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[2004-03-31] One-Two-Three Punch Marketing
Printed material is just as important today as it was before the Internet. With sp*am getting out of hand, it's a wise choice to rev up, update or create printed material, ads, catalogs, direct mail, press releases, letters, templates and the like.
[2004-03-31] The Role of Hope In Business
Whether or not we apply non-physical applications to the expansion of our business, there is a non-physical element that can play a major role, if we use it.
[2004-03-30] Tax Mistakes 90% of Self-Employed People Make
Let me share a short story with you... A self-employed friend of mine came into may office the other day to have me do his taxes. He has been doing his taxes using a software program for years. In the past, he did his own return for 2 reasons: one it is cheaper and 2) he likes to spend a weekend going through his information.
[2004-03-29] Don't Bite the Hands That Used to Feed You
When we begin working online we have no idea how to get visitors to our website, let alone actually make a sale. We start to read everything we can get our hands on to learn as much as we can.
[2004-03-29] Search Engines: The Life Blood of Internet-Based Home Businesses
Anyone involved in an Internet-based home business will soon come to recognize the importance of search engines as a vehicle to attract potential customers.
[2004-03-26] Joint Ventures: Money for Nothin' and the Checks for Free.
Ever wanted to form one of those nifty "Joint Venture" things?
[2004-03-26] Going Down? This is the 1 Crucial Key to Improving your Networking Results.
If you were in an elevator and had 15 seconds to sell your business, what would you say?
[2004-03-26] Selling Blue Elephants for Fun and Profit
AIDA.
I hear it all the time. People trying to teach sales skills or ad copy. People that have watched one too many sales-based movies.
[2004-03-26] Be a PEST. Make money
You can't help but turn on the TV these days and hear about some new technology or development. Entire businesses are born and die on the basis of a single trend.
[2004-03-26] Quick Tips on Saving Big Money for Your Online Operation
As more and more small business are exploring opportunities on the World Wide Web, costs and operational expenses have become a big burden for many business owners. The following are some excellent tools that you can use in order to cut down on your e-business spending.
[2004-03-26] Choosing Affiliate Programs that Deliver Results
Affiliate commerce has been a channel of generating additional revenue for many small websites, thousands of programs come and go every year. Many webmasters have shared frustration due to constant changes of affiliate programs that are linked on their sites. It has become very critical for net entrepreneurs to identify and select trust-worthy affiliate programs that not only generate revenue but also send commissions in time. Unfortunately, many net entrepreneurs found victimized because of some affiliate sponsors suddenly discontinue their programs or change their pay rates. After years of dealings with various affiliate sponsors, I have come up some straightforward tips. By applying these important rules, you would have more chances to increase your earnings and minimize your risks from participating in affiliate programs.
[2004-03-26] How to Turn Your Website Traffic into Profits
Many websites continue to have hard time to keep site visitors coming back and make sales. Turning site visitors into customers has become the biggest challenge for e-commerce websites that are run by small business owners. Several areas should be re-examined before implementing major promotions. It is crucial to understand following guidelines that work for most small business websites.
[2004-03-26] Learning to Write Better Web Content
Web content should be both short and sweet to get the attention of the audience you are trying to reach. Writing website content is about brevity and getting straight to the point. Most businesses want to have a very effective Internet site, but are often not willing or able to furnish copy for an effective presence on the web. Below we will help you find solutions to writing and providing good content.
[2004-03-26] Advantages to taking Payment Online
Paying bills online. I know you have probably seen it offered by your bank and credit card companies, but did you know it is just as easy to apply this to your company's current Web site? Most businesses are trying to improve ways to collect bills to increase their cash flow, but did you think about giving your customers a way to pay their bills 24/7?
[2004-03-26] Keep Them Coming Back
Getting customers on the Web can be tough. With millions of users and a great deal of other sites offering the same or similar services or products, it's difficult to make a sale without offering an incentive to buy from you instead of the competition. Word of mouth and browse-in visits will generate sales on their own, just as they always have. The trick is satisfying those customers enough that they'll come back again and again - a task that isn't half as daunting as it sounds.
[2004-03-26] Three Ways to a Better Web Site
You have a Web site with bright red text on a bright green background that just jumps right out and slaps your potential customers in their potential faces. You've got text blinking like strobe lights. Whatever text isn't flashing wildly is in images that take three minutes to load. Your 15-year-old brother Jimmy, who learned how to create Web sites about two weeks ago, of course, designed this.
