Having the right hosting company for your online business is crucial if you are looking to expand and grow your business over the years. It is especially important as well if you intend to have a "brand" of websites or simply several websites with plans for expansion. Recently I was asked why I don't recommend GoDaddy for hosting. Well, the reason is that GoDaddy has a lot of limitations for the online business owner and these limitations can...more
Starting any business takes work and we all know it doesn't happen overnight. But a great strategy for taking your business to the next level fairly quickly is through joint venture deals - often called jv deals.So how do you find these jv deals? There are three simple strategies I highly recommend if you are looking to establish partnerships in your niche.First, go to Google, type in your niche. Let's use real estate as an example. Then once...more
If you look at internet marketing a great metaphorical picture would be selling shovels. This will give you a good understanding of how internet marketing works and how best to approach it if you decide to enter into that niche.In the Internet Marketing Dirt I did talk about selling Shovels. Actually, I said you want to sell picks and shovels... let me explain.If you look at the history of the Gold Rush, think about who made the most money. Was it the prospectors, the people going out looking for gold? Actually, it wasn't them. Not many of them made money. They didn't really find gold or find enough gold to really become rich. The ones that made it rich during the Gold Rush were the ones that built the stores that sold the picks and the shovels and the pans and everything else to the people that were out digging for the gold. So if you look at it that way you can get a better understanding of how you should monetize your internet business. Let's look into internet marketing for a good example. There are a lot of people out there that want to do internet marketing which, you know, is like gold on the internet. So, if you sell the information about how to do it, that's like...more
Booklet printing is a great marketing tool! Whenever you build your business with booklet printing, you will be able to watch your profits climb as your customer base grows. Booklets can play a special role in your business dealings with potential customers, for you can inform them about your products and services via this portable form. People...more
1. You will get rich quick. Marketing on the internet takes a lot of work. This is not a get rich quick scheme. Your success is entirely up to you. You get out what you put in it.2. You won't make any money. Again you get out what you put in it. Your key to success is through consistency and persistency. If you are willing to learn and accept...more
Traffic will surely be generated to a site through traffic exchange when properly managed. Once people are initially enticed, leaving their contact details in the opt-in list, the sales letter that will be sent must be compelling enough to lead them to a purchase. Such obliging sales letters include testimonials. Testimonials are live endorsements of a certain product or service. They are the living proofs whether the product or service is good or bad. In a testimony, the credibility of the business is somehow boosted or regressed, depending on how the product or service is discussed. Having good testimonies in a sales letter could greatly help in increasing the traffic conversion rate. Here are 5 ways in effectively using testimonials.1. Include photos and URLs under the name of the people who gave the testimony. It is a common knowledge that fake names can be created by anybody so it is best to have a photo and a URL with it. It could also be just a choice of the two. A photo is a proof that it is the person who gave the testimony. A URL is a proof that such person exists as it has an active site, which can be cross checked by the viewers. This adds credibility to the business as...more
The digital age has come to our business doorsteps and the most competitive firms are now taking advantage of it in a multitude of ways. For the printed advertising and promotions, more and more companies are now turning to online printing companies...more
Wrist bands are very popular accessories today. They are used by businesses, organizations, and groups to promote cause of get a message out. Many people wear wrist bands. From kids to seniors these items have become very popular. If you are looking...more
Most business owners understand the value of advertising a business. However, as a business owner you have many options to choose form for advertising. You could choose to spend thousands of dollars on radio and television ads or you can use...more
Do you have a business show or expo coming up in the near future and you need a product to give away to your prospective customers? There are many products available today for this purpose. However, recent studies have shown that people prefer to...more
Branding your business is the process of making a product or service synonymous with your company name. For example, when someone says shoes you can automatically think of four or five major brands or companies that offer shoes. This should be one of...more
Are you in search of a way to thank current customers for their continued loyalty? Do you need a way to show prospective customers that your company is professional and available in the area? In either situation promotional gifts are a great way to...more