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No Marketing, No Promoting, Huge Potential Profits

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:01:04 +0000

Internet business opportunities come in many flavors and varieties. Most of them require some form of promotion in order to generate any income.This is where many website owners seem to falter, and many never recover.This article is not about marketing for websites, it is about ways to avoid having to market your website. This requires a carefully thought out plan, one that is a much outside the box thinking as anything else.To start, we select a basic opportunity that runs itself. There are such opportunities out there, and they can be characterized by a complete internal system of marketing and promotion. One such example is Empowerism. It features a built-in autoresponder and opt-in email lead program, and provides basic marketing of your website without any helpfrom you.This program can be allowed to run, with your only requirement being to feed it $19.95 every month. However, the thing that makes Empowerism a great opportunity is the RSVP and MVP programs it offers. These programs allow you to make money without doing anything except feeding them some seed money.The Empowerism website does a good job of explaining these programs, so I won’t attempt to do that here. My point is that to build the perfect web business without marketing, you have to start with an automated component.Empowerism will allow you to build a fortune slowly. In our perfect business plan, we will use it to generate seed capital for the second part of our business. You may have another Internet business that can be used to generate this capital - it does not matter where it comes from, although having the ability to regenerate income again and again is an advantagethat we can use in the second part of our business to help it grow.The second part of our plan is where we can experience massive income growth in a relatively short time. Rather than spill the entire plan here and now, I will just give you an example of what we will do in this perfect business plan.Everybody is aware of the energy markets, like unleaded gasoline, crude oil, and natural gas. All of these markets are very volatile on a day to day basis, but they all exhibit strong seasonal price movement tendencies every year. If you could participate somehow in these moves, you would stand tomake lots of money.The same thing happens with the grain markets - corn, wheat, and the soybean products. They exhibit strong seasonal price changes that can be followed with relative safety using our systems, and in the process, can generate huge profits along the way.We have figured out a way to harness these markets in a way that limits our risk to a very acceptable level, while giving us an opportunity to participate in the huge price changes that occur every year in these markets. This is what makes up the base of the second half of our perfect Internet business.By using an Internet based opportunity to generate cash, then using that cash in another business segment that can be Internet based, we can have a business that does not require marketing of any kind, yet offers rewards greater than many Internet businesses can ever achieve.

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Are You Ready To Own And Operate A Business?

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:01:04 +0000

How often has someone thought of starting a business based solely on the fact they think it will be easier than working for someone else. Fact is, owning and operating a business can be one of the most grueling experiences you will have. Granted, there are many advantages, but unless someone has actually run a business there is much to consider before you make that decision. The following information will help you operate a business more professionally. With today?s technology there is no reason you cannot have the look of a large company even if you are working off your kitchen table. If you have a home based business it is suggested you have a room dedicated to your business. This helps you to stay focused and there are some major tax benefits in doing this. PROFESSIONALISM -Choose voicemail rather than an answering machine. There is a major difference in the perception to the caller. -Toll free number. Check with your local telephone company to find out if this is available to you if you will have a lot of clients/customers from outside your calling area. -Have a separate business phone line. You do not appear very professional if your children answer the phone.-Email. Avoid using free services due to limitations and perceptions.-Dedicated fax line. A small business will appear as such if the fax number and phone number are the same. RUNNING AN OFFICE -Stay organized. The more you can keep yourself organized the easier it will be to respond to customer?s requests in a timely fashion. -Color file folders. A great way to organize your file system. Each color indicates a category. -Dedicated file cabinets. Separate personal papers from business. -Form letters. Don?t reinvent the wheel with every letter you write. Keep form letters on a disc or your hard drive. FINANCIAL END of running the business. There will be many costs to running a business. The following are some of the investments you will need to consider. -Medical insurance -Separate phone lines-Taxes-Marketing material -Office supplies-Products-Service fees -Accountant-Financial Planner-Bookkeeper -Keep excellent records-Keep all receipts-AdvertisingTHINGS YOU WILL NEED IF YOU WANT TO STAY COMPETATIVE-Business license-Incorporate-Bookkeeper-Financial planner-Marketing material-Business cards-Letterhead-Envelopes-Folders-Letters of referral-Bio sheet-Product or service sheet-Web sitePROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS-Which ones are most beneficial for you to join? To get the biggest benefit from any organizations you need to get involved. Use the monthly meetings to network. -Dues and fees. How much are the annual dues and cost for monthly meetings?. Figure that in your budget. -Conventions. Are there any conventions you need to go to? What is the time and cost investment? Talk to others who have gone to find out if it will be worth the investment. -Network. Most of your business will come from referrals. QUALIFYING THE BUYER-Who is my customer?-Do they have a budget for my product or service their budget?-Do I want to work with them? PAPERWORK-Invoices -Contracts-Service agreements-Letters MANAGE PROFESSIONAL IMAGE-Responding to requests by providing what the customer needs. If you are not the person for the job, who can you refer (that?s why networking is so important)-Follow-up. Do your follow-up in a timely fashion-Develop a good relationship with the client-Return calls as soon as possible -Send information in a timely fashion-Priority mail is often less expensive than first class. And it can be more impressive to your client. -Keep in touch after the fact. A mistake a lot of people make in doing business is they do a job for a client and then seem to forget the client. It is easier to get repeat business than it is to find new business, and yet, so often business owners and salespeople (which is what you are if you own a business) will look for the new customer and forget about their existing clientele.

