If you want to make money online, you have to build a mailing list. No matter what the sales pages say, the bottom line is you need to have someone to sell to in order to make sales. This is why there are so many free reports, eBooks, newsletters etc. online, to get your coveted email address and permission to send you offers.

If a mailing list is the key to making money on the internet, then why do some internet marketers still go for the quick affiliate sale? Possibly they are too focused on short term results, or they don’t know how to go about building a list.

We have all seen the claims of making huge money online, but how is that possible? The simple answer is with multiple mailing list and multiple subscribers. Let’s say over time you develop a list with 5000 people that have signed up and are looking for Internet business opportunities. You could then develop your own product, or decide to market someone else’s product to your list. If your profit is $20 per sale, and you convert 5%, you would make $5,000 for one sale. Now imagine that you could do that month after month with this built in customer base.

I know this example is simple, I know if you are not currently developing your list it may seem to be an impossible task. I also know that most of the internet marketing experts will tell you they make their money from their mailing list, and most have five or more lists.

Success leaves clues, the clue to making money on the internet is persistence and, like any other business, hard work. The benefit will come from the work if you persist, start building your list today, the long term benefits will more than pay for the effort.

One easy way to create a list is by Blogging on your niche of choice. You can create a Blog free in some cases, but it is best to self host your blog. Once you start putting valuable content into your Blog, on whatever topic you choose, people will read and sign up for your list. It may not happen overnight, but it will happen. I have used my Blog to create one of my lists, and based on my experience, list building is the best way to make money on the Internet yet.

Rob Emmerson is recognized as leading expert in SEO and has written extensively on the subject in articles and eBooks. He offers a free step by step SEO Course at http://www.theseosecretrevealed.com . In addition he writes a daily SEO Blog at http://www.robemmerson.com where he shares tips and tricks to improve your SEO.