Affirmations are self-talk statements & better presented to the subconscious. These fresh images are viewed as "credible" by the subconscious & are placed in the area of subconscious having to do with the power to enhance the ability to employ particular powerful memories with less work. Through this special imagery a person can develop the inner tools for thinking about money differently, letting the memories and images be transported to the here and now where they're used for enhancing the way you view money which is crucial for financial empowerment.
Oftentimes individuals believe these good and beneficial self talk memories are a false belief and don't exist, but the subconscious recognizes where they're located and will direct them frontwards for increased success in finances and life.
These forms of affirmation/suggestions pioneer fresh neural tracts in the mind, enhancing the ability to "play" these fresh powerful images. Stale images related to negativity, weaknesses, deficiency of initiative, frail goal images and the ability to develop and work a financial action plan are decreased. When the mind discovers hear new self-talk affirmations the subconscious sees them as "tangible."
You've likely observed a common element in those who are wealthy, in finances and in life. These winners and successful individuals tend to be enthusiastic and zealous, in all aspects of their lives. This exuberance is infectious, and it tends to rub off on all those persons with whom the successful individual interacts. A positive attitude, and the might to turn that attitude into results is crucial to drawing in new opportunities, acquiring the best from financial decisions, and working with goal setting, both in business and life.
As you're able to see, a positive attitude is a valuable asset, regardless what your place in the financial world. This means that you ought to assume the habit of exercising regular positive affirmations. Making positive affirmations a part of your daily function is a great way to alter your thoughts and help yourself be more financially successful.
It's never too early or too late to begin this cycle of positive affirmations, and even those just beginning a financial plan may benefit from a positive attitude. Even if your position seems insignificant and you are not yet wealthy, it's crucial to display a positive attitude, and not let negativeness sneak in to steal your enthusiasm. Remember that some of the most wealthy people and business owners began at the bottom and worked their way up. It truly is possible to work your way up from a small bank account to being wealthy, but without positive affirmations and a victorious attitude, this move won't be possible.
Steady positive affirmations are extremely crucial for those people who want to achieve financial empowerment. Gaining wealth is never simple, but it's crucial to remember that those around you, from people you associate with to clients to competitors, feel your attitude, and utilize at as a cue. If you're constantly complaining about lack of money and the deficiency in knowing how to be wealthy, the people around you will be less than invigorated. If, on the other hand, you're constantly supplying positive affirmations to yourself and the people around you, even in the hardest of times, they'll see your exuberance, learn from it, and utilize it as a cue to work harder and help develop your wealth. It truly does all come down to attitude; a positive attitude and positive affirmations can help your financial empowerment in ways too many to mention here.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
3 Key Ways to Promote Your Ebook
You have written a darn good eBook – but now what? How are you going to get it to market and start to make some money off your creation. There are plenty of things you can and should do to assist in marketing your eBook, but right now we are going to look at 3 key ways to promote your eBook.
The good news is that production your own eBook and never been easier. The bad news is promoting it has never been harder. There is so much noise and clutter online that it is hard to get noticed among the competition and everything else that is going on. So, if you have finished writing your eBook celebrate and then get to work promoting it. These 3 key ways will help a great deal!
#1 Create a Little Buzz
You need to create some buzz around the eBook you are bringing to market. Take it to social media. There is a huge social network out there. Learn how to build your brand, engage your viewers, and use Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Facebook effectively. It’s very important to the proper promoting of your eBook. You should start a few weeks before your book is actually finished. Let people know how its going, when they can expect your book to be on the market, where they might find it, etc. Make sure to be promoting your eBook 24/7.
#2 Get Some Pre Release Reviews
Reviews of your eBook are essential. Don’t wait until it’s on the market. Start early. Release your book to a handful of blogs, magazines, etc. ask them to read it and review it. You can do this through Net Galley while keeping your PDF file safe and secure, but accessible to the reviewers. Once your book is released encourage readers to leave reviews where ever possible – it might be on the site where you are selling your book, it might be on social media, it could be a blog – you get the idea.
#3 Make Sure You Have a Publication Date
Far too many authors, both of regular print books and eBooks use the day that they send the book live as their publication date. This can really make your launch frustrating. To give your book a much better start and a much better chance at being successful, your publication date should actually be about 6 weeks after your book goes live.
The good news is that production your own eBook and never been easier. The bad news is promoting it has never been harder. There is so much noise and clutter online that it is hard to get noticed among the competition and everything else that is going on. So, if you have finished writing your eBook celebrate and then get to work promoting it. These 3 key ways will help a great deal!
#1 Create a Little Buzz
You need to create some buzz around the eBook you are bringing to market. Take it to social media. There is a huge social network out there. Learn how to build your brand, engage your viewers, and use Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Facebook effectively. It’s very important to the proper promoting of your eBook. You should start a few weeks before your book is actually finished. Let people know how its going, when they can expect your book to be on the market, where they might find it, etc. Make sure to be promoting your eBook 24/7.
#2 Get Some Pre Release Reviews
Reviews of your eBook are essential. Don’t wait until it’s on the market. Start early. Release your book to a handful of blogs, magazines, etc. ask them to read it and review it. You can do this through Net Galley while keeping your PDF file safe and secure, but accessible to the reviewers. Once your book is released encourage readers to leave reviews where ever possible – it might be on the site where you are selling your book, it might be on social media, it could be a blog – you get the idea.
#3 Make Sure You Have a Publication Date
Far too many authors, both of regular print books and eBooks use the day that they send the book live as their publication date. This can really make your launch frustrating. To give your book a much better start and a much better chance at being successful, your publication date should actually be about 6 weeks after your book goes live.
The Biggest Mistakes Made When Writing an E-book
While it might appear that writing an e-book is an easy undertaking, the reality is that the majority of e-books are awful – embarrassing if you will. That’s because most people who undertake writing an e-book haven’t any idea how to write anything and they don’t have the support of a publisher. We’re going to look at 4 of the biggest mistakes made when writing an e-book. Now you can avoid making these awful mistakes.
#1 Writing About a Topic You Know Little About
If you are looking to create a top-notch e-book – a premium e-book – you might be tempted to pick the current ‘hot topic’ because you believe that’s where you will be able to make the most money. When you are creating your sales page you might be tempted to do the same thing – create your pitch around a merging topic. This is especially a mistake made by those who are selling on Amazon because they think they have to be in one of the popular categories.
Instead write on a topic you know something about. Your e-book will be a better quality and you will save tons of time on the research. Plus, you will have an audience ready to go.
#2 Write an E-book on a Topic You Think Your Audience Needs
This is a common mistake. You recognize a topic that you think your readers need to know more about so you write the perfect e-book for them because you want to help them. Sounds smart but most times it backfires because what you thought they needed isn’t actually what they want.
Instead, run a survey and ask your followers and readers to pick from a list of e-book topics. This will tell you if you are guessing correct about what you think they need and if you are wrong you can adjust and write on something that they are looking for.
#3 You Think Like a Writer Rather than a Publisher
It takes more than deciding what you are going to write to be a successful writer. You need to be writer, publisher and marketer. Yet, most writers don’t think past what they are writing.
Start drafting your sales page before you even begin to write your e-book. Your sales page should make your e-book sound inviting, interesting and useful. You can use this pitch to drive your writing as well. Make sure that you are always wearing all three hats.
#4 Starting to Write – Leap Before You Plan
You have your topic and so you start writing. The trouble is you are going to find yourself in trouble before you know it because you lacked the planning stage.
Start by planning your e-book before you begin to write. Have a clear outline with each chapter title and then a breakdown of content.
Now that you are aware of these 4 big mistakes you are ready to avoid them right?
#1 Writing About a Topic You Know Little About
If you are looking to create a top-notch e-book – a premium e-book – you might be tempted to pick the current ‘hot topic’ because you believe that’s where you will be able to make the most money. When you are creating your sales page you might be tempted to do the same thing – create your pitch around a merging topic. This is especially a mistake made by those who are selling on Amazon because they think they have to be in one of the popular categories.
Instead write on a topic you know something about. Your e-book will be a better quality and you will save tons of time on the research. Plus, you will have an audience ready to go.
#2 Write an E-book on a Topic You Think Your Audience Needs
This is a common mistake. You recognize a topic that you think your readers need to know more about so you write the perfect e-book for them because you want to help them. Sounds smart but most times it backfires because what you thought they needed isn’t actually what they want.
Instead, run a survey and ask your followers and readers to pick from a list of e-book topics. This will tell you if you are guessing correct about what you think they need and if you are wrong you can adjust and write on something that they are looking for.
#3 You Think Like a Writer Rather than a Publisher
It takes more than deciding what you are going to write to be a successful writer. You need to be writer, publisher and marketer. Yet, most writers don’t think past what they are writing.
Start drafting your sales page before you even begin to write your e-book. Your sales page should make your e-book sound inviting, interesting and useful. You can use this pitch to drive your writing as well. Make sure that you are always wearing all three hats.
#4 Starting to Write – Leap Before You Plan
You have your topic and so you start writing. The trouble is you are going to find yourself in trouble before you know it because you lacked the planning stage.
Start by planning your e-book before you begin to write. Have a clear outline with each chapter title and then a breakdown of content.
Now that you are aware of these 4 big mistakes you are ready to avoid them right?
Writing a Quality Ebook That Sells
These days it’s pretty easy to be an author. No longer do you have to send off a manuscript to a publisher and hope they choose your book out of the thousands submitted yearly. Nope – you can write whatever you want and self publish it on many different sites, with Amazon being one of the most popular. But keep in mind being an author and publishing has become easy, but that does not mean you are going to sell your ebooks. So what can you do to make sure your ebook sells?
One of the things you should do is let who you are shine through. This will help you to add more depth to your ebook and not duplicate so much from others. We aren’t talking about plagiarizing, which is completely illegal and should never be done. But the reality is concepts can be similarly presented. The bottom line is that there are not many books being bought just so someone can be informed. You can do that for free thanks to the Internet.
To get a person to buy a book in addition to teaching them something you need to inspire, captivate, challenge and entertain them. They want to get their money’s worth and the want to make sure the book is worth reading.
You can do this by letting who you are shine through in the book. You can add your own quirkiness or your own sense of humor. You can share your personal opinions and ideas and you can allow your reader to feel like they are getting to know you and what you think.
Make sure you write enough so that your reader feels like they are getting enough material for their money. This does not mean that you should just write to fill the space. A good writer will be able to add value while ensuring they create an ebook that is long enough to tempt readers to make the purchase. You want your readers to be satisfied with your book and the information they are getting. They won’t be if you cut it too short, if you give them a little information on a subject or point but not enough to leave them feeling satisfied. This certainly is a balancing act and you’ll need to decide what the right balance is.
Bottom line – if you want your ebook to sell you need to be prepared to write something awesome!
One of the things you should do is let who you are shine through. This will help you to add more depth to your ebook and not duplicate so much from others. We aren’t talking about plagiarizing, which is completely illegal and should never be done. But the reality is concepts can be similarly presented. The bottom line is that there are not many books being bought just so someone can be informed. You can do that for free thanks to the Internet.
To get a person to buy a book in addition to teaching them something you need to inspire, captivate, challenge and entertain them. They want to get their money’s worth and the want to make sure the book is worth reading.
You can do this by letting who you are shine through in the book. You can add your own quirkiness or your own sense of humor. You can share your personal opinions and ideas and you can allow your reader to feel like they are getting to know you and what you think.
Make sure you write enough so that your reader feels like they are getting enough material for their money. This does not mean that you should just write to fill the space. A good writer will be able to add value while ensuring they create an ebook that is long enough to tempt readers to make the purchase. You want your readers to be satisfied with your book and the information they are getting. They won’t be if you cut it too short, if you give them a little information on a subject or point but not enough to leave them feeling satisfied. This certainly is a balancing act and you’ll need to decide what the right balance is.
Bottom line – if you want your ebook to sell you need to be prepared to write something awesome!
What You Need to Know if You Are Writing an Ebook
Congratulations on writing your ebook. Please, don’t act like it isn’t a big deal, because it is. If this is your first ebook it’s pretty common to be uncomfortable about marketing your ebook, so a common mistake is to launch without any ‘fluff’ or ‘excitement.’ Don’t make this mistake!
Don’t just put a new link on your blog and a couple of short, low key posts on your Facebook profile. You can have written the best book on the market, but if you do not promote it properly sales will wither and die. Besides, really – if you are not willing to take the time to market your ebook once you have completed the hard work of writing it, you’ve wasted all that time and your effort is for nothing.
You should be proud of your accomplishment. You are right? Then start to act like what you’ve done matters to you. If you aren’t feeling proud about what you have written maybe it isn’t ready for the market. Maybe you need to go spend more time writing it.
Get busy mixing up your promotional marketing messages – there are all kinds of ways to promote your ebook including your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Google+, other social networking sites, email, and the list goes on. Take the time to seek out as many valuable sources as you can. If you are selling your ebook on Amazon, give it away for a period of time to create a buzz.
Do not ignore the power of the social market. Even when your readers know you already, it does not mean that they trust that this ebook is good. Only once that first review is in, they will begin to consider the idea that the ebook is good and the more reviews you have, the more confidence will be established about the quality of the ebook.
You can send out copies for review to bloggers that fit your niche before your book goes to market. That way you will already have some reviews when your ebook goes to market. Add a couple of these positive reviews to your sales page to really enjoy the benefits and if you can add a photo of the reviewers that will add additional credibility.
You’ve put a lot of time and effort into writing a quality ebook, give the marketing the attention it deserves so you can reap the benefits of your hard work.
Don’t just put a new link on your blog and a couple of short, low key posts on your Facebook profile. You can have written the best book on the market, but if you do not promote it properly sales will wither and die. Besides, really – if you are not willing to take the time to market your ebook once you have completed the hard work of writing it, you’ve wasted all that time and your effort is for nothing.
You should be proud of your accomplishment. You are right? Then start to act like what you’ve done matters to you. If you aren’t feeling proud about what you have written maybe it isn’t ready for the market. Maybe you need to go spend more time writing it.
Get busy mixing up your promotional marketing messages – there are all kinds of ways to promote your ebook including your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Google+, other social networking sites, email, and the list goes on. Take the time to seek out as many valuable sources as you can. If you are selling your ebook on Amazon, give it away for a period of time to create a buzz.
Do not ignore the power of the social market. Even when your readers know you already, it does not mean that they trust that this ebook is good. Only once that first review is in, they will begin to consider the idea that the ebook is good and the more reviews you have, the more confidence will be established about the quality of the ebook.
You can send out copies for review to bloggers that fit your niche before your book goes to market. That way you will already have some reviews when your ebook goes to market. Add a couple of these positive reviews to your sales page to really enjoy the benefits and if you can add a photo of the reviewers that will add additional credibility.
You’ve put a lot of time and effort into writing a quality ebook, give the marketing the attention it deserves so you can reap the benefits of your hard work.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Business Plan Basics
You may need a business plan to apply for bank loans or getting investors for financial support. Here are some tips on writing a business plan:
The Basics
1. Create a vision. Before you get lost in details, start out with a vision or a mission statement. A mission statement should include values and a future view of your business.
2. Make an executive summary. Executive summary summarizes the whole business plan. Executive summary is necessary, as it is important to gain the interest of the viewers to continue looking at your whole business plan.
3. Include a description of your targeted market and services. This is essential to allow viewers to get a clear picture of what you are trying to sell or service. State it clearly in your business plan.
4. Include an analysis of the business environment and background. Do not expect viewers to understand what you are dealing with, even if your business is not a new idea. You may also review it anytime in the future for further adjustments.
5. Include a marketing and operation plan. Say it in the report how you will run your business. Include every details of it. Be clear and make sure your reports are easy to view.
6. Analyze your business competition. Find out all the detailed information you can get from direct or indirect competitors. Read about them from business magazines, newspapers, or get
resources from trading associations. Understanding competition is crucial to make a perfect business plan.
7. Finance planning. There is no business without involving finance. Be sure of your business financial status, and make clear reports about it. Justify your figures because a slight mistake may ruin your business plan, or your reputation in front of the viewers.
The Basics
1. Create a vision. Before you get lost in details, start out with a vision or a mission statement. A mission statement should include values and a future view of your business.
2. Make an executive summary. Executive summary summarizes the whole business plan. Executive summary is necessary, as it is important to gain the interest of the viewers to continue looking at your whole business plan.
3. Include a description of your targeted market and services. This is essential to allow viewers to get a clear picture of what you are trying to sell or service. State it clearly in your business plan.
4. Include an analysis of the business environment and background. Do not expect viewers to understand what you are dealing with, even if your business is not a new idea. You may also review it anytime in the future for further adjustments.
5. Include a marketing and operation plan. Say it in the report how you will run your business. Include every details of it. Be clear and make sure your reports are easy to view.
6. Analyze your business competition. Find out all the detailed information you can get from direct or indirect competitors. Read about them from business magazines, newspapers, or get
resources from trading associations. Understanding competition is crucial to make a perfect business plan.
7. Finance planning. There is no business without involving finance. Be sure of your business financial status, and make clear reports about it. Justify your figures because a slight mistake may ruin your business plan, or your reputation in front of the viewers.
The Executive Summary
Executive summary is an introduction or an overview of a business plan. Executive summary gives the impression of the overall business plan. A business plan begins with the table of contents, followed by an executive summary. Even so, an executive summary should be the last paper you write as it summarizes the business plan according to the outline. These are some tips for executive summary writing:
Piece One
• Remember that the executive summary is a summary. Try not to make it more than two pages. Make it about 2 - 4 sentences only for each business plan outline. Do not explain everything in detail because the executive summary is to draw viewer's attention to read more of the business plan.
• Use proper and formal language. Do not be long-winded, but be strong and positive on your executive summary. Avoid using “uncertain" words. Instead of writing' our business may be successful in this area ', for instance, it would be better if it is ' Our business will be successful in this area'.