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How To Sell On Value And Stop Competing On Price

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:01:04 +0000

Have you ever met with, or talked to a prospect that wasn’tready to buy what you had to offer? What did you do with thatprospects? Most sales gurus of the 1980’s and 90’s wrote booksthat told you to move on to the next prospect who is ready tobuy now, and not waste your time on those that aren’t ready yet.James, here’s the wrong assumption to make in thatsituation. You took the time and educated the prospect; theywalked out, and you automatically think that they either boughtfrom someone else, or they were just tire kicking. Wrong!!!> > > Why Prospect Shop Price AloneDid you know that your prospects were conditioned by yourindustry to make price the overriding issue when looking forproducts and services? Whose fault is this? In my opinion, Iwould have to say that in most cases, it’s the fault of thevendors that are selling your product or service.Why do I say this? Think about itmost prospects that call youhave done most of their research regarding the type of productor service that you offer and are now ready to buy. The typicalprospect makes 3 to 5 phone calls asking who can provide thebest price, because they’ve already done the research and knowwhat their needs are. What might you tell them? You might jumpat the opportunity to gain a new client and say, “I’ll give youthe best price, what did the other guy offer you?”James, have you ever wondered how to sell your productsand services more on value than simply on the price?Understanding The Educational SpectrumThink of the Educational Spectrum as a horizontal line from leftto right, with the letter “A” representing the far left hand sideof the spectrum and “Z” being the far right. Prospects jump onthe educational spectrum somewhere from A to Z. A is when theprospect first gets the idea that they have a need for what youhave to offer. We call these “Future Buyers”. Z is when moneychanges hands and they acquire the goods. We call these”Now Buyers”.Here’s a simple illustration of the Educational Spectrum. Thekey is to determine where your prospects are on this spectrumand help them move comfortably and consistently towards the rightof the spectrum where they then become the “Now Buyers”.=====================================================A D G J M P S V ZA- Prospect firsts gets the idea to buy what you sellD- Starts gathering information on an informal basisG- Asks friend & associates for recommendationsJ- Heavy-duty fact findingM- Narrows choices by process of eliminationP- Narrows in on favorites; decision is coming soonS- Makes decision to buy but not necessarily who to buy fromV- Waiting for the right timeZ- Money changes handsJust like we know that having a baby takes 9 months, you have agood idea what the selling cycle is for your products. Whateverit is, you know it is fairly constant. So why rush the futurebuyers to buy when they are not ready? Why not use the sellingcycle to your advantage?Become The Logical Choice To Do Business WithUnderstanding the job of effective marketing will allow you toassist your prospects when you know that they are not ready tobuy what you have to offer by providing marketing materials thatare hit their hot-buttons and educate them in a systematic wayuntil they are ready to buy.This process should be systematic and automated, so that theyreceive industry significant information that helps them to makea quality decision. In other words, you can become the advocatefor your industry that prospects look to for advice. When theybecome “Now Buyers”, where do you think they will go for theirpurchase? Good chance, it will be you!Think of yourself as the fountain from whence all informationflows when it comes to buying what you have sell.It should not be important who your prospect buys from as longas you are committed to providing the best information andknowledge so they can make the best buying decision forthemselves and their situation.In the end, no one wants to feel like they made a bad decisionto purchase your product or service, so it is important that youassist your prospects every step of the way as they are gainingconfidence in doing business with you.

