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eZine ads – Do they work?

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Tired of hearing that you need a mailing list of your own to succeed online?

I can't blame you. After all, building a list is HARD work and takes time!

* It takes TRAFFIC to build a list of your own
* You need a WEBSITE to build your own list
* It takes a LONG TIME to build a list!

All of these reasons, and more, are why MOST people don't have a list now.

Well here's the good news!

YOU DO NOT NEED A LIST OF YOUR OWN TO SUCCEED ONLINE!

** Why? **

BECAUSE YOU CAN RENT A LIST TO USE RIGHT NOW!

Even better – we're talking about a HIGHLY targeted list that is PROVEN responsive. BEST OF ALL – you can rent this list for LESS than 1/10th of a penny per name!  I am talking about ezine ads including solo ads – Imagine YOUR ad going to 20,000 or 50,000 or even 500,000 INTERESTED people!

Think THAT would create sales? It WILL!

And you can advertise ANYTHING you want to sell.

* Ebooks
* Information products
* Health products
* eBay products
* Clothing
* Jewelry
* Memberships
* Business opportunities
* Resale rights products

You name it and you can sell it using this proven method. This is SUPER effective for affiliates and business opportunity marketers!

Here's MORE good news …

My friend and colleague Charlie Page has written an excellent eBook on ezine ads that I really recommend reading. He is the owner of the best ezine directory site on the net (of which I am a very satisfied lifetime member). When it comes to ezine advertising he is THE man!

EzineTraffic-eBook

You can download  this comprehensive book for free (usually $47) from the Home Business Marketing Institute by clicking here

Take a look right now and discover why Charlie's site was listed in Robert Allen's New York Times bestseller "Multiple Streams of Internet Income"!

If you can write an email you can do this. And it is PROVEN effective. All the top online marketers do this, and now YOU can do it too! This method works regardless of your product  … and Charlie will personally help you like he has helped me.

Using the Right Words in Your Marketing

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Are You Using the Right Words in Your Advertising and Marketing?

Because the right words can work wonders when it comes to lead generation and conversion.

But if you are like most home based business owners, you are most likely great at what you do – you just 'hit a brick wall' when it comes to marketing what you do.

Well if that is the case, you are going to love this little report.

It  contains a handy collection of the very Best Headline Words and Phrases.

I suggest that you print this one out and keep it next to your laptop, PC or Mac because this will be one resource that you're going to refer back to often. Only two pages but it really packs a punch!

You Can Download Your Copy Here

Writing Headlines That Work for Your Home Business

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If You Want Your Home Business to Work – You MUST Use Winning Headlines… No other words in any ad, sales letter, brochure, web page, or any other type of written communication will ever be as important to your success…

Every Home Business Owner needs to be able to make people do three things.

1. Stop! – You have to be able to get your prospects attention.

2. Pay Attention! – You want them to listen carefully to what you have to say to them.

3. Take Action Now! – After they have heard your 'Sales Story' you want people to 'Do' something.

 

This report contains 600 of the best headlines ever written. Download it Here and see how many of them you can adapt for YOUR Home based business.

 

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Time Management Secrets – The Secret to Overcoming Procrastination

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STOP! Before You Read This Article, Make Sure You Download My Free Time Management Guide

Why do you procrastinate?

Why don't you do the things you want to do?

Why do you have great dreams, but don't take massive action to make them come true?

The answer lies in Newton's first law of physics: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"

Let me explain:

Let's say you want something, whatever that 'something' is. Let's call it 'success' to keep it simple.

The bottom line is this: if you want success, and you want it more than anything else in the world, you will get it.

However, if you want to run away from your fears to a safe place, a place you feel secure, that means you want security MORE than you want the success. This is why you don't achieve those great dreams.

The excuses or 'reasons' will ultimately sound like:

  • "I'm not smart enough"
  • "I don't have the money"
  • "I don't deserve more than I already have."
  • "I don't have enough education"
  • "I don't have the qualifications to do this"

All of these excuses are what keep us from our dreams. The way to discover what we are hiding from ourselves is to learn to ask the right questions.

We KNOW all the answers. The problem is that we don't ask the right questions. Here are two questions you can use in almost any quandary:

  1. "What is the BENEFIT I gain by not realizing my dreams?" or "What am I getting by not realizing my dreams?"

Trust me; you ARE getting a benefit or a PAYOFF for not realizing your dreams and you must discover what that benefit is in order to eliminate it.

One of the most common hidden benefits is that you get to stay in your comfort zone. Even if we are unhappy where we are, many times, we have convinced ourselves that going after what we want is more difficult and more painful than staying where we are. We may be miserable, but at least we are comfortable.

  1. The second question is: "What am I afraid will happen if I…………………. (fill in the blank with the dream)

This encompasses the changes in lifestyle we will have to make in order to achieve our dreams. This includes what we thing other people will think.

In order to have the success you want and deserve, you must answer and resolve these two simple questions.

Okay, so what do you do now?

First, turn off the phone, TV, stereo, and all other distractions. Then get a pen and paper and write at the top of the page:

"The benefits of NOT realizing my dreams are:"

List a minimum of 20. If you can't 'think' of any, then just 'guess' and write them down. About the time you reach 10-15, you subconscious mind will take over. Write anything that comes to mind, no matter how trivial or insignificant.

Just allow your mind to wander and go where it takes you. Get as specific as possible.

Very few get past this point before they have some very interesting answers come up.

Now ask yourself how your fear or procrastination has served you thus far. Realize the fear is there for a specific purpose. Find the purpose and ask yourself if it still serves you to have this fear. Perhaps it is time to let go of your fear and stop procrastinating once and for all.

When you have lost the need for the fear, you will just naturally let it go (if you are ready to do so).

And when you let it go, you will be free to move toward the things you say you want—-and you'll do it with ease and joy.

Are you ready to stop procrastinating or are you going to put if off a little longer? The choice is yours.

In life you can only have two things – Reasons or Results – and Reasons don't count! You either have what you want, or you have 'reasons' why you don't have it.

Procrastination is a disease. The cure is convincing yourself that it no longer serves you.

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Welcome and Invite People’s Questions and Boost Your Sales

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Do you invite your prospective customers to ask questions …or do you try to avoid getting questions from them? You’re walking away from a lot of easy sales if you don’t encourage and invite prospects to ask you questions.

1. Prospects Who Ask Questions Are Usually Ready To Buy

Prospective customers who take the time to ask questions usually have a high level of interest in your product or service. By asking questions they identify themselves as likely buyers.

A prompt and complete answer to their question along with a gentle reminder of the benefits they will get is usually all it takes to close the sale.

Tip: Make it easy for prospects to ask questions when they are at your web site or in other selling situations where there is no personal contact. For example, list your phone number or an email address they can use for questions.

2. Set up A Procedure for Managing Questions

Answering questions from prospects does not have to take a lot of your time. Many of the same questions will be repeated over and over again. But you only have to answer each question once …if you save the answer to each question to a permanent file.

Every time you get the same question again, just copy the answer from your saved file into your reply – and customize it appropriately. You will be able to answer questions quickly. And you will impress prospects with your promptness and personal attention.

3. Always Reply Promptly

Answer questions promptly. Your prospect’s level of interest and your chances of getting the sale will decline as time passes without a reply. Prospects are also likely to judge your commitment to serving customers by how long they waited to get the answer to their question.

Tip: If you find yourself personally answering a lot of questions, add a Questions and Answers page to your web site – or to your printed sales material. Include the answers to your most frequently asked questions. This reduces the number of questions you have to answer individually.

4. Take Advantage of the Selling Opportunity

People tend to pay close attention to what you say when you answer a specific question they asked. Take advantage of this. Don’t just answer their question. Include a reason for them to buy as part of your answer.

For example, a typical question may be whether or not your product or service applies to the questioner’s situation. If it does, expand your answer to remind them of the specific benefits they will get. Then tell them exactly how to order it so they can get those benefits immediately.

Remember, prospective customers who ask questions are usually close to buying. A gentle nudge from you will often get them to take action. Provide that nudge when you answer their question.

Many businesