List dot com - is a list building tool. it's a marketing tool, it's a way of collecting a crowd of people then using the system mailer to broadcast a message to your crowd - or a random selection of people already within the system, and people can mail you back. So it's a bit like a safelist too.

For this reason I suggest getting a spare e-mail / webmail account - just type in "free web mail account" in google or get a google webmail account like I have - or you can set up a filter on your hotmail / yahoo to sort safelist mails into a spare folder - you don't want to chuck them straight away as you can use them for research.

Different people have different levels of knowledge and different level of interest regarding safelists/mailers - some people will go through all the links and sign up for opportunities - others will trash them. I'm going to presume you want a marketing perspective on these e-mails rather than looking for the best biz op (as you can ask me that in a separate hub if you want ! ).

So here is what I recommend you do - say you have about 50 e-mails on a your web mail page - just scan them and select the headlines that catch your eye, and copy them into notepad. that's it - save them - and then either read the e-mails or whatever - the point of the exercise it to save catchy headlines - things that make you think "that's looks interesting" - as in all likelihood if it caught your eye it might be a good headline to use in one of your own e-mail headlines - you could try two versions and try changing the words around a bit - but most marketers borrow headlines from forums or e-mail lists based on - popularity.

You might want to look at the layout of some e-mails so you know how to layout your own system advert too.

As I said some people read the adverts (people looking for biz opts) other people 'read' the marketing and create what's called a "Swipe File" - Internet marketers keep a folder handy on their PC if they see a bit of advertising or sales copy that attracts their interest. this file can be gone through to get ideas or to optimize

Note- you aren't meant to use it to steal another's work (you can get put in jail for that) you use it as a self teaching aid and put the same concept, that the words convey - into your own words - grabbing popular forum headlines (Marlon Sanders tip) and e-mail headers and things that bring out the impulsive buyer in you, have potential to trigger the same urge to buy in others - we are all rather similar!

To get your crowd/referrals - you need to place your banner on your profile pages, then people interested in building a list will join up. There are different levels/upgrades available in the back office.