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Marketing – The Hook
The hook is the first thing you say about your company. It’s the first thing you put on your marketing message. The best hook is a company name that, sorry, HOOKS people. A hard-c sound – carrot, cucumber – is not bad advice.Zeer-ROCKS. Klee-NECKS. These hard-c sounds affect us. It’s been tested. They are remembered. When your hook is sharp and specific, there’s nothin

The Difference Between Networking and Marketing
Networking and marketing may be similar but they are definitely not one in the same.Networking is the art of making acquaintances and sharing information about yourself, your business or product. Its purpose is to build relationships that offer a mutual opportunity for both parties to prosper.Marketing is publicizing a service or product with the intent of closing a sa

This may seem like a pointless question. You know you have to build a list because that is where the money is. Or at least that is what you have heard. But you don’t really know it firsthand. You just know you should be building a list, and you figure that once you build your list, you can make it profitable.

But it doesn’t really work that way. You see, you need to know why you want your list. Who are you going to put on your list? Are they going to be buyers or freebie seekers, are they going to simply read your emails and yawn or are they going to click through to sales pages and spend their money? What types of products are they going to want to buy?

All of those questions, and especially the answers to them, are critically important. If you build the wrong list for your product or your purchase, you will not be able to make it profitable.

For example, let’s assume that you are selling deep sea fishing equipment and supplies. You want to build your list fast, so you launch a massive advertising campaign to a very general audience offering free information about deep sea fishing. You will attract a lot of people who will enjoy reading your well-written free information, but don’t have the time or money to spend on an actual vacation to the deep sea. In this case, you would be much better off creating a very small list of people who are already spending money on deep sea equipment.

So what do you need to do to avoid that scenario?

First, you need to decide what you are going to sell (or promote). Then market to that niche. For example, if you decide to sell deep sea fishing equipment, create an informational product on how to get more life out of existing equipment. Now, you will attract subscribers who already have equipment and are using it. Do you see the difference between that and giving away a good looking piece

Many Small Revenue Streams Are Best
There’s an old story about a guy who had a fruit stand. On the fruit stand there was a single orange with a price tag hanging on it. The price? One million dollars.People asked him all the time, “Why on earth are you charging one million dollars for an orange?!? Who’s going to buy it???”His reply: “I don’t know, but I only have to sell one!”While it may be logica

know why you want your list. Who are you going to put on your list? Are they going to be buyers or freebie seekers, are they going to simply read your emails and yawn or are they going to click through to sales pages and spend their money? What types of products are they going to want to buy?

All of those questions, and especially the answers to them, are critically important. If you build the wrong list for your product or your purchase, you will not be able to make it profitable.

So what do you need to do to avoid that scenario?

When Customer Rewards Programs Backfire
Many business marketing gurus will advise businesses to set up a customer rewards program. However this is not always a very wise idea. For instance if you do not have a loyal customer base and you start an awards program to increase your loyalty you may find that your competition does the exact same thing and since they have a larger customer database and more loyal customers this

mportant. If you build the wrong list for your product or your purchase, you will not be able to make it profitable.

So what do you need to do to avoid that scenario?

Setting Up Your Own Affiliate Program (part one)
Can you start your own affiliate program without hassle?This is one of a two part series on creating your own affiliate/revenue sharing program.Joining an affiliate program is a neat way to make money from your users. However much you can join someone else’s affiliate program, so you can set up your own and invite webmasters to sign up.Why not?You get...... deal

ttract a lot of people who will enjoy reading your well-written free information, but don’t have the time or money to spend on an actual vacation to the deep sea. In this case, you would be much better off creating a very small list of people who are already spending money on deep sea equipment.

So what do you need to do to avoid that scenario?

The 5-Minute Guide To Removing The Seasonal Sales Slump From Your Web Business
Is the niche market your website sells to seasonal? Do you make lots of sales in summer (or winter, fall or spring), around Christmas, or some other time, but can’t give stuff away at other times of the year?You’re caught in the seasonal sales cycle…and the good news is, there is a way around it.Here’s how…Our friends at Google have supplied us with the perfect t

decide what you are going to sell (or promote). Then market to that niche. For example, if you decide to sell deep sea fishing equipment, create an informational product on how to get more life out of existing equipment. Now, you will attract subscribers who already have equipment and are using it. Do you see the difference between that and giving away a good looking piece on deep sea fishing? The deep sea fishing product attracts people who are not generally interested in the equipment and the equipment product will attract people who are. In fact, the person who owns equipment and is likely to buy more would probably NOT opt in to a list just to get information on deep sea fishing--he is already deep sea fishing and might download a product on how to more effectively hook a specific fish, but not a general product on deep sea fishing.

Second, you must be sure to target people who have the means to spend money with you. For example, if you are marketing a new kind of diet, you would want to target people who are overweight and have the means to spend on your new diet instructions. If you give away a free book on eating healthier, you may attract people who are not overweight, but simply wish to eat healthier (which is fine if you also have a product for that demographic). But if you give away a product that specifically teaches overweight people how to change their meal selections so that the can lose weight, you will be specifically targeting people who need to lose weight and who are more likely to spend money on losing that weight.

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