| 1631 | Use Product Research to Position Yourself as the Expert Preview: You have an idea for a new product or service, want to get feedback from prospects and position your firm as the experts. How do you do this when you haven’t ever provided the particular service or sold the product? Let’s say you are in the planning stages of starting a collection agency. (Your clients could be lawyers, building contractors... (more) Published By: Charlie Cook Submitted: 03 September,2003 |
| 1632 | Increase Revenue by Giving Up Control Preview: Why is it big businesses tend to have multiple sales channels such as third-party, b-to-b, retail and ecommerce, while small businesses usually have only one? I believe it has to do with control. Many small business owners have a difficult time letting others represent them. True, no one “gets the job done like you.” However; you can only bill so... (more) Published By: Sharron Senter Submitted: 03 September,2003 |
| 1633 | You Must Create Top Of Mind Awareness Preview: Your customers and prospects are bombarded with thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of advertising messages every day. Getting your email though to them is a very small part of the problem. After it gets to your reader, you have to connect with them on a conscious level. Something about your message has to make them really read, understand and... (more) Published By: Willie Crawford Submitted: 05 September,2003 |
| 1634 | How to Write Killer Marketing Copy Preview: Written words are a powerful marketing tool. They have the ability to persuade, reason, explain & direct the reader to take action. They can hold someone's imagination and open them up to possibilities never before visualized. But used improperly or without due care & attention they can destroy all the good work you have done in one foul swoop. ... (more) Published By: Scott F. Geld Submitted: 08 September,2003 |
| 1635 | Making Money Online Real Fast Preview: One of the questions I get asked most often in emails lately is "How do I generate an online income really fast?" This question is usually from someone in a bit of a bind... which seems very prevalent these days. I generally try to help these individuals do some brainstorming. So I've thought a lot about that questions lately. The real answer th... (more) Published By: Willie Crawford Submitted: 08 September,2003 |
| 1636 | 24/7 Answering Service Can Keep Customers Happy and Facilitate Sales Preview: Many businesses stimulate their market round the clock. Whether sales literature, web sites or advertising, prospects are reached frequently overnight and on weekends. What do you do when your customer is ready to buy and your doors have closed for the day? Have you experienced a situation when you've called after hours and get an answering mach... (more) Published By: Jerry Uht Submitted: 08 September,2003 |
| 1637 | 5 Powerful Ways To Reduce Your Learning Curve Preview: It's no secret that to succeed on the internet you have to learn as much as you can about internet marketing and marketing in general. It's an ongoing process. Even the top marketers continually try to learn and or improve on their existing marketing methods. The day that you think you have nothing else to learn or "know it all" is the day that... (more) Published By: Al Martinovic Submitted: 08 September,2003 |
| 1638 | Referrals…The Secret Weapon Preview: Are you getting referrals from you customers? If not, you are missing a lot of sales. Think about many of the sites you visit on the web. Many of them will ask you to tell your friends, families and others who might be interested about them. For doing so, they offer you an incentive, for example, free stuff, gift certificates, etc. Let’s talk ab... (more) Published By: Sue and Chuck DeFiore Submitted: 09 September,2003 |
| 1639 | Flea Market-ing Lessons Preview: A few days ago, I was signing copies of my book – Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: the 9 habits of maximum happiness – at the flea market. Nobody expects an author to sign books at a flea market. Some people sell a few worn-over books, but authors just don't do book signings at flea markets. Especially not books about finding happiness. I've never ... (more) Published By: David Leonhardt Submitted: 10 September,2003 |
| 1640 | Some Facts About On-line Riches Preview: A recent discussion on an on-line discussion forum reminded me of when I was involved in mail-order in the early 1970s. My introduction to "income opp-ortunities" was when I answered an ad offering a plan for making $100 a day stuffing envelopes. The ad offered a plan for $1 and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. In exchange for my dollar and env... (more) Published By: Willie Crawford Submitted: 11 September,2003 |