[2004-03-26] Replacing the Rolodex
If your first reaction to that title is: "What's a Rolodex?" Then you might not need to read this article. (Although I would, of course, have to recommend staying anyway, you might still find the information helpful.)
[2004-03-26] So You Want to Be First?
Let's see, you have just viewed the final version of your Web site, and it is absolutely perfect. The design is amazing, the speed at which each page loads makes you think you have a high-speed connection, and all the content you worked so hard to create is finally there, for all the world to see. So now what?
[2004-03-26] Giveaways to Win Them Over
People like stuff. Give people freebies and they'll love you forever. Just watch an infomercial: "Buy this new breakthrough in adhesive technology and receive this free breath mint!" As ridiculous as it sounds, giving people free junk is a sure-fire way to make them buy your product. So just imagine what could happen if you give them the possibility of receiving something they actually need.
[2004-03-26] The 4 Steps to E-Commerce
By now, almost everyone has purchased either a product or service online or knows somebody who has. But if you are interested in selling online, you may not know what is involved in an e-commerce transaction and what services it requires. You can divide e-commerce into four simple parts, each to do a specific task.
[2004-03-25] Home Business? Start with Time!
Almost everyone needs or wants more money coming in, and with this desire most would like to start some sort of extra income-producing project. The trouble is, not many of these people seem able to fit "a second job" into their time schedules.
[2004-03-25] Home-based eCommerce Made Easy
Home-based Internet business has been growing rapidly since more and more consumers are becoming comfortable with online transactions. Many people with full time jobs begin to consider starting their own business in their basement or bedroom.
[2004-03-25] The Killer Secrets on Effective Advertising through Ezines
Everyone knows there's a world of information and services on the Internet. So what does that mean for your business? Do other businesses or consumers that are looking for a service or product that your business offers discover your service? The answer might be a big "NO" to you. Just like us, you have placed advertisement on newspapers and magazines and the results were not as good as you expected. We once placed an advertisement on a magazine that claims to have over 1.5 million subscribers nationwide. We spent nearly a thousand dollars for the ad and only got a few responses. What went wrong? The answer is very simple! Our ads were buried among over two dozens of advertisements and it was not targeted to the right audience. We are getting smarter. We now get quite good responses from Ezine ads.
[2004-03-24] Blogging For Business - Great Reasons For Every Business To Start A Weblog
If Howard Dean's failed political campaign accomplished anything, I would say that it brought to the mainstream the use of something called a weblog or "blog" as it known in cyberspace.
[2004-03-24] The Art Of Fear Free Advertising
Is fear of failure an issue when you commit valuable money in advertising?
[2004-03-24] Need A Sales Boost – Try These!
The telephone is still the best and most effective way to reach people. It can help generate more sales and build your business. Unfortunately most people don't like the telephone and don't use it effectively. In order to become more proficient using the telephone, you need to follow some basic guidelines and then practice, practice and then practice some more.
[2004-03-24] Networking Tips - Getting An 800 Number
Another way to network is by using an 800 number and establishing a network of experts to refer your clients/customers to.
[2004-03-24] Networking 101
As a new business owner you must wear many hats.
[2004-03-24] The Simple $10 Debt Elimination Solution
Ask a friend what resolutions they made for 2004 and your bound to hear them reply "Pay off my credit cards." Ask them how they planned on reaching that goal and many of them will not have a clear cut answer.
[2004-03-24] What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Ask successful online business owners, and they'll quickly tell you there are certain things that are imperative in order to reach your business goals. Some of the common responses to the question "How do you thrive online?" are: dedication, organization, perseverance, and street smarts. But what's love got to do with it?
[2004-03-24] A Winning Domain Name
The domain name is one of the most important decisions you will make when trying to win over the search engine dilemma. Try using at least one of your best keywords within your domain name.
[2004-03-23] Invite Questions to Boost Your Sales
Do you invite your prospective customers to ask questions ...or do you try to avoid getting questions from them? You're walking away from many easy sales if you don't encourage prospects to ask questions.
[2004-03-22] Online Business: Work Smarter, not Harder
Online business is probably the fastest growing market on the planet. With over 34 million web pages out there and more being created every day it seems like an almost hopeless prospect for the solo home business owner to achieve any sort of success. Think of the competition.......right? Well, almost.
[2004-03-22] Writing Articles, Why? Marketing Articles, What For?
