Jump Start Your Sales
By jerry durhamJoint Ventures are becoming very popular these days. One of
the most popular for the last 2 years has been Mark
Hendricks "12 Days of Christmas". Each year a lot of folks
give away their products just for the exposure, and your
email address. But, you get a lot of good stuff too!
If you can't beat your competition, Joint Venture with 'em.
E-mail targeted e-zines and ask them to do a joint venture
with you. Agree to work together and beat the other
competition, and then, share the profits. A strategic
business partner that has the same objective could lead to
lead trading, sharing market info, package deals, etc. Build
alliance's with other businesses by trading links or ads,
creating joint venture deals, cross promoting your products,
etc. Endorsement ads with other e-zines pull more hits and
sales than just trading classified ads because it gives your
ad instant credibility.
Starting an affiliate program or using viral marketing,
branding your name and business by writing articles and
submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing,
can increase your marketing and advertising efforts on the
Internet. (see my article entitled "Submitting Your Articles
To E-zines and Viral Marketing" by clicking below)
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=29764
Writing a small report, with your ad included on it, and
allowing others to give it away is a simple form of viral
marketing. Allowing other sites to link to your site could
increase your ranking in some search engines. Entice people
to link by giving them something free in return, or a
discount on the products you sell.
Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to
brainstorm. Relax with a pen and paper in hand so you can
jot ideas down. Don't worry if they're any good or not. Just
write! You can back over the list later and edit it. New
ideas are usually the difference between success and
failure.
Model other successful business or people. I'm not saying
out right copy them, but practice some of the same habits
that have made them succeed. Learn how they attracted more
traffic, made more sales, wrote better sales copy, etc.
Taking risks to improve your business can prove fatal. If
you feel in your gut, that it's not a good idea, it would be
wise to follow that gut instinct.
Turning your ad copy into a story and including emotional
words in your advertisements like love, security, relief,
freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc, and your visitors
won't be as hesitant to read your ad and will become more
interested in your product. Turning your ad into an article
say a how-to article, will lead your customers into your ad
without them knowing it's an ad. They'll already be
interested when they get to your sales pitch.
Bullets to highlight your product or services benefits.
Benefits are the key to selling anything, make them standout
in your ad. You can use dots, dashes, or circles to
highlight them.
Let your visitors know the reason why you're having a sale
so they don't think your products are cheap. It could be a
holiday/seasonal sale or clearance sale. A good example of
this is Anthony And Derek Tomei's Fire Sale Now -
http://firesalenow.com/firesale.asp
Your web site should be worth revisiting. Put yourself in
your visitors shoes. Design your site for them, not for
yourself. Design it to be a valuable resource with original
content, free ebooks, information web site links, free and
useful software, etc. Keep people at your web site as long
as possible. Allow them to download free ebooks, sign-up for
contests, use free online services, etc.
Build a large directory of web sites your visitors would
enjoy. Start a free-to-join business association from your
web site. And ask all members to place your association logo
and link on their web site.
Promote customer feedback. Ask for their honest opinions
about your business, good or bad. Attract visitors to your
web site by offering them a free course. You could package
the course on a follow-up autoresponder and send lessons
daily.
Tell your reader they'll receive surprise bonuses. This'll
raise your reader's curiosity and make them want to buy so
they can find out what the surprise bonuses are. Use your
free bonuses to create an urgency for your visitors to buy.
Only offer them for a limited time with your main product.
Let your reader know this specific package will not be
offered again. You must create urgency so people buy now.
You may always sell the same product but not with the same
bonuses or price.
Persuade visitors to link to your web site. It could raise
your ranking in some search engines. Give them a freebie in
exchange for them linking to your web site. It could be
content, software, etc.
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All the Best...
jerry durham
lonestar enterprises - opportunity to succeed
http://www.freewebs.com/opportunity_to_succeed/
5705 marvin loving dr suite 202
garland, tx 75043
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since the fall of 2003. We offer ideas you need to start, manage
& grow your online business! We also strategies, downloads, &
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