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- What is the Purpose of Your Home Page? - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from Carma SpenceNot all home or landing pages are created equal, nor do they have the same goal in mind. So, if you want yours to do its job, you need to know what that job is. Your home page can accomplish several different goals... just not at the same time. That's why most online business owners have ...
Views: 2885(2 votes) - 5 Ways to Significantly Increase Attendance of Your Free Teleclass - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Tracey LawtonHosting a free teleclass is one of my favorite ways to increase my subscriber base as well as get to know members of my community. Setting up your teleclass is relatively straightforward too – all you need is a: * Registration page * Teleconference bridge line * Follow-up system ...
Views: 1241 - Create A Business Plan in 3 Simple Steps - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Tracey LawtonThere comes a point in every solopreneur's business where they need to sit down and plan ... and I mean, really plan! Not just write down a few ideas on the back of an envelope and hope for the best, but really map out a long-term strategic plan for their business. Creating this kind of ...
Views: 1249(4 votes) - Why Selling Is Better Than Sex - Part One - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Alen MayerThe world’s oldest profession involves selling. One might even argue about which came first – the selling or the sex? In fact, selling and sex are so closely related that succeeding at either one of them can be euphoric, addictive, and good fun. Some people might like to argue that selling is ...
Views: 1507(1 vote) - Which Small Business Marketing Strategies are Right for You? - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2010 from Nic SotoI've been in business for myself for over 20 years now, and while my first venture did not fair so well, I did learn a lot about marketing myself and what would be expected of me if I wanted to succeed as an entrepreneur and successfully generate a salary for myself that could allow me the ...
Views: 673 - What To Do At Your Next Networking Event - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Ruth HegartyAs you gear up to reach your 2010 goals, take advantage of all the wonderful networking opportunities that exist at this time of year. Fear of not knowing the “right” things to do when networking is one of the top reasons people simply don’t participate in this extremely effective business ...
Views: 1191 - Home Based-Small Business Ideas - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Clifford MacHanterWhen you are looking for an inspiration, you may probably do anything to try in order to get ahead. There are several times that make you look for great idea that can be that great idea that you more likely to think it is going to be and in addition on that you are also challenge, finding it in ...
Views: 861 - 5 Proven Strategies of Generating Qualified Leads - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from David CarletonLead generation is the “lifeblood” of all business. Without a continuous stream of qualified prospects, many businesses just won’t make it in highly competitive markets. Unfortunately, you’ll never find that lead until you learn how to market your business better. But, if you're using the ...
Views: 1468 - 10 Habits of Super Efficient Social Marketers - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from Rebecca ZwarNearly everyone that has jumped into social media has, at one point or another, realized it can be extremely time-consuming. That's the nature of the beast. But it doesn't have to be. You just need a plan. Here are what I consider the Top 10 Habits of those that use social marketing ...
Views: 943 - Social Media Marketing - How To Determine The ROI For Business - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2010 from Don McCauleyMany business owners have a hard time getting their heads around the real value of social media. Some refuse, some are afraid of it, some are confused by it, many ignore it completely and others jump in just to say they have jumped in. “What is the ROI of social media?” is a question heard ...
Views: 869(1 vote) - Five Intelligent Risks for Sales Professionals - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Jim McCormickAscending to a new level of performance in any endeavor is a matter of taking intelligent risks well. Sales is no exception. Having written a book on intelligent risk-taking called The Power of Risk and often speaking to sales professionals, I’m regularly asked by ambitious sale people what ...
Views: 2490(2 votes) - 5 Hottest Trends to Get Targeted Web Traffic | Traffic Promotion Trends - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2010 from Carla BaldockIt's a harsh fact, traffic promotion today is different to traffic promotion of yesterday. However, you will definitely put additional money in your bank account if you adopt today's internet marketing trends. To drive massive targeted web traffic to your site, there's no question that these 5 ...
Views: 939(2 votes) - Is Your Website Doing Its Job? - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2009 from Carma SpenceIs your website in alignment with the goals you have for your business? Before you launch a new landing page or website ... and even if it's been more than 3 years since your last website makeover ... ask yourself these four questions: 1. What is the purpose of your website? Is it ...
