Mark must know of a simple script that would handle this on auto. A dating site script would be ideal. We should then be able to cruise the bio’s and select our partner or partners. Dating sites automatically protect email addresses and registration would eliminate (Most) spammers.

Since the only people to learn about this service would be on Marks list, the likelihood of abuse is virtually eliminated. To further enhance things, Mark’s JV partners may wish to donate parts of their lists too. The two potential ListMates (There is a suggested title!) would have to agree to list sharing in order to maintain list integrity and the list owner would have to do the broadcast because he or she has probably stated that they will never sell, rent or share their list with anyone else.

Mark’s ListBuildingCooperativeTEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) could gather pace. It could even get as popular as the Warrior Forum.

Warmly,

Malcolm Patten

Let me know.

Your concept is good, however I’m thinking that rather than attempting to just exchange traffic for a particular niche, it might be more useful to create a space where people can share (traffic)ideas that have atually worked for them, and will work for a variety of niche markets. This would be a case of real people sharing what works in the real life of online entrapeneurs, not another guru selling another “shovel to the miners”. This would also open the opportunity for people to connect one-on-one to share ideas, strategies, critiques, etc without the fear of giving away their edge to the competition. I agree with you that the pie is very large, and I have indeed developed one relationship like this with a guy in Arizona (I’m in Florida), and it brings the missing human element back to the impersonal inet world.

I have sorted through alot of bogus info in the last four months to narrow down the actual resourse to run a successful online business, and Mark, you are one of four that I have found to give way more value than could be expected.

Thanks,

John Horner

Traffic’s what I want what I really really want – send me traffic! Thats what I want

I am watching this space Mark

You’d have to have CATEGORIES. People could sign up and identify their websites under categories.

Health/Fitness

Oh, gosh I’m tired I can’t think besides which you know the categories for niche markets better than I do.

I just know it would drive me crazy to have to try and sort through two hundred different sites to find someone compatible with my niche.

So if I logged on, for instance, I would be looking for people with websites in the niche of spirituality to eventually do a launch for my product. In the meantime, I’d check it out and do a little e-mail to my tiny list on what that site had to offer.

So instead of exchanging links, we’d be exchanging a promise to send the other person’s URL to our list. The same marketing rules apply: the site should have something free or content rich to check out to justify telling people to check it out and/or to get a decent opt-in rate.

It makes me think of Clickbank where people go to pick and choose the ads they want to put on their sites. We’d be picking traffic builder buddies – baby affiliates in a way.

A site owner would have to prepare a brief description and say what the site was, what was offered, if the site is content rich, has a squeeze page, is just a sales page – whatever. A URL that can be clicked upon is a necessity to quickly assess the site.

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Regarding what Connie wrote about losing excitement and needing people. It would be good to make “friends” on a forum.

But I will tell you, Jeff Walker set us up with a master mind group of 6 people and mine has, basically, dissolved. People are so busy; they don’t even have time to ask questions. A forum is great if you’re up and running and tweaking. But if you don’t have a product for sale yet and the money’s just going out for Aweber, etc. the name of the game is “Frantic”. So I like the idea, but I don’t know how much I’d participate right now.

I don’t know – it could make for incestuous lists. ;)

I’ve been reading the various comments while checking out most of the sites. I feel kind of out of place because it appears that no one comes close to fragrances. If the gentlemen will visit my site and buy a designer cologne and the ladies buy a designer perfume, I would have a fair amount of traffic. -:) Traffic is one thing and a sale is another. I have a copy of your Landing Pages and Perry Marshall’s Adwords Guide. Maybe one day I will (land) in the right place. I use Google Adwords, but not as much as I would like. My advertising cost is more than my profits.
I really don’t like forums.
I am writing this comment because you, Mark, always give me food for thought through your newletters.
I am paying attention and will never give up.

Thanks for help you are not even aware of giving.

Delores Darden

I think it’s a wonderful idea…and I also believe you can password protect areas on forums so those are 2 ways to consider. You don’t need to link the forum on your frontpage…just have people join a special list so they get that info on where it is located.

You have my attention now Mark so lets use this opportunity to build a long and sustained relationship.