Increase Sales

Creating Opportunities To Increase Internet Sales

Several methods can be used for your online business to increase internet sales. Some are proven more effective than others. A great way to boost online sales is to increase traffic on your site. When more people visit your site, you increase your chances of generating sales.

The common mistake that many businesses make is they believe their work ends on getting people to visit the website. Successful internet selling turns visits into sales.

Turning Traffic to Profit

More than just listing the features of your product and the benefits of purchasing it, you must have something to offer your prospects. Offer something 'free' to your customers. When your buyer can get something free, they think of it as a bonus. For instance, if you're selling them a PC, you can offer them free PC scans. The same goes with websites; you can offer your visitors a free newsletter so they can get information about your products or services.

Sales text is important as another way to convince your customer to purchase a product. Most websites fail to give enough attention to this. How can you expect to make a sale when the potential buyer does not have enough information about the product or service? This text should be brief, concise, and informative. The text must answer possible questions a customer might have on a product.

Create an Expert Image

If people find you credible, they will more easily trust you. Your knowledge about the information contained in your site will lead to more traffic if people find your site useful. You can get more readers to your site by publishing articles over the internet, such as in a blog post or an article directory and including a byline. This will provide a background on you (as the author) and provides links to your site that readers can visit to get more information.

Keep Communication Lines Open

If you want to make more sales, you must include as much contact information on your site as possible. Do not just focus on the sales pages, instead include your phone number and contact form to all pages of your website. This will enable potential customers to easily contact you when they see a product or service they'd like to obtain.

By providing as much contact information as possible, people will have confidence in your site. If you sell products online, provide as much means for payment as possible. Provide the most convenient way for your customer to process payments.

Utilize Positive Feedback/Testimonials

If you can, get previous customers to leave feedback about products sold on your website. Post their testimonials on your site for future readers to see. Positive testimonials will help boost online sales because they help to increase trust on your buyer's part.

If you want to give them further assurance, you can offer a money-back guarantee. Giving a guarantee can benefit you in two ways. It gives your buyer the security of returning the product in case they do not find it useful; thus it becomes easier to part with their money and make a purchase. As for the seller, it reflects your confidence in your product that you'd be willing to return the money to a dissatisfied customer.

These are just a few effective sales tips and tricks that you can use to increase internet sales.


To your marketing success

Fran Watson

Being Consistent

I have been following Matthew Graves on Periscope.  He has created a number of really good messages for people who are doing Internet Marketing.

Here is Matthew Graves' message about Being Consistent in your Internet Marketing.  Worth listening to.  Click here to listen

To your business success.

Fran

4 Key Areas to Work On

Hi

I just listened to Matthew Grave's first Periscope video on the 4 key areas to work on for your internet business.

They are 1) work on yourself - learn and train
2) get exposure
3) convert your visitors
4) engage your visitors

For a fuller description of each of these, click here

To your business success!!

Fran Watson 

P.S. Matthew is starting a new Inner Circle and has a few spaces left... Check it out here if you are interested and willing to work to build your business.
All you have to do is to send an email to innercircle@quickstartcoach.com and he will send you a link that gives access right into his calendar so you can pick a day and time that works for you. Once next weekend comes, he can't guarantee when he will be able to do this again.

Getting People To Buy From Your Site

Getting People To Buy From Your Site Researched & Written by Karen Barnes  

Q: How can I get people to buy from my Affiliate Website?
A: The answer to this question has been debated by the top marketers to the newest of marketers on what does and does not work. The pros and cons of marketing products to buyers range from the use of free-for-all sites to traffic exchanges to free advertising to pay-per-clicks and the list goes on. What every marketer needs to do is to decide which of the products they want to try to sell. You then will need to learn everything about the product you are trying to sell, purchase and try it for yourself, and then write your own sales copy for this product from your own personal experience.

You will need to know how the product works, what the advantages and disadvantages are, the price, and how your customer can contact support or yourself with any questions or concerns they have about your product. They basically want to know everything that you wanted to know about the product when you purchased it for the first time. Then you will need to do some research on the clientele that will be most attracted to your product. After all you wouldn’t want to sell car mechanic tools to a chef. Trying to sell mechanics tools to a chef would produce some very bad results: a waste of your marketing time and money from marketing to a group of people to whom this particular product would have no interest.