Views: 1130(2 votes) - The Single Key That Leads To Internet Marketing Success Or Failure - Part Two - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2009 from Don McCauleyThis is Part Two of the series on trust. You might wish to begin by reading Part One found elsewhere on this site. One of the biggest mistakes businesses make in regards to marketing is attempting to market a product or service to those who do not need that product or service. Playing the ...
Views: 785(1 vote) - Prosperity Comes From Overcoming Fear (So Do Clients) - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2009 from Fabienne FredricksonQUOTE: “Until one is released, step by step or all at once, from the roots of fear-based thinking, no amount of Mo-ney will give prosperity. This is fact…” – Anonymous Even though I’m totally unplugged from what’s going on in the world, by choice, stuff is still trickling in. You see, I’ve ...
Views: 1094(1 vote) - Creating Awareness In A Global Marketing Environment - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Don McCauleyIn the 'old days', creating awareness of a product or service in the marketplace required a simple and very straightforward approach. Most of us just advertised in the media available at the time. These outlets included newspaper, radio, television and magazines. Frankly, it was a no-brainer. We ...
Views: 2830(3 votes) - Using Social Media As A Marketing Tool - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Don McCauleyOne of the hottest topics in marketing today is the subject of using social media tools for marketing. It appears to be quite difficult for some to get their heads around what this means for businesses that market products and services through the traditional model. It is often quite ...
Views: 1186(1 vote) - Making Money from Home – Holiday Business - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Clifford MacHanterThe holiday season always make stores are full of beautiful gifts to buy. Other holiday businesses have wonderful lights and bows and bells. This is a more wonderful holiday business ideas of our year; we are all excited with this one of a time event of a year. On the other part, many people are ...
Views: 808(3 votes) - Develop an Online Business Mindset and Succeed Online Now! - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Stephanie Treasure“Online Business” is a broad term for a plethora of online business models. Some people think of online business as get rich quick schemes using underhanded marketing tactics to create a quick buck. But there are solid online business entrepreneurs or webpreneurs as I like to call them, who ...
Views: 1004(5 votes) - Home Page Design - Know Your Website's Target Market - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Carma SpenceIf your website is going to be effective, it needs to speak to your target market. In fact, to be truly effective, it needs to speak to your ideal client. Do you know who that is? One way to define your market is to take a good look at your current clients and identify those characteristics ...
Views: 1372(2 votes) - Blogging Strategies For Your Marketing Plan - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Caroline and Craig MakepeaceSo you've finally decided that writing a blog is an essential part of your marketing plan. As discussed before there are lots of reasons why this is a great idea, the most important being that it will increase your rankings in the search engine a lot quicker and more easily. This is going to ...
Views: 1168(3 votes) - Improving Your Relationships with NLP - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Kevin ColeBetter relationships with those around us: it's something most of us crave. And having a good rapport with everyone in our lives can certainly improve the quality of our own existence. When one first hears the word "relationship," the mind turns almost automatically to those of a romantic ...
Views: 674(1 vote) - Blogging, the Best Lead Generation Tool and a Must for your Marketing Plan - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Caroline and Craig MakepeaceThere is one very simple and powerful method to attract hundreds more visitors to your site daily and that is having your own blog. If you are not doing this then you are missing out on at least doubling the visitors to your site. Remember more traffic, means more leads which means more ...
Views: 1114(3 votes) - Network Marketing’s 5 Necessities For Success Can be Solved With One Simple Solution - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Dan LambethThis is about investing in yourself. You can work network marketing in the most modern fashion and take the industry by storm. Almost all of the top professions require you to take continuing education courses and this industry is no different simply because the best way to work your business ...
Views: 1281(1 vote) - How Your Blog Statistics Can Help You Improve Your Traffic - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Carma SpenceDid you know that your blog's analytics can tell you the best time and best topics to increase traffic to your site? It's true, for those statistic can help you write posts that people want to read and when they'll want to read them! The statistics you want to pay particular attention to ...
