The 4 Big Flaws in a Viral List Builder
I have been spending the last couple of days researching many a Viral List Builder so that you don’t have to… and if I am honest, I’m really not impressed with most of the stuff out there.
I’m gonna explain why too…
With nearly every viral list builder that I tested there was usually at least one fatal flaw in its design, at least one thing that took the point, usability or advantage out of it from you… and generally transferred it to system owner. The problem being that you put in some laborious and tedious work and the real benefit went to someone else, and their chance to increase their ‘system’… Virally.
Top 4 Flaws You Will Find in a Viral List Builder
You won’t necessarily find all of these in any one viral list builder, but you will more often than not find one of the them every one you come across -
1. You don’t actually build a list that you own – When you operate most viral list builders, you will find that you do not have direct access to the list that you are building, that stays under the direct control of the system organisers. As you should view your email list as your own asset, this is not helping you in any way.
2. You will have to earn credits to email your list – This means that you have to view other peoples’ sites in order to earn credits in order to mail your new list. This looks great on the front advertising for the program as there will be slogans such as ‘responsive list’, but subscribers are only responsive because they are looking for credits, not your information. Another problem in line with this is that often your viral list builder will expect you to stay on the newly opened page for a set amount of time, so getting credits is often a long process.
3. You will only be able to message your list every x amount of days – So after clicking on all of the emails that you have gotten into your email account, kept the pages open for the right amount of time so that you get the credits to email your list, you then find out that you can only message them once a week? Arseache!
One thing that I will add here in favour of programs like that, is that you will more than likely be able to email subscribers from a list that you have not helped build up, meaning that you get a free email blast to someone elses list.
4. Your email inbox will get spammed huge! – I woke up this morning to 50 new emails just from one service, so be ready for it. You do need to bear in mind that if everyone gets access to the list for a free email blast, you are going to be on the receiving end more than you are going to be on the giving end.
So is there a viral list builder that I can recommend to you?
There actually is a viral list builder that I can recommend… because it isn’t guilty of any of the above crimes.
First off you can plug your own autoresponder right in the back of it so any new subscribers are already plugged into the list that you own and manage…
… This means that you can do what you like with them, not having to earn any creadits in which to do so either. Sadly though, you won’t get the free email blast.
Truth is, if you are looking to build up YOUR email list you can’t really go too far wrong with this little bad boy… Oh did I mention that it is FREE too?
Click here and give it a whirl
Tbh, it is the only viral list builder out there that virally builds YOUR list.
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