Each product has a specific group of people who will want to purchase the product. Here are some tips for improving both first-time and repeat sales
: • Target your market is one of the top things you should do when advertising products for sale.
 • Have specific details about your product in your ad or on your own Website.
 • Use various marketing sites both online and offline for massive action.
 • Follow up with prospects when they email you with questions.
 • Follow up with your customer after the sale; this is a guaranteed way to have repeat sales and to improve customer relations with referrals from your customers.
 • Keep up-to-date with current trends on products and marketing to keep your sales recurring.
 • Remember if you are selling seasonal items, make sure that you are selling in the correct season to gain the most from your promotions. If you have any stock left over at the end of any season, create clearance prices to move your remaining stock for new products for the next season.
 • Last but not least, test your headlines, sales copy and keep track of where you are advertising. This way you will know which ads and places that you are advertising are producing the desired results. This allows you to spend your marketing dollars more effectively and eliminate expenditures where they do little good.  

Q: What is customer service?
A: Customer service is when you give your current and potential customers the best possible service. It includes both the way you interact personally with your customers as well as the way you solve their problems.  

Q: Why is it so important?
A: Customer service should always be your top priority. The quality of your customer service can make or break your business. Great customer service will bring you repeat customers and new customers. Bad customer service can make you lose your customers and potential customers.  

Q: How can I improve on this myself?
A: You can improve your customer service by really listening to what your customer wants and needs. Being responsive to their wants and needs is what keeps you in business.

 Q: How can I go the extra mile for my customers?
A: As I just mentioned, you can start by listening to their wants and needs. Once you have found these two ingredients out, give them what they want and need.  

Q: What are the key objectives to customer service?
A: There are four basic keys to great customer service:
 1. Remember that your customers are GREAT. Treat your customers like they are royalty-this will go a long way towards making them feel special.
 2. Give them the products or service (if your business is a service business such as internet service or web hosting service) plus a little. Give them something a little more. Provide polite and prompt answers to their questions and concerns. If you don't carry what they are looking for, let them know who does. You might lose that sale, but you could gain a customer and friend for a long time.
 3. Make sure your prices are good. Be in line with or below your competitors. Competitive prices show your customers you value their business.
 4. Provide a top notch shopping experience. A great shopping experience makes them want to return.

Even if you are a service or online business, make sure that you give them your absolute attention when they come to you with questions and concerns and offer correct and prompt replies. This type of customer service will then lead your current customers into recommending your service and product to their friends. Word-of-mouth advertising can be the greatest asset provided by your loyal customers. In short, with customer service, "Just Give 'Em The Pickle." Don't charge for something that you normally don't charge for, don't forget the daily little things that you offer your customers, and, above all, smile-even if you're on the telephone. They can "hear" your smile. Treat your customers as though they were your friends and you will be rewarded with their continued business.

To your business success

Fran Watson 

SFI

Hi

If you have been doing some internet marketing for a while, you have probably heard about SFI - Strong Futures International.

If you are new to the internet marketing world, you might not have heard of this company.  So what is it and why should I care?

SFI has been around for 18 years.  They have a plan in place to help every affiliate earn.  They provide training, opportunities to sponsor new members and grow your team.  They even have some exciting events like Pricebender auctions, card games, sports trivia and more.

Click here to check out the main offer.  You can join for free, get all the training for free, connect with other SFI members, download music and much, much more.

To your business success

Fran Watson

Key Areas to Work on in Your Business

As you may have noticed, I have been promoting a number of Matthew Graves videos lately.  That's because he has been providing some excellent tips on how to build a business online.

In this video he talks about 1) building yourself 2) building your list 3) building trust and converting prospects 4) adding value

Check out this periscope video

To your marketing success

Fran Watson

P.S.  To check out Webizinsider that Matthew mentioned, Click here 

Helpful Tips for Internet Marketers

I haven't written for some time, and for that I apologize.  I have been working on my Internet Marketing, learning new things, exploring options and further developing my current business opportunities.

For the past month, I have been following Matthew Graves' blogs and periscope projects, learning more and more about marketing.

I have also been getting more knowledgeable about SFI - Strong Futures International - developing my business on a daily basis and working with my team.  SFI has come up with some unique ideas to help me, and others build a strong business with the ability to market a variety of products and build downlines to help build a profit.   I have been earning monthly and building my business by completing daily tasks, working step by step to accomplish what needs to be done.