Views: 1197(2 votes) - Does Voice Broadcasting As a Prospecting Tool For Fresh Leads Really Work? - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Nadine HouseYou’ve probably noticed that some insurance agents, especially when they're starting out, mainly count on their GA to give them leads, which usually are aged; and the senior agents don’t even work them. But what happens when the leads start to run low and they get burned out on re-working them ...
Views: 1083(1 vote) - Are you still singing “The Economy is Slow” Blues? - by Submitted on May 14, 2013 from Kathleen GageOver the last few days I have had several conversations with friends and clients about their businesses. Many are thrilled with the fact business is picking up while others immediately go into, “The economy is still slow. That’s why my business isn’t picking up.” For some, The Economy is ...
Views: 1321(1 vote) - An Often Overlooked Step in Information Product Development - by Submitted on May 14, 2013 from Kathleen GageMany experts enhance their product offerings with high quality services. Regardless of what you make available to your market, you need to take one very important step. Before you invest time, money or effort into product development make sure you understand the needs of your market. You ...
Views: 1258(1 vote) - Business Tip: Before You Market - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2009 from Barbara PhillipsSome Questions to ask yourself before your begin your marketing. Most businesses open up and assume people will come. This is especially true of health care practices. After all, everyone needs health care services. But don't fool yourself. Just because your shingle is up, it does not mean ...
Views: 974(1 vote) - A Website for Your Business - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2009 from Barbara PhillipsMore and more a website is becoming essential for any practice. The big question is how do you get one. While it is possible to go out and hire someone to build you a website, it's also possible to design and create a website for those of you who want to do it yourself. Website planning is the ...
Views: 1034(2 votes) - The ONE Self-Sabotaging Thing You Do Every Day That Keeps You From Making 7-Figures In Your Business - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Fabienne FredricksonQUOTE: “Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in ACTION.” – Price Pritchett I’ve been hearing this one question a lot recently: “Fabienne, what did you actually DO to multiply your 1ncome so quickly? How did you get to a million and can I do it too?” ...
Views: 1032(1 vote) - Marketing Strategies: Seven Tips to Thrive This Holiday Season - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Maya BaileyAre you wondering how to survive this Holiday Season? Do you get caught up in the fast pace to the point of stress and exhaustion? What if, this year, you could create exactly what you want? How about transforming stress into joy? How about making more money, instead of going in the ...
Views: 853(1 vote) - LinkedIn Answers: Proven Tactics To Get The Biggest Bang For Your Time - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2009 from Maria MarsalaIf your ideal clients are on LinkedIn, then you want to be there, too. So create a keyword driven profile on LinkedIn for yourself. Complete every area possible, take a look at the apps (applications/programs) you might want to add, and you’re done… right? Wrong. One of the best ways to ...
Views: 1296(2 votes) - Small Business Owners - Discover Why Publishing Your Own Newsletter - Ezine is Important? - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Lalitha BrahmaI personally subscribe to ezines and newsletters relating to business and personal development. After reading the ezines and listening to David Riklan's (founder of self growth) teleseminar I understand that there are following five ways an Entrepreneur/Small business owner can benefit by ...
Views: 1527(1 vote) - 8 Basic Steps to Get Started on Twitter and Increase You or Your Company's Brand Visibility - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Stephanie TreasureWhat is Twitter? Here is the Wikipedia definition: Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the ...
Views: 905(1 vote) - Skyrocket Your Coaching Business: Build a Business Model that Supports Your Desired Lifestyle - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Suzanne EvansNo man is an island. Work only in your strengths and find the people to help you do those things that are not strengths for you right now. Some of these ideas are for people who are a little further along, but in the beginning I had a coach. I had a marketing coach and I was going through my ...
Views: 707(1 vote) - Coaching Tips: Charge What You Deserve and Invest in Your Ongoing Growth - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Suzanne EvansA common struggle for new or developing coaches is how to set your rates. Do you go with what other coaches in your area are doing? Do you offer something unique or additional that allows you to charge more? Do you even have the confidence to ask for what you're worth? Your rate is your ...
