Fast and Free AI List Building

 

When you’re a motivated and determined online entrepreneur, eager to start churning a profit, you don’t want to sit on the sidelines waiting for results to happen. You dive into the learning process and take action swiftly.

 

Along the way, many people are going to emphasize the importance of having a list of targeted subscribers you can market to. Without this crucial piece of the puzzle, you’ll have to work harder and longer to achieve success, constantly looking for new buyers to convert for your offer.

 

A list eliminates that middle step. While you always want to be adding new subscribers to your list in the background, your day to day action-tasks will be centered around how you can serve those who have shown interest in what you have to say.

 

But the process of building that list from the beginning and over time can be burdensome in terms of the time and effort it consumes throughout your day. You want this activity on a fast track.

 

You also don’t have the funds to shell out hundreds of dollars a day for targeted ads to get people on your list. You need something that doesn’t cost you anything up front – because this allows you to put your money into a domain and hosting as well as other things more pressing in your business.

 

Below, you’re going to see just how easy, fast and free you can build a list with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). When you’re ready and seeing profits pour in, you can reinvest in things that have a nominal fee – but for now, it’s not necessary.

 

You Know Your Niche – Now Let AI Quickly Brainstorm an Opt In Offer

 

List building is an exchange. You want those names and email addresses, so you have to give something in return. You could spend all day digging into research of your intended target audience and then brainstorming a lead magnet, but why waste the time?

 

Fast track the process instead. Start by telling AI what niche you’re tapping into and asking it to research common patterns of interest among the demographic audience to then devise a list of the top 10 topics they need to learn.

 

We’ll prompt it like this: “I’m launching an online business in the vegetable gardening niche. Research the most pressing pain points and struggles of the demographic interested in this topic and provide me with a list of 10 topics they have a desire to learn that would make good lead magnet offers to build my list. Make them stand out from the competition.”

 

AI is going to deliver ideas in a couple of seconds. They will be things like: limited space and knowledge, pests and disease, seedling troubles, short growing seasons, planning and timing, watering woes, preserving techniques, low maintenance options, and more.

 

Look at the list. If you don’t like your options, redirect AI to give you more. Consider working with both ChatGPT and Google Gemini to get more ideas. They include some lead magnet title concepts such as:

 

• Top 10 High-Yield Vegetables for Small Spaces & Containers
• Ultimate Seed Starting Guide: From Seed to Strong Seedling
• Extend Your Gardening Season: Proven Techniques for Short Summer Climates
• Diagnose Your Plant Problems: Easy Guide to Identifying Common Issues
• Organic Vegetable Gardening: Natural Solutions for a Thriving Garden

 

There are many more, but it’s already given you several fantastic options. If you have an idea of what you want to offer, you can even be specific in your prompt and ask AI to give you 10 slants on whatever narrow topic you want.

 

Let AI Do the Heavy Lifting in Creating Your Lead Magnet

 

In just a few minutes, AI will have researched ideas and come up with your first list building slant. Now, take a few minutes to get the outline the way you want it to be. You can easily prompt it to give you this information by saying:

 

“I like this one: Diagnose Your Plant Problems: Easy Guide to Identifying Common Issues. Outline this lead magnet to make it irresistible for potential subscribers in a way that I can pull important topics covered into my bulletpoint benefits list.”

 

Immediately, AI goes to work pulling together a formidable outline for you. Look it over. Does it include everything you want? Or do you need to eliminate something that doesn’t fit?

 

Here’s an excerpt of what it delivers:

 

Chapter 4: Solving the Case: Natural Remedies for Healthy Plants

• For each problem discussed in chapter 3:
  • Offer clear, step-by-step instructions on how to fix the issue organically.
  • Recommend readily available solutions or natural products for treatment.
  • Emphasize the benefits of organic solutions over harsh chemicals.

 

This fast track process shouldn’t take long and then you’re ready to start the creation process. This is easy. Just prompt AI with what you want it to write, what style or tone and the length you want.

 

Add any other specifics you want – including the option to upload a sample of the way you want it written, so that it replicates the style and tone and delivers professional output.