There is so much helpful information to be found within SFI and also with Matthew Graves that it will take time to absorb everything.

Why don't you join me?  Just click on the two links above (or below) and you will be able to learn what I am learning.

To your business success

Fran Watson

P.S.  Here are the links - Click here for SFI

Click here for Matthew Graves

How To Make Money As An Affiliate

Have you wondered how to make money as an affiliate?  The following article may help you understand

The Affiliate Model – How To Make Money As An Affiliate
Rob Rawson

Affiliate programs are a very easy and effective way to make money on the Internet right? so how do they work?

Essentially, affiliate programs are a way that you can promote other people’s products and get paid a commission for promoting them. You can get paid to promote almost any type of product and service on the web.

Most of the top companies on the web have Affiliate Programs. Dell computers, Amazon, Expedia, AT&T, Chase bank, Delta airlines and Walmart are just a few examples - did you know that you can be paid a commission to sell products online for any one of these companies?

The best thing about affiliate programs is that it is so easy to set up a relationship with any one of these companies. Normally in business you would have to spend weeks or months of meetings, proving that you are a worthwhile partner to be able to do business with these sorts of companies. However, an affiliate program allows you to get commissions straight away as a little guy,without all the hassle of meetings and forming that relationship.

There are thousands of affiliate programs that you can promote on the web. You have so many choices that you could pursue. The key factors for success with affiliate programs are the following:
Choosing the right affiliate programs. If you choose certain affiliate programs you will likely only be able to earn a small income because their payouts are small. Other affiliate programs have very large payouts and high earning per click (EPC). If you don’t know what earning per click (EPC) is, it is the average amount that affiliates earn from each click to the site that they are sending money to. Some networks express it in earnings per one hundred clicks.

For example you could say an EPC of $57. This means you make $57 on average for every 100 visitors that you send to a site or 57 cents for sending one visitor to the site. Generally I am looking for affiliate programs with an EPC of $20 or more, which means I am making 20 cents per visitor. Usually, I focus on programs that have an EPC of $100 or $1 per visitor. When you are earning $1 per visitor you have potential for a lot more profit.

The second critical factor is getting the traffic to the affiliate program. We are going to talk about this more in other issues of the Ecourse.

The third factor is being able to pre-sell to the visitors of your site. Let’s say that you have a website where you discuss different products and services, a comparison type of site. You can recommend the product that you think is most beneficial and then when people click through to the site after your recommendation, they are much more likely to buy.

How do you find good affiliate programs? 

One easy way is to go to all of the affiliate networks and sign up for affiliate programs there. The major affiliate networks like Commission Junction have thousands of affiliate programs that you can join in all sorts of categories. You can find a listing of the different affiliate networks at: http://www.profitpuppy.com/affiliate-networks.htm

It also depends on what type of strategy you are pursuing with affiliate programs. There are many different strategies and we can’t go into all of them now, we’ll talk about them in detail in some later issues of the ecourse. However here are a few strategies to get your brain ticking over with ideas:
You can promote affiliate programs directly using Google Adwords. You simply promote the program by creating your own ads. This is the quickest way to make money on the Internet as you can get started and in 1-2 hours have some ads up that are making you money. However, it is getting more and more difficult to make money with this strategy as there are too many people doing it. As with anything in life, if something is too easy to make money, everyone will start doing it and it then becomes more difficult because there is more competition.

One strategy is to focus on a particular niche area … let’s say you decide to do a site on car rentals. You could then join all the affiliate programs to do with car rentals. You can find many of them through the major networks, but you might also need to search on Google for something like – ‘car rental affiliate program’.

Another strategy is to build lots of little mini sites on the Internet focusing on different keyword phrases that people are searching for and get free search engine listings in Google and other search engines. This is a great strategy because the traffic that you get is free. This is general called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is great and can make you a lot of money but it is also very tricky. It is not easy to get to the top of the search engines. It requires a lot of knowledge, and quite a bit of effort. Don’t think that you can just read a book and do it … normally it is going to take months of dedication to get there.

That’s a few ideas, but whatever area you are involved in on the Internet you should definitely be promoting affiliate programs. Even if you sell your own product online you should still look into affiliate programs as a back end profit centre for your business.

