Online Strategies For Offline Businesses - Part 2 Of 3

Another strategy is to have a contest where you give away a freebie. Collect business cards as entries. The winner will be the owner of the business card you randomly choose.

All the rest of the business cards are now part of your mailing list and they've given you permission to contact them. Using your autoresponder add the email addresses into your list.


Send an email blast to your list thanking them for participating and announce the contest winner. Also mention some type of special offer to get the remaining list members interested in your business.

This is an easy and fast way to build your list, have fun!

Please feel free to leave comments about this list building method or any questions.


Sondra Carpenter
Internet Advertising Consultant