• Include business name, location, selling products or services and plan purpose in the first part of the executive summary. The second part should include highlighted points of the business plan, or any important news that brings interest to the viewers, such as charts showing gross margin, expected sales and profits.
• Be very sure of the purpose of the plan; if the business plan is for investors, do mention in the executive summary about the opportunities or benefits of investing in the business, investment amount required and what can the investors get from the business in return.
• Be in viewer's position to see if the executive summary is acceptable. Make sure it is smooth and fluent, and attracts attention. Find another person who knows nothing of the business plan to have a look at it and give comments. Add improvements before presenting it.
Piece One
• Remember that the executive summary is a summary. Try not to make it more than two pages. Make it about 2 - 4 sentences only for each business plan outline. Do not explain everything in detail because the executive summary is to draw viewer's attention to read more of the business plan.
• Use proper and formal language. Do not be long-winded, but be strong and positive on your executive summary. Avoid using “uncertain" words. Instead of writing' our business may be successful in this area ', for instance, it would be better if it is ' Our business will be successful in this area'.
• Include business name, location, selling products or services and plan purpose in the first part of the executive summary. The second part should include highlighted points of the business plan, or any important news that brings interest to the viewers, such as charts showing gross margin, expected sales and profits.
• Be very sure of the purpose of the plan; if the business plan is for investors, do mention in the executive summary about the opportunities or benefits of investing in the business, investment amount required and what can the investors get from the business in return.
• Be in viewer's position to see if the executive summary is acceptable. Make sure it is smooth and fluent, and attracts attention. Find another person who knows nothing of the business plan to have a look at it and give comments. Add improvements before presenting it.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Successful Advertising Tips
If you are planning to advertise on your blog, as discussed earlier you can use Google's Adsense program. It's the biggest online market for internet bloggers and most individuals who advertise on a blog do very well from most forms. How come? Most of the time it's about market research. However if you would like to maximize your chances of advertising, with other forms i.e. individuals these eight tips below will help you.
1. Make sure your blog is generating traffic
This is the most crucial factor. If you want to advertise on a blog with success your blog has to have steady traffic and hits. You can monetise from the word go with Google's Adsense program, however it is a good idea to find out what your readership wants before you advertise to the world. This creates a good measure 'knowing your readers' and what they would like to buy.
2. Work on your trust rating
Each member on the internet has a trust rating, and most advertisers will check you out before placing their bids. In other words, the higher your trust rating, the higher the chances of advertising on your blog. As a result you should take all the actions to improve your trust and who you are. Advertise all social media accounts, display contact form and contact numbers. Displaying valuable content is essential for building trust and readership.
3. Don’t hype your description
If you want to sell advertising space on the your blog, the more hype you put in your blog description, the more people will think you're desperate to advertise and that your blog isn't a solid one. Examples of remarks you should avoid include: “Huge earnings potential!”, “A lifetime opportunity!”, “My loss is your gain!” etc etc.
Secondly, don’t hypothesize what the blog could be earning. Some people list blogs that are making $10 per month currently, and they go on saying: “This blog has the potential to make $4,000 per month easily!” If you knew this for certain you would not be selling the advertising space for such a low price. Know your numbers and provide accurate stats when offering advertising space.
4. Answer to every comment
Even if you write a crystal clear description people will still have questions, and they may ask them through your own advertising page comment section. It's important to answer to every single comment, as this will encourage other commenter's and readers to want to advertise on your blog, it will also improve the overall credibility of your blog and your advertising methods.
5. Have a plausible reason for advertising
One of the first things people will ask you is why you are advertising? If there is no plausible reason, they will rightly assume that the blog maybe a scam or simply a reason to make money, and that you want to get rid of it before it becomes worthless. In fact it would be a good idea to include the reason for advertising. You definitely need to find a good advertising campaign that fits with your blog. A one which doesn’t annoy your readers with ads that have nothing to do with you blog to. Displaying the wrong ads can be detrimental to your readership and eventually lower your traffic stats, so be careful when placing ads on your blogs to not annoy your readers.
Your niche should determine what advertising or monetisation techniques you want to use. There are some techniques that will only work for some niches and not for others. The more you grow your blog to accommodate it's readers the more people will trust your judgment and buy recommendations from you in the future. Get to know your blog, and get to know your readers and the ways to get traffic before you monetize. By providing nothing but free info with no ads, people will soak up your content and become loyal readers. This will allow you to build!
When the time comes to monetise your blog, you will know what people want and what ads you can make the most profit from. You can then target your readers and maximize profits.
1. Make sure your blog is generating traffic
This is the most crucial factor. If you want to advertise on a blog with success your blog has to have steady traffic and hits. You can monetise from the word go with Google's Adsense program, however it is a good idea to find out what your readership wants before you advertise to the world. This creates a good measure 'knowing your readers' and what they would like to buy.
2. Work on your trust rating
Each member on the internet has a trust rating, and most advertisers will check you out before placing their bids. In other words, the higher your trust rating, the higher the chances of advertising on your blog. As a result you should take all the actions to improve your trust and who you are. Advertise all social media accounts, display contact form and contact numbers. Displaying valuable content is essential for building trust and readership.
3. Don’t hype your description
If you want to sell advertising space on the your blog, the more hype you put in your blog description, the more people will think you're desperate to advertise and that your blog isn't a solid one. Examples of remarks you should avoid include: “Huge earnings potential!”, “A lifetime opportunity!”, “My loss is your gain!” etc etc.
Secondly, don’t hypothesize what the blog could be earning. Some people list blogs that are making $10 per month currently, and they go on saying: “This blog has the potential to make $4,000 per month easily!” If you knew this for certain you would not be selling the advertising space for such a low price. Know your numbers and provide accurate stats when offering advertising space.
4. Answer to every comment
Even if you write a crystal clear description people will still have questions, and they may ask them through your own advertising page comment section. It's important to answer to every single comment, as this will encourage other commenter's and readers to want to advertise on your blog, it will also improve the overall credibility of your blog and your advertising methods.
5. Have a plausible reason for advertising
One of the first things people will ask you is why you are advertising? If there is no plausible reason, they will rightly assume that the blog maybe a scam or simply a reason to make money, and that you want to get rid of it before it becomes worthless. In fact it would be a good idea to include the reason for advertising. You definitely need to find a good advertising campaign that fits with your blog. A one which doesn’t annoy your readers with ads that have nothing to do with you blog to. Displaying the wrong ads can be detrimental to your readership and eventually lower your traffic stats, so be careful when placing ads on your blogs to not annoy your readers.
Your niche should determine what advertising or monetisation techniques you want to use. There are some techniques that will only work for some niches and not for others. The more you grow your blog to accommodate it's readers the more people will trust your judgment and buy recommendations from you in the future. Get to know your blog, and get to know your readers and the ways to get traffic before you monetize. By providing nothing but free info with no ads, people will soak up your content and become loyal readers. This will allow you to build!
When the time comes to monetise your blog, you will know what people want and what ads you can make the most profit from. You can then target your readers and maximize profits.
Using Google's AdSense Program for Profit
Adsense is among the primary profit generators for blogs and sites. Usually you are able to drastically improve your click-through rate and total net by placing the advertisements wisely, by improving the material targeting or by optimizing the ad units directly. Below I will cover the last point, how to optimize the Adsense units with 8 simple tips:
1. The three top performing ad units are: 336×280 large rectangle, 300×250 inline rectangle and 160×600 wide skyscraper. Think about using those units if possible, but bear in mind that other formats would be more appropriate for your site design.
2. The more successful link color is blue. This info is connected with the roots of the Internet where all major sites used to feature blue links. We as buyers are used to this style of link and it works.
3. Aside from blue links you are able to also use a link color that matches the pattern of your site (i.e. if you use green links make the Adsense links of the same color).
4. As a general rule of thumb, blend (no border, same background) your Adsense units if your site has a light color scheme and contrast (border, contrasting background) the units if you're using a dark color scheme. The more organic you make the ads look, usually the better the click through.
5. If the advertisements are based within the content you should avoid using borders while advertisement units outside of the content can use borders to call attention.
6. If your site has mainly repeat visitors (like Forums) you are able to rotate the background color of the units to cut back advertisement blindness
7. Consider removing the “Advertise on this site” message from your units. That can be done on the control panel under the “My Account” section, disabling the “Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up” feature.
8. Test, test and test. Every website is unique so make sure you test with different colors and formats and track the results to fine tune your Adsense.
For a first time ad campaign, Google AdSense is a great way to get started and earn your first income. It’s easy to implement into WordPress with a plugin and runs itself; and depending on your niche you can earn a good income. However, using AdSense in the make money online niche will not earn as much as affiliate ads targeted to your readers. The payments I have experienced are a few dollars at most.
1. The three top performing ad units are: 336×280 large rectangle, 300×250 inline rectangle and 160×600 wide skyscraper. Think about using those units if possible, but bear in mind that other formats would be more appropriate for your site design.
2. The more successful link color is blue. This info is connected with the roots of the Internet where all major sites used to feature blue links. We as buyers are used to this style of link and it works.
3. Aside from blue links you are able to also use a link color that matches the pattern of your site (i.e. if you use green links make the Adsense links of the same color).
4. As a general rule of thumb, blend (no border, same background) your Adsense units if your site has a light color scheme and contrast (border, contrasting background) the units if you're using a dark color scheme. The more organic you make the ads look, usually the better the click through.
5. If the advertisements are based within the content you should avoid using borders while advertisement units outside of the content can use borders to call attention.
6. If your site has mainly repeat visitors (like Forums) you are able to rotate the background color of the units to cut back advertisement blindness
7. Consider removing the “Advertise on this site” message from your units. That can be done on the control panel under the “My Account” section, disabling the “Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up” feature.
8. Test, test and test. Every website is unique so make sure you test with different colors and formats and track the results to fine tune your Adsense.
For a first time ad campaign, Google AdSense is a great way to get started and earn your first income. It’s easy to implement into WordPress with a plugin and runs itself; and depending on your niche you can earn a good income. However, using AdSense in the make money online niche will not earn as much as affiliate ads targeted to your readers. The payments I have experienced are a few dollars at most.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Build a One Page Sales Pitch
You are about to start an online business and you know it’s a great idea that promises great success. You’ve done your homework, you’ve crunched the numbers and you are ready to create your business plan. Now all you need is an investor, venture capitalist or lender to step up. But how are you going to make your business proposal stand out against the many others. How are you going to make your business plan get noticed?
You want to create a professional pitch page your business on a single page. Now we’ve called it a sales pitch and while technically it’s not a ‘sales pitch’ in a roundabout way it is – you want to sell investors on what you have to offer so that they are interested enough to read your entire business plan.
Your single page sales pitch can come in the form of your executive summary. Your executive summary is the last thing you write and the first thing they read. If you can’t capture their interest here, you will have lost your bid to capture their interest. So make sure you are getting potential investors and others who will read your business plan excited about your business, but remember you have to make sure you aren’t exaggerating or fluffing up the facts.
Instead focus on the most important facts that are in your business plan, present them in an appealing way, and point out whenever you have the opportunity why what you have is exciting and should tantalize investors. You can also create what’s called a professional pitch page.
Let’s have a look at what that page can include. This professional pitch page can be shared with investors, lenders, advisers and business partners.
Your pitch will let you highlight the following:
* Your company summary
* Any market problems
* Solutions
* Your established sales channels
* Marketing activities
* Your target market
* Your market size
* Your competition
* What is your competitive advantage
* Your funding requirements
* The big picture for your financial projections
* Your main milestones
* Your team members
If you had just 60 seconds to sell your business to investors, how would you do it? What would it look like? What would you say? When you are creating your professional pitch page keep this in mind. It will help you to focus and provide the most relevant information.
You want to create a professional pitch page your business on a single page. Now we’ve called it a sales pitch and while technically it’s not a ‘sales pitch’ in a roundabout way it is – you want to sell investors on what you have to offer so that they are interested enough to read your entire business plan.
Your single page sales pitch can come in the form of your executive summary. Your executive summary is the last thing you write and the first thing they read. If you can’t capture their interest here, you will have lost your bid to capture their interest. So make sure you are getting potential investors and others who will read your business plan excited about your business, but remember you have to make sure you aren’t exaggerating or fluffing up the facts.
Instead focus on the most important facts that are in your business plan, present them in an appealing way, and point out whenever you have the opportunity why what you have is exciting and should tantalize investors. You can also create what’s called a professional pitch page.
Let’s have a look at what that page can include. This professional pitch page can be shared with investors, lenders, advisers and business partners.
Your pitch will let you highlight the following:
* Your company summary
* Any market problems
* Solutions
* Your established sales channels
* Marketing activities
* Your target market
* Your market size
* Your competition
* What is your competitive advantage
* Your funding requirements
* The big picture for your financial projections
* Your main milestones
* Your team members
If you had just 60 seconds to sell your business to investors, how would you do it? What would it look like? What would you say? When you are creating your professional pitch page keep this in mind. It will help you to focus and provide the most relevant information.
Online Business Plan – What’s The Right Business to Build
Don’t even consider creating your formal business plan until you are actually ready to use it. The business plan of today for online businesses is far less formal than it used to be and it is far more practical. Does each section of your business plan when you require it and don’t be too concerned about formalities?
Don’t confuse this with scrapping out your business plan completely, because online entrepreneurs still need to focus on whatever their ‘niche’ is and their plans for getting their business both off the ground and growing.
What’s in your business plan can change based on the current situation, what you will incorporate into your business plan won’t change. So in other words your final destination will remain the same but how you reach that destination can change.
Steps for Creating an Online Business Plan
The internet is an extremely powerful tool for all kinds of companies and it has certainly changed the kinds of companies that will prosper. There are four key reasons for an internet site:
1. Transactional
2. Content
3. Promotional
4. Relational
These apply no matter what kind of business you are operating. Remember that your business plan is alive – that blueprint is a living, breathing entity that can help you to navigate. It can help you to manage your business, help you find potential partners or investors, help you find lenders and others who can see your business plan and easily understand it.
Your business plan will need to include an executive summary, company overview, business offering, marketing plan and marketing analysis, strategy and implementation of that strategy, what your management team will look like, and finally your financial projections.
It’s important that you understand your online market and that you are able to clearly and concisely create a picture of what this will look like for those who will be reading your business plan and making decisions based on it, and who may not have a good understanding of online business opportunities.
Just because you are running, an online business or planning to start an online business does not mean that you do not need a business plan. Every viable business should have a business plan, even if they are not interested in gaining investment capital. This finely detailed plan will help you to navigate through the waters, and help you to not only get your business off the ground but also keep it successfully moving forward.
Don’t confuse this with scrapping out your business plan completely, because online entrepreneurs still need to focus on whatever their ‘niche’ is and their plans for getting their business both off the ground and growing.
What’s in your business plan can change based on the current situation, what you will incorporate into your business plan won’t change. So in other words your final destination will remain the same but how you reach that destination can change.
Steps for Creating an Online Business Plan
The internet is an extremely powerful tool for all kinds of companies and it has certainly changed the kinds of companies that will prosper. There are four key reasons for an internet site:
1. Transactional
2. Content
3. Promotional
4. Relational
These apply no matter what kind of business you are operating. Remember that your business plan is alive – that blueprint is a living, breathing entity that can help you to navigate. It can help you to manage your business, help you find potential partners or investors, help you find lenders and others who can see your business plan and easily understand it.
Your business plan will need to include an executive summary, company overview, business offering, marketing plan and marketing analysis, strategy and implementation of that strategy, what your management team will look like, and finally your financial projections.
It’s important that you understand your online market and that you are able to clearly and concisely create a picture of what this will look like for those who will be reading your business plan and making decisions based on it, and who may not have a good understanding of online business opportunities.
Just because you are running, an online business or planning to start an online business does not mean that you do not need a business plan. Every viable business should have a business plan, even if they are not interested in gaining investment capital. This finely detailed plan will help you to navigate through the waters, and help you to not only get your business off the ground but also keep it successfully moving forward.
Online Business Plan Needs to Include Your Management and Financial Summary
You are creating your business plan for your online business and like all business plans there are a number of sections you need to put together to ensure you have a plan you can follow to keep your business on track and headed for successes. You may be surprised to learn that many business plans come up short in their management and financial summary. Perhaps this is simply because they are unsure.
Start by creating an outline of what type of experience you want to see your management team have. How many people you envision on your management team, the individual roles that they will have and what their responsibilities will be individually and as a team.
Think of the management summary as hiring resume where you can easily see the qualifications you are looking for, the work history of those that will be involved in the startup of your business. If it’s a smaller venture like so many online businesses are, you may have to wear many different hats yourself and improve your skills in some areas. You may not have the luxury of having many people on your management team and so in these instances, in addition to you having to have a wide range of skills, the people you do hire may have to be able to perform a broader range of tasks.
In addition to taking the time to outline what your management team will look like you need to also address any financing that you have put into place and that’s ready to go for your startup. Your working capital is critical to your startup. How much working capital you need will depend on your specific venture. Some companies have little to no stock on hand while others carry huge amounts.
Sales and revenues are established by you for the business plan; however, we all that these projections can be way off if the person creating the business plan isn’t being realistic, so try to keep it real. Your business plan is also going to establish how much capital you already have and what your operating costs will be.
What’s nice about an online business, is that if you don’t any sales yet so you can’t provide solid sales numbers, you can get your website up and running, go live, get things moving on the site in a practical way that’s closer to reality and then show the potential investors what you are making and what you’re spending.
Bottom line – make sure your business plan thoroughly details your management and financial needs.
Start by creating an outline of what type of experience you want to see your management team have. How many people you envision on your management team, the individual roles that they will have and what their responsibilities will be individually and as a team.