Affiliate programs are one of the quickest ways to make money on the Internet. Over the next few issues of the Ecourse we are going to talk about other strategies of using affiliate programs.
If you want a free email course on affiliate programs you can send a blank email to: tamsaffiliatemarketing@sitesell.net This email course is written by Ken Evoy and it is this course that actually got me started in marketing on the Internet. http://www.profitpuppy.com

Rob Rawson
You may reprint/republish any of the following articles on your own Site, in your own ezine, auto-responder series, product, bonus items, or any other format you wish as long as you adhere to the following:
1. The article must not be altered in anyway and the links must remain active
2. You must not abuse the Internet in anyway, shape, or form with ANY of your online marketing. This includes but is not limited to sending unsolicited commercial email (SPAM), abusing online forums, using copyrighted materials without permission, or infringing on the trademarks of others.
info@profitpuppy.com

To your marketing success  Click here

Fran Watson

Are You In Motion?

Newton's First Law of Motion states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

Did you stop working on your business over the holidays?  

Did you come to a complete stop or slow down?  

If so, you might need some help getting back to where you need to be for your business.  Let me help you by directing you to an "Outside Force" - Matthew Graves.  He has set up a challenge for 2016 to help us get moving in the right direction.

Find out more here:  http://ow.ly/WiN3t 

Join me and many others in
developing your business in 2016.

Fran Watson

https://www.facebook.com/banabu.ca/

Business Coaches take note

Supercharge Your Marketing for Less Stress, More Clients, and More Cash in Just 4 Weeks!

If you’re a business coach and you’re struggling to make the income you’ve been dreaming about in your current one-on-one business model…this may be the answer you’ve been longing for!

Did You Know that Business Coaches are Secretly Leveraging the Power of Done-for-You Coaching Programs to Break Free from ‘Selling Hours for Dollars’ and Using them to Serve More People, Make More Money, and Have Bigger Impact on the World?

I recently joined this program called Coach Glue.  I was amazed at the wonderful products they have that are ready-made for the business coaches .  Check out this latest product http://coachglue.com/products/aff/go?r=4986&i=103

It's a great deal and for a limited time only.

Viral E-book Marketing

Success always comes at a cost... not the cost you cover with your bank card but the cost of you taking action and making efforts to learn and do. It's time for you to stop underachieving and making the moves that might change the way you do business online and live your life...

The simple truth of the matter is that the only way you're going to make real money on the net is if your business is based around two crucial things:

1) Large Demand

2) Buyers

The ball is now officially in your court. Are you tapping into markets with massive, valuable demand?...

Viral Ebook Marketing – 5 Secrets Of Viral Marketing Campaigns For Ebooks by Fabian Tan

The important thing about viral ebook marketing is that it takes on a life of its own. As people start spreading your ebook virally around the Internet, more and more people become aware of you, your company and your brand. More people get to know more about your ebooks and other products, and hence you make more sales. It’s free publicity and free sales, a marketer’s dream combination. So how do you get viral ebook marketing right?

Here are 5 secrets of viral marketing campaigns for ebooks:

Secret #1: Make Your Ebook Free The most important component for getting your ebook to become incredibly viral is that it has to be free. If it’s free, more people will be able to get their hands on it. If more people are able to acquire your ebook, the faster it is likely to be passed on to others, through email, social media sites, or even through word-of-mouth.

Secret #2: Have A Shocking Title Write a title that grabs them by the eyeballs (figuratively of course) and include a very attractive ecover of your ebook as well. They say ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, but well, the title and the cover are the only things we can judge on the first time we lay eyes on a book or ebook. A shocking title goes some way to making your ebook viral.

Secret #3: Include Giveaway Rights Other than making your ebook free and having a shocking title plus attractive cover, including a written statement in your ebook that states it comes with giveaway rights also helps greatly. Giveaway rights basically gives your reader the right to give it away to others without seeking information from the author. This quells any doubts in people’s minds as to whether they can give away the ebook, which goes a long way to making it viral.

Secret #4: Write Jaw-Dropping Content Without high quality content, your viral ebook marketing campaign is likely to collapse like a house of cards. This is the ‘meat’ behind your campaign, so to speak. You need to write content that is fresh or refreshing. You need to put together information that will make people go ‘wow, this ebook is really good.’ The content will be the push factor as to whether people recommend your ebook to their friends.