These are two very distinct questions that many just don't understand. Do you ask yourself; why should I write an article about selling toilet seats? Or, why should I waste my time? Nobody is going to read it. Or, you want me to pay money to distribute my article where? Writing articles is one of the most important aspects of any sales and marketing campaign, regardless of business type. Why? Writing articles demonstrates knowledge. Knowledge creates credibility. Credibility creates consumer comfort. Consumer comfort creates spending and well earnt profits. Now lets discuss some further avenues that are not well known.
[2004-03-22] Cash Flow Management
Cash. Most people want more. When running a small business it's particularly important to monitor how cash is coming in and how much cash is going out. This month, I'd like to take a few minutes to share some ideas on cash flow management as in how you can keep more cash in your business for a longer time.
[2004-03-22] Marketing Via Messageboards & E-mail Discussion Lists - An Alternative View
One of the most suggested means of getting traffic to a site in the early stages is to get involved in messageboard and e-mail discussions on your topic of choice. The idea is that you can show your expertise and therefore get traffic to your site via your signature file (most discussion lists allow you to include your signature file with your post - a few lines with your name, site address and maybe a very brief description). Whilst this is a valid tip, I don't believe that the real reason for why you should do this has been investigated far enough previously.
[2004-03-22] Pulling Weeds In Your Business
Our part of the country has been enjoying warm weather for the past few weeks. We have enjoyed the beautiful flowers, and the trees are beginning to show their new growth. Everything is green and lovely.
[2004-03-19] Deadbeat Bidders
A lot of hype recently in the Online Auction world has surrounded the problem of so-called "deadbeat bidders" on eBay and similar auction services. A recent article on MSNBC.com covered the issue, but focused mainly on Cisco Routers - a piece of computer hardware that has a high demand and a high selling price.
[2004-03-19] 40 Explosive Ideas For Information Product Profits!
Experiencing a bad case of writer's block? Having trouble brain-storming your next information product? I've created this list of explosive ideas to help you crawl out of the depths of your writer's block rut.
[2004-03-19] The Easiest Way to Write Anything!
You've got something to say. You know it. Your associates know it.
[2004-03-19] Back to the Basics: How to Successfully Start an Online Business
As someone who has been running a full-time Internet business for years, I often have to remind myself that there are thousands of business "newbies" who are just starting out. As I get farther and farther into the realm of online business, I find that the basics for starting your own business still hold true.
[2004-03-19] What a Tangled Web We Weave
The world wide web or www is a wonderful, inspiring, endless, fantastic place. They do call it a web for a reason - there are hundreds of thousands of websites all linked together out there. You want to be sure and get yours linked to plenty of those sites for a better position in the web.
[2004-03-18] Work-from-home Office Policies
Every office needs office policies, if for no other reason to keep employees from scratching each others' eyes out or "borrowing" company equipment. The home office is no exception.
[2004-03-18] Niche Marketing... What exactly is that?
Well, according to the dictionary, the word niche means "a suitable place or position"
[2004-03-18] Document Templates Give You The Perfect Framework For Your Documents
When it comes to running an office, the SOHO entrepreneur has enough on his or her plate as it is. So if you find yourself in the unenviable position of regularly having to set aside your core competencies to handle tedious, repetitive administrative duties such as creating your business documents from scratch, then you need to consider the potential benefits offered by document templates.
[2004-03-18] Investing in Accounting Software: A Smart Business Resolution
With the start of a new year, most of us make some resolutions about how we want to improve our businesses or ourselves. Maybe we want to cut our overhead so we can take home more profit. Maybe we want to make next year's tax season less of a stressful burden than this year's. Maybe we just want to streamline our responsibilities so that we have more time to enjoy our success and to work on building it even higher. The way to make any of those resolutions happen for you is to start using accounting software in your small or home-based business.
[2004-03-18] Defragmenting Your Hard Drive: The Easiest Problem You'll Ever Solve
Have you ever noticed how your computer seems to run slower and slower each week? Did you think it was just your imagination? Think again.
[2004-03-18] Does Your Business Need CRM Software?
When you started out in business, keeping track of customers, orders, and leads may not have been that difficult. After all, most companies do start out slowly. However, it won't take long for you and your staff to become overwhelmed by the challenge of keeping all your clients happy while also following up on hot leads and managing enormous amounts of customer data. You don't need to hire more people or stagnate your business's growth to solve the problem. The solution is to invest in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software.
[2004-03-18] Do You Really Need To Buy More Software?