Think of the management summary as hiring resume where you can easily see the qualifications you are looking for, the work history of those that will be involved in the startup of your business. If it’s a smaller venture like so many online businesses are, you may have to wear many different hats yourself and improve your skills in some areas. You may not have the luxury of having many people on your management team and so in these instances, in addition to you having to have a wide range of skills, the people you do hire may have to be able to perform a broader range of tasks.
In addition to taking the time to outline what your management team will look like you need to also address any financing that you have put into place and that’s ready to go for your startup. Your working capital is critical to your startup. How much working capital you need will depend on your specific venture. Some companies have little to no stock on hand while others carry huge amounts.
Sales and revenues are established by you for the business plan; however, we all that these projections can be way off if the person creating the business plan isn’t being realistic, so try to keep it real. Your business plan is also going to establish how much capital you already have and what your operating costs will be.
What’s nice about an online business, is that if you don’t any sales yet so you can’t provide solid sales numbers, you can get your website up and running, go live, get things moving on the site in a practical way that’s closer to reality and then show the potential investors what you are making and what you’re spending.
Bottom line – make sure your business plan thoroughly details your management and financial needs.
Your Online Business Plan Must Measure the Market and Metrics
You are going to want to specifically focus on the users and your demographics that you plan to hit with your new online business and how your costs and price compare to what the market is currently willing to pay for the product or service you are going to offer. It’s here that you are going to take the time to make a list of your current competition along with what you feel they are doing correctly and what they are doing wrong. This is one of the most important sections for luring lenders and investors on-board with your plan. If you aren’t able to show that you have an idea that’s innovative and that you also have the marketing strategy to shoot you forward, you’ll have difficulty getting any investment interest.
In the business landscape today, your ideas need to also make sure to include social media strategies such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Your business personality needs to shine through here and if you know the magic to help this happen in social media, you are definitely on the right path. When you are able to locate influencers that’s how you will discover those people who are linked to what you have to offer or who can help you to identify the impact you will have on society.
Online entrepreneurs are lucky to be able to make use of metrics. This is something that businesses in the past did not have access to. This instantly lets you measure how your business is doing. It shows how successful you are in a very inexpensive and practical manner. These are very easy to obtain.
Sure, it’s nice to read what your online customers are saying; however, this does not tell you whether a person is actually buying the product you have to offer. The easiest and most effective way to measure success is by paying attention to how your business is performing with those individuals that you have already established a relationship with. This will give you some good feedback about just how effective your online business actually is.
It’s important that your business plan pays adequate attention to those marketing factors in combination with the use of metrics to ensure that your marketing is actually working the way you believed it would. Remember once you look at your metrics, this is a good time to ‘fine tune’ any necessary changes that you think you need to make.
In the business landscape today, your ideas need to also make sure to include social media strategies such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Your business personality needs to shine through here and if you know the magic to help this happen in social media, you are definitely on the right path. When you are able to locate influencers that’s how you will discover those people who are linked to what you have to offer or who can help you to identify the impact you will have on society.
Online entrepreneurs are lucky to be able to make use of metrics. This is something that businesses in the past did not have access to. This instantly lets you measure how your business is doing. It shows how successful you are in a very inexpensive and practical manner. These are very easy to obtain.
Sure, it’s nice to read what your online customers are saying; however, this does not tell you whether a person is actually buying the product you have to offer. The easiest and most effective way to measure success is by paying attention to how your business is performing with those individuals that you have already established a relationship with. This will give you some good feedback about just how effective your online business actually is.
It’s important that your business plan pays adequate attention to those marketing factors in combination with the use of metrics to ensure that your marketing is actually working the way you believed it would. Remember once you look at your metrics, this is a good time to ‘fine tune’ any necessary changes that you think you need to make.
Your Organization Breakdown in Your Online Business Plan
Your online business plan needs to make sure it addresses the management and administration structure – in other words your organization’s breakdown. Online businesses often have a simpler organization structure than a traditional business, but that’s not always the case, and it must be clearly defined.
You will need to cover the management structure and ownership of your business. It’s okay if one person fills a number of roles. Online businesses that are starting up often don’t have more than one or two people running the whole business.
During the startup period, the owner is not going to be receiving a paycheck or any benefits. Initially owner salaries are going to be figured out based on the profitability of the company but they should never be more than fifty percent of the profit of the business.
If the company is limited, there will be the distribution of shares among the owners. That could be one person, two people or more, but the breakdown needs to be included in the business plan so potential investors know and understand the business structure.
You will also need to include the managerial style that you plan to use. This should be broken out so that not just investors but business owners can stay on track and later compare.
* Communication - Communication will be mainly through, i.e. email, texting, oral, etc.
* Decisions Making - Who is going to be the final decision maker for all the decisions pertaining to your business.
* Project Management –There are different styles. You should define what style you are going to use. For example, all project management will be defined by the PMI PMBOK standards.
* Record Keeping – The company will use <insert accounting package name> to manage our financial records.
You will need to define the management structure. For example, Person A will be President, Director of Marketing, and Director of IT. Person B will be Director of Operations, Director of Finance. You are then going to define what the responsibilities are in each of those positions that a person holds. Be clear and concise when describing these roles, because you will be using this yourself in running your business.
The organization breakdown is going to look very different from one business to the next, so make sure that you take the time to properly define what your business organization is going to look like.
You will need to cover the management structure and ownership of your business. It’s okay if one person fills a number of roles. Online businesses that are starting up often don’t have more than one or two people running the whole business.
During the startup period, the owner is not going to be receiving a paycheck or any benefits. Initially owner salaries are going to be figured out based on the profitability of the company but they should never be more than fifty percent of the profit of the business.
If the company is limited, there will be the distribution of shares among the owners. That could be one person, two people or more, but the breakdown needs to be included in the business plan so potential investors know and understand the business structure.
You will also need to include the managerial style that you plan to use. This should be broken out so that not just investors but business owners can stay on track and later compare.
* Communication - Communication will be mainly through, i.e. email, texting, oral, etc.
* Decisions Making - Who is going to be the final decision maker for all the decisions pertaining to your business.
* Project Management –There are different styles. You should define what style you are going to use. For example, all project management will be defined by the PMI PMBOK standards.
* Record Keeping – The company will use <insert accounting package name> to manage our financial records.
You will need to define the management structure. For example, Person A will be President, Director of Marketing, and Director of IT. Person B will be Director of Operations, Director of Finance. You are then going to define what the responsibilities are in each of those positions that a person holds. Be clear and concise when describing these roles, because you will be using this yourself in running your business.
The organization breakdown is going to look very different from one business to the next, so make sure that you take the time to properly define what your business organization is going to look like.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Why Affirmations Are Important For Financial Empowerment
Affirmations are self-talk statements & better presented to the subconscious. These fresh images are viewed as "credible" by the subconscious & are placed in the area of subconscious having to do with the power to enhance the ability to employ particular powerful memories with less work. Through this special imagery a person can develop the inner tools for thinking about money differently, letting the memories and images be transported to the here and now where they're used for enhancing the way you view money which is crucial for financial empowerment.
Just Why Do We Need Affirmations For Financial Empowerment?
Oftentimes individuals believe these good and beneficial self talk memories are a false belief and don't exist, but the subconscious recognizes where they're located and will direct them frontwards for increased success in finances and life.
These forms of affirmation/suggestions pioneer fresh neural tracts in the mind, enhancing the ability to "play" these fresh powerful images. Stale images related to negativity, weaknesses, deficiency of initiative, frail goal images and the ability to develop and work a financial action plan are decreased. When the mind discovers hear new self-talk affirmations the subconscious sees them as "tangible."
You've likely observed a common element in those who are wealthy, in finances and in life. These winners and successful individuals tend to be enthusiastic and zealous, in all aspects of their lives. This exuberance is infectious, and it tends to rub off on all those persons with whom the successful individual interacts. A positive attitude, and the might to turn that attitude into results is crucial to drawing in new opportunities, acquiring the best from financial decisions, and working with goal setting, both in business and life.
As you're able to see, a positive attitude is a valuable asset, regardless what your place in the financial world. This means that you ought to assume the habit of exercising regular positive affirmations. Making positive affirmations a part of your daily function is a great way to alter your thoughts and help yourself be more financially successful.
It's never too early or too late to begin this cycle of positive affirmations, and even those just beginning a financial plan may benefit from a positive attitude. Even if your position seems insignificant and you are not yet wealthy, it's crucial to display a positive attitude, and not let negativeness sneak in to steal your enthusiasm. Remember that some of the most wealthy people and business owners began at the bottom and worked their way up. It truly is possible to work your way up from a small bank account to being wealthy, but without positive affirmations and a victorious attitude, this move won't be possible.
Steady positive affirmations are extremely crucial for those people who want to achieve financial empowerment. Gaining wealth is never simple, but it's crucial to remember that those around you, from people you associate with to clients to competitors, feel your attitude, and utilize at as a cue. If you're constantly complaining about lack of money and the deficiency in knowing how to be wealthy, the people around you will be less than invigorated. If, on the other hand, you're constantly supplying positive affirmations to yourself and the people around you, even in the hardest of times, they'll see your exuberance, learn from it, and utilize it as a cue to work harder and help develop your wealth. It truly does all come down to attitude; a positive attitude and positive affirmations can help your financial empowerment in ways too many to mention here.
Just Why Do We Need Affirmations For Financial Empowerment?
Oftentimes individuals believe these good and beneficial self talk memories are a false belief and don't exist, but the subconscious recognizes where they're located and will direct them frontwards for increased success in finances and life.
These forms of affirmation/suggestions pioneer fresh neural tracts in the mind, enhancing the ability to "play" these fresh powerful images. Stale images related to negativity, weaknesses, deficiency of initiative, frail goal images and the ability to develop and work a financial action plan are decreased. When the mind discovers hear new self-talk affirmations the subconscious sees them as "tangible."
You've likely observed a common element in those who are wealthy, in finances and in life. These winners and successful individuals tend to be enthusiastic and zealous, in all aspects of their lives. This exuberance is infectious, and it tends to rub off on all those persons with whom the successful individual interacts. A positive attitude, and the might to turn that attitude into results is crucial to drawing in new opportunities, acquiring the best from financial decisions, and working with goal setting, both in business and life.
As you're able to see, a positive attitude is a valuable asset, regardless what your place in the financial world. This means that you ought to assume the habit of exercising regular positive affirmations. Making positive affirmations a part of your daily function is a great way to alter your thoughts and help yourself be more financially successful.
It's never too early or too late to begin this cycle of positive affirmations, and even those just beginning a financial plan may benefit from a positive attitude. Even if your position seems insignificant and you are not yet wealthy, it's crucial to display a positive attitude, and not let negativeness sneak in to steal your enthusiasm. Remember that some of the most wealthy people and business owners began at the bottom and worked their way up. It truly is possible to work your way up from a small bank account to being wealthy, but without positive affirmations and a victorious attitude, this move won't be possible.
Steady positive affirmations are extremely crucial for those people who want to achieve financial empowerment. Gaining wealth is never simple, but it's crucial to remember that those around you, from people you associate with to clients to competitors, feel your attitude, and utilize at as a cue. If you're constantly complaining about lack of money and the deficiency in knowing how to be wealthy, the people around you will be less than invigorated. If, on the other hand, you're constantly supplying positive affirmations to yourself and the people around you, even in the hardest of times, they'll see your exuberance, learn from it, and utilize it as a cue to work harder and help develop your wealth. It truly does all come down to attitude; a positive attitude and positive affirmations can help your financial empowerment in ways too many to mention here.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
How to Become a Better Writer
If you want to become a better writer, there’s some great news – the more you write the better you will become, so just keep writing. Of course, there are always things you can do to improve your writing. Let’s have a look at some ways to do that.
1. Become a blogger – Blogging is an easy way to become better at what you do and gain more experience, while for the most part working in a relatively relaxed writing environment. Besides, blogging is also a great way to make a living if you become good at it.
2. Limit your words – Writers tend to ramble on. The best way to keep your writing clear and concise is to simply limit how many words your content will hold. By doing so you force yourself to think about what you are writing.
3. Outline – When you are writing an e-book, print book, report, or an academic paper, creating an outline is a good place to start. By creating an outline, you can create your structure for your writing.
4. Live passionately – If you are passionate about living, you’ll also be passionate when you write. You live once – take it in, wrap yourself in life, and ‘live.’ As a writer, this attitude will come through.
5. Write-Stop-Edit – You should do your writing, and then take a break before you start your edit so that you are looking at it with fresh eyes. If you write and edit right away, your brain is smart and will often see what’s not there because it knows it should be there.
6. Daily new word – Every day learn a new word. Why? Because it expands your vocabulary, and allows you to keep learning. Trust me – it will be reflected in your writing.
7. Write & write some more – This is particularly helpful when you are writing longer content. Do your writing, stop and come back and expand the content you’ve written to ensure all necessary points are covered. A little break gives your brain a time out and when you return you will have thought of additional content that should be added.
8. Write with no distractions – Nothing will cause your writing to be poor than distractions. You need to have a quiet place where you can let your thoughts flow and the results will be good quality writing that’s desirable.
There you have it – eight great tips on how to become a better writer. Why not give them a try today?
1. Become a blogger – Blogging is an easy way to become better at what you do and gain more experience, while for the most part working in a relatively relaxed writing environment. Besides, blogging is also a great way to make a living if you become good at it.
2. Limit your words – Writers tend to ramble on. The best way to keep your writing clear and concise is to simply limit how many words your content will hold. By doing so you force yourself to think about what you are writing.
3. Outline – When you are writing an e-book, print book, report, or an academic paper, creating an outline is a good place to start. By creating an outline, you can create your structure for your writing.
4. Live passionately – If you are passionate about living, you’ll also be passionate when you write. You live once – take it in, wrap yourself in life, and ‘live.’ As a writer, this attitude will come through.
5. Write-Stop-Edit – You should do your writing, and then take a break before you start your edit so that you are looking at it with fresh eyes. If you write and edit right away, your brain is smart and will often see what’s not there because it knows it should be there.
6. Daily new word – Every day learn a new word. Why? Because it expands your vocabulary, and allows you to keep learning. Trust me – it will be reflected in your writing.
7. Write & write some more – This is particularly helpful when you are writing longer content. Do your writing, stop and come back and expand the content you’ve written to ensure all necessary points are covered. A little break gives your brain a time out and when you return you will have thought of additional content that should be added.
8. Write with no distractions – Nothing will cause your writing to be poor than distractions. You need to have a quiet place where you can let your thoughts flow and the results will be good quality writing that’s desirable.
There you have it – eight great tips on how to become a better writer. Why not give them a try today?
Friday, January 15, 2016
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
100 Ways to Increase More Sales For Your Business!
1. Know your customers
Target your product to the correct customer base by knowing who your customers are and what their motivations are.
2. Surveys
Create a survey to find out what motivates your customers to buy and have questions whose answers will tell you where and how to reach your target market. Do remember to offer a gift or discount for completing your survey.
3. Free information / factsheet
Use a two-step approach to increase conversions. First, offer free business related information to potential customers that showcases your expertise. Add these potentials into your mailing list and build a relationship with them by connecting with them often.
4. Mail special greeting cards
From your survey, you would have gotten the birthday dates of your customers. Mail special birthday greeting cards to your customers and include a coupon or special offer or tell them about your product that they should give themselves as a gift. You can duplicate this with other special occasions as well.
5. Partnerships
By teaming up with another business which is related to your product, advertising costs can be shared with that company so that you can print high-quality and larger ads more affordably. Companies that have products which complement yours are potentially great partners to work with.
6. Commitment and consistency
Studies showed that a repeated message is often well remembered. Commit to consistently send mailers to the same group of people in your target market. For advertising, do it whenever affordable.
7. Making the call
Using the phone will allow you to achieve faster results with minimal costs. Research has said that response from 100 phone calls is similar to 1000 pieces of mail. In addition, you will also generate greater input and feedback.
8. Increase Pricing
People often associate premium products with higher prices therefore, it is advisable to raise your prices because that separates you from the crowd and implies that your product is better and deserves the premium price. However, do take special care that the customer must see the value of the higher price.
9. Credibility of trends and current events
Consider tying your product or service with trends or current events because this allows you to gain valuable credibility and interest by association with popular groups.
10. Personalize your business
Utilize photos of you and others in promotional materials because this conveys friendliness and builds confidence in your company. Conversions are dramatically higher when pictures are used.
11. Limited Time Only
Use time limits on your offers and promotional materials. This is to encourage action to be taken by your potential customers.
12. Fear or pain of loss
The fear or pain of loss is a very powerful sales-boosting tool. Emotions such as these can be stimulated by products that increase personal security, personal safety, personal safety or health. Make your potential customers feel that if they don’t get your product or service now, they will miss out on something.
13. Media relations
Pitch to local publications about your business by sending letters covering topics related to your product or service. Add an extra edge to your pitch by connecting your product or business to some current event that is making waves in the market. This helps you to gain wide exposure as your name and business will be printed together with your letter if it gets published and you will be perceived as the expert in your field.
14. Long term advertisements
If you are buying advertisements, buy those that last for months. Some examples include, magnetic signs for cars or vans, car decals, putting signs on truck tailgates and rear windows, stickers on T-shirts, design the outside of the brochure to be permanent and the inside for future changes etc.
15. Promotional Materials
Business cards, letterheads, brochures and packaging materials are to be examined to be first class but they do not necessarily need to be expensive.
16. Business Cards
Your business card can often be the first impression a potential client has of you. Research and see what your competitors are doing and best them with yours. Give your business cards to business associates who might be able to promote your business, to everyone you meet and you could even put one in every letter you send out.
17. Be grateful
People remember your kindness. There are many things you can be grateful about, someone who refers business to you, reliable suppliers etc. You can thank people with a special offer, make a personalized thank you card, phone phone call, discounts, flowers, dinner or even a commission.
18. Business Cards for All Employees
Your employees will be proud to leave the business cards you print for them customized with their names with every customer and every prospect. They may even pass cards to their friends and relatives and your name will be in many more places.