Secret #5: Make It Short This is optional, but since people are so time-starved today, a short and snappy ebook (often called a report as well) may be more suitable for viral promotional purposes. Since your ebook is free, you don’t have to cram so much information into it as well. A short ebook is consumed faster, which makes it more likely that people will send it to others.

A free, quality ebook can easily go viral with the right viral ebook marketing campaign. Create your masterpiece now, and reap the rewards!

To your success
Fran Watson

P.S. For more marketing tips Click here

Article Directories

Making Money with Articles: Article Directories

Article directories are websites that house free articles. These articles are usually put there by the person who owns the copyright to them as a promotion method. Each article has the owner's byline placed under it so that those who eventually read the article will know who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be able to get in contact with them or visit their website for further information.

Article directories are a great place to put your articles so that they can make you money. By using this method, people who are interested in your product or service will see your article, view you as an expert in the subject, and then will visit your website. If you cannot write or do not have any knowledge on the subject which you are promoting (for example you run an affiliate website), you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. Getting quality articles written will be expensive up front, but they will pay for themselves in no time, either through affiliate sales or selling your own services, and everything from then on is pure profit.

Let’s take a real life example. Imagine that you are an accountant working from home. You write an article on an accounting topic and place it on various article directories. Those who are looking for the subject you wrote about will read your article, see that you have the knowledge and skill that is needed to do a job for them, and visit your website or contact you via e-mail. Your article just gained you a new client who may use your services regularly, but will definitely give you a nice profit at least once.

Furthermore, since you have posted it on a free article directory, others who have affiliate websites about accounting will inevitably use your article for their website. Since they must attach your byline to it, this will bring you even more exposure for every website that re-posts your article. This because you will be benefiting from the traffic that they get to their website.

There are numerous article directories out there for you to utilize. You can put a copy of each of your articles on every one for maximum exposure. It will eventually help to bring more traffic and customers to your website, which will lead to new orders and more profit.

I have been using "ezine articles" for many of my articles and they have been picked up and used around the world.

To your writing success

Fran Watson

Pull In Profit

How to Pull In As Much Profit As Your Wallet Will Hold
With Email Lists
By Jimmy D. Brown

The fortune is in the list.

If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that said, well,
I'd already have a fortune! :-)

However "broken-recordish" it may sound, it is a truthful
statement.  The fortune REALLY IS in the list.

Fact is, if you possess the knowledge of how to grow
and profit from email lists, you can pretty much write
your own ticket.

And, if you'll read the remainder of this article, I'll
pass that knowledge right on to ya.

It comes down to getting folks to do four things...

1. REQUEST.

First things first, you need to convince
people to subscribe to your list.  That is, get them to
join your list of their own free will.

Usually, this involves giving away a mini-course, report
or newsletter from your web site.  All you need is..

- An Attention Grabbing Title. (I could have chosen "4
  Keys to Successful Email Promotions" for this article,
  but is that as attention-grabbing as "How to Pull in
  As Much Profit As Your Wallet Will Hold From Email
  Lists"?)

A Handful of Bulleted Benefits. (A short list of 4-6
  desirable things subscribers will learn if they join
  your list. Think "what's in it for me?")

- An Email Submission Form. (Your autoresponder system
  will provide this for you.)

NOTE: The BEST way to get folks to join is to embed the
mentioned items DIRECTLY in the most prominent
place you have your site visitors' attention.  Usually
this is 3-5 paragraphs into your sales letter or 1/3
of the way into an ezine article.

2. RECEIVE.

  After visitors to your site have "requested"
information by joining your list, it's critical that your
emails be delivered successfully to their inbox.  With all
of the filters in place (among other hazards) this can be
quite a chore.

One thing you'll want to do for certain is check your
SPAM rating to make certain it's in an acceptable range.
Again, most of the better autoresponder services offer this
feature for you.

If yours doesn't, you can use the free tool at
http://spamcheck.sitesell.com/

You can also do things like...

- Get your subscribers to "approve" mailings from you.

- Authenticate yourself as a legitimate mailer when you
  receive a "response challenge" from protection services
  such as Spam Arrest.

- Use alternative formats of your email messages such as
  "downloadable email messages" in PDF format.  ( Free
  report available at GetEmailResults.com )

3. READ.

  When your emails successfully arrive at the
inboxes of your subscribers, another task awaits - getting
them to actually open your message and read it.