Views: 714(2 votes) - 5 Tips for a Better Business Blog - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from Carma SpenceDo you want your blog to be read, subscribed to and shared with others? Then consider these five tips: 1. Keep your audience in mind ... always. Even if your blog is generally personal, you should consider the interests of your readers. If your posts don't encourage visitors to read them, ...
Views: 1306(4 votes) - The Power of Influence: How to Influence Others to Get Ahead. © White, 2009. - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from Jo Anne WhiteYou Have What It Takes: Getting ahead in business is not just about technical or sales know-how or knowing the ins and outs of your company. It’s about people to people. No matter what business you’re in, you’re in the relationship business. Making a positive and a lasting impression on the ...
Views: 2949(3 votes) - Jumpstart Your Marketing with YouTube Videos - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Serena CarcasoleIt's important to put yourself in front of your target audience as often as possible. With increasing numbers of people spending time on the Internet, adding videos to your marketing efforts can help you reach a whole new audience. Having a marketing video welcomes visitors who might not have ...
Views: 1611(2 votes) - 7 Hot Tips for Getting Your Articles Read - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Carma SpenceYou're putting a concerted effort into your article marketing ... writing, posting, doing it again ... so I would think that you'd want your articles to be read. I am right? For article marketing to be effective in bringing your website the traffic you seek, you have to write articles with ...
Views: 1324(4 votes) - Get Accurate Data with Data Cleansing - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Sapna RawatData Cleansing is the part of Data Entry Services. Accurate, relevant, consistent and secure data has been always in demand for long. Clean and high quality data can decrease the working time and can increase the output. Cleaning your data to make it more accurate and useful called Data ...
Views: 717(2 votes) - How to Attract Successful Business Leads - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Joanna VaiouAre you currently engaged in a home based business opportunity? If you have chosen this method to become financially stable, then I laud you and your effort and courage. Getting into an online business opportunity can be considered as a very risky situation by many people, but if you know how to ...
Views: 1591(5 votes) - How to Anticipate Your Customer's Buying Needs and Generate More Product Sales - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Judah SwagertyWhy do fortune 500 companies make it to that level of prestige? Is it because they have a good product? Is it because of their excellent customer service? Or, maybe they have a superb business system? While all of these may be the right answer, your customer loyalty will come from anticipating ...
Views: 1987(2 votes) - 5 Easy Steps to Instantly Drive Crazy Amounts of Traffic to Your Website - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Judah SwagertyYou should always be looking for different ways to drive more traffic to your website. Concentrate on the five areas below and watch your online sales sky-rocket in no time! 1.) Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Your site must be optimized in order for you to see positive rankings in the ...
Views: 848(2 votes) - 2 Magical words – Discover how they produce never-ending Cash flow for you on the Internet. - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from michael chibuzorMaking money is easy, you may have been fed a different story in the marketing arena and you have come to a conclusion different from that first sentence based on your previous negative experiences. But seriously making massive cash is not so difficult. And you will soon discover this as I am ...
Views: 1985(5 votes) - How and Why People Buy - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Justin HammondsPeople hate to be sold but love to buy. This principle is a key principle many marketers miss when going about promoting their business opportunity. As a network marketer your product is the opportunity for a better life. Once you understand what you are selling, you can then focus on why ...
Views: 753(3 votes) - CranioSacral Therapists - Raise Your Rates With a Gratitude Sandwich - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2009 from Sharon DesjarlaisHave you ever wrestled with telling your clients that you're raising your rates? Mindy, a big-hearted CranioSacral Therapist in North Carolina, struggled with this common condition. It had been a couple years since she last raised her rates, and she knew her work was well worth it. But she ...
Views: 1518(4 votes) - Attracting New Clients to Your Business - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Barbara PhillipsA question that comes up frequently is about attracting new clients. This is especially true for the business that is just starting up. Most of us don't have thousands of dollars just sitting around to use for marketing. But there are several ways in which you can find those first few ...
Views: 914(4 votes) - What Is Your Time Worth? - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Adele Howell-PryceEven I can't believe this year's practically gone! Poof! Bye-Bye 2009. We're headed into November and before you know it, it'll be January. So what's next year going to look like for your business? Now's the time to decide. I say go ahead and dare to kick it up a ...
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