19. Follow the successful
Identify the winners in your industry and analyse their marketing strategies. Pick out the ones that you can use to improve on them and adapt them to your own business.
20. Organize Parties / Events
Send out party invitations to clients and friends and plan an event to demonstrate your product or service. Make the buying process easier for your customers by eliminating all the long complicated payment methods. Let the media know about that you are unveiling interesting new products.
21. Sincerity
People can feel it when you want to sell them something and that is an uncomfortable feeling. Genuinely offer customers useful products and services that make you and them happy. Follow your passion, do what you love and the money will follow.
22. Set up an advisory board
For a business to grow, you need honest feedback from people you can trust. Some of the feedback may be harsh but this is a good thing because you can take those opinions and work on improving your business. Get these people (friends, family, business associates whose opinions and judgment you value) to critique every aspect of your business so that you can get a different look at your business.
23. Use A Dipstick Now And Then
During the course of your presentation in explaining your product or service to potential clients, pause every now and then to ask the audience a question. This is to check whether your explanation has been received by the other party. You can't sell your product or service if your message is not being received.
24. Never Assume
Assumptions are often stumbling blocks even before you present your product or service to a potential client. It often stems from you not having the confidence in your product or service. Have a strong belief in your business and the need it fills.
25. A bite at a time
How do you eat an elephant? A bite at a time. Reputable and successful companies did not start out exploding millions of dollars in profit, they started out small. So continue to stay focused and determined about the success of your company even though you are not at the pinnacle of success yet.
26. Public Library
The library has a comprehensive collection of business books. Although their list is not exhaustive, at least you have got somewhere to start if you needed to learn something that can help you in your business. You can also save time in research because you can ask librarians for the information you need and they will find it for you. Not all the books you loaned are suitable for your business. Read over the books and then select and buy the ones you want to add to your own business library.
27. Use One Media to Direct Your Customer To Another
If your target market research told you that the most popular channel to reach your target audience is through one media but your product or service works better on another media channel, use the media popular to your target market to direct your potential clients to the other media channel that is more effective in sending the message of your product or service.
28. Invite Complaints About Your Business Or Product
This point concerns after-purchase customer service. Call your customers after the sale is made or send them a post card to ask how is the performance of your product or quality of your service. If there was any problem, at least you can rectify it with immediate promptness, rather than hearing the complaint from other channels.
29. Sloppy success is better than perfect mediocrity
Your communications materials will never be 100% perfect. It can always be improved on or revised. There’s a saying that goes “Sloppy success is better than perfect mediocrity”. When you have a product that can save the world, it is more important to get the message out there as fast as you can. The more you delay, the more chances you are providing for fellow competitors to latch on your idea and reach your customers faster than you can.
30. Swipe Files
Collect and compile a list of good ads and brochures into a swipe. Use this file as a form of inspiration when you experience a creative block when designing your own advertising. Don’t copy them entirely but adapt the use of it to your own business.
31. Put yourself in your customers’ shoes
Don’t assume something to be important to you works the same for your customers. Always put yourself in your customers’ shoes and look at it from your customers’ point of view, not the company’s. The rule is "take care of the customer and he'll take care of the company".
32. Go the extra mile - give your customers more than they expected
Go the extra mile to surprise your customers with more value beyond what your product or service offers.
33. Talk to suppliers and vendors
Get competitor information from your suppliers and vendors. By building a relationship with them, they might, unknowingly, give you crucial information about your competitors’ future plans through casual talk. Alternatively, you can buy the stocks of your competitor’s company if it is public-listed. As a stockholder you will receive all their annual and quarterly reports.
34. Know the demographics of your sales area
Knowing the demographics of your target audience is important because only then will you get ideas about how to market your product or service to them. You can get such information from local newspapers by asking them for an advertising rate kit.
Some other places you can research are the local chamber of commerce, the city planning commission, the public library or local TV and radio stations.
35. Subscribe to industry magazines
Get a list of magazines from your public library. Subscribing to trade magazines related to your industry help you keep up with the what’s happening in your industry.
36. Subscribe to magazines that help your business self-esteem
Immerse yourself with positive business messages by subscribing to magazines that help build your business self-esteem. Read the success stories of entrepreneurs and business people.
37. Join organizations that can help you
Join organizations that support your industry. You can find the list of such organizations at your local public library or online. Go for conventions organized by those organizations and network with the people who are in the same industry as you to exchange business promotion and marketing ideas or strategies. There is always someone at these meetings who can help you succeed.
38. Matching a competitor's offer
Offer a better deal for a shorter time. Limit your irresistible offer and you will still drain off a lot of his customers on a busy sale day and you will be perceived as a better place to do business.
39. Have the knowledge of your clients’ special needs at your fingertips
Have a spreadsheet to keep track of clients’ requests for special services and products and whether you can meet these requests. With this information, you can track interest in new products or services that you should offer.
40. Be reachable
Be sure to include you contact details on every single communications collateral your company sends out so that customers can easily search for your contact when they need to. You can print your company name, address, and fax number on all materials including, packing slips and invoices.
41. Find out more about your customers
Having that personal touch beyond business always puts you advantageous in the minds of your customers. Learn more about your customers beyond just the business they are in. Pay attention to news about your customer and let them know you read about them.
42. Be an expert
Becoming an expert positions you as an authority in your field. That may significantly decrease your competitors’ strength. You can offer seminars that establish your company as an expert on the topic. Seminars also help you build better relationships with your current customers, attract more prospects, and increase your company's exposure. The strategy is to choose a topic with broad appeal among your client and prospect base. After the seminar, follow-up with attendees by mail or in person.
43. Sales letters
In this technological age, most of us don’t write letters anymore. However, truth be told, letters are still as effective as a means of communication because they always reach the intended audience. Sales letters actually help to enhance a company's professional image, help avoid misunderstandings and often make a sale.
44. Listen to your customers
Your customers can give you the best information you need to know about them by asking questions. Therefore, pay close attention to the questions new customers ask you. Armed with the knowledge about what your customers’ questions are, you can let these customers know that you will solve the problem with no hassles or problems.
45. Use personalized post-it notes to promote your company
Design and create personalized post-it notepads to promote your company. Every office uses post-its and they stick them to everything. Due to the fact that they use your post-its everyday, it is the case of repeated advertising. If they have a problem you can solve, your name and number are right there stuck to the page for them to contact you.
46. Categories of customers
Categorize your customers into different groups. The criteria to include is profitability; time spent handling orders and special requests. With these categories you can develop a plan to focus much of your time on the most profitable customers.
47. Marketing – The battle of perceptions
In the battlefield of marketing, perception of your company, brand, product or service wins over everything else. Therefore, it is more important to work on the branding of your company, product or service than on the product itself. Don’t get me wrong, your product does have to deliver good value but more time should be spend on marketing the product to increase sales for your business.
48. Ignore the competition
Sometimes, we are too concerned about our competitors and we forget about everything else. Believe first, with confidence in your vision, don't worry about your competition.
49. Be tenacious in your vision
The only failure is when you quit. Setbacks are the necessary evils in every business, they aren't failures. Be determined in whatever you are doing by keeping your eye set on your vision.
50. Tips for magazine advertising
It is proven that a two-page spread attracts about one-quarter more than a one-page ad. A full-page ad attracts one-third more readers than a half-page ad. With regards to illustrations and photos of the product advertised, people tend to respond better to images showing the product in use rather than those that show the product only. Pictures of people in ads attract more attention than those without.
51. Increase the frequency of ads shown
Often, companies with a limited advertising budget would choose to create larger, more visible ads that restrict them to advertise less frequently. However, a more effective way is to run more frequently with smaller ads even though they may appear less visible. The reason is because most people typically don't respond to ads the first time they see them. Prospects may need to see the ad a number of times before they take action.
52. Know the deciding factor
People tend to react emotionally when making decisions. However, they like to believe that their decision was made based on rational thinking. So when presenting your offer, a smart marketer will first include the emotional motivator that wins the customer over and also encompass the rationality element to satisfy the customer’s need to rationalize.
53. Observe and learn from business outside your industry
Look outside your industry for the best business examples. It isn’t enough for you to only measure yourself against your competition because you'll only be as good as or a little better than they are. However, your customers are experiencing good customer service, quality billing systems in industries outside yours and they are unknowingly pitting your company delivery against those benchmarks as well.
54. Working the “willing suspension of disbelief”
People are choosing to buy from other people rather than from faceless corporations. Even though these people might not exist, having a human face for the company beats having just a company brand name.
55. Recognizing the 2nd order
The most important order you ever get from a customer is the second order because a two-time buyer is twice as likely to buy again as a one-time buyer.
56. Use the upper left
Eye maps have shown that the first thing you look when reading an article, catalogue or any reading material online or offline for that matter, your eye will rest first at the upper left hand corner of the spread. That's the place you can place your best seller. If your best seller is not an eye catching product or service, use an eye catching visual on the upper left and direct your reader to your actual ad elsewhere on the spread.
57. Write to one, reach out to many
Address your promotional, marketing materials or sales letters to one individual and write copy based on that person. Write in such a way as though you were sitting down and having a conversation with that person about your business.
58. Just-in-time marketing
Always be ready to receive your customer with what you customer wants. This is crucial because people have become spoiled by 24-hour, seven-day-a-week customized products and services.
59. Maintain good publicity
In this day and age of the internet, bad publicity can spiral totally out of control and spread like wildfire. Hence, ensure that you maintain a clean and good image by treating all your customers with integrity.
60. Focus on the smaller market
Trends can propel your business to great heights. However, it is sometimes better to focus on the smaller market while everybody else is hankering after the bigger trend.
61. Direct Mail
46% of all Americans have purchased something by direct mail. Direct mail will be mail sent directly to targeted subscribers who are interested in your product or service. The mentioned subscribers are people who should buy your product based
on your product position and their past buying behavior. This means that your message is reaching a target audience that has demonstrated that they have a definite need for your product and a history of buying it.
62. Magazine or Newspaper Special Inserts
Most publication houses publish special inserts for magazines or newspapers they produce. It can be an annual affair. These special inserts or sections are usually on topics of local interest, example Bridal Fairs, Real Estate Home Shows, Craft Fairs etc. These sections usually have a larger readership than the regular publication. Hence, having an insert ad can generate more business.
63. Newspaper Placement
Many companies count it a necessity to have ads placed in newspapers. The placement of where your ad appears in the paper can have a dramatic impact on how successful it will be. There are certain sections in the newspaper that people love to read and placing your ads there will increase your ads exposure.
64. Newspaper Ad Design
You might hear from the newspaper publisher that you can save money by getting them to design an ad for you. However, this is often not advisable because newspaper designers have to meet deadlines and in a short amount of time they are not able to produce quality high converting ads. Even though it may cost a little more, have a professional design your ads.
65. Save design costs
To save costs using a professional designer, get him or her to create your logo, text for upcoming events, etc and you pay one fee for all the pieces and assemble the pieces needed for each ad you place
66. News-like Ad
Make you ad blend into the newspaper to look like just another news article, with headlines and columns. Although the word "advertisement" is required to be placed at the top of your ad, that can be easily overlooked by the reader if you use a catchy headline and an attention grabbing first paragraph.
67. Service or Business directory
List your business in the service and business directory. This is available in some newspapers. Do check with the local publishers about this option.
68. Scan Ads
A scan ad is a small classified ad that is placed once with a member paper of the State Newspaper Association and appears in hundreds of newspapers in that state.
69. Trade organizations
Send a copy of your business’s latest news to any trade organizations you belong to for them to include the news in their magazine or newsletters.
70. Send Thank You Card
Send a thank you card or letter to the media personnel you liaised with to get your business on the publication if you do get an article printed about your business. Include that you would be pleased to be the source in any future articles on your subject.
71. Respond to a news story regarding your business or industry
If the newspaper publishes a negative story about your business or industry, counter it with a press release that shows the positive side of the story. The more controversial the topic, the more it may spark a positive article with your company portrayed in a positive light.
72. Look for other platforms
Your local newspaper is not the only print option. If you're doing business out of your local precinct, there may be other better advertising options that are more economical and reach more customers. Find such publications and subscribe to it for research.
73. Invite reporters for first-hand observation
To help reporters, bloggers or writer get a clear idea of what your average work day is like and how your business works, invite them to spend the day or part of a day with you. This is so they can have a complete story for their publication.
74. Have a product that simplifies life
People are always on the lookout to simplify and make their lives more convenient. Therefore, having a product or service that saves time or makes life easier may be more important to some customers than saving money.
75. Weekly Info
If you can provide daily or weekly information people need, get it out through your local radio station.
76. Get serious shoppers to visit your virtual sales room
Create an easy to navigate virtual sales room and update it frequently with the latest information. Place your company’s new product information on the site.
77. People make buying decisions on the web
Shoppers on the internet are not just "window shoppers". Statistics showed that 71% bought at least one high ticket item they researched on-line. Users ring to enquire about high ticket items offline.
78. Speed up the loading of your web page
The most frequently cited reason for leaving a particular site is the slow downloading time. Hence a faster loading of your site may potentially increase your product or service being seen.
79. Know the reasons why people go online to buy or make buying decisions
Consumers go to the internet to be informed, not to be entertained. They go to your site to find out more about your product or service. Eighteen percent of high ticket items go on-line first when planning a purchase, 69% report Web site info is a crucial factor in their final purchase decision, and only 15% go on-line to compare prices.
80. Bring visitors back
Create value-adding extras to make your site a must-visit for the latest breaking news and update it frequently. You can provide industry updates, gossip, trends and forecasts. This will bring visitors back and motivate them to spread the word on the Internet grapevine.
81. Make your website address known everywhere
Make sure that your Web site address is be on every piece of promotion or marketing material your customer will see. Business cards, brochures, postcards, flyers, ads, signs, delivery vehicles etc.
82. Animate your ad
Animated ads generate click-through rates at least 15% higher than static ads, and in some cases as much as 40% higher.
83. Copyright
Include ( © 1998 Your Name ) on all your Web pages. Not only will this protect you if someone else decides to download your content and use them on their site, this also
builds credibility for your company. Copyrighted material tells the reader that the content is original and cannot be found on any other site.
84. Search Engines
Notify the search engines to publicize your website by registering your Web site with as many search engines as possible. Submit-It at www.submit-it.com gives free registration to many websites.
85. T's and C's
Spell out the legal positions that your site has in your terms and conditions. For example, you may want to notify customers about your site security if you are using credit cards – what actions are you liable for and what are the risks the customer takes. Terms and conditions also act as a credibility factor to increase your customers’ trust in you.
86. Ask your visitors to sign your Guest Book
These are the reasons why you should get your visitors to sign your guest book. Firstly, by signing your guest book, you can track the demographics of your hits. If you know the demographics of visitors to your site, you can pitch to other potential advertisers interested in advertising on your site using this information. The guest book also helps you to keep track of frequent customers and big spenders. You can eventually ask whether you could e-mail them with any special sales or promotions you have planned.
87. Frequently update your site
Update your site weekly or if possible daily so that traffic will continue flowing to your site. People return as repeated visitors to a site because of new information.
88. Buy ad spaces on other people’s website
Monitor the website which you want to place ads on for about a month. Look out for how often the site is updated and whether they offer some new content frequently. After which if your observations conclude that your ad will be effective, contact the webmaster to place an ad or banner on their website.
89. Contact On-Line Publications
Find your industry publications and whether they have an online presence. Check that they publish content online on your business or industry and contact them via email about your website.
90. Associate with holidays and Special Occasions
Adapt your website page to reflect what's going on in the world. On special holidays or occasions such as Christmas time, decorate your web site just like you would decorate your own storefront.
91. Join the online community built around your industry
Look for a community of sites within your industry that have linked together for the good of all. Once you find them see if you can join the community and establish a good relationship with them by communicating with them. This community can be a platform for exchange of ideas and inspiration to improve your business to increase more sales.
92. Hire Students
Tie salaries to grade point average for high school and college students you hire. Give a progressive bonus if the student excels in the classroom. In most cases you will find more responsible disciplined workers who will enhance your business.
93. Respect your customers’ time
Try as much as possible to start off with emailing your customer. When that doesn’t get you a response, send a fax over. If that also doesn’t work, give them a call. However, use this as the last resort because customers are busy too and their time is valuable. Be patient and wait for their responses.
94. Special Customers
Make frequent personal calls to five of your best customers and offer them a special deal that is only for them and only today. They may not buy but we all like to know we can get something special that someone else can't.
95. Motto
A catchy slogan or motto can be a powerful advertising message. "When you care enough to send the very best" – Hallmark has used this motto for years and it has made sending Hallmark cards a measure of how important the card recipient is.
96. Create a bulk mailing package
Five or ten businesses near your area would be willing to send your postcard together with their packages by bulk mail and share the mailing cost with you.
97. Business forecasting
Having been in business for some time, you would have some idea of what to expect in the next year. Use the experiences and information from this ending year to plan for next year. However do keep in mind that business forecasting is like weather forecasting, you can’t expect 100% accuracy in the forecast.
98. Five and Ten Philosophy
Every business day try to contact ten new customers or clients. From the 10, get at least 5 referrals of other potential customers to contact. You will never run out of potential customers.
99. Help groom and mentor the youth
University undergraduates studying business have frequent projects where they need to partner with real businesses. The youth bring new ideas and perspective which can potentially increase sales and better your business after you take those fresh concepts and refine it to professional standards. It is a win-win-win situation, 1) the students complete their project and learn under your mentorship, 2) your business has a fresh perspective and potential of further growth, and 3) you can offer these students a career opportunity when they graduate if you think they are competent enough.
100. Sponsorship
Your company can provide sponsorships to various groups to get involved in the community. One example is to sponsor a local sports team. Your customer base can be increased by people related to the sports team, i.e. family and friends of the players. Furthermore, your company name and brand can be actively promoted by being printed on the jerseys, collaterals etc of the sports team.