This is going to depend upon your "subject line".  It is
paramount that your subject line be intriguing enough to
convince your readers to stop what they are doing and take
a look inside.

One way to get this done is to create a swipe file of
email subject lines that have convinced YOU to read the
messages and then modify those subject lines for your
own use.

Ex.  I received an email that had the subject line of
"This affiliate tip is almost too easy" that caught my
and forced me to read the associated message.

This subject line could easily be used in a variety of
different niches...

- This dieting tip is almost too easy
- This time management tip is almost too easy
- This marriage saving tip is almost too easy
4. RESPOND.

  When you have convinced your subscribers to
open your email message and read its contents, the only
remaining "task" is to get them to respond.

You want them to take action.  Click a link.  Go
somewhere.  Ultimately, spend money with you.

The only way you'll be able to do this is follow a simple
catch phrase I've been teaching for years:  "useful, but
incomplete".

It simply means this:  your messages must provide content
that is useful to your subscribers (otherwise, they'll
unsubscribe faster than you can say "oops"!), but is also
"incomplete" in that there is some additional offer that
could enhance or maximize that content.

Ex.  You might write an article that shares "7 Ways to
Profit With Autoresponders" to send to your list.  That's
"useful" information to those who are interested in that
particular topic.  It's also "incomplete" because they
need an autoresponder service to put the information into
action.  That's your cue to promote your recommended
autoresponder service.

See how it works?

If you want to pad your wallet with profits by using
email lists, this is how you do it:

Get people to do these four things

- Request
- Receive
- Read
- Respond

This is a system that has never failed, will never fail.
I've used it.  Others have used it.

Now, it's your turn to use it.

*********************
Jimmy D. Brown is the owner of the "List And Traffic" membership
site, teaching thousands of internet business owners
specific things they can do every week to multiply profits. 
For video training, weekly updated content and printable
checklist "systems" for growing your business,
drop by http://www.ListAndTraffic.com

**********************
I hope you have enjoyed this great tip from Jimmy Brown. Follow his steps and you'll be on your way to profit in no time.

Fran Watson

www.franwatson.ca P.S. To get started with your list building, click here

The Real Secret...

...to Building A High-Profit Internet Business

By Jimmy D. Brown

My wife laughs every time she sees me doing it.

At least once or twice every week, I'll be at my desk (or
at the dining room table) with my Franklin Covey planner
open and a stack of laminated checklists in hand.

"What are you doing, honey?" she calls, already knowing
the answer.

"I'm planning", I reply with a smile.

She laughs and I get back to work.

She laughs because she swears I spend half of my time
"planning".  But, if you ask me how I'm able to get as
much work done as I do in only 3 hours a day, I'll point
to a black Franklin Covey planner with about a dozen
laminated checklists inside.

Building an Internet business is easy.  Seriously.  I'm
not saying that it's not complicated, because it is.  I'm
just saying that it's easy to accomplish if you just have
a system in place.

There's very little in this world that can't be
accomplished with the right set of action steps in front
of you.

Today, I'm going to give you such a system for building
your Internet business.  There are only 4 steps...

1. Decide What You Want To Do.  Do you want to run an
eBay(R) business?  Be an affiliate marketer? Buy and sell
reprint rights?  Get involved in niche marketing? While
all of those things will likely find their way into your
plan in time, you gotta begin with one thing at a time.

My recommendation:  Choose a "broad" topic you are
interested in and begin building a list of folks interested
in that topic.

2. Determine A Weekly Action Plan.  After you decide what
you want to do, it's time to determine how to get it done.
What I do is this:  I create a weekly set of action steps.
That is,I have a set of things I do on Monday, on Tuesday
and so forth. Decide how many hours (as little as ONE) you
want to work each day and schedule yourself a reasonable
amount of things to get done in that time frame.  Repeat
this process week after week.

My recommendation:  Begin writing ezine articles to
promote your list ... and affiliate programs.  It's the
easiest way to get free traffic and build your list at the
same time.

3. Devote Yourself To Staying On Schedule.  The important
thing here is to stick to it.  The easiest way that I know
of to make certain you develop discipline in your schedule
is to NOT set unrealistic expectations.  Give yourself ample
time to do each day's action step - don't overschedule.
Look for progress along the way to celebrate.  Reward
yourself when you've reached a milestone.  And, remember,
you're GROWING a business.  Just like physical growth, it
takes time ... it WILL happen if you remain committed.