 

Prompt AI to write the content for you section by section, like this: I want you to write the introduction in a professional, yet friendly manner. Not too casual. I want the tone empathetic about their gardening struggles, but hopeful that this report will be the solution they need. Make sure the introduce is in all paragraphs (not lists or bulletpoints) and make it at least 300 words.

 

After AI delivers the first bit of output, make sure that it meets with your expectations in terms of style and tone. Here’s a small snippet of what it delivered for our instructions:

 

“Have you ever walked out to your vegetable garden, heart brimming with anticipation, only to be met with the sight of wilting leaves or discolored stems? We’ve all been there. Just when you envision a bountiful harvest of juicy tomatoes and crisp lettuce, your plants seem to throw you a curveball. It can be incredibly frustrating, leaving you wondering what went wrong and how to save your precious vegetables.”

 

If you need to, prompt AI to have a different voice for your content. But for our purposes, this fits the bill just fine. Go through section by section and have AI craft the content. It will be a quick process, but depending on how long you want your opt in gift, it could take 10-30 minutes, maximum.

 

Next, you’re going to have AI write the landing page copy for you – but first, you have to have a list building tool – and again, you’re not going to spend a penny on this step until you’re ready.

 

Find a Free Way to Collect Names

 

Did you know that you don’t even need your own website to build a list? Most people think they do. You see lots of tutorials about building a landing page. But some email autoresponders not only allow you to grow a list of up to 500 subscribers at no cost, but they also provide you with a built in landing page to drive traffic to!

 

For our example, let’s use AWeber. This is a solid autoresponder system with a long-term positive reputation. They have several different levels of use, but with the Free version, you pay nothing up front (and no credit card is required).

 

This entry-level list building option allows you to gain up to 500 subscribers and put them on 1 email list. Later, once you reinvest in your business, you can have unlimited lists to segment your audience with.

 

You also get 1 free landing page. So with that sign up, you’re one step closer to achieving your success goals. Building a landing page on AWeber is easy. Once you log in, they have a Pages and Forms area that includes Landing Pages.

 

Once you click on that, you’ll get to choose a template. They have an option to build one from scratch, too – if you prefer that. Next, you give your landing page a name and you can add different elements that you want.

 

These include things like text blocks, images, videos, buttons, and so on. Edit it however you want. For the copy, make sure you use AI to help you craft high-converting content.

 

You can prompt it each step of the way, such as asking it to craft a headline, bulletpoint benefits, a call to action, and so on. For example, you might prompt AI like this: “I want you to give me the landing page copy for this free lead magnet gift. I want a headline, a couple of sentences of storyline, a list of the most important bulletpoint benefits you can extract from what’s covered in the report, and a strong call to action that will convert visitors into subscribers.”

 

AI is going to whip up instant copy for your landing page. It looks like this:

 

Headline: Is Your Vegetable Garden Throwing You a Curveball? Diagnose Problems Like a Pro (Free Guide!)

 

Have you ever nurtured your vegetable garden with love, only to be met with wilting leaves or discolored stems? You’re not alone! Many gardeners face unexpected plant problems that threaten their harvest dreams.

 

Don’t let frustration take root! Our free guide, “Diagnose Your Plant Problems: Easy Guide to Identifying Common Issues,” equips you with the knowledge to become a plant problem detective and save your precious vegetables.

 

Here’s what you’ll discover inside:

 

• Uncover the culprit: Learn to identify the most common vegetable garden problems.
• Become a plant whisperer: Understand the causes behind wilting, yellowing, stunted growth, and more.
• Go organic: Discover natural, effective solutions to revive your plants without harsh chemicals.
• Bonus troubleshooting tips: Get expert advice for unexpected situations in your garden.

 

Stop the panic and start thriving! Download your free guide today and become a confident vegetable gardener.

 

Click here to download your free “Diagnose Your Plant Problems” guide!

 

If there’s anything you want changed, you can prompt AI to tweak it. For example, you might prompt it to: Give me 10 more options for the headline – or – I need a better call to action that hints at urgency.