Target your product to the correct customer base by knowing who your customers are and what their motivations are.
2. Surveys
Create a survey to find out what motivates your customers to buy and have questions whose answers will tell you where and how to reach your target market. Do remember to offer a gift or discount for completing your survey.
3. Free information / factsheet
Use a two-step approach to increase conversions. First, offer free business related information to potential customers that showcases your expertise. Add these potentials into your mailing list and build a relationship with them by connecting with them often.
4. Mail special greeting cards
From your survey, you would have gotten the birthday dates of your customers. Mail special birthday greeting cards to your customers and include a coupon or special offer or tell them about your product that they should give themselves as a gift. You can duplicate this with other special occasions as well.
5. Partnerships
By teaming up with another business which is related to your product, advertising costs can be shared with that company so that you can print high-quality and larger ads more affordably. Companies that have products which complement yours are potentially great partners to work with.
6. Commitment and consistency
Studies showed that a repeated message is often well remembered. Commit to consistently send mailers to the same group of people in your target market. For advertising, do it whenever affordable.
7. Making the call
Using the phone will allow you to achieve faster results with minimal costs. Research has said that response from 100 phone calls is similar to 1000 pieces of mail. In addition, you will also generate greater input and feedback.
8. Increase Pricing
People often associate premium products with higher prices therefore, it is advisable to raise your prices because that separates you from the crowd and implies that your product is better and deserves the premium price. However, do take special care that the customer must see the value of the higher price.
9. Credibility of trends and current events
Consider tying your product or service with trends or current events because this allows you to gain valuable credibility and interest by association with popular groups.
10. Personalize your business
Utilize photos of you and others in promotional materials because this conveys friendliness and builds confidence in your company. Conversions are dramatically higher when pictures are used.
11. Limited Time Only
Use time limits on your offers and promotional materials. This is to encourage action to be taken by your potential customers.
12. Fear or pain of loss
The fear or pain of loss is a very powerful sales-boosting tool. Emotions such as these can be stimulated by products that increase personal security, personal safety, personal safety or health. Make your potential customers feel that if they don’t get your product or service now, they will miss out on something.
13. Media relations
Pitch to local publications about your business by sending letters covering topics related to your product or service. Add an extra edge to your pitch by connecting your product or business to some current event that is making waves in the market. This helps you to gain wide exposure as your name and business will be printed together with your letter if it gets published and you will be perceived as the expert in your field.
14. Long term advertisements
If you are buying advertisements, buy those that last for months. Some examples include, magnetic signs for cars or vans, car decals, putting signs on truck tailgates and rear windows, stickers on T-shirts, design the outside of the brochure to be permanent and the inside for future changes etc.
15. Promotional Materials
Business cards, letterheads, brochures and packaging materials are to be examined to be first class but they do not necessarily need to be expensive.
16. Business Cards
Your business card can often be the first impression a potential client has of you. Research and see what your competitors are doing and best them with yours. Give your business cards to business associates who might be able to promote your business, to everyone you meet and you could even put one in every letter you send out.
17. Be grateful
People remember your kindness. There are many things you can be grateful about, someone who refers business to you, reliable suppliers etc. You can thank people with a special offer, make a personalized thank you card, phone phone call, discounts, flowers, dinner or even a commission.
18. Business Cards for All Employees
Your employees will be proud to leave the business cards you print for them customized with their names with every customer and every prospect. They may even pass cards to their friends and relatives and your name will be in many more places.
19. Follow the successful
Identify the winners in your industry and analyse their marketing strategies. Pick out the ones that you can use to improve on them and adapt them to your own business.
20. Organize Parties / Events
Send out party invitations to clients and friends and plan an event to demonstrate your product or service. Make the buying process easier for your customers by eliminating all the long complicated payment methods. Let the media know about that you are unveiling interesting new products.
21. Sincerity
People can feel it when you want to sell them something and that is an uncomfortable feeling. Genuinely offer customers useful products and services that make you and them happy. Follow your passion, do what you love and the money will follow.
22. Set up an advisory board
For a business to grow, you need honest feedback from people you can trust. Some of the feedback may be harsh but this is a good thing because you can take those opinions and work on improving your business. Get these people (friends, family, business associates whose opinions and judgment you value) to critique every aspect of your business so that you can get a different look at your business.
23. Use A Dipstick Now And Then
During the course of your presentation in explaining your product or service to potential clients, pause every now and then to ask the audience a question. This is to check whether your explanation has been received by the other party. You can't sell your product or service if your message is not being received.
24. Never Assume
Assumptions are often stumbling blocks even before you present your product or service to a potential client. It often stems from you not having the confidence in your product or service. Have a strong belief in your business and the need it fills.
25. A bite at a time
How do you eat an elephant? A bite at a time. Reputable and successful companies did not start out exploding millions of dollars in profit, they started out small. So continue to stay focused and determined about the success of your company even though you are not at the pinnacle of success yet.
26. Public Library
The library has a comprehensive collection of business books. Although their list is not exhaustive, at least you have got somewhere to start if you needed to learn something that can help you in your business. You can also save time in research because you can ask librarians for the information you need and they will find it for you. Not all the books you loaned are suitable for your business. Read over the books and then select and buy the ones you want to add to your own business library.
27. Use One Media to Direct Your Customer To Another
If your target market research told you that the most popular channel to reach your target audience is through one media but your product or service works better on another media channel, use the media popular to your target market to direct your potential clients to the other media channel that is more effective in sending the message of your product or service.
28. Invite Complaints About Your Business Or Product
This point concerns after-purchase customer service. Call your customers after the sale is made or send them a post card to ask how is the performance of your product or quality of your service. If there was any problem, at least you can rectify it with immediate promptness, rather than hearing the complaint from other channels.
29. Sloppy success is better than perfect mediocrity
Your communications materials will never be 100% perfect. It can always be improved on or revised. There’s a saying that goes “Sloppy success is better than perfect mediocrity”. When you have a product that can save the world, it is more important to get the message out there as fast as you can. The more you delay, the more chances you are providing for fellow competitors to latch on your idea and reach your customers faster than you can.
30. Swipe Files
Collect and compile a list of good ads and brochures into a swipe. Use this file as a form of inspiration when you experience a creative block when designing your own advertising. Don’t copy them entirely but adapt the use of it to your own business.
31. Put yourself in your customers’ shoes
Don’t assume something to be important to you works the same for your customers. Always put yourself in your customers’ shoes and look at it from your customers’ point of view, not the company’s. The rule is "take care of the customer and he'll take care of the company".
32. Go the extra mile - give your customers more than they expected
Go the extra mile to surprise your customers with more value beyond what your product or service offers.
33. Talk to suppliers and vendors
Get competitor information from your suppliers and vendors. By building a relationship with them, they might, unknowingly, give you crucial information about your competitors’ future plans through casual talk. Alternatively, you can buy the stocks of your competitor’s company if it is public-listed. As a stockholder you will receive all their annual and quarterly reports.
34. Know the demographics of your sales area
Knowing the demographics of your target audience is important because only then will you get ideas about how to market your product or service to them. You can get such information from local newspapers by asking them for an advertising rate kit.
Some other places you can research are the local chamber of commerce, the city planning commission, the public library or local TV and radio stations.
35. Subscribe to industry magazines
Get a list of magazines from your public library. Subscribing to trade magazines related to your industry help you keep up with the what’s happening in your industry.
36. Subscribe to magazines that help your business self-esteem
Immerse yourself with positive business messages by subscribing to magazines that help build your business self-esteem. Read the success stories of entrepreneurs and business people.
37. Join organizations that can help you
Join organizations that support your industry. You can find the list of such organizations at your local public library or online. Go for conventions organized by those organizations and network with the people who are in the same industry as you to exchange business promotion and marketing ideas or strategies. There is always someone at these meetings who can help you succeed.
38. Matching a competitor's offer
Offer a better deal for a shorter time. Limit your irresistible offer and you will still drain off a lot of his customers on a busy sale day and you will be perceived as a better place to do business.
39. Have the knowledge of your clients’ special needs at your fingertips
Have a spreadsheet to keep track of clients’ requests for special services and products and whether you can meet these requests. With this information, you can track interest in new products or services that you should offer.
40. Be reachable
Be sure to include you contact details on every single communications collateral your company sends out so that customers can easily search for your contact when they need to. You can print your company name, address, and fax number on all materials including, packing slips and invoices.
41. Find out more about your customers
Having that personal touch beyond business always puts you advantageous in the minds of your customers. Learn more about your customers beyond just the business they are in. Pay attention to news about your customer and let them know you read about them.
42. Be an expert
Becoming an expert positions you as an authority in your field. That may significantly decrease your competitors’ strength. You can offer seminars that establish your company as an expert on the topic. Seminars also help you build better relationships with your current customers, attract more prospects, and increase your company's exposure. The strategy is to choose a topic with broad appeal among your client and prospect base. After the seminar, follow-up with attendees by mail or in person.
43. Sales letters
In this technological age, most of us don’t write letters anymore. However, truth be told, letters are still as effective as a means of communication because they always reach the intended audience. Sales letters actually help to enhance a company's professional image, help avoid misunderstandings and often make a sale.
44. Listen to your customers
Your customers can give you the best information you need to know about them by asking questions. Therefore, pay close attention to the questions new customers ask you. Armed with the knowledge about what your customers’ questions are, you can let these customers know that you will solve the problem with no hassles or problems.
45. Use personalized post-it notes to promote your company
Design and create personalized post-it notepads to promote your company. Every office uses post-its and they stick them to everything. Due to the fact that they use your post-its everyday, it is the case of repeated advertising. If they have a problem you can solve, your name and number are right there stuck to the page for them to contact you.
46. Categories of customers
Categorize your customers into different groups. The criteria to include is profitability; time spent handling orders and special requests. With these categories you can develop a plan to focus much of your time on the most profitable customers.
47. Marketing – The battle of perceptions
In the battlefield of marketing, perception of your company, brand, product or service wins over everything else. Therefore, it is more important to work on the branding of your company, product or service than on the product itself. Don’t get me wrong, your product does have to deliver good value but more time should be spend on marketing the product to increase sales for your business.
48. Ignore the competition
Sometimes, we are too concerned about our competitors and we forget about everything else. Believe first, with confidence in your vision, don't worry about your competition.
49. Be tenacious in your vision
The only failure is when you quit. Setbacks are the necessary evils in every business, they aren't failures. Be determined in whatever you are doing by keeping your eye set on your vision.
50. Tips for magazine advertising
It is proven that a two-page spread attracts about one-quarter more than a one-page ad. A full-page ad attracts one-third more readers than a half-page ad. With regards to illustrations and photos of the product advertised, people tend to respond better to images showing the product in use rather than those that show the product only. Pictures of people in ads attract more attention than those without.
51. Increase the frequency of ads shown
Often, companies with a limited advertising budget would choose to create larger, more visible ads that restrict them to advertise less frequently. However, a more effective way is to run more frequently with smaller ads even though they may appear less visible. The reason is because most people typically don't respond to ads the first time they see them. Prospects may need to see the ad a number of times before they take action.
52. Know the deciding factor
People tend to react emotionally when making decisions. However, they like to believe that their decision was made based on rational thinking. So when presenting your offer, a smart marketer will first include the emotional motivator that wins the customer over and also encompass the rationality element to satisfy the customer’s need to rationalize.
53. Observe and learn from business outside your industry
Look outside your industry for the best business examples. It isn’t enough for you to only measure yourself against your competition because you'll only be as good as or a little better than they are. However, your customers are experiencing good customer service, quality billing systems in industries outside yours and they are unknowingly pitting your company delivery against those benchmarks as well.
54. Working the “willing suspension of disbelief”
People are choosing to buy from other people rather than from faceless corporations. Even though these people might not exist, having a human face for the company beats having just a company brand name.
55. Recognizing the 2nd order
The most important order you ever get from a customer is the second order because a two-time buyer is twice as likely to buy again as a one-time buyer.
56. Use the upper left
Eye maps have shown that the first thing you look when reading an article, catalogue or any reading material online or offline for that matter, your eye will rest first at the upper left hand corner of the spread. That's the place you can place your best seller. If your best seller is not an eye catching product or service, use an eye catching visual on the upper left and direct your reader to your actual ad elsewhere on the spread.
57. Write to one, reach out to many
Address your promotional, marketing materials or sales letters to one individual and write copy based on that person. Write in such a way as though you were sitting down and having a conversation with that person about your business.
58. Just-in-time marketing
Always be ready to receive your customer with what you customer wants. This is crucial because people have become spoiled by 24-hour, seven-day-a-week customized products and services.
59. Maintain good publicity
In this day and age of the internet, bad publicity can spiral totally out of control and spread like wildfire. Hence, ensure that you maintain a clean and good image by treating all your customers with integrity.
60. Focus on the smaller market
Trends can propel your business to great heights. However, it is sometimes better to focus on the smaller market while everybody else is hankering after the bigger trend.
61. Direct Mail
46% of all Americans have purchased something by direct mail. Direct mail will be mail sent directly to targeted subscribers who are interested in your product or service. The mentioned subscribers are people who should buy your product based
on your product position and their past buying behavior. This means that your message is reaching a target audience that has demonstrated that they have a definite need for your product and a history of buying it.
62. Magazine or Newspaper Special Inserts
Most publication houses publish special inserts for magazines or newspapers they produce. It can be an annual affair. These special inserts or sections are usually on topics of local interest, example Bridal Fairs, Real Estate Home Shows, Craft Fairs etc. These sections usually have a larger readership than the regular publication. Hence, having an insert ad can generate more business.
63. Newspaper Placement
Many companies count it a necessity to have ads placed in newspapers. The placement of where your ad appears in the paper can have a dramatic impact on how successful it will be. There are certain sections in the newspaper that people love to read and placing your ads there will increase your ads exposure.
64. Newspaper Ad Design
You might hear from the newspaper publisher that you can save money by getting them to design an ad for you. However, this is often not advisable because newspaper designers have to meet deadlines and in a short amount of time they are not able to produce quality high converting ads. Even though it may cost a little more, have a professional design your ads.
65. Save design costs
To save costs using a professional designer, get him or her to create your logo, text for upcoming events, etc and you pay one fee for all the pieces and assemble the pieces needed for each ad you place
66. News-like Ad
Make you ad blend into the newspaper to look like just another news article, with headlines and columns. Although the word "advertisement" is required to be placed at the top of your ad, that can be easily overlooked by the reader if you use a catchy headline and an attention grabbing first paragraph.
67. Service or Business directory
List your business in the service and business directory. This is available in some newspapers. Do check with the local publishers about this option.
68. Scan Ads
A scan ad is a small classified ad that is placed once with a member paper of the State Newspaper Association and appears in hundreds of newspapers in that state.
69. Trade organizations
Send a copy of your business’s latest news to any trade organizations you belong to for them to include the news in their magazine or newsletters.
70. Send Thank You Card
Send a thank you card or letter to the media personnel you liaised with to get your business on the publication if you do get an article printed about your business. Include that you would be pleased to be the source in any future articles on your subject.
71. Respond to a news story regarding your business or industry
If the newspaper publishes a negative story about your business or industry, counter it with a press release that shows the positive side of the story. The more controversial the topic, the more it may spark a positive article with your company portrayed in a positive light.
72. Look for other platforms
Your local newspaper is not the only print option. If you're doing business out of your local precinct, there may be other better advertising options that are more economical and reach more customers. Find such publications and subscribe to it for research.
73. Invite reporters for first-hand observation
To help reporters, bloggers or writer get a clear idea of what your average work day is like and how your business works, invite them to spend the day or part of a day with you. This is so they can have a complete story for their publication.
74. Have a product that simplifies life
People are always on the lookout to simplify and make their lives more convenient. Therefore, having a product or service that saves time or makes life easier may be more important to some customers than saving money.
75. Weekly Info
If you can provide daily or weekly information people need, get it out through your local radio station.
76. Get serious shoppers to visit your virtual sales room
Create an easy to navigate virtual sales room and update it frequently with the latest information. Place your company’s new product information on the site.
77. People make buying decisions on the web
Shoppers on the internet are not just "window shoppers". Statistics showed that 71% bought at least one high ticket item they researched on-line. Users ring to enquire about high ticket items offline.
78. Speed up the loading of your web page
The most frequently cited reason for leaving a particular site is the slow downloading time. Hence a faster loading of your site may potentially increase your product or service being seen.
79. Know the reasons why people go online to buy or make buying decisions
Consumers go to the internet to be informed, not to be entertained. They go to your site to find out more about your product or service. Eighteen percent of high ticket items go on-line first when planning a purchase, 69% report Web site info is a crucial factor in their final purchase decision, and only 15% go on-line to compare prices.
80. Bring visitors back
Create value-adding extras to make your site a must-visit for the latest breaking news and update it frequently. You can provide industry updates, gossip, trends and forecasts. This will bring visitors back and motivate them to spread the word on the Internet grapevine.
81. Make your website address known everywhere
Make sure that your Web site address is be on every piece of promotion or marketing material your customer will see. Business cards, brochures, postcards, flyers, ads, signs, delivery vehicles etc.
82. Animate your ad
Animated ads generate click-through rates at least 15% higher than static ads, and in some cases as much as 40% higher.
83. Copyright
Include ( © 1998 Your Name ) on all your Web pages. Not only will this protect you if someone else decides to download your content and use them on their site, this also
builds credibility for your company. Copyrighted material tells the reader that the content is original and cannot be found on any other site.
84. Search Engines
Notify the search engines to publicize your website by registering your Web site with as many search engines as possible. Submit-It at www.submit-it.com gives free registration to many websites.
85. T's and C's
Spell out the legal positions that your site has in your terms and conditions. For example, you may want to notify customers about your site security if you are using credit cards – what actions are you liable for and what are the risks the customer takes. Terms and conditions also act as a credibility factor to increase your customers’ trust in you.
