online following. The total monthly cost for your auto-responder and hosting is less than $30 per month. If this is too much for you at this time, then I still advise marketing your replicated site, which I will show you how to do in the next section.
You are now about to get “AWeber.” AWeber is an auto-responder that allows you to capture names and emails of new prospects. AWeber is one of the most important pieces to your internet puzzle. The overall power of your business will be found in the size of your AWeber list.
This will be that “LIST” that you’ve always heard about. I will teach you how to grow your list very soon. For now, the important thing is to get your AWeber. Once you’ve done that, watch these videos, courtesy of Steve Hawk, HERE to set up your autoresponder.
AWeber has extraordinary 1-on-1 customer service. They also have video tutorials that will teach you exactly how to do a number of clever things. I routinely call AWeber directly with questions once or twice a month. If you still have questions, call AWeber’s customer support directly. Get your AWeber account HERE.
You will need to get your own website hosting account. This is where you will “host” your own Lead Capture page(s) that we will provide you with if you don’t already have your own. Hostgator is one of the largest and most reliable and is highly recommended. For now, you can purchase the “baby” plan for $9.95/month.
And be sure to use my coupon code: WhoIsDalasMueller to get $9.94 off your initial purchase! You can sign up for your new Hostgator hosting account HERE. Then watch these videos to get your hosting set-up HERE.
(Note: To properly complete this training you will need at least two domain names, but you do not have to get them both now.)
This will be for your Lead Capture Page. You will want to select a “catchy” domain name that will make someone want to click it. Your lead capture page is the sales page that entices leads to enter their name and email address into the form to get more information. When they do this, they go into your AWeber and onto Your List!
A note about your domain name: Although it can be related to your primary opportunity it does not need to be. In fact, if you are only purchasing one domain name, it might make more sense for it to specifically brand you rather than your product or company. Either way, catchy is all that truly matters, because after they click on the link your content is what will whet their appetite enough for them to sign up for your list.
Helpful Tip! If you Google “GoDaddy Promo Code” the first hit will give you some nifty discounts!The next thing we want to do is create our Lead Capture Page. With our Wordpress installed on our domain it should be rather easy to do. You can go HERE to find a SqueezePage Theme specifically designed for what we want to do. After that theme is installed, simply type up your pitch on the first post of your blog and add a Web Form from your AWeber account to capture the names and email addresses of your leads.
(For more information on how to set up a Lead Capture Page see Section 4) You will need to market or advertise this site in order to generate leads. In the next section I will show you a few preliminary advertising tools you can use to get started.