My recommendation:  Weave in simple activities related to
the following categories - List building (ezine articles),
product creation(conduct interviews or hire ghostwriters),
site development (making your site convert more visitors into
buyers)and education (continuing to learn new ways to grow
your business)

4. Develop Additional Shortcuts.  As you get better and
better at working with your lists, creating products and
tweaking your site,you'll want to continue to improve your
business with new ideas,strategies, tools and resources.
The key is simple:  never stop learning!

Visit forums.  Read articles.  Download reports.  Identify
sites and resources that CONTRIBUTE to your success in
educating you. You want faster results, bigger increases,
automated processes,and other ways to get more accomplished
and more profit, with less work involved.

Everything depends on your developing a plan and sticking to
it.

And that is the REAL secret to building a high-profit
Internet business!

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Jimmy D. Brown is the owner of the "List And Traffic" membership
site, teaching thousands of internet business owners
specific things they can do every week to multiply profits.  
For video training, weekly updated content and printable 
checklist "systems" for growing your business, 
drop by http://www.ListAndTraffic.com 

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P.S.  Take your business to new levels - Click here

Fran

Video Marketing

You may have noticed that video is becoming more and more popular these days.  No matter where you turn, you will find videos promoting programs and business opportunities.  As I was surfing the net and checking out various sites, I came across this video training, which enables you to create, promote and profit from online interviews.  It was created by a guy who hosts his own program Rise To The Top.  He offers a free video series, so if you want to raise your profile, click here:

Jame's Maduk has done it again!!

Here is a marketers "dream resource" you should download today. 

Long time Online Marketer James Maduk has given me a limited number of his Internet Marketing Video Library Multimedia Ebook to pass out.

This pdf is JAM-PACKED - Download Your Copy!!!!

If you're ready to take your business to the next level by getting instant access to the his complete library of over 1000 Internet Marketing Video Tutorials, then now is the time to do it.
James' PDF Contains:

• His 500 Page Manual
• Links to 1000 Audio/Video/Screen Captures
• Additional Ebooks, Templates and Tools
• A Complete Web Resource Guide
• His Personal A-Z Internet Marketing Checklist
• and his Personal Money Spokes Maps

It's a great resource for beginners and advanced marketer!

==> Get yours here before I've run out of copies to give away!

Fran

Marketing Success

Success always comes at a cost... not the cost you cover with your bank card but the cost of you taking action and making efforts to learn and do.

It's time for you to stop underachieving and making the moves that might change the way you do business online and live your life...

The simple truth of the matter is that the only way you're going to make real money on the net is if your business is based around two crucial things:

1) Large Demand

2) Buyers

The ball is now officially in your court. Are you tapping into markets with massive, valuable demand?...

Click here for more info

FOCUS

My phrase for today is:  "I am able to focus and direct my energy and do those things I wish to do."

FOCUS - Follow One Course Until Successful

If you are an entrepreneur, you may find sometimes that focusing on one thing is difficult.  You are attracted to "shiny objects", i.e.  the next best thing on the market.  You buy into the hype and you leave your project half done and wonder why you aren't making any money.  (I speak from experience and if you talk to any of the "gurus" you will hear them say the same thing, that they spent thousands of dollars on different things before they focused on their money maker.) 

I attended a session with Janet Legere of Prospect Geyser yesterday and she talked about building and using safelists - effectively.  She talked about making sure you follow ALL the steps as you set up a program and finish ONE AT A TIME.  To get that one program/safelist completed before moving on to another.  I realized that I had failed to complete all the steps and today my focus is to completely fill in all the blanks with my Prospect Geyser membership. 

Do you want to find out more?  Why not join Janet and me in the next conference?  Simply click here to get signed up.

To your online success

Fran

P.S.  You can also join Janet and me for the Morning Motivationals at 10 am weekdays.

Positive Attitude = Positive Results

How many times do you find yourself thinking negatively about yourself and the world aroung you?  Most of the time people tend to forget being positive.  They are so caught up in their work that they forget how important a positive attitude really is.  Sometimes they are suffering a great deal of stress which makes it difficult to think positively. At times like this it is important to create an attitude of gratitude to bring yourself back into a more positive state.

