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 If you don't have a list of your own 
Try using other peoples lists.

There are a thousand safe lists or more probably, and these few are a tiny  sample. Is it worth joining them? It depends on how you use them. If you want a reaction from people bombarded with emails then all I can say is you have to be very lucky or poke them really hard with a great headline! There a thousand opportunities to be lied to on the internet, why should anyone trust you?

If you have a great free offer or an original product it's possible that you'll get a few clicks which is more than none. You'll find out for yourself that even 10 emails a week from these lists rapidly stretches your attention span past breaking point. There are some very decent people marketing successfully with lists and many offers that come through may be of interest. Many people however will have a dedicated email address for lists and they will rarely actually read many of them, if any.These types of list are rarely successful for niche businesses, marketers sign up for them not the general public. So it's not a good method for everyone.

Your own list is the only thing worth having so start with that. Aweber is fantastic. To get the benefit of a downline with a minimum of emails back, first try the Thunderlist and build it up and ffer it to your own list. Sign up with the others and offer people on these lists something valuable for nothing so that people willingly join your downline which is constantly available. Promote your own list to them, promote, promote. Marketing people give up their email relatively easily if you offer them something they can use. It's worth trying.

Despite what I have done here, use blogs or articles to promote your list rather than banners, because banner advertising really isn't one of the best ways to get good response rates. Lastly if you want to benefit from a list builder like this, be considerate. Use the link where you found the list and sign up under it; because let's face it, if you want someone to sign up under you and help you out, you'd want them to do it that way - otherwise what's the point?