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Fisherman Tactics For Home Business Building

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:01:04 +0000

Probably you will all declare me crazy now. What on earth has a fisherman to do with home business building? Maybe I should better have said Tactics and techniques to build your home business in an easy and professional way . In fact it is very simple but let me start at the beginning with a story of how I came to this article and it?s conclusions. On Monday I got a phone call from a friend who needed some direct counselling on some important steps he was about to take in his home business. So we scheduled our meeting in the afternoon on the beach of Saler (close to Valencia where I live since 5 years or so) While I was relaxing in the sun and enjoying my afternoon off (all my afternoons are off thanks to my home business) I had the chance to observe 2 fisherman setting out their fishing lines. Both had about 3 lines out and they were sitting in a chair watching and waiting for the fish to come. About 20 m. further there was a third fisherman but this one was very different from the other two. He was dressed in a neoprene diving suit with a spear fishing gun in his hand. He dived in and out the waves and for every 5 times he went in he can back with a fish. The other two fishermen in the same time span only caught 1 fish whereas the spear fisher had at least 5 fishes in his basket. This true story can also be applied to the people who try to build a home business. Some invest a large sum of money and buy themselves some nets who do the job in a very efficient way. Others throw out a line until they catch a fish or run out f patience The smarter fishermen throw out a dozen of lines and catch fish on a regular base The third kind of home business builder puts on his diving suit and seeks out the fish himselfBut???..there is another kind of fishermen who is smarter than all the rest. He uses combined tactics to get more fish in less time so he can retire early and enjoy the pleasures of life. 1) He puts out 20 lines or more with different kinds of baits on different depths so he can catch different fish. He finds someone to take care of the lines while he goes to step 2 2) He puts on his diving suit and goes out to find the fish himself. 3) After catching a fair amount of fish he buys some big fishing nets and gets some help to manage the nets. 4) Than he steps out of the sea and goes to sit in the sun while the fish comes in in large amounts he is sitting on the beach counselling others and teaching them to catch fish like he does.From time to time he puts on his diving suit so he doesn?t forget how to fish or to show his friends who want to learn fishing how it is done. This is in fact my own story. I had the incredible amount of luck to find a program that enabled me to fish like the smart fisher in my story. It?s a program everybody can start with (it?s free and easy) You can put out as many lines as you want and have somebody taking care of them for free The program gives you a spear gun with not only 1 but about 600 spears for effective spear fishing if you wish to do so. You can also buy very effective nets if you desire to do so (and they are cheap too) Basically it is a program that will allow you to sit in the sun and enjoy all these things you ever dreamed off but never could get. If you a a normal person with hopes and dreams like me i am sure you too would like to take a look at this program so therefore I will give you the chance to go fishing very soon. Take a look in the autors resource box for more information

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The 5 Simplest, Cheapest And Easiest Money Making Ideas For Your Online Business