It has been estimated that most people only use about 10% of the features included in any given software program. That's quite a shame not to mention a tremendous waste of both time and money. The good news is there is a "cure" for this software ailment.
[2004-03-18] How To Create A Winning Business Plan
Here's a simple but effective way to quickly and easily develop a complete business plan.
[2004-03-18] How to Write Effective Web Content for Your Business Website
The text of your website can make or break your web business. While design is an important feature of any website, no sale can ever be made if the website contains no words, or worse, words which do not inspire action from the website visitor.
[2004-03-18] How to Choose a Web Host for Your Business Website
It is important to choose a reliable efficient and effective web host for your web business. You need to make sure that your web host offers all the features that you would require for your business web site.
Following is an overview of some of the most common requirements:
[2004-03-18] The Must Have Software Your Business Needs To Maximize Your Productivity And Efficiency
Whether you run a small business or a home office, there are six broad categories of software you need to maximize your productivity and efficiency.
[2004-03-18] Ten Steps to Choosing Software For Your Small or Homebased Business
When you are buying software for your small business or your home office, you won't have a staff of IT professionals guiding your purchasing decisions. The decisions are all yours, but that doesn't mean you should feel intimidated or nervous about getting the software your work requires. The following tips will help you pick the right software for your business needs.
[2004-03-18] Copywriting Makeover: Know Where Your Customers Are In The Buying Process Part 1
When you begin to write copy for any product or service, there are a few things you have to take into consideration. The first is always your target audience: who you'll be writing to. Finding out about the needs and wants of the audience members, their communication styles, their lifestyles, and a multitude of other elements are "musts" before writing one word of copy.
[2004-03-18] Copywriting Makeover: Know Where Your Customers Are In The Buying Process Part 2
In part one of this article series, I introduced a client of mine (AEwebworks) who suffered from some copywriting traumas. The basic diagnosis was a lack of synergy within the copy, ineffective use of testimonials, a lack of focus on the target customer's buying process, and the inability of the current copy to support the search engine goals of AEwebworks.
[2004-03-18] Are You Asking the Right Questions in Your Copy?
It's a common approach to writing copy. You begin by asking questions. Why? To evoke thoughts in your readers' minds, to stir up emotions, and to get customers thinking in the way you want them to think. But have you ever thought about how you phrase your questions? Are you doing it in a way that will have the greatest impact on your readers or are you just throwing questions on a page?
[2004-03-18] Copywriting Makeover: It’s Not About YOU, It’s About THEM
I've always loved scented candles. They help create a cozy atmosphere. They give you a relaxed feeling. And - most importantly - they make your home smell wonderful! So, naturally, I was excited when I was approached to rewrite the index (front) page for an online retailer who made specialty, soy-scented candles.
[2004-03-18] They’re Searching So Why Aren’t They Buying?
There seems to be a common myth regarding site visitors and the buying process these days. I've heard this statement more than a few times over the last several months: "My visitors find me when they use search engines. They type in the exact keyphrases I'm listed under. So when they get to my site why aren't they buying?" The simple answer is that they aren't ready to buy yet.
[2004-03-18] Case In Point: Giving Away the Store Can Make You Rich
We've been hearing it for years. "Free is a big pull for customers." Most people think of the "but wait… if you order now" bonuses associated with infomercials. However, Caryn Smith of http://www.LapelPinsRUs.com has found the secret to giving away as much as possible and still turning huge profits.
[2004-03-18] 5 Little Known Ways To Double, Or Even Triple The Effectiveness Of Your Web Copy!
It's sad but true. Most Internet Marketers are struggling with poor response, and have no idea how to go about increasing the effectiveness of their marketing beyond increasing the size of their advertising budget. This foolishness never ends.
[2004-03-17] Information On Copywriting Examples
This article is written to provide information on copywriting, examples and provide professional copywriting tips to improve your website's performance, without the cost of hiring a professional web copywriting consultant. Killer copywriting can be performed by anyone who has a creative writing ability, not just a copywriting expert. You can achieve just as much as any expert with search engine copywriting if you put your mind to it. Lets face it, search engines require text, and good quality content specific text to know what your page is promoting.
[2004-03-17] I.P. address?
All computers connected to the internet have a special or unique number. This is known as an I.P. address. Such addresses are issued by I.C.A.N.N.. This stands for the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and is responsible for, and presumably capable of, ensuring the uniqueness of your, and everyone else's I.P. or Internet Protocol address.