 

If you used the latter one, you’d get more CTAs like this:

 

• Don’t watch your harvest wilt! Grab your FREE “Diagnose Plant Problems” guide NOW!
• Rescue Your Garden! Download Your FREE “Diagnose Plant Problems” Guide Today!
• Is Your Garden Sick? Discover the Cure with Our FREE “Diagnose Plant Problems” Guide!
• Get Your FREE “Diagnose Plant Problems” Guide & Save Your Harvest!

 

When it looks and sounds the way you want it to, customize the URL like you want it to be. You can also change the social sharing image that people see whenever you share the URL to any platforms in an effort to drive traffic to it. If you have Google Analytics (now GA4), you can include that and track where traffic is coming from.

 

Be sure to preview and test the landing page after you publish it to ensure it’s fully functional. It needs to be optimized for both personal computers and mobile gadgets as well as different browsers.

 

Before you finish the task, make sure you set up a welcome email (AI can write that for you, too) by sending them their downloadable gift and letting them know how you plan to communicate with them in the future.

 

Drive Traffic to Your Landing Page with AI’s Platform-Specific Content

 

You’re almost to the finish line and you probably haven’t spent much time on this task at all! By this point, you’re going to use AI to begin pushing people to your new AWeber landing page.

 

If you don’t  know much about where your audience is active, ask AI the following: “What are the top 5 best social media platforms for the gardening niche?” It will advise you to start with Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and Facebook.

 

Your next step is to ask AI for a heavy-handed content marketing schedule like: “Give me a heavy handed very aggressive content marketing schedule for the following platforms and tell me the day of the week, time(s) and type of content to share to get full coverage and plenty of traffic to my landing page: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest and Facebook.”

 

Here’s a snippet of how the plan will look:

 

Thursday:

• Facebook Group (Morning & Evening):
  • Morning: If you have a Facebook Group, share a valuable resource related to vegetable gardening, but not directly related to your guide. This establishes you as a helpful expert.
  • Evening: Pose a question in the group prompting discussion about a common plant problem. Encourage members to share their experiences and subtly mention your guide as a solution source.
• TikTok (Mid-Day & Afternoon):
  • Mid-Day: Partner with a relevant gardening influencer (if possible) for a duet video challenge. Thematically link it to a plant problem and solution. Include both creators’ landing page links in the caption.
  • Afternoon: Respond to comments on your previous videos, answer questions, and offer additional resources, including your guide.

 

Each time you get an idea, you can prompt AI to do the work for you. It’s easy, like this: “I want you to create this one: Facebook Evening: Pose a question in the group prompting discussion about a common plant problem. Encourage members to share their experiences and subtly mention your guide as a solution source.”

 

The results will be instantaneous like this:

 

Plant Diagnosis Challenge: What’s Ailing Your Vegetables? Calling all green thumbs! Let’s put our plant problem-solving skills to the test. A group member recently shared a photo of their [vegetable type] plants exhibiting [describe specific symptoms]. While watering habits seem consistent and no pests are visible, the plants appear stressed. Yellowing leaves could indicate a nutrient deficiency or overwatering.

 

What are your initial thoughts on the cause of this problem? Have you encountered similar issues with your [vegetable type]? What solutions have proven effective in your own gardens?

 

P.S. Struggling to diagnose your own plant problems? Our free guide, “[Guide Title],” offers a step-by-step approach to identifying and solving common vegetable garden issues.

 

You can even ask AI what kind of image would be good for grabbing their attention like this: “What kind of image should I use in this post in my Facebook group to grab their attention and get engagement?”

 

AI advises you to either use a close-up image of the problem, a before and after comparison, or an infographic that has an educational component to it. Each day when you wake up to work on your business, have AI engage in some batch content development for you.

 

Be sure to save the prompts that work best in getting AI to deliver what you want – because that shortcuts the process even more! As time goes on, give AI the data that shows the results of your landing page conversions and social media content and have it offer advice on how to tweak and improve your efforts even more.

 

This systematic approach to building a list comes at no cost to you – whether it’s time or money. You’ll have to do very little work yourself, and AI is going to provide you with excellent resources to get people on your list so you can begin marketing to them for a profit-churning business.