Building a list establishes relationships, so you can reach out to yoursubscribers again and again, until they convert into paying, and hopefullyreturning customers.As a new Internet marketer, the most important thing you need to learn isthat you must build a list. While there are several parts to building asuccessful online business, your list is the single most important aspect, as itis a major driver of income-and what makes money for you while yousleep.The idea is that once you have your list built, you can send out an email thelist promoting a new product or service, and see sales shortly after. You canliterally make money in your sleep by adding the promotional emails into anauto-responder series. An auto-responder automatically sends out emailsto subscribers at predetermined intervals based on their initial sign up date.As a marketer, you have the option to create and sell your own products, orto work as an affiliate for other products. There are pros and cons to bothapproaches. As someone who creates their own products, you have theoption to really search the market and the competition and offer somethingyou know will be valuable. However, this means you will have to investtime, effort, and possibly money into the product creation. As someonewho is an affiliate for other products, you will be competition with otheraffiliates, and you will only get a portion of the sales price. No matter whichpath you choose, the list is still an integral part of your success.Setting up your auto-responders will take a bit of time and effort in thebeginning, but once they're finished, you can leave them on autopilot. Aslong as you check from time to time to make sure your links are stillworking, you're good to go.For example, let's say you're in the diet and nutrition industry. If we go toClickbank, we'll see the best selling product is an eBook called "100 Ways toWellness." By creating something that's similar but unique, you are able tocapitalize on something people are already willing to pay for, and by givingit away for free, you can just about guarantee people will come for it-soit's a good option for your list opt-in.Once you've settled on your topic, you need to stick to it! Changing coursein the middle of your game can create a lot of frustration and potentiallywasted effort. From here, you will either create the product from scratch, orfind a PLR or master reseller rights product to edit. Either way, you can dothis yourself or with the help of a qualified freelancer.Building the Squeeze PageYour squeeze page is one of the most important part of your list buildingefforts because it is the simple one page website that is designed to "sell"your opt-in offer and get people to join your list. The site showcases theproduct you're giving away, while also offering a place for the user tosubscribe to get it.