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:01:04 +0000

Essentially there are 5 tremendously powerful methods to make money online. These methods were not always available but have only become available due to the large amount of internet commerce being conducted each and every day online. While it is possible to make money, and lots of it, using other methods, these are in my opinion the best for 3 reasons. First, they are some of the cheapest methods around. Imagine running a business for an entire year where your total cost was less than $1 a day. Secondly, these methods are fast to implement. Some of the methods can have you up and running in hours, if not only a day or two. Lastly, these ideas are simple. When it comes to working online, simpler is better and complex is dead.The 5 Best Money Making Ideas.ONE. Making Money the Google Cash Way.Google Cash is a term coined by Chris Carpenter. In his amazing ebook, he teaches you how to start a profitable advertising business by using Google Adwords to promote products to people using the Google search engine. The strategy is simple. You create ads to attract interested people. When they click on your ad you are charged for that click. The visitor is directed to your site where you can sell them your product or someone else’s. The advantage is you get to leverage the Google traffic. You can purchase clicks for as low as 5 cents. Lastly, done properly, you can test dozens of different ads and campaigns allowing you to perfect your selling system.TWO. Making tons of money selling someone else’s stuff.Affiliate marketing is the manner in which you market a product for someone else, known as the merchant. In return for providing a qualified buyer, the merchant agrees to pay you a commission. The beauty of this type of business is that you can take advantage of hot products, you can easily create a large cash flow by setting up dozens of small income streams promoting hundreds of products. In other words, the business is scalable. Once you learn to make money selling a product for one merchant, you can reproduce that for another. For this to work, the critical step that you need to master is getting traffic. An absolute master, who I consider the king of the affiliate business is James Martell. He is the author of The Affiliate Marketing Handbook (newly revised for 2005). James has hundreds of income streams and can teach anyone how to promote and sell products for merchants online.THREE. Turn Treasure into Dollars with eBay.In case this is your first week using the internet, I will briefly explain eBay. They are the world’s largest online auction system. People from all over the world, lots of people, using it each and ever day to sell everything from toasters to Hummers. In order to make money on eBay, you research what is selling at the moment, source that product for at great price and then start creating auctions. Of course, that all sounds easy, but the truth is there is a lot of work involved, especially if you have to ship all those products from your house. If you are organized, can research or can use the software to do that research for you, and can negotiate with suppliers than you can really make money with eBay.FOUR. Drop Ship It.The thought of storing boxes and boxes of products at your house may have you running away from eBay. Thank goodness there is something called Drop Shipping. A drop shipper is a wholesaler who will sell you their products at near wholesale prices and ship them directly to your customer. World Wide Brands maintains a directory of wholesaler and drop shipping companies giving you access to over 2 million products to sell on eBay. The good news is that once you have access to your own products, you can now use the first three methods to market them. Do you see the power now? Maybe you used the first two methods to market someone else’s product. Now you can get a better profit margin by drop shipping your own products using these same methods.FIVE. Write yourself rich.The first 4 methods involved selling someone else’s products for a commission or profit margin. If you want to make the most money, you have to produce and sell your own products. An exceptional item to sell online is information. In particular, ebooks, software, audio and video products have incredible profit margins. But, you think, you have no writing skills. What are you to do? Easy, hire people to do the work for you. This is an amazing way to leverage the skills of someone else. Pretend you have an idea for a new software program. There is a site online called Rent a Coder where you can hire people to work for you. Depending on your product idea, you can get the software coded for $100, $200, maybe even $300. Then the product is yours to resell. You can keep 100% of the profits. You can do the same thing writing a book. Steve Manning offers a free course that will teach you how to write a book in as little as 14 days. I know that sounds to good to be true but it can be done. Most of Steve’s students take longer than that on the first book but many admit that they can do it faster by preparing better at the beginning.There you have it. The 5 best ways of making money online. It is now up to you to master one or more of these ideas. If you need more help getting started, you can download my 25 page ebook named The Best Money Making Ideas [http://www.1st-in-earn-extra-income.com/best-money-making-ideas.html] for no charge. Inside, I elaborate on each of the 5 methods identified above.

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Will You Recover?

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:01:04 +0000

Would you (and/or your clients) recover from a disaster? What would you do if your (and/or your clients’) office(s) were destroyed? And/or your computer systems “crashed”? and/or you lost a hard drive(s)? Would your (and/or your clients’) business survive? Although these are not questions we think of often (enough) or like to consider, they may be some of the most important questions to which how you are able and prepared to respond may mean the “life or death” of your (and/or your clients’) business! Further, you may find that you may not be as prepared to easily, quickly and/or completely recover from such a disaster as you may think. We hope, in this article, to help you be better prepared for and able to as quickly and easily recover from such a disaster as possible. We were personally, recently and “harshly” reminded of the importance of this topic due to an unprecedented series of hurricanes that hit our area followed by the devastating Tsunami that effected so many in Southeast Asia at the end of last year. We live and work in Florida, which was hit by a record four (4) major hurricanes this year In advance of several of these hurricanes we were forced to evacuate the area and to face the possibility that our home and virtual office may be destroyed upon our return. Therefore, we had to “hastily” make some “final” backups of our local systems, dismantle and pack everything up and evacuate. Although we were very fortunate to return to find our home and virtual office buildings essentially undamaged, we were without power, telephone or internet connectivity in the area for weeks. Upon restoration of these basic utilities, which most of us probably take for granted all too much, we discovered, as you may know, that computers “don’t like to travel”, and we subsequently encountered a whole series of various system hardware failures In the course of recovering from all of these “disasters” we learned some valuable lessons which we hope will benefit you all in preparing for, avoiding and/or recovering from any such disasters that you may encounter. Just backing up your data may not always be enough …1. Do you have backups of all of your data? Regularly backing up all of your important data is critical!!! …Do you have backups of all of the data on your PC’s? and …Do you have backups of all of your data for all of your web site(s) / domain(s) / on all of your web server(s)?If your web hosting company performs regular backups of your web site(s) / domain(s), that’s Great! However, it may also be advisable for you to also have your own backups of all of your web site(s) / domain(s) / on all of your web server(s) stored somewhere other than on the web server for which it is a backup. This is advisable just in case something happens to your web server and/or web hosting company from which you want to be able to recover from as well, right? If you are not already regularly backing up your data, you need to first start doing so immediately! Or you may be “out of luck” when a disaster strikes you! If you do not already have a data backup system, you may want to get one of those we have listed for your benefit via the links in the resource box below.2. Do you have a copy of your data backups stored somewhere else? Given that some “disasters” may not only “destroy” your computer but may also destroy the facilities in which you work and/or your computers are located, it is always a good idea to keep a copy of your data backups in another location separate from the source of the data. This may be as simple as putting a copy of your backup CD’s in a safety deposit box or storing a copy on a remote server, which you are sure you will have access to if your primary computers and network are unavailable.3. Have you tested and verified that your data backup can be successfully restored?It is almost as bad as having no backup at all, to have one that you can’t successfully restore when you need it! Therefore, verify that each of your backups may be successfully restored, preferably on your “backup computer”, discussed below, before you may “rest assured” that you have a “good backup” that may be used for your recovery if/when you need it.You may see that some of these recovery tools may also be helpful and beneficial to you in recovering any files and/or data that you may lose and/or that gets corrupted in between your regular data backups.4. Can you restore the applications you need?Do you have the necessary media to restore (the correct version(s) of) all of the applications you will need to successfully restore and use your data?Nowadays many applications are delivered electronically. Therefore, make sure you also back up the original installable version of each of the applications you may need to use your data and/or run your day-to-day business. Do you have all the keys and/or licenses you need to re-install your applications and/or install them on another (backup) computer?Do you have all the necessary application configuration and settings information backed up for quick and easier restoration such that your applications and data may be installed and used on your backup computer just as they are on your primary one?Many of the applications we use nowadays are highly configurable and/or customizable even after being installed. You may have invested hours of your time configuring your applications to function optimally for you and your business. You probably don’t want to have to remember and redo all of these settings before these applications may be back up and running on a different computer, now do you? Therefore, you will want to make sure you back up and have a restorable copy of any of your applications’ configuration and/or settings files that you are able, as well as the applications installable version and data, right?For example: If you use Microsoft Outlook, or some other similar, email client that allows you to define a set of Rules and/or filters to filter, “prioritize” and/or sort the “myriad” of email messages you may regularly receive, than rather than having to redefine all of these Rules in a new / separate installation of Outlook, you can Export and back up all of your Rules for Import as part of your recovery procedures.5. Do you have a backup computer?What are you going to do if the computer(s) you currently use get destroyed, damaged and/or suffer serious hardware or software issues?Do you have another computer, with the proper configuration and necessary capacity, onto which you can successfully install the applications and restore the data you need to continue your business operations while your primary computer(s) are repaired and/or replaced?Have you successfully performed these recovery and “cut over” procedures to your back up computer to insure that you will have everything you need in case of an emergency? If you are unable to answer these questions affirmatively, then you may be risking a significant “business outage” while you await the repair or replacement of your primary computer.6. Do you have a backup for your internet connectivity?Do you have access to a dial-up, remote and/or backup internet connection such that you may access your email and/or the internet in the event that your primary internet connection is unavailable, e.g. during an evacuation or extended cable, telephone and/or power outage?Some of the web-based email services, like Yahoo, provide the capability to also “pull” your email from other email accounts/domains. It may be beneficial to you to setup these email “pulls” for all of your email accounts from such a web-based email service such that you may access your email from only a web connection such as those available from the “internet terminals” popping up in airports, hotels, etc.Being prepared for a “disaster” greatly increases the likelihood that you will be able to recover and resume your business(es) as quickly and efficiently as possible. Planning and preparing for such an event in advance will help insure that you have everything in place to quickly recover from such an occurrence even if you have to relocate your business elsewhere due to a natural disaster such as those we have seen around the globe this past year.We hope that our “lessons learned” that we are sharing with you herein will help you be more prepared in case a “disaster” should strike.

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Hello world!

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:04:57 +0000

Welcome to Actualblog.net. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!