It's harder than ever to get people to share their email address. Nobody wants more spam in their inbox. What's a marketer to do?

The solution to the problem is surprisingly simple, and increasingly difficult. But it's well worth the effort as I will demonstrate in today's episode.

Conferences where I will be attending and/or speaking:

•The Wisdom Thesis Workshop, October 9-11
•Private Mastermind Group, October 28-30
•SCORRE Conference, October 14-17
•Platform Conference, November 3-5
•Private Mastermind Group, December 17
•NAMS 11 February 7-9, 2014
•“Permission to Prosper” April 8-10, 2014

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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly…but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1–2

All over the world, men and women are looking for wisdom. If you want proof, just visit the self-help section of the bookstore.

I've often said that self-help is no help, and it often becomes shelf help. I don't mean to say there is no wisdom in those books. The fact that the Bible urges us not to sit in the “counsel of the ungodly” means that the ungodly actually do have counsel.

But it also tells us that those who meditate on Jesus day and night “shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”

Keep your eyes on Jesus, seek out his wisdom and counsel, and the counsel of others who follow him. It will cause you to prosper.

By now, you are certainly convinced that you must build an email list if you want to succeed in marketing online. You may be a little more advanced, and understand that it's only partially true that “the money is in the list”… You may have realized that the money is actually in your relationship with the list.

The relationship starts with how you acquired the list. Purchased emails are at the bottom of the barrel, as they are almost certainly spam. Opt in for a “free newsletter” or even a “free report” are somewhat higher up the food chain, but not much.

Yet some people manage to create lead magnets that draw people like a gravitational field. How do they do this, and more importantly, how can you?

•Know your customer
•Know the customer's FFA's
•Develop a unique solution
•Solve their problem with power, elegance, and finality
•Communicate the value of your offer
•Deliver on what you promise
•Provide the answer in each modality, with excellence
•The fortune is in the follow-up

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What are some ways you have seen the “awareness scale” in action? Share your ideas and observations below in the comments.