When you are in sales you start off with a positive attitude and much enthusiasm as you try to seel your product, whether door-to-door, or online.  However, after several contacts with no sales you begin to find it difficult to maintain your level of enthusiasm.   Being rejected after a door to door demo is really disheartening at times especially if you are trying to reach your quota for the day.  This tends to have an impact on your self-esteem and a feeling of ineptness may set in. 

In order to avoid such a negative attitude one needs to be optimistic and confident.  Taking some time to think about the blessings you have in your life can help.  Can you walk to the door?  Be grateful.  Can you see where you are going?  Be grateful.  Can you breathe deeply?  Be grateful.  Do you have a place to live, a family to love you?  Be grateful.

Take some time to think about the product you are selling.  What is the benefit for the person you are selling it to?  Once you are confident of the benefits of your product, you will be more confident when you approach a potential customer.  Your confidence will boost your enthusiasm and increase your chances to increase sales.  Why you may ask?  It is because your client will feel your energy and recognize hat you have a high regard for the product you are selling. 

When you can demonstrate that you are not just after their money, but are genuinely concerned that the product meets their needs, that the product can really provide the best service and make their life easier, then you are ready to begin.  
When you meet with the potential customer, in person or online, ask them to give you a chance to explain in detail the service you are trying to provide, or maybe offer a sample to try.  You may have noticed that more and more online marketers are offering a free report, or a free trial of their service.  Consumers have become very wary of marketing techniques and it is important to show them that you are trustworthy and that you are genuinely concerned about their happiness.

Always smile when you sell a product door to door.  Sometimes a simple smile is all it takes for you to be acceptec by your prospect.  The sale of your product would be easier if clients see you as being good natured and well mannered.  When you emit a positive attitude you will find that it's contagious!

You don't have to be wearing "rose-coloured" glasses all the time, just stop and think about the things you have to be grateful for and be glad you have an opportunity to connect with a number of new (and old) people as you market your product.

To your success

Fran Watson
BANABU

P.S  If you are an online marketer and need to build your list, click here: 

Finding Your Niche

DO THE QUIZ

EVERYONE has something they're passionate about, and everyone is knowledgeable about something...
... it may just take a bit of digging to uncover it.

To get you started, here is a 20-question quiz you can use to zero in on your passions and interests, guaranteeing that you start your lucrative website off on the right foot.

We recommend you spend some "quiet time" reading carefully through the questions, and then allow yourself time to answer them thoroughly and truthfully. If you have time, give it a few days. By the end, we're willing to bet you'll have uncovered at least a couple of ideas to get you started on the road to Internet success.And remember: don't censor yourself! You're just brainstorming here, so there are no "dumb" answers... :-)

Here's the quiz:

1.  Do you play any sports? Which ones?

2.  If you had a million dollars and a week's worth of free time, what would you do? List the first activities that come to mind.

3.  What websites do you visit when you're just "surfing around" online? What topics do these sites cover?

4.  Have you ever won a trophy or award? What for?

5.  Have you ever been recognized for a contribution of services? What did you do? 

6.  Do you have pets? What kinds? If yes, did you train them a certain way? Shows? Clothes? Hunting? Tricks?

7.  Do you have kids? What do you like best about being a parent? What do you find most challenging?

8.  Do you have any specialized education? Have you ever taken a class in a subject like pottery or sailing?

9.  Have you ever volunteered anywhere? What did you learn through this experience?

10.  What lifetime accomplishment are you most proud of? What did you learn from this experience? 

11.  Do you have firsthand knowledge of any medical illnesses or issues? If so, which ones?

12.  Do you collect anything? If so, what?

13.  What television shows do you enjoy? What kind of music do you listen to? Do you ever attend theater events or other events related to the arts?

14.  Is there anything you've ever really wanted to do or learn about, but just haven't had the time for?

15.  At a party, when you're talking to a stranger, what's your "fall back" topic of conversation?

16.  At work or with friends, on what subject are you the "go-to" person?

17.  What is you academic background? Any degrees or certificates?

18.  What was your favorite job? What was your role?

19.  What would your best friend say you're best at?

20.  Have you done any renovations to your house yourself? Have you built or designed anything you're proud of?

And that's it! Simple, right?

After you go through the list, you'll likely find that your challenge will no longer be coming up with any interests, but rather to narrow your list of interests down to just a few!

Get Your Personal Marketing Tips FIND OUT MORE..

To your Success

Fran Watson
www.franwatson.ca