| 1171 | Get Your Idea Out of Your Head and Into the Market Preview: Whenever I am on the road speaking, I always run into entrepreneurs with many great ideas. My most recent trip to New York City for a speaking engagement was no exception, as I had the pleasure of meeting several creative thinkers. The challenge for most people is not that they lack in the area of ideas, it's that many people fail to move for... (more) Published By: Robert Imbriale Submitted: 22 July,2002 |
| 1172 | Vacation Marketing Preview: Does your marketing come to a screeching halt during your annual vacation pilgrimage? Do you cease to promote your company and your products or services? Does your company dwindle into a period of non-existence while you are away? Success Promotions' Wizard of marketing has an alternative! Introducing Vacation Marketing! Preparing for your vacat... (more) Published By: Shannan Hearne-Fortner Submitted: 22 July,2002 |
| 1173 | If you can't beat em? Preview: In the past week, I was amazed at something that happened. 10 different people within an 8 hour period of each other tried to order an ad for the exact same product (actually business opportunity would be a better description). Now at $107 a pop most marketers would have been thrilled (you do the math - $1,070 for 8 hrs work). Guess what? We ... (more) Published By: Marc & Terry Goldman Submitted: 23 July,2002 |
| 1174 | STOP Sending Press Releases! Preview: Whether you are in business or in the PR profession, you have been taught that the way to disseminate publishable information is by using the press (or news) release. Companies with good intentions do it, and public relations firms do it. The practice of sending press releases has been pounded into our brains and rarely questioned. But, for 99% of... (more) Published By: Susan Carter Submitted: 23 July,2002 |
| 1175 | Case In Point: Getting Your List To Respond Preview: by Karon Thackston © 2002 http://www.ktamarketing.com We all wish we could have ultra-responsive mailing lists, don’t we? The dream of most marketers is to send out their ezine and sit back to watch a flood of orders come in. After all, while we always DO want to provide good, solid information for our readers, we’d all be fibbing if we said our... (more) Published By: Karon Thackston Submitted: 23 July,2002 |
| 1176 | 3 Tips To Getting The Most Out Of Your Resource Box Preview: One of the most important parts of writing your articles is creating your resource box. Your resource box is where you are able to tell your readers who you are and provide a short advertisement for your business. To help you get the most out of the substantial amount of free ezine advertising writing articles can provide, I've provided three qu... (more) Published By: Ken Hill Submitted: 23 July,2002 |
| 1177 | How to Make Your Affiliate Program Profitable Preview: You set up an affiliate program for your website and some affiliates signed up. But now you see your affiliate sales are less than delightful. Your first thought may be that affiliate programs don't work, but you know others sites are making them work. How do YOU get them to work for you? Take these steps: 1. Identify your best performers. ... (more) Published By: Raynay Valles Submitted: 25 July,2002 |
| 1178 | Is Fear Holding You Back? Preview: Is fear holding you back? As a kid I remember playing ball once with a group of other kids. One kid in particular got angry with me for reasons I can't recall. But I do remember very vividly what happened next! Standing only five feet away from me, he took a tennis ball, reared back, and threw with all his might at my face! I calmly put my han... (more) Published By: Al Martinovic Submitted: 27 July,2002 |
| 1179 | Selling "Ideas": How Ideas Transform Non-Buyers into Customers Preview: A few months ago my friend was in the midst of web site redesign. Her son, who had just left a web design firm to start his own company, was doing the work for her. Several times she suggested that I might want talk to him. Believe me, it was the last thing in the world I wanted to do! After just spending tons of money and time on my own site, I ... (more) Published By: Jill Konrath Submitted: 29 July,2002 |
| 1180 | Hosting Hints Preview: To succeed in today's world of e-commerce, it is absolutely essential that you have a website. The host you choose can have a profound impact on the success or failure of your business. One thing you need to consider is whether to use a professional host or a free host. I understand the desire to keeps expenses down, especially in the critic... (more) Published By: Dave Barrett Submitted: 30 July,2002 |