[2004-03-17] Online Marketing Simplified - 2 Pillars To Your Success
Are you confused by the flood of information on how to improve your internet marketing results?
[2004-03-17] PDF Files - Your Undiscovered Gold Mine
It is a well established fact that search engines simply adore (relevant) textual content above anything else. However, in our experience many corporate web sites are at a loss when required to generate search engine optimized content, be it for cloaking, be it for more conventional techniques of optimization.
[2004-03-17] Building a Revenue-producing Ebiz Brand
Building a revenue-producing online brand takes an investment in time, resources and viable partnerships! There is no shortcut to success - it takes plain old blood sweat and tears! If you listen to the Charlatans and digital snake oil types you'd think fortunes were being made by simply launching a web site and using a free search engine submissions service! This is far from the truth!
[2004-03-16] How Does Your Business Grow?
A family member called us earlier this week. After a few minutes of general family gossip and the usual, he said, "Let me tell you why I really called."
[2004-03-16] 42 Killer Domain Secrets Exposed!
The Basic Stuff
Every website needs a domain name. Example "WebBootCamp.com" is a domain name. Your domain is your website address, a.k.a. URL (universal resource locator). Should you use your company name for your domain? Maybe, maybe not. Is it memorable? Easy to spell? Does it contain keywords that relate to your business? For more considerations on choosing a domain, I've put together the following checklist.
[2004-03-16] Why You Need A Web Site
"I have a small business with just a couple of employees and I don't think my product can really be sold online. Do I need a web site?"
[2004-03-16] Protecting Your Business From Spam
Even being as careful as possible with my email address, I still used to receive more than 100 email messages a day, which is no exaggeration. Only about 10% of those emails were from people that I knew and the rest of the messages were unwanted email…"spam". And I'm sure you can relate to my frustration. It is estimated that over seventy-six billion unwanted email messages were delivered in 2003, costing companies more than $10 billion each year.
[2004-03-16] I was an Internet Marketing Junkie
I admit it, I had an addiction...I am finally able to admit, to myself, my friends, and my family, that I am a reformed "Internet Marketing Junkie".
[2004-03-16] Auction Identity Theft
Con artists who wish to use online auction houses (usually targeting eBay because it is the largest) to bilk unsuspecting users for thousands of dollars usually follow a fairly straight-forward scheme. It generally preys on the unsuspecting or less savvy, aiming at their ignorance of technology and security to steal their money.
[2004-03-16] Write for Your Audience
Magazine and book publishers have always realized the necessity of keeping their target audiences in mind with every article, book or issue they produce. They're businesses, after all, and readers are their customers.
[2004-03-12] RSS - The Making of a Feed
Everyday more and more websites, news services and blogs are adding RSS content. RSS is a method of syndicating content.The concept of aggregating content in one central location or repository is very appealing. Consumers have become tired of push technology, RSS allows users the flexibility to regain control of their content. RSS feed creators provide content without forcing it on consumers. In fact with RSS consumers are able to choose the content they wish to view.
[2004-03-12] I Too Was An Internet Marketing Junkie!
I spent every waking hour at my computer, looking for the ‘Golden Fleece' of marketing. I spent hours, and days, and more hours in hopes of finding the one Marketing plan that would allow me to achieve my dreams, and goals.
[2004-03-12] Effective Marketing Isn't a Game!
Marketing strategies abound on the internet. We all know that bad advice is floating all around the net.
[2004-03-12] Home Office Feng Shui
Whether you believe in the Oriental powers of feng shui or not, there are an increasingly large number of people who do. Either way, it's fun to examine different ideas, so let's take a look at your home office from the feng shui point of view.
[2004-03-12] How To Pull Massive Profits From Resale Rights Instantly
What's in your name?
I'm not trying to be funny here, this basic question holds the key to you making much more money with your resale rights business than you probably realized.
[2004-03-12] Writing An Auction Page That Sells!
Writing a successful auction page on any Online Auction site is the key to getting more bids and higher profits. Whatever you sell, you will need to make sure your items' ads are the best they can be.
[2004-03-12] Learn How To Diagnose Power Supply Problems
The Power Supply convert's your regular household current into low DC voltage used by the computer. When this component fails,there is simply no activity going on wih your computer.Remember to do the easy troubleshooting first.Inspect the Power Supply for any damage.Double-Check all connections.
[2004-03-12] Why Businesses Need to Start Nurturing Collective Wisdom
You and I are a lot alike. We are both software publishers and eBook authors getting hosed on a regular basis.