86. Ask your visitors to sign your Guest Book
These are the reasons why you should get your visitors to sign your guest book. Firstly, by signing your guest book, you can track the demographics of your hits. If you know the demographics of visitors to your site, you can pitch to other potential advertisers interested in advertising on your site using this information. The guest book also helps you to keep track of frequent customers and big spenders. You can eventually ask whether you could e-mail them with any special sales or promotions you have planned.
87. Frequently update your site
Update your site weekly or if possible daily so that traffic will continue flowing to your site. People return as repeated visitors to a site because of new information.
88. Buy ad spaces on other people’s website
Monitor the website which you want to place ads on for about a month. Look out for how often the site is updated and whether they offer some new content frequently. After which if your observations conclude that your ad will be effective, contact the webmaster to place an ad or banner on their website.
89. Contact On-Line Publications
Find your industry publications and whether they have an online presence. Check that they publish content online on your business or industry and contact them via email about your website.
90. Associate with holidays and Special Occasions
Adapt your website page to reflect what's going on in the world. On special holidays or occasions such as Christmas time, decorate your web site just like you would decorate your own storefront.
91. Join the online community built around your industry
Look for a community of sites within your industry that have linked together for the good of all. Once you find them see if you can join the community and establish a good relationship with them by communicating with them. This community can be a platform for exchange of ideas and inspiration to improve your business to increase more sales.
92. Hire Students
Tie salaries to grade point average for high school and college students you hire. Give a progressive bonus if the student excels in the classroom. In most cases you will find more responsible disciplined workers who will enhance your business.
93. Respect your customers’ time
Try as much as possible to start off with emailing your customer. When that doesn’t get you a response, send a fax over. If that also doesn’t work, give them a call. However, use this as the last resort because customers are busy too and their time is valuable. Be patient and wait for their responses.
94. Special Customers
Make frequent personal calls to five of your best customers and offer them a special deal that is only for them and only today. They may not buy but we all like to know we can get something special that someone else can't.
95. Motto
A catchy slogan or motto can be a powerful advertising message. "When you care enough to send the very best" – Hallmark has used this motto for years and it has made sending Hallmark cards a measure of how important the card recipient is.
96. Create a bulk mailing package
Five or ten businesses near your area would be willing to send your postcard together with their packages by bulk mail and share the mailing cost with you.
97. Business forecasting
Having been in business for some time, you would have some idea of what to expect in the next year. Use the experiences and information from this ending year to plan for next year. However do keep in mind that business forecasting is like weather forecasting, you can’t expect 100% accuracy in the forecast.
98. Five and Ten Philosophy
Every business day try to contact ten new customers or clients. From the 10, get at least 5 referrals of other potential customers to contact. You will never run out of potential customers.
99. Help groom and mentor the youth
University undergraduates studying business have frequent projects where they need to partner with real businesses. The youth bring new ideas and perspective which can potentially increase sales and better your business after you take those fresh concepts and refine it to professional standards. It is a win-win-win situation, 1) the students complete their project and learn under your mentorship, 2) your business has a fresh perspective and potential of further growth, and 3) you can offer these students a career opportunity when they graduate if you think they are competent enough.
100. Sponsorship
Your company can provide sponsorships to various groups to get involved in the community. One example is to sponsor a local sports team. Your customer base can be increased by people related to the sports team, i.e. family and friends of the players. Furthermore, your company name and brand can be actively promoted by being printed on the jerseys, collaterals etc of the sports team.
5 Top Traffic Generation Tips You Can Use Today
Facebook
With over 800 million users, there is no reason why you would not use Facebook as a way to gain more traffic.
People are constantly on the website and if you are able to make your presence known on Facebook, you will be able to drive a lot of traffic.
Though it may seem like there is too many people on the website, it is actually a good thing for people who are trying to generate traffic.
Twitter
Though this may not be as big as Facebook, this is a great way to get more traffic. With the ReTweet feature, it is not rare for you to spread a piece of information to thousands of people in a short period of time.
YouTube
This is a great way to really utilize video marketing and to reach out to more people. Video is the newest and most efficient way to get a message out and so it is important to incorporate your own YouTube videos into your marketing plan.
Blog
If you are able to create a blog that you can consistently post on, then you can use this as a way to get more traffic. With the right SEO strategies, you will be able make your blog show up in a lot of search engines.
Network
You will need to network with as many people as possible and to try and get people to link back to your website. This is called link building and it is a vital step towards being able to really get more traffic to your site.
These are only some of the basics things that you can do but it will go a long way towards your online success. If you stay consistent with these traffic generation tips, you will surely see just how successful you can be.
With over 800 million users, there is no reason why you would not use Facebook as a way to gain more traffic.
People are constantly on the website and if you are able to make your presence known on Facebook, you will be able to drive a lot of traffic.
Though it may seem like there is too many people on the website, it is actually a good thing for people who are trying to generate traffic.
Though this may not be as big as Facebook, this is a great way to get more traffic. With the ReTweet feature, it is not rare for you to spread a piece of information to thousands of people in a short period of time.
YouTube
This is a great way to really utilize video marketing and to reach out to more people. Video is the newest and most efficient way to get a message out and so it is important to incorporate your own YouTube videos into your marketing plan.
Blog
If you are able to create a blog that you can consistently post on, then you can use this as a way to get more traffic. With the right SEO strategies, you will be able make your blog show up in a lot of search engines.
Network
You will need to network with as many people as possible and to try and get people to link back to your website. This is called link building and it is a vital step towards being able to really get more traffic to your site.
These are only some of the basics things that you can do but it will go a long way towards your online success. If you stay consistent with these traffic generation tips, you will surely see just how successful you can be.
10 Quick Ways To Get Traffic To Your Site
Share On Your Facebook Wall
As simple as this may sound, this is something that will certainly get instant traffic to your site. Though it may not be a lot, it is certainly a good start.
Twitter Contest
If you are able to start a contest on Twitter, this will definitely get some attention towards your website with ReTweets.
YouTube Video
Post videos and have them link back to your site. This will add more sources of traffic and will also be a platform for viral video marketing.
Viral Video Marketing
If you are able to think of a unique and funny way to make a viral video, it will certainly be a great way to get instant traffic. This can lead to millions of hits and so this is certainly a good place to look.
Optimize your site for search engines
If you optimize your website for search engines, you will be able to gain more traffic from people searching those keywords. This is a powerful tool and will lead to a lot of traffic.
Post consistently
When you post on you site consistently, it will lead to more people seeing the content that you make.
Current events
Don't hesitate from posting about current events as this is what people will be searching for on a daily basis.
Get back links
Network with a lot of people and try to have them post links to your site to gain some traffic.
Offline promotion
Simply asking your friends and people you meet to visit your website is often an overlooked strategy when it comes to internet marketing.
Include URL in signature
When you post on forums, it is a good idea to post your URL in your signature so that they will be sent to your site.
Try these 10 quick ways to get traffic to your site and you will certainly see a big difference.
As simple as this may sound, this is something that will certainly get instant traffic to your site. Though it may not be a lot, it is certainly a good start.
Twitter Contest
If you are able to start a contest on Twitter, this will definitely get some attention towards your website with ReTweets.
YouTube Video
Post videos and have them link back to your site. This will add more sources of traffic and will also be a platform for viral video marketing.
Viral Video Marketing
If you are able to think of a unique and funny way to make a viral video, it will certainly be a great way to get instant traffic. This can lead to millions of hits and so this is certainly a good place to look.
Optimize your site for search engines
If you optimize your website for search engines, you will be able to gain more traffic from people searching those keywords. This is a powerful tool and will lead to a lot of traffic.
Post consistently
When you post on you site consistently, it will lead to more people seeing the content that you make.
Current events
Don't hesitate from posting about current events as this is what people will be searching for on a daily basis.
Get back links
Network with a lot of people and try to have them post links to your site to gain some traffic.
Offline promotion
Simply asking your friends and people you meet to visit your website is often an overlooked strategy when it comes to internet marketing.
Include URL in signature
When you post on forums, it is a good idea to post your URL in your signature so that they will be sent to your site.
Try these 10 quick ways to get traffic to your site and you will certainly see a big difference.
Monday, January 11, 2016
6 Great Ways to Make Money Online
Are you looking for great ways to make money online? Here are 6 great ways to do just that.
#1 Build a Custom Search Engine
Did you know that you can use Google to build your very own custom search engine? Build a search engine for a specific niche to find information related to movies, games, music, etc. Get if off the ground by giving away prizes to the biggest searchers to encourage people to try your search engine. Make money when people use your search engine and click on the ads.
#2 Test Games
You can become a paid game tester. This is a great way to make some extra cash and it can be fun. A word of caution, there are many scams within this industry so you are going to have to be diligent about making sure you are signing on with someone legit.
#3 Sell on Fiverr
Fiverr is one of the fastest growing websites in the micro freelancing market, which has attracted a lot of attention. People around the world are making a living by charging only $5 for a number of different products and services. Registration is free. Create a gig offering your service and start making money. Some of the weirdest things will make you money.
#4 Translate Documents
Bilingual services are in high demand. If you have a second language you can make money. Promote yourself through freelancing websites or using classified ad websites to find clients who need translation work done.
#5 Join Revenue Sharing Forums
If you like to participate in forums look for ‘Ad Share’ programs where revenue from ads displayed on the forum is shared with their members. A great way to earn a few extra dollars. You sign up to the forum, participate in the forum and get paid your share of the revenue generated. How much will depend on the number of members on the forum.
#6 Paid Forum Posts
Building online forums is a great way to generate income, but new forums fight to get new members. When a forum looks busy members are more likely to join and so new forums often hire people to post and pay them to do so. It’s an average of 25 cents a post, but consider how many posts you can make in just one hour. You can see how you could make money.
#1 Build a Custom Search Engine
Did you know that you can use Google to build your very own custom search engine? Build a search engine for a specific niche to find information related to movies, games, music, etc. Get if off the ground by giving away prizes to the biggest searchers to encourage people to try your search engine. Make money when people use your search engine and click on the ads.
#2 Test Games
You can become a paid game tester. This is a great way to make some extra cash and it can be fun. A word of caution, there are many scams within this industry so you are going to have to be diligent about making sure you are signing on with someone legit.
#3 Sell on Fiverr
Fiverr is one of the fastest growing websites in the micro freelancing market, which has attracted a lot of attention. People around the world are making a living by charging only $5 for a number of different products and services. Registration is free. Create a gig offering your service and start making money. Some of the weirdest things will make you money.
#4 Translate Documents
Bilingual services are in high demand. If you have a second language you can make money. Promote yourself through freelancing websites or using classified ad websites to find clients who need translation work done.
#5 Join Revenue Sharing Forums
If you like to participate in forums look for ‘Ad Share’ programs where revenue from ads displayed on the forum is shared with their members. A great way to earn a few extra dollars. You sign up to the forum, participate in the forum and get paid your share of the revenue generated. How much will depend on the number of members on the forum.
#6 Paid Forum Posts
Building online forums is a great way to generate income, but new forums fight to get new members. When a forum looks busy members are more likely to join and so new forums often hire people to post and pay them to do so. It’s an average of 25 cents a post, but consider how many posts you can make in just one hour. You can see how you could make money.
3 Ways You Can Make Money Online
There are all kinds of ways to make money online. Depending on what your interests are or your strengths are, will depend on where you plug in. We’re going to look at 6 ways you can make money online. Of course, there are tons of other ways.
#1 Be an on-call nurse
If you are a registered nurse, there are a number of sites that provide medical information and phone based triage to their Canadian and US based customers. Clients in the medical industry, which is usually doctor’s offices and more often pediatrician’s offices contract out companies like Fonemed to answer questions during the hours the office is closed. At Fonemed you have to be licensed in the province or state you are located in and you must have a minimum of 3 years current clinical experience with adults and children. These requirements may vary from provider to provider so do your homework. You are paid an hourly fee plus a fee per call. You are eligible for benefits such as paid leave and health insurance. At Fonemed the average hourly wage is $27/hour.
#2 Let your talent make you money
There are sites like fiverr.com where you can offer services that use your skills. For example, plan a trip for $5, design business cards for $1, etc. Don’t be afraid to get creative. 28 year old Stefanie Strobel lives in Newport Beach, California and who offers to write people’s messages in the beach sand, take a picture and email it to them. He can do about 10 messages in an hour depending on how complex they are and he makes himself around $300 a month.
#3 Offer advice
Do you know tons about herbal medicine, car repairs, pets, etc. Whatever you have some expertise in, you could turn it into a way to make money. At JustAnswer you can get paid for your knowledge. It’s a paid question and answer website with a growing field of experts. Customers register, ask their question and name the price they are willing to pay for an expert answer. The average is between $10 and $40 dollars. The expert responds within the hour and when the customer accepts the answer you earn 25% to 50% of what customers pays. How much you earn depends on how many questions you answer. Experts are vetted to ensure the credentials they provide are accurate.
That’s just 3 ways to earn money online, there are hundreds of other options. Find what fits you and go for it.
#1 Be an on-call nurse
If you are a registered nurse, there are a number of sites that provide medical information and phone based triage to their Canadian and US based customers. Clients in the medical industry, which is usually doctor’s offices and more often pediatrician’s offices contract out companies like Fonemed to answer questions during the hours the office is closed. At Fonemed you have to be licensed in the province or state you are located in and you must have a minimum of 3 years current clinical experience with adults and children. These requirements may vary from provider to provider so do your homework. You are paid an hourly fee plus a fee per call. You are eligible for benefits such as paid leave and health insurance. At Fonemed the average hourly wage is $27/hour.
#2 Let your talent make you money
There are sites like fiverr.com where you can offer services that use your skills. For example, plan a trip for $5, design business cards for $1, etc. Don’t be afraid to get creative. 28 year old Stefanie Strobel lives in Newport Beach, California and who offers to write people’s messages in the beach sand, take a picture and email it to them. He can do about 10 messages in an hour depending on how complex they are and he makes himself around $300 a month.
#3 Offer advice
Do you know tons about herbal medicine, car repairs, pets, etc. Whatever you have some expertise in, you could turn it into a way to make money. At JustAnswer you can get paid for your knowledge. It’s a paid question and answer website with a growing field of experts. Customers register, ask their question and name the price they are willing to pay for an expert answer. The average is between $10 and $40 dollars. The expert responds within the hour and when the customer accepts the answer you earn 25% to 50% of what customers pays. How much you earn depends on how many questions you answer. Experts are vetted to ensure the credentials they provide are accurate.
That’s just 3 ways to earn money online, there are hundreds of other options. Find what fits you and go for it.
6 Interesting Ways to Make Money Online
Do you have a desire to work online? Then check out these 6 interesting ways you can use to make money online.
#1 Create & Sell E-Books
You can write an e-book on any topic you want. If you have expertise in an area that’s often a good place to start. E-books sell for many different price points ranging from $25 to $200 or even more. Take the time to create a good e-book. Don’t over think it. Choose topics that can provide readers with knowledge like how to make Mason Jar meals. If you aren’t a writer and you want to sell an e-book you can always higher a freelance writer to ghostwrite the book for you.
#2 Domain Selling
Basically you sell domain registrations for the big domain registration websites. Sites like TuCows make it easy for you to create your own private label domain registration. You are paid for the initial sale and for renewals.
#3 Paid Focus Groups
Focus groups meet online in virtual rooms. Focus group studies are generally held in major cities. You will be part of a group that discusses and answers product/service questions. You’ll make between $60 to $200 for an hour to full day focus group study.
#4 Begin a Podcast
This is the equivalent to video or voice blogging. Make sure you are talking about topics that are of interest so that you can draw in an audience. Once you have a good size audience following you, then you can make money off your podcast through ads. A great way to make some money.
#5 Install Software/Apps
If you are good at installing software and apps, why not earn some money that way helping others install their software and apps. You can set it up as a help service and walk them through step by step or you can remotely do the installs for them.
#6 Create a Blog
Blogging is very popular and continues to grow in popularity. In under 60 minutes you can create a blog. There are all kinds of free blogging platforms. Choose a niche you like to work in and then start blogging. You can make money off your blog by selling affiliates' products, placing Ad sense ad, selling your own things, and selling space for advertising. It takes time for you to build a following so you will need to be patient in the early times.
#1 Create & Sell E-Books
You can write an e-book on any topic you want. If you have expertise in an area that’s often a good place to start. E-books sell for many different price points ranging from $25 to $200 or even more. Take the time to create a good e-book. Don’t over think it. Choose topics that can provide readers with knowledge like how to make Mason Jar meals. If you aren’t a writer and you want to sell an e-book you can always higher a freelance writer to ghostwrite the book for you.
#2 Domain Selling
Basically you sell domain registrations for the big domain registration websites. Sites like TuCows make it easy for you to create your own private label domain registration. You are paid for the initial sale and for renewals.
#3 Paid Focus Groups
Focus groups meet online in virtual rooms. Focus group studies are generally held in major cities. You will be part of a group that discusses and answers product/service questions. You’ll make between $60 to $200 for an hour to full day focus group study.
#4 Begin a Podcast
This is the equivalent to video or voice blogging. Make sure you are talking about topics that are of interest so that you can draw in an audience. Once you have a good size audience following you, then you can make money off your podcast through ads. A great way to make some money.
#5 Install Software/Apps
If you are good at installing software and apps, why not earn some money that way helping others install their software and apps. You can set it up as a help service and walk them through step by step or you can remotely do the installs for them.
#6 Create a Blog
Blogging is very popular and continues to grow in popularity. In under 60 minutes you can create a blog. There are all kinds of free blogging platforms. Choose a niche you like to work in and then start blogging. You can make money off your blog by selling affiliates' products, placing Ad sense ad, selling your own things, and selling space for advertising. It takes time for you to build a following so you will need to be patient in the early times.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Work as a Virtual Assistant and Earn Money Online
The demand for virtual assistance is certainly on the rise. People that work as a virtual assistant can actually make a full time income online using skills that they already possess. The earnings will depend on who you are working for. Some sites do nothing but connect virtual assistants with clients. The most common method is through a bidding process.