| 1181 | Domain Name Do's and Dont's Preview: You may have heard that it can be difficult to find available names. That was true a few years ago, when domain names were limited to only 22 characters, but since late 1999 the limit was raised to 63. So fear not, all the good domain names are not taken. Ideally, you want a name that conveys your product or service. Think of your domain nam... (more) Published By: Dave Barrett Submitted: 30 July,2002 |
| 1182 | Credit Cards: The Keys To Success Preview: Anyone doing business on the Internet must accept credit cards. Your success depends on it. 99% of all transactions online are made using credit cards. If you don't accept credit cards as a form of payment, you'll not only be missing out on a huge windfall, you'll also be setting yourself up to fail. Accepting credit cards offers your custome... (more) Published By: Dave Barrett Submitted: 30 July,2002 |
| 1183 | Getting The Most Out Of Advertising Preview: When you pay for advertising, whether it's buying a solo ad to a large opt-in list or pay-per-click search engines, your results will be many times greater than free ads, because your leads are very targeted. Targeted leads mean quality leads, and quality leads mean better results. The downside to paid advertising, is that it costs money. Pl... (more) Published By: Dave Barrett Submitted: 30 July,2002 |
| 1184 | Getting The Word Out Preview: You've finally done it! You've read the how-to manuals, taken your first steps on the way to financial independence and set yourself up with an Internet business. You have your product, started an account to accept credit cards, registered your domain name, and set up your website. So why aren't web surfers flocking to your site to buy your ... (more) Published By: Dave Barrett Submitted: 30 July,2002 |
| 1185 | 3 Simple Marketing Strategies Preview: 3 SIMPLE MARKETING STRATEGIES Copyright 2002 Bob Leduc These 3 simple marketing strategies work for any business. You can implement them quickly and produce immediate results. They won't cost you much money. And the sales growth they generate continues as long as you continue using them. 1. CREATE A SPECIAL COMBINATION OFFER Combine several... (more) Published By: Bob Leduc Submitted: 02 August,2002 |
| 1186 | Roman Marketing ... or, Preview: “How to Build Your Own Empire in 5 Easy Steps” Long before the movie "Gladiator" hit the theatres, millions of people have been fascinated with ancient Rome. More than 15 centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire continues to profoundly influence world history. But few have ever explored how Rome marketed itself to greatness. It wasn't all blood... (more) Published By: Joe Vitale Submitted: 03 August,2002 |
| 1187 | What They See Is What They Want (And Most Likely What They'll GET!) Preview: What makes people desire something, or someone? What is it that makes some things more attractive to them than others? Psychologists recently sought answers to these questions by assembling a number of equally attractive women volunteers, then assigning them to take classes with groups of college men for an entire semester. Some of the women at... (more) Published By: Tatiana Velitchkov Submitted: 04 August,2002 |
| 1188 | Being Heard in the Age of E-mail Preview: E-mail has been around for a while. And even though we have augmented e-mail communications with newer technologies, like team rooms, and chat and video teleconferencing, e-mail remains, for most businesses, the primary communications mechanism. It has become such a powerful and pervasive component of our communications toolbox that people who sit... (more) Published By: William Arruda Submitted: 05 August,2002 |
| 1189 | What Do They Search For? Preview: Do you know what and how people search when online? If you're operating an online business, this is important information. Understanding search habits and online behaviors helps you strategize your marketing campaigns. Pew Internet Project has released a new study (summer 2002) describing what people do online. (http://www.pewinternet.org/) The... (more) Published By: June Campbell Submitted: 09 August,2002 |
| 1190 | How Much Traffic Is Enough Preview: How much traffic is enough? I was playing around with headlines for an ad when I jotted this down. My mind appears to be stuck. Ever since I thought of those five words, I can't seem to stop. Is 1000 extra hits a month enough? How about 1000 a week, a day, an hour? Logic alone tells me that there is really no such thing as enough. How about se... (more) Published By: Raymond Johnston Jr Submitted: 15 August,2002 |