[2004-03-12] Don't Get Ripped Off Getting A Merchant Account
Far too many people get ripped off when setting up a merchant account for their online business. The biggest reason is that they don't understand their options and are intimidated by the whole process. Now, armed with the proper knowledge, you don't need to become a victim of this process.
[2004-03-12] Are You Well Protected?
Winter…the official start of the cold and flu season. Though, technically speaking, things got started a little early. Close to a million computers, mostly home PC users, have been infected.
[2004-03-12] Technical Writing for the Terrified
Sometimes it may be beyond a companies or individuals budget to hire a professional writer to address their technical documentation.
[2004-03-11] Selling To Your Difficult Person
We all have people whom we find difficult. We don't understand them, connect with them, or even talk comfortably with them. But, when we own a one person business, seeing someone as difficult gets in the way of our selling effectively and their buying wisely.
[2004-03-11] Choosing a Web Host Based On Price? Don't!
It's tempting. There are so many companies offering cut-rate hosting - loaded with astounding post-futuristic techno-gizmo features ! - that it just makes sense to save a few dollars, right?
[2004-03-11] Hard Drive Crash? The Essential Data Recovery Report
Your worst nightmare just became a horrifying reality. You keep hearing that little voice in your head mockingly shout "you should have backed that stuff up" The voice keeps echoing throughout your head as you perform a quick inventory all of the important information that you just lost…..your client database, a years worth of e-mail, your entire inventory database, even your family photos.
[2004-03-10] Are You a Marketing Octopus, or a Marketing Worm?
One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best for your business.
[2004-03-10] How To Seal The Deal In Seven Seconds
Can you close a sale in just seven seconds? If you make a great first impression, you can do it even faster. Seven seconds is the average length of time you have to make a first impression. If yours is not good, you won't get another chance with that potential client. But if you make a great first impression you can bet that the client is more likely to take you and your company seriously.
[2004-03-10] Home Based Business: Your Ultimate Tax Shelter
Starting and operating your own home based business is the ultimate tax shelter.
[2004-03-10] Getting Some Perspective On Your Avoidance Habits
It is quite natural for human beings to avoid discomfort. Our brains are wired that way. Without thinking about it, we'll rush in from the cold. Of course! Without really thinking about it, we'll steer clear of somebody we don't particularly like. Of course! Without thinking about it, we'll bypass the ________ section of the buffet table. Of course! It's the SPINACH section!
[2004-03-10] Top Ten Online Choices to Get Clients to Choose you Again and Again
Did you know that 95% of coaching businesses fail because their owners don't pay enough attention to sales copy?
[2004-03-10] Instant Rapport: The Key to Sales Success
Did you ever meet someone with whom you just clicked? Someone who was so much like you that you practically knew what he was thinking? How comfortable did you feel with that person? Did you trust him? Chances are that you have very high rapport with that person.
[2004-03-10] 10 Ways To Protect Your Financial Identity Being Used For Someone Else’s Shopping Spree
Someone impersonating you could be spending your hard-earned money.
[2004-03-10] 10 Ways To Help You Plan Your Home Office For Productivity, And Comfort
Some home offices are set up in a dedicated area just for the business, but most people need to have a family room, bedroom, or guest room do double duty.
[2004-03-10] How to Successfully Work From Home
Working from home can be a most effective way to be more productive! Today's open plan offices stop many people from getting their work done. The constant noise, phones ringing and colleagues interrupting can drive anyone to distraction! Many people would dramatically boost their productivity if they could spend some or all of their workday out of the main office and join the thousands of small business owners who work from home. However there are a few rules you need to follow to do this successfully:
[2004-03-10] Work From Home and Make More Money
Why do you work from home? Hopefully you enjoy what you do and want to enjoy the lifestyle being at home can offer you, however is it because you want to make money so that you can have, be and do more in your life?
[2004-03-10] How to Work From Home and Enjoy Life
How would you like to have at least an extra hour in your day just for yourself so that you can have more fun? When you work from home there can be a tendency to work longer hours due to the flexibility that you have.
[2004-03-10] How To Write A Riveting Sales Letter That Closes Sales
How do you get people's attention and build their interest to take the time to read your sales letter? Let's face it. If you can't get the attention of prospects and keep their interest your sales letter will just fall flat on it's face and thus not make you much money.
