Hi all, thanks for stopping by.

Everyone working online knows how important it is to start building an email list and having an opt-in form available for people to subscribe to our lists.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, I see so many blog owners using the wrong method of applying their opt-in forms to their blogs. One of my pet hates is getting to blog, start reading the content and then 60 seconds later up comes a pop up that covers the screen and stops me reading.

Now I know that it’s their blog and they can apply what they want to it. But isn’t the point of a blog to allow people to read our content?

So why would we want to interrupt our visitors when they’re reading?

I don’t like pop ups on a blog or those ones that slide up from the bottom and I know I’m not alone in this. Personally if I get to a blog, start reading the content and a pop up then stops me reading I’m going to leave the blog altogether, unless those few lines that I’ve read have really grabbed my attention.

Hi everyone, thanks for visiting my Blog.

This week I have another Guest Post for you, and what a post it is, from Craig Sowerby.

Craig does an excellent job of explaining how we know each other so I’ll pass you straight over to him:

I am writing this post for Barry as we have met through a challenge that Jacinta Dean started last year, 100 Blog Comments Challenge. And what a challenge it was. It has brought so many marketers together and friendships have been made via the net even if we have not met each other you seem to learn a lot about people from visiting their blogs.

So as Barry is inviting people to guest post on his blog I have created this post for his readers. All about List Building. So please enjoy!

Now we all come onto the Internet for various reason’s. Put your stamp on the world. Get exposure for your offline business. Make money selling products. Or even just blog for a hobby. But whether your incentives are financial or not. You want an audience and to keep them coming back. So the easiest way to do so is to start to build a list of subscribers.