This document provides guidance on how to build and market to an email list. It discusses what email marketing is and its advantages over other media like blogs, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. It emphasizes building a community around your brand by delivering value, communicating with your audience, surveying readers, and sharing ideas. The document also covers setting up an email list, customizing opt-in forms, crafting the first email, and evaluating campaign performance based on opens, clicks, unsubscribes and call to action response.