When we are just getting started with an Internet business, we are reluctant to mail our list. There is the fear that once we bother them with an email message they are likely to unsubcribe. It turns out that the opposite is much more likely. If someone joins your list and you wait before contacting them, they may not even remember who you are or why they signed up in the first place.

Maintain regular contact with your list, sending them valuable information on your niche topic at least once each week. I now email my list four or five times a week because they have come to expect me to provide them with relevant information, tips and secrets, as well as some offers to make a purchase of one of my products or an affiliate product. You set the pace as to how often you will mail, and then maintain that pace over time.

Remember that your prospect was excited to opt in to your list in the beginning; it is up to you to help maintain that level of excitement over time. They want to hear from you!

Remember why someone joined your list in the first place. Then stay on this topic and provide the very best content and information to them on a regular basis. I am not saying that you shouldn’t include other information in your newsletter, ezine, or email broadcasts, but make sure there is a reason for you to digress.

Think about this for just a moment. If you have signed up here to receive tips on how to make money from a very small list, you would not expect to see a post about blogging for small business or how to write an eBook. Even though you may also be interested in these othe topics, it is not the reason you are subscribed to this blog’s updates. (Make sure you are subscribed to receive updates. I post twice a week on how to make huge profits from a tiny list.)

If you are not sure what your list wants to hear about from you, as them. The people who are interested will be happy to tell you what they want to learn from you. Turn that into an opportunity to connect with more people and to give them exactly what they are looking for.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States this week, express your gratitude to the people on your list. You may want to send them a special email with a link to something you have written. We would not have an online business if it were not for the people who trust us to deliver valuable information to us on a regular basis.

Do not wait until this time next year to acknowledge your prospects and clients. Let people know on a regular basis that you care about and appreciate them. This will build the goodwill that you must have in order to be successful in any area of your life.

Your list will love to hear about the live events you attend. I do this regularly, building trust and connecting with my people. Many times they end up attending the event through my affiliate link, as was the case when I attended Big Seminar last week.

For those who are unable to attend, providing updates on who is speaking and what is happening can be a way to include everyone in the event. You can do this by posting to your blog, emailing your list, and holding a live teleseminar during the event.

Be creative and share what you are doing at the event with the people who are in your community.

Remember that we want to give as much of ourselves as possible to the people who have joined our list. One way I have done this is to offer to write an article or a blog post for my prospects. This will help you to connect with your list and to know more about what they are working to achieve online.

Marketer Nicole Dean spent this past summer writing guest posts on a variety of blogs, and has written a report that teaches you exactly how to do guest blogging to promote yourself as well as the person whose blog you are writing on.

When I write articles for someone else I do it under my own name, but promote their site in the resource box. This adds another article to

Alex Mandossian was the first person to teach the concept of student, affiliate, partner. What he means by this is that you are first connected with people online when they are students of what you are sharing online. They can then become affiliates and promote what you are doing, and finally they may put themselves in the position of being a partner.

With your list, tell them about this concept and offer them the opportunity to become a joint venture partner as soon as they are ready. It will not matter what niche they are in, and the results are completely up to you. Form these strategic alliances

I can remember the first internet contest I was ever involved with. It was the winter of 2008, nearly two years ago now, and Alex Mandossian was holding a contest for his affiliates. I was already a raving fan, so the idea of letting my list know about his programs was a simple decision for me. What I did not expect, because I was so new online and my list was so small, was to tie for 12th place with Christina Hills! I won several prizes, including a cash prize, and from then on I was hooked on the idea of contests.

You can hold contests for your list. Be creative with this, and ask them to comment on your blog or answer a trivia question. You will be amazed at the response you will receive when you simply ask people to respond and join you for a contest. The prize y0u offer can be

When we are first starting out online, the main concern is to be serious and to treat our business as though it were a corporation. After some point I think everyone realizes that part of the reason we became entrepreneurs in the first place was to make our own rules and to have some fun with our business.

So lighten up, and share some humor and anecdotes with your list. They will enjoy seeing that you are human. Tell them what happened at your daughter’s birthday party when it started raining, or how your fifth grade  teacher