[2004-03-10] Two Steps to Improving Your Marketing Success
Since the human brain seems to be able to focus on only one thought at a time, it's difficult to evaluate an advertising idea from the perspective of both a marketer and a customer. That's why it's necessary to use a two-step process when developing highly effective ads, sales letters, web pages, and e-mails.
[2004-03-09] How To Earn Your First $1,000 Online
Pretty regularly I get emails saying something like: "I got online and heard I could make millions. Now it's two years later, I've spent thousands of dollars and I still have not made any money."
[2004-03-09] 9 Steps to Supercharge Your Productivity with Creativity
Time is the great equalizer. Everybody has the exact same number of hours in each day. For most people, the hours available are usually less than the hours needed to get everything done. However, by using the following principles of creativity, you should be able get more done in less time, while making certain that you are doing what's most important and moving yourself closer to your goals.
[2004-03-09] 3 Simple Selling Tactics
The following 3 simple selling tactics produce sales by responding to the way customers normally think and behave. They work for any business - regardless of what you sell, how you sell or where you sell it.
[2004-03-08] The Terminology Of Marketing With Articles
Every field or discipline has its own specialized vocabulary and marketing with articles is no different. Understanding and using the lingo of marketing with articles will help you get the most out of this brilliant technique. Continue reading below for a set of terms and definitions for marketing with articles.
[2004-03-08] Aiming At The Home Based Business Bullseye
Traffic is one thing, but targeted traffic is everything.
[2004-03-08] Is There an Affiliate "Free Lunch" Program?
"Everything worthwhile has a cost... Whenever you think you are getting something for nothing, look again-someone, somewhere, somehow is paying for it. Behind every free lunch there is a hidden cost to be accounted for." Edwin G. Dolan
[2004-03-08] Making Communication Effective
Language is a challenging way to communicate. It allows us to share our thoughts and feelings by describing our personal views of reality.
[2004-03-08] 10 tips on offering a Free ecourse
1. Make your ecourse short like 5 - 7 days. The longer the ecourse easy for your subscriber to forget the matter of your previous emails.
[2004-03-05] Secret and POWERFUL Way To Build Your Opt In List
I decided to write this article to show you a very powerful method how you can instantly BOOST the size of your opt in list. This method is very powerful yet not many people use it.
[2004-03-05] Choosing a Topic for Writing a How-To Book
Review in depth the intelligence you have accumulated over the years and you will have no problem in identifying where your primary source of expertise lies. However, before cementing your choice of a topic it will be necessary to run the data through several tests to confirm its suitability as the subject matter for your first how-to book.
[2004-03-05] Researching your First Writing Project
This is a core objective and it's where your work begins in earnest.
[2004-03-05] Planning Ahead for Fulfilment in Your Writing
As you set out to create your first niche non-fiction book, you will be supported by a strong motivation to keep focused on the essential business at hand i.e. to complete the project and achieve publication.
[2004-03-04] How to Avoid the Marketing Blues With Your Offers
To attract more prospects and clients, you need what Taj Mahal calls "good bait" in his song the Fishin Blues. One of the biggest mistakes you can make, as a small business owner, is forgetting to use good bait in the form of your offers. Whether you use direct mail, a web site or media advertising to market your business, the success of your marketing depends on whether you provide prospects with compelling offers.
[2004-03-04] Writing for Profit in Your Spare Time: The Questions People Ask Me…
Here is a list of questions that people frequently ask on the topic of writing for profit. Hopefully you will find the answers helpful but if you have any questions of your own please feel free to contact me.
[2004-03-04] Traffic Exchange Primer
Traffic exchanges are everywhere. A traffic exchange is a clever way to get hundreds or thousands of visitors to your website. The concept is very simple and the exchange process is easy to put into action. First, you join a traffic exchange program that includes individuals with websites to promote. Next, you set up the website you want to promote. Finally, you visit the websites of the other members and they visit your website in exchange.
[2004-03-04] Network Your Way to Success
To develop sustainable internal business, clients need to know about you, and they need to respect you. They need to view you as an integral part of their team. They need to believe you contribute to their success in achieving organization goals.
[2004-03-04] Become the "Off-Site" Resource
Your clients are likely spending thousands of dollars hiring outside experts to provide inspiration and education at their off-sites. It's not always easy finding the right expert. Make it your business to be very helpful here.