You find a job that interests you and then you bid on it. What you bid will depend on the duties that are required. You will often bid on an hourly rate, although some jobs are flat rated. The hourly rates can vary from ridiculously low such as $2/hour to average $10/hour to higher $20/hour so search around.
Virtual assistants do all kinds of tasks. They can do research, schedule appointments, answer calls, post to social media, create reports, make phone calls, do bookkeeping tasks, and the list goes on. Different virtual assistant positions require different skills and so you should look to find a posting that matches your skills and what you like to do.
We all know how to answer a telephone, but you might not want to do that all day long, so don’t apply for virtual assistant jobs where phone answering is part of your duties. You should also make sure you ask lots of questions up front so you really do understand what’s expected of you.
The number of hours you work each day will depend on the job. Some clients want a virtual assistant for a couple of hours a day, while others are looking for someone full time and of course there’s everything in between. Some clients want someone as their virtual assistant once a week where others need someone every day.
Virtual assistants are the online version of a being an administrative assistant, secretary, receptionist, etc. These are real office jobs that are carried out in a virtual environment. That means you never have to dress up and head to the office. You must admit that has a fair bit of appeal all in itself.
Not all virtual assistant jobs are created equal, so you need to make sure you have all the details. Avoid vague job posts that are not clear about what it is they really need from you. Have your contract clearly outline your duties so that there can be no disputes occur. If you like working in an office environment you’ll love being a virtual assistant.
You find a job that interests you and then you bid on it. What you bid will depend on the duties that are required. You will often bid on an hourly rate, although some jobs are flat rated. The hourly rates can vary from ridiculously low such as $2/hour to average $10/hour to higher $20/hour so search around.
Virtual assistants do all kinds of tasks. They can do research, schedule appointments, answer calls, post to social media, create reports, make phone calls, do bookkeeping tasks, and the list goes on. Different virtual assistant positions require different skills and so you should look to find a posting that matches your skills and what you like to do.
We all know how to answer a telephone, but you might not want to do that all day long, so don’t apply for virtual assistant jobs where phone answering is part of your duties. You should also make sure you ask lots of questions up front so you really do understand what’s expected of you.
The number of hours you work each day will depend on the job. Some clients want a virtual assistant for a couple of hours a day, while others are looking for someone full time and of course there’s everything in between. Some clients want someone as their virtual assistant once a week where others need someone every day.
Virtual assistants are the online version of a being an administrative assistant, secretary, receptionist, etc. These are real office jobs that are carried out in a virtual environment. That means you never have to dress up and head to the office. You must admit that has a fair bit of appeal all in itself.
Not all virtual assistant jobs are created equal, so you need to make sure you have all the details. Avoid vague job posts that are not clear about what it is they really need from you. Have your contract clearly outline your duties so that there can be no disputes occur. If you like working in an office environment you’ll love being a virtual assistant.
Generate a Realistic Income Online
“Work 3 hours a month and earn a million.” “ I earned $400,000 in less than 12 months.”
Sounds pretty darn good doesn’t it? You can find these kinds of promises all over the internet. It’s filled with millions of promises and to someone eager to make their living online it can be a dangerous mine field to navigate. Of course, contrary to what this hype would like to tell you, if you would like to make a true income online, it requires you to be determined, persevere and work hard. There is no get rich quick method that works, but we’re going to share 4 ways that you can create an online income for yourself.
#1 Printing Digital Products
E-products are convenient and popular, but some people still prefer to have a printed copy of a book in their hand or a CD with the pictures or information on it. They like to be able to feel it, touch it, hold it. There are sites online that provide print as you go services, so you can offer the service, get things printed hassle free, and then return the finished product to your client.
#2 E-Books
Creating e-books or reports that a customer can download to their computer is a good place for any an e-infopreneur to begin. You can easily create a digital download. All you need to do is create the e-book or report and turn it into a PDF file, then take advantage of the many online providers that can sell your e-book for you such as Amazon or E-Junkie. This is a much easier option than creating a physical book, which requires you to invest in printing and then the distribution of that book. You will need to determine what is a profitable topic.
#3 Audio Products
Tons of people prefer to listen rather than read so consider an e-book that is also offered in an audio option. You can create a CD, MP3, or a podcast to offer to your customers. It’s fairly easy to create an audio using a service like Audioacrobat or some other similar service. It allows you to earn two income streams off of one product.
#4 Affiliate Advertising
Affiliate advertising can be a profitable form of online income if you have a blog already and now you want to start making money off of it. Some of the easiest ways to start generating affiliate advertising income is through sites like Google, Commission Junction or Clickbank. Affiliate advertising is performance based so you don’t earn any money until someone actually clicks on the link. You aren’t likely to get rich on this, at least early on, but it can provide another income flow option.
Here are 4 ways you can make a legitimate income online. There are others. Just avoid the sounds too good to be true offers, because they are.
Sounds pretty darn good doesn’t it? You can find these kinds of promises all over the internet. It’s filled with millions of promises and to someone eager to make their living online it can be a dangerous mine field to navigate. Of course, contrary to what this hype would like to tell you, if you would like to make a true income online, it requires you to be determined, persevere and work hard. There is no get rich quick method that works, but we’re going to share 4 ways that you can create an online income for yourself.
#1 Printing Digital Products
E-products are convenient and popular, but some people still prefer to have a printed copy of a book in their hand or a CD with the pictures or information on it. They like to be able to feel it, touch it, hold it. There are sites online that provide print as you go services, so you can offer the service, get things printed hassle free, and then return the finished product to your client.
#2 E-Books
Creating e-books or reports that a customer can download to their computer is a good place for any an e-infopreneur to begin. You can easily create a digital download. All you need to do is create the e-book or report and turn it into a PDF file, then take advantage of the many online providers that can sell your e-book for you such as Amazon or E-Junkie. This is a much easier option than creating a physical book, which requires you to invest in printing and then the distribution of that book. You will need to determine what is a profitable topic.
#3 Audio Products
Tons of people prefer to listen rather than read so consider an e-book that is also offered in an audio option. You can create a CD, MP3, or a podcast to offer to your customers. It’s fairly easy to create an audio using a service like Audioacrobat or some other similar service. It allows you to earn two income streams off of one product.
#4 Affiliate Advertising
Affiliate advertising can be a profitable form of online income if you have a blog already and now you want to start making money off of it. Some of the easiest ways to start generating affiliate advertising income is through sites like Google, Commission Junction or Clickbank. Affiliate advertising is performance based so you don’t earn any money until someone actually clicks on the link. You aren’t likely to get rich on this, at least early on, but it can provide another income flow option.
Here are 4 ways you can make a legitimate income online. There are others. Just avoid the sounds too good to be true offers, because they are.
How You Can Make Money With Online Sales
Are you ready to generate some extra income, perhaps even give up your day job and become an e-preneur. If you answered yes, chances are you are hunting for ways to make money online. There’s tons of scams so you need to be careful. There’s also tons of legitimate ideas that are either already flooded in the market or just don’t generate enough revenue to make it worth your time, so make sure you do your research. One thing that always seems to work is online sales. With the right product you can make money, with a really good product you can make tons of money and of course, with the wrong product you’ll make very little money, so make sure you do your groundwork before you jump in.
It starts by finding the product or service you are going to sell. Do your market research. Learn what’s in demand right now, see if the market has room for a new competitor and then consider how you can make yourself stand out from your competition.
Some entrepreneurs set up an online store to help expand a business that has a physical location. This way you can generate an increase in revenue. If you aren’t website design savvy, you can always hire someone to do it for you, or choose the services of one of the sites that is designed to allow anyone to design a website with absolutely no experience needed. However, you don’t have to have a physical store, you can run your online store as its own entity and have no physical location at all. Your stock can be stored in your home or if you are offering a digital service your stock is on your computer. You can make a full time living selling the right product online.
You can also create a virtual store. An online store and a virtual store are different. A virtual store sells virtual items, often from within online games and they make ‘cold hard cash.’ You create an avatar, set up shop and do business with other players. You can even advertise your real business if you like. It begins by finding a game that allows this type of store and then pay the fee to set it up. Once you are in, you have a lot of people within your reach from different locations and age groups. MMORPGS or massive, multiplayer online role playing games are a great place to set up this type of store.
If you are good at sales, like the environment related to selling, why not try your hand with an online store or virtual store.
It starts by finding the product or service you are going to sell. Do your market research. Learn what’s in demand right now, see if the market has room for a new competitor and then consider how you can make yourself stand out from your competition.
Some entrepreneurs set up an online store to help expand a business that has a physical location. This way you can generate an increase in revenue. If you aren’t website design savvy, you can always hire someone to do it for you, or choose the services of one of the sites that is designed to allow anyone to design a website with absolutely no experience needed. However, you don’t have to have a physical store, you can run your online store as its own entity and have no physical location at all. Your stock can be stored in your home or if you are offering a digital service your stock is on your computer. You can make a full time living selling the right product online.
You can also create a virtual store. An online store and a virtual store are different. A virtual store sells virtual items, often from within online games and they make ‘cold hard cash.’ You create an avatar, set up shop and do business with other players. You can even advertise your real business if you like. It begins by finding a game that allows this type of store and then pay the fee to set it up. Once you are in, you have a lot of people within your reach from different locations and age groups. MMORPGS or massive, multiplayer online role playing games are a great place to set up this type of store.
If you are good at sales, like the environment related to selling, why not try your hand with an online store or virtual store.
Friday, January 8, 2016
50 SEO Tips
Here is 50 SEO tips I am sharing with you today ...
1. Recognize the importance of web traffic.
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is one of the techniques to use in order to achieve more volume of traffic to your site. Without a good number of people visiting your web page, you won’t be able to expose your site to potential customers. Thus, you need to recognize the importance of internet traffic, so that you would be able to take necessary steps in SEO and attain it.
2. Choose your domain name carefully.
It is very important that the domain name of your site, is related to its topic. In fact, it is best if the title of the site is the same as its domain name, so that people can easily recall it and visit it again and again. With that, you should spend some time in coming up with the possible domain names, and search for them.
3. Establish the main keyword of your site.
One of the very first things that you need to do in order to gain success in online marketing is to establish the main keyword of your site. When you are able to do that, you can make use of it and optimize your web page with it. If possible, you can also make use of it for your domain name.
4. Use a keyword tool.
Using a tool in order to determine the keywords of your site would go a long way, as far as using SEO as one of the techniques to gain more website traffic is concerned. There are lots of keywords tools that you can take advantage of today. Whatever type of tool you want to make use of, make sure that it is effective, so that you won’t be wasting your time on it.
5, Domain names with hyphens.
In establishing domain names, you may come across articles, which may suggest not to make use of hyphens on them. You should become aware though that using hyphens on your domain name is not a bad practice. However, you should know that most people these days, are not used to typing domain names on their browsers that come with hyphens.
6. Take advantage of domain name suggestion tools.
There are lots of domain name suggestion tools available on the internet these days. All you got to do to find them is to make use of your search engine. To make use of such an online tool, all one has to do is to enter the keywords that are related to your site’s topic. By using this tool, you would be able to have a good number of domain names to choose from.
7. Your website’s content.
To have more people visiting your site on a regular basis, then you need to establish a very high quality content for it. If you can make it exclusive, then that would be better. Therefore, you need to start writing articles for your site today. Write the articles with the use of valuable information, so that people would be able to appreciate it.
8. Come up with a memorable domain name.
When it comes to choosing your site’s domain name, you need to make it as memorable as you can. To make that a possibility, then you have to have a domain name that is catchy and short. When it is able to catch the attention of people, and it is short, then they would not encounter difficulties in trying to remember it.
9. Add more content to your site.
You have to keep in mind that in order to have people purchase or sign up with your products and services, you have to convince them first. You would know if a person is almost convinced if he is constantly revisiting your site from time to time. To have a person revisit your site, you need to give him reasons to; and, one of which is by providing the site with new and updated content.
10. Don’t forget the keywords in your image file.
When you upload images on your website, which are related to your products and services, do not forget to establish keywords for it as well. Some people are easily attracted with certain images. Therefore, if you optimize your images with important keywords, then more people would be able to find your portal.
11. Do a research about your product offerings.
Before you launch certain promotional offers, you should do a thorough research about it first. By doing that, you would be able to ensure that such a step is something that you really need to do. Aside from that, your research can also help you in how to properly go about it.
12. Pinpoint your top competitors.
Knowing your competitors is one of the best things to do in order to get ahead of them, or at least be at par with their performance. To attain that, you need to do your research about them first. Identify them, and try to check the strategies that they are making use of. See if such techniques can also be applied on your web page, so that you can take advantage of them if possible.
13. Determine your best keywords.
Do your research in order to determine the keywords you are using that pull the most traffic. This will give you more edge over your competitors in terms of attracting more
potential customers to your website. Once you identify the best keywords, optimize your site with it, as well as your articles, so that you can maximize the benefits you can derive from it.
14. Determine if your website is crawl-able by various search engines.
In order for people to find your site when they search for information related to it, your web portal should be crawl-able by search engines. To achieve this, you need to research about how to get it done. Aside from that, make sure that certain files you have on it does not block your site from being indexed.
15. Make the most out of your tags.
To ensure that your web portal would benefit from your tags or title tags, you should use target keywords in it. Aside from that, you can also mention the area you provide services to in your title tag, if you cover a specific area. Moreover, you should also make use of the most valuable keywords at the beginning of your title tag.
16. Establishing titles for your site’s pages.
First and foremost, you should make sure that each page on your website is provided with a title. On top of that, the titles should be short and catchy, so that they are more captivating. In addition, you should make sure that the titles on each of your site’s pages are unique.
17. Distribute your articles to various article directories.
Each time you write an informative article related to your site’s topic, you should distribute it to a number of article directories. When you do that, you are making sure that more people would be visiting your site. Article directories are frequented by several people all around the globe these days, since they know that it is where they can acquire lots of information about different topics.
18. Use synonyms.
When writing articles either for your website or for article directory distribution, you should make use of synonyms for it, especially when it comes to the keywords or keyword phrases. When you use synonyms, it would make the flow of the article more natural. On top of that, it also makes the articles more interesting and pleasant to read for your potential customers.
19. Don’t forget the links.
When you submit your articles to various article directories, do not forget to include back links on it. These links should take the readers of your articles to your site, when they choose to click it. In most cases, the links are included at the bottom part of your articles, so that people would see them just prior to finishing reading the write-ups.
20. Make your articles unique and captivating.
In writing articles for your website and submitting them to article directories, you should make sure that they contain unique content. When an article is unique, there is a better chance for a person to read it completely. Aside from that, since it provides him with valuable information, then he would be captivated by it, and would want more.
21. Access websites that can help you determine your performance.
There are certain web pages today, which can help you check the current performance of your site. The data that you can derive from them would include your site’s search engine ranking, general popularity, and incoming links. Access such sites on a regular basis, so that you can see where you stand.
22. Take note of Keyword Stuffing.
Although using of keywords is one of the ways to promote your site, you should be careful in not overdoing it. If there are too many references to the keywords that you are using for your web page, it is usually called Keyword Stuffing. When this happens, search engines, especially Google, may see your web page as a spam site, which is not good.
23. The importance of topping the SERP.
Search Engines Results Page or SERP refers simply to the results that one would see when he makes a quick search about a certain keyword phrase. You want to make sure that your site ranks good in SERP. This is because, if it does, then people would be able to see it easier and faster.
24. Take advantage of organic traffic.
Organic traffic is free, which is why it is best if you focus on attaining it for your web page. Organic traffic can be obtained if you are able to take the right steps in applying SEO. Aside from that, you can also achieve it if your site has good content. Thus, focus on this technique, since it can make your site gain more traffic through search engines.
25. Having a site that provides easy navigation.
Establishing a web page that one can easily navigate does not only benefit people that would be visiting it. It can also benefit you, as the website owner, since it can actually make your site gain more traffic. The easier it is for humans to navigate, the easier it is as well for search engines to index and explore.
26. Generating site maps.
Having a site map for your web page is very important. Aside from helping people in conveniently navigating through it, it can also make it easier for search engines to index
it. Generate your site map with the use of an automatic tool, so that you can also update it easily.
27. Become more familiar of On Page SEO.
On Page SEO simply refers to the things that you can do, in order to optimize your web portal for Search Engine Optimization. Since it is “On Page”, it means the techniques you can apply directly to your site, in order to improve its performance. This usually is easier to do, compared to the Off Page SEO, which involves blogging, back-linking, and social web portal marketing.
28. Minimize broken links.
Broken links are not good to have on your site, since they can cause missing images, and such. Keep in mind that not only people dislike them, but also various search engines. Therefore, if your site has lots of it, then it may not rank good in them. To avoid this, make use of link-checker sites or tools, so that you would know whether your site has them.
29. Write articles to other online marketing websites.
Writing articles and submitting them to other online marketing sites can help not just the sites you are submitting it to, but also to you. This is because, when people want to acquire more information about the topic you are writing about, they may start to do their research about where they can find more articles you have submitted. Once they know that such articles came from you, then they would begin to visit your site.
30. Participate in blog discussions.
If you find blog threads or discussions that are related to your site’s content, then you should participate in them. When you do that, you are actually making more people aware about your expertise in your chosen field. Once people begin to look up to you, they may ask you certain questions about it, which gives you an opportunity to direct them towards your website.
31. Take advantage of free blogging platforms.
There are lots of blogging websites today, which allow you to make your own blogs. Taking advantage of them can help you gain more traffic to your online marketing sites, in order to expose your products or services to many people. Optimize your blogs with well researched keywords, so that people would find them easily.