| 1641 | How To Earn A Great, Long-term On-line Income Preview: Everybody wants to make their on-line fortune instantly. We don't want to slowly build our on-line empires. This is what drives many of the ebooks and special reports that I see lately. The question of how do you do it in 30 days or less is even the main question in an ebook that I was recently featured in. However, in Joe Kumar's book, the need ... (more) Published By: Willie Crawford Submitted: 11 September,2003 |
| 1642 | Paul Penafiel Tells It Like It Is Preview: Author: Ofa Morgan Website: http://www.bluemoonoffers.com Email address: bluemoonoffers@yahoo.co.uk Word count: 676 Publishing guidelines: Please feel free to use this interview in any online or offline publications as long as its contents and that of its resource box remain unchanged, thank you. Paul Penafiel Tells It Like It Is by Ofa Morg... (more) Published By: Ofa Morgan Submitted: 12 September,2003 |
| 1643 | Market Your Website Online AND Offline Preview: Like it or not, if you own a website (and you want visitors), you own a business. It may be a large corporation or a small informative site, but it's a business nonetheless. You want people to visit your site, and see what you have to offer. Of course, if you're building a site for friends and family the rest of this article may not apply to you..... (more) Published By: Robert Levine Submitted: 15 September,2003 |
| 1644 | Business is Changing Preview: It's common knowledge that the Internet has enjoyed explosive growth and has affected nearly every industry in every country in the world. It is changing how we socialize, how we educate ourselves and how we do business. Just what are some of these changes? Continually Shorter Product Cycles Especially in the software industry, product cycles a... (more) Published By: Scott F. Geld Submitted: 19 September,2003 |
| 1645 | Make Millions by Magic Online Preview: Make Millions By Magic Online! There's no complex trick to earning CASH by magic online! So you've learned and you've studied and you've mastered all the card tricks known to man. Great! You're super-charged and READY for ACTION! ...And now you're looking at your pack of cards. Maybe you look out the window for a while...or at the mirror... OK... (more) Published By: Scott Docherty Submitted: 21 September,2003 |
| 1646 | It’s Better to Ask than Assume.(The Power of Market Research.) Preview: No doubt about it. Smart marketing takes finesse. Nowhere is that truism more apt than in message definition. If you want to craft a compelling message, you need to understand your prospective buyer’s motivation. I had a boss once whose favorite saying was "Don't assume. It makes an ass out of you and me." Drove me nuts, but you know what? It st... (more) Published By: Claire Cunningham Submitted: 22 September,2003 |
| 1647 | Creating a Good First Impression Preview: No doubt about it, first impressions are important – whether you’re meeting a prospective mate’s family or introducing a product. What you say, how you say it, and when you say it are all critical. After all, your product’s only new once! Of course, you’ll create a product introduction communications plan, and stick to it. You know continuity work... (more) Published By: Claire Cunningham Submitted: 22 September,2003 |
| 1648 | Invisible Competitors Preview: In any competition, sides are clearly marked and the participants are visible. This allows both sides to have an equal advantage at the quest to becoming the victor. Marketing on the internet, however, is quite a different story altogether. You do not actually see, in most instances, who you are competing against, and the rules are written in san... (more) Published By: Arleen M. Kaptur Submitted: 23 September,2003 |
| 1649 | High Response Marketing With Low-Cost Postcards Preview: High Response Marketing With Low-Cost Postcards Copyright 2003 Bob Leduc http://BobLeduc.com Postcards can drive a huge amount of traffic to your web site, generate a flood of new sales leads or produce a surge in any business activity you want. And you don't have to spend a lot of time or money on them ...if you apply these four little-kn... (more) Published By: Bob Leduc Submitted: 24 September,2003 |
| 1650 | Beginners Mind, Marketers Mind Preview: UNSOLICITED ADVICE AND A HOT IRON I recently returned from a vacation. I was fortunate enough to leave the heat and humidity of Memphis and go back to my home state of Colorado and spend time with my extended family. While I was in the laundry room ironing a shirt, my Mom walked through and said "are you going to iron that shirt backwards?" Of c... (more) Published By: Doug Hudiburg Submitted: 25 September,2003 |