[2004-03-04] Become Obsessive About Comfort & Convenience
Create a respectful environment that will enable people to keep their business needs moving along while they are away from the job. It is surprising how dreadful many meeting rooms are. Some are so uncomfortable people won't sign up for training held in these rooms. Install/Implement:
[2004-03-04] 27 Essential Marketing Tips
The following 27 essential marketing tips are culled from my marketing experience during the last 25 years. These are the tips that have helped me over and over again. They have helped me get back on track when I have strayed off course. All of these tips may not work for you, and that is OK. Perhaps you will find some tips you have not considered before that will help you connect with your internal clients as you market your programs and services to them.
[2004-03-04] Your World Your Way - Trusting Yourself In Business
"It doesn't interest me who you are, or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back." Oriah Mountain Dreamer
[2004-03-04] Essential Internet Marketing Acronyms Explained
If you're new to Internet marketing, the many acronyms and abbreviations often used in discussions on the subject can be confusing. To help you get up to speed quickly, here are the meanings of the most important:
[2004-03-04] How To Ensure Your Article Is NOT Published
I bet you've heard that submitting articles for publication in ezines is an excellent, low-cost means of promotion.
[2004-03-03] Too Much Choice Can Kill Your Business - How To Stay Focused On Profits
Is your business laser-focused? Here are three strategies to target your profits...
[2004-03-03] What Is YOUR Excuse For Failing?
Would you intentionally set out to fail?
[2004-03-03] Internet Marketing and Your Old Age
Everybody wants to learn how to make money on the Internet. What about saving money for retirement and your future? If you don't do it, who will? Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, recently confronted the U.S. Congress about the cost of future retirement benefits.
[2004-03-03] Why Use Our Own Judgment When Marketing Our Work At Home Business
If you spend anytime you've certainly become aware of the word "Marketing Guru". This title is sometimes freely applied to those that have had some success in their own home business, making them perhaps somewhat more savvy than those just starting their own work at home business.
[2004-03-03] Are You Compliant? Take The CAN-SPAM QUIZ!
Test Your Knowledge of The Law - 22 Questions You Should Know.
[2004-03-03] Medical Transcription: A Viable Work At Home Career
Are there really viable work at home jobs out there? This is a question that I'm asked almost daily. The fact is, there are most definitely careers that can be done from your home and there are people who are actually successful in those jobs. One of the fastest growing industries happens to be one that can be done from home: Medical Transcription.
[2004-03-02] 10 Things You Will Like About A Home Based Business
Here's a few things I've discovered along the way that you will like about owning your own home based business.
[2004-03-02] Coping With Information Overload
Henry David Thoreau once said, "Things are in the saddle and ride mankind." Today, INFORMATION is in the saddle …and it's riding us into the ground! We are just overwhelmed with information. We fear that if we don't read it all, we'll miss something really important. So we pile it, unread, and the piles keep growing.
[2004-03-02] Manage Your E-Mail
Much incoming e-mail can be read once, then promptly deleted-this means less e-mail clutter to wade through. At the least, do a clean-up once a month.
[2004-03-02] What To Do With All Those Business Cards?
Get Rid of Those You Don't Need
Everyone collects lots of business cards, and nobody really knows what to do with them.
[2004-03-02] 13 Tips for Working Smarter, Not Harder
1) Aim for effectiveness, not neatness. Neatness as an end in itself can even be risky: Putting things away just to clear off your desk can cause you to lose or forget them.
[2004-03-02] The Customer's Experience is Everything
Why is it that Microsoft wants you to buy its product but does not want you to open the plastic case that is welded around the cardboard box? I believe that such packaging along with cockroaches will survive atomic disasters!
[2004-03-01] Need Article Ideas?
Writer's block...need I say more? Every writer experiences writer's block at one time or another. For a writer using the marketing with articles technique the block often starts with trying to generate a new article idea. There are many creative ways to discover article ideas no matter what your topic and we'll cover several of them below.
[2004-03-01] Communication is the Key
No matter what business you are in there is one common factor - communication. Whether it is verbal, visual, on paper or electronic, having clear communication is a must for any successful business. This can be even more challenging when dealing with other cultures, nationalities and lifestyles.
[2004-03-01] Know Your Niche
It was a warm, quiet winter afternoon as I walked along the beach. At the headland there was a typical collection of rock pools. Lots of pools, some with more water than others, and some surging with the tidal wash. As I looked more closely I noticed the inhabitants - a purple anemone or two on the sidewall, sea snails moving slowly along the crevices, and other small creatures swimming around.
[2004-03-01] A Marketing Myth
"I don't need to do any marketing". How many times have we heard this said? Often business operators feel they don't need to do any marketing because:
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