32. Participate in online forums.
Find internet forums that have topics, which revolve around the kind of subject your website is all about. Sign up with them, and participate by providing some insights about the topic, in order to share valuable information to other people. After some time, people
would look for ways to learn more from you, and they can do that by visiting your website.
33. Create your own mini-course.
Coming up with a mini-course is another way to take advantage of SEO to drive more traffic to your site. Make sure that the mini-course is something that will grab the attention of people, so that many would take advantage of it. Just ensure to insert hints in it, which can lead people to your site, in order to increase your portal’s volume of traffic.
34. Take advantage of free ads website.
There are websites today, which offer free ways of advertising. When you post your advertisement into them, as long as you make use of effective keywords, lots of people would be able to find your ads. The best thing about this is that, they are for free, and in most cases, such sites can allow you to post a good number of ads.
35. Write your own testimonials.
Find websites that offer or provide content that is similar to yours, and post your own testimonials or even just comments in them. Make your comments count, so that people visiting the said web portals would notice it. Provide links in your testimonials, so that people can use it to visit your web page.
36. Using keywords in internet profiles.
When you make use of keywords in your online profiles, you would be increasing your chances of gaining more traffic to your site. The reason behind this is that, a profile that is optimized by effective keywords would be easier to find by other people. Once they find your profile, make sure that it leads them to your site.
37. Take advantage of press releases.
Making press release articles can help you, especially if they are filled with keywords. Make sure to research about the keywords used, so that people would be able to find your press releases easier. Aside from that, the press releases should also be written in high quality.
38. Visit web pages of your competitors.
To find out why competitors are beating you in the game, try to enter certain keywords on the search engine, and visit the first website that appears on the results pages. When you visit the websites of your competitors that are topping the ranks, try to see what they are doing right. Try to learn as much as you can, so that you may be able to identify what aspects in your SEO techniques need improvement.
39. Visit your own website.
Try to visit your own web page, as if you are just one of the people browsing through it. Review all the things that you could come across with. By visiting your site as another person, you would be able to see whether it provides a pleasant browsing experience or not. Aside from that, it also makes your browsing experience easier.
40. Have a friend visit your web portal.
If you want to see how people react to your site, then have a friend visit it. At first, do not let your friend know that it is your website, if possible. By doing that, you can be assured that he would give you his honest opinion about it. Make sure to finish your site first, and take criticisms in a positive way.
41. Learn more about SEO.
Learning more about SEO is one of the most important things that you need to do prior to starting your online business. This can be done by thorough research about the subject, which you can do through the internet. Aside from that, you can also choose to hire an expert in it to become your mentor, or read eBooks about it.
42. Your meta keywords section.
Avoid using single keywords in your Meta keywords section. Instead, make use of phrases, if you want to expect better results from it. Aside from that, you should also do a thorough research about the best phrases to use, so that you won’t be wasting your time in it.
43. Web hosting.
The type of web hosting service you have signed up with, can also affect your site’s performance. Because of this, you need to make sure that you have signed up with a reliable service provider. Read reviews and testimonials of such providers, so that you can easily compare them.
44. Prefer new fads and topics over older ones.
There are certain topics that were popular a few years back, but are not able to achieve the same kind of popularity today. Therefore, if you are still at your starting point, then it is best if you tackle topics that are current and are already popular. By doing that, you would be able to gain more visitors to your website.
45. Get involved with new affiliate programs.
New affiliate programs are usually offering more lucrative rewards, which is why more people get involved with them. Aside from that, in most cases, some can also offer free tools that you can use, in order to promote your site more effectively. Find the affiliate programs you are most interested in, so that you would do well in it.
46. Be helpful in online forums.
If you want more people to visit your site, then you should become more helpful in online forums. Being helpful means that you offer valuable information to people, by answering their questions that are related to your chosen topic. Aside from that, you can also start a thread about a certain topic, and providing it with valuable tips and tricks.
47. Add a forum section on your site.
People would visit your site more often and in a regular basis if you are able to add a forum section to it. This section would be dedicated for discussions about the different aspects of what your website is all about. When you have a forum on your site, you can provide more answers to people’s questions in it; and, by word of mouth, many people would also visit it.
48. Create eBooks that you can offer for free.
Creating your own sets of eBooks, which you can offer for free can go a long way, as far as gaining more volume to your website is concerned. Most people are always looking for free stuffs these days. Thus, downloading an eBook is an idea that would be most appealing to many of them. Make sure to insert links in certain pages of the book, so that people can use it to visit your site.
49. Let other people know that you are an expert.
When people view you as an expert in the topic that you are involved with, they will follow your posts and visit your site more. Therefore, you should make yourself present in certain online discussions. Aside from that, make professional comments or answers to questions, so that people would know how well versed you are in your chosen topic.
50. Make use of backlinks.
Backlinks are simply links that lead people to your site, which come from other sites. It is best to make use of one way links, since such links would imply that your site is the important one. Choose the sites you would insert these backlinks on properly, so that you would be able to gain more from them.
And there you have it!
1. Recognize the importance of web traffic.
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is one of the techniques to use in order to achieve more volume of traffic to your site. Without a good number of people visiting your web page, you won’t be able to expose your site to potential customers. Thus, you need to recognize the importance of internet traffic, so that you would be able to take necessary steps in SEO and attain it.
2. Choose your domain name carefully.
It is very important that the domain name of your site, is related to its topic. In fact, it is best if the title of the site is the same as its domain name, so that people can easily recall it and visit it again and again. With that, you should spend some time in coming up with the possible domain names, and search for them.
3. Establish the main keyword of your site.
One of the very first things that you need to do in order to gain success in online marketing is to establish the main keyword of your site. When you are able to do that, you can make use of it and optimize your web page with it. If possible, you can also make use of it for your domain name.
4. Use a keyword tool.
Using a tool in order to determine the keywords of your site would go a long way, as far as using SEO as one of the techniques to gain more website traffic is concerned. There are lots of keywords tools that you can take advantage of today. Whatever type of tool you want to make use of, make sure that it is effective, so that you won’t be wasting your time on it.
5, Domain names with hyphens.
In establishing domain names, you may come across articles, which may suggest not to make use of hyphens on them. You should become aware though that using hyphens on your domain name is not a bad practice. However, you should know that most people these days, are not used to typing domain names on their browsers that come with hyphens.
6. Take advantage of domain name suggestion tools.
There are lots of domain name suggestion tools available on the internet these days. All you got to do to find them is to make use of your search engine. To make use of such an online tool, all one has to do is to enter the keywords that are related to your site’s topic. By using this tool, you would be able to have a good number of domain names to choose from.
7. Your website’s content.
To have more people visiting your site on a regular basis, then you need to establish a very high quality content for it. If you can make it exclusive, then that would be better. Therefore, you need to start writing articles for your site today. Write the articles with the use of valuable information, so that people would be able to appreciate it.
8. Come up with a memorable domain name.
When it comes to choosing your site’s domain name, you need to make it as memorable as you can. To make that a possibility, then you have to have a domain name that is catchy and short. When it is able to catch the attention of people, and it is short, then they would not encounter difficulties in trying to remember it.
9. Add more content to your site.
You have to keep in mind that in order to have people purchase or sign up with your products and services, you have to convince them first. You would know if a person is almost convinced if he is constantly revisiting your site from time to time. To have a person revisit your site, you need to give him reasons to; and, one of which is by providing the site with new and updated content.
10. Don’t forget the keywords in your image file.
When you upload images on your website, which are related to your products and services, do not forget to establish keywords for it as well. Some people are easily attracted with certain images. Therefore, if you optimize your images with important keywords, then more people would be able to find your portal.
11. Do a research about your product offerings.
Before you launch certain promotional offers, you should do a thorough research about it first. By doing that, you would be able to ensure that such a step is something that you really need to do. Aside from that, your research can also help you in how to properly go about it.
12. Pinpoint your top competitors.
Knowing your competitors is one of the best things to do in order to get ahead of them, or at least be at par with their performance. To attain that, you need to do your research about them first. Identify them, and try to check the strategies that they are making use of. See if such techniques can also be applied on your web page, so that you can take advantage of them if possible.
13. Determine your best keywords.
Do your research in order to determine the keywords you are using that pull the most traffic. This will give you more edge over your competitors in terms of attracting more
potential customers to your website. Once you identify the best keywords, optimize your site with it, as well as your articles, so that you can maximize the benefits you can derive from it.
14. Determine if your website is crawl-able by various search engines.
In order for people to find your site when they search for information related to it, your web portal should be crawl-able by search engines. To achieve this, you need to research about how to get it done. Aside from that, make sure that certain files you have on it does not block your site from being indexed.
15. Make the most out of your tags.
To ensure that your web portal would benefit from your tags or title tags, you should use target keywords in it. Aside from that, you can also mention the area you provide services to in your title tag, if you cover a specific area. Moreover, you should also make use of the most valuable keywords at the beginning of your title tag.
16. Establishing titles for your site’s pages.
First and foremost, you should make sure that each page on your website is provided with a title. On top of that, the titles should be short and catchy, so that they are more captivating. In addition, you should make sure that the titles on each of your site’s pages are unique.
17. Distribute your articles to various article directories.
Each time you write an informative article related to your site’s topic, you should distribute it to a number of article directories. When you do that, you are making sure that more people would be visiting your site. Article directories are frequented by several people all around the globe these days, since they know that it is where they can acquire lots of information about different topics.
18. Use synonyms.
When writing articles either for your website or for article directory distribution, you should make use of synonyms for it, especially when it comes to the keywords or keyword phrases. When you use synonyms, it would make the flow of the article more natural. On top of that, it also makes the articles more interesting and pleasant to read for your potential customers.
19. Don’t forget the links.
When you submit your articles to various article directories, do not forget to include back links on it. These links should take the readers of your articles to your site, when they choose to click it. In most cases, the links are included at the bottom part of your articles, so that people would see them just prior to finishing reading the write-ups.
20. Make your articles unique and captivating.
In writing articles for your website and submitting them to article directories, you should make sure that they contain unique content. When an article is unique, there is a better chance for a person to read it completely. Aside from that, since it provides him with valuable information, then he would be captivated by it, and would want more.
21. Access websites that can help you determine your performance.
There are certain web pages today, which can help you check the current performance of your site. The data that you can derive from them would include your site’s search engine ranking, general popularity, and incoming links. Access such sites on a regular basis, so that you can see where you stand.
22. Take note of Keyword Stuffing.
Although using of keywords is one of the ways to promote your site, you should be careful in not overdoing it. If there are too many references to the keywords that you are using for your web page, it is usually called Keyword Stuffing. When this happens, search engines, especially Google, may see your web page as a spam site, which is not good.
23. The importance of topping the SERP.
Search Engines Results Page or SERP refers simply to the results that one would see when he makes a quick search about a certain keyword phrase. You want to make sure that your site ranks good in SERP. This is because, if it does, then people would be able to see it easier and faster.
24. Take advantage of organic traffic.
Organic traffic is free, which is why it is best if you focus on attaining it for your web page. Organic traffic can be obtained if you are able to take the right steps in applying SEO. Aside from that, you can also achieve it if your site has good content. Thus, focus on this technique, since it can make your site gain more traffic through search engines.
25. Having a site that provides easy navigation.
Establishing a web page that one can easily navigate does not only benefit people that would be visiting it. It can also benefit you, as the website owner, since it can actually make your site gain more traffic. The easier it is for humans to navigate, the easier it is as well for search engines to index and explore.
26. Generating site maps.
Having a site map for your web page is very important. Aside from helping people in conveniently navigating through it, it can also make it easier for search engines to index
it. Generate your site map with the use of an automatic tool, so that you can also update it easily.
27. Become more familiar of On Page SEO.
On Page SEO simply refers to the things that you can do, in order to optimize your web portal for Search Engine Optimization. Since it is “On Page”, it means the techniques you can apply directly to your site, in order to improve its performance. This usually is easier to do, compared to the Off Page SEO, which involves blogging, back-linking, and social web portal marketing.
28. Minimize broken links.
Broken links are not good to have on your site, since they can cause missing images, and such. Keep in mind that not only people dislike them, but also various search engines. Therefore, if your site has lots of it, then it may not rank good in them. To avoid this, make use of link-checker sites or tools, so that you would know whether your site has them.
29. Write articles to other online marketing websites.
Writing articles and submitting them to other online marketing sites can help not just the sites you are submitting it to, but also to you. This is because, when people want to acquire more information about the topic you are writing about, they may start to do their research about where they can find more articles you have submitted. Once they know that such articles came from you, then they would begin to visit your site.
30. Participate in blog discussions.
If you find blog threads or discussions that are related to your site’s content, then you should participate in them. When you do that, you are actually making more people aware about your expertise in your chosen field. Once people begin to look up to you, they may ask you certain questions about it, which gives you an opportunity to direct them towards your website.
31. Take advantage of free blogging platforms.
There are lots of blogging websites today, which allow you to make your own blogs. Taking advantage of them can help you gain more traffic to your online marketing sites, in order to expose your products or services to many people. Optimize your blogs with well researched keywords, so that people would find them easily.
32. Participate in online forums.
Find internet forums that have topics, which revolve around the kind of subject your website is all about. Sign up with them, and participate by providing some insights about the topic, in order to share valuable information to other people. After some time, people
would look for ways to learn more from you, and they can do that by visiting your website.
33. Create your own mini-course.
Coming up with a mini-course is another way to take advantage of SEO to drive more traffic to your site. Make sure that the mini-course is something that will grab the attention of people, so that many would take advantage of it. Just ensure to insert hints in it, which can lead people to your site, in order to increase your portal’s volume of traffic.
34. Take advantage of free ads website.
There are websites today, which offer free ways of advertising. When you post your advertisement into them, as long as you make use of effective keywords, lots of people would be able to find your ads. The best thing about this is that, they are for free, and in most cases, such sites can allow you to post a good number of ads.
35. Write your own testimonials.
Find websites that offer or provide content that is similar to yours, and post your own testimonials or even just comments in them. Make your comments count, so that people visiting the said web portals would notice it. Provide links in your testimonials, so that people can use it to visit your web page.
36. Using keywords in internet profiles.
When you make use of keywords in your online profiles, you would be increasing your chances of gaining more traffic to your site. The reason behind this is that, a profile that is optimized by effective keywords would be easier to find by other people. Once they find your profile, make sure that it leads them to your site.
37. Take advantage of press releases.
Making press release articles can help you, especially if they are filled with keywords. Make sure to research about the keywords used, so that people would be able to find your press releases easier. Aside from that, the press releases should also be written in high quality.
38. Visit web pages of your competitors.
To find out why competitors are beating you in the game, try to enter certain keywords on the search engine, and visit the first website that appears on the results pages. When you visit the websites of your competitors that are topping the ranks, try to see what they are doing right. Try to learn as much as you can, so that you may be able to identify what aspects in your SEO techniques need improvement.
39. Visit your own website.
Try to visit your own web page, as if you are just one of the people browsing through it. Review all the things that you could come across with. By visiting your site as another person, you would be able to see whether it provides a pleasant browsing experience or not. Aside from that, it also makes your browsing experience easier.
40. Have a friend visit your web portal.
If you want to see how people react to your site, then have a friend visit it. At first, do not let your friend know that it is your website, if possible. By doing that, you can be assured that he would give you his honest opinion about it. Make sure to finish your site first, and take criticisms in a positive way.
41. Learn more about SEO.
Learning more about SEO is one of the most important things that you need to do prior to starting your online business. This can be done by thorough research about the subject, which you can do through the internet. Aside from that, you can also choose to hire an expert in it to become your mentor, or read eBooks about it.
42. Your meta keywords section.
Avoid using single keywords in your Meta keywords section. Instead, make use of phrases, if you want to expect better results from it. Aside from that, you should also do a thorough research about the best phrases to use, so that you won’t be wasting your time in it.
43. Web hosting.
The type of web hosting service you have signed up with, can also affect your site’s performance. Because of this, you need to make sure that you have signed up with a reliable service provider. Read reviews and testimonials of such providers, so that you can easily compare them.
44. Prefer new fads and topics over older ones.
There are certain topics that were popular a few years back, but are not able to achieve the same kind of popularity today. Therefore, if you are still at your starting point, then it is best if you tackle topics that are current and are already popular. By doing that, you would be able to gain more visitors to your website.
45. Get involved with new affiliate programs.
New affiliate programs are usually offering more lucrative rewards, which is why more people get involved with them. Aside from that, in most cases, some can also offer free tools that you can use, in order to promote your site more effectively. Find the affiliate programs you are most interested in, so that you would do well in it.
46. Be helpful in online forums.
If you want more people to visit your site, then you should become more helpful in online forums. Being helpful means that you offer valuable information to people, by answering their questions that are related to your chosen topic. Aside from that, you can also start a thread about a certain topic, and providing it with valuable tips and tricks.
47. Add a forum section on your site.
People would visit your site more often and in a regular basis if you are able to add a forum section to it. This section would be dedicated for discussions about the different aspects of what your website is all about. When you have a forum on your site, you can provide more answers to people’s questions in it; and, by word of mouth, many people would also visit it.
48. Create eBooks that you can offer for free.
Creating your own sets of eBooks, which you can offer for free can go a long way, as far as gaining more volume to your website is concerned. Most people are always looking for free stuffs these days. Thus, downloading an eBook is an idea that would be most appealing to many of them. Make sure to insert links in certain pages of the book, so that people can use it to visit your site.
49. Let other people know that you are an expert.
When people view you as an expert in the topic that you are involved with, they will follow your posts and visit your site more. Therefore, you should make yourself present in certain online discussions. Aside from that, make professional comments or answers to questions, so that people would know how well versed you are in your chosen topic.
50. Make use of backlinks.
Backlinks are simply links that lead people to your site, which come from other sites. It is best to make use of one way links, since such links would imply that your site is the important one. Choose the sites you would insert these backlinks on properly, so that you would be able to gain more from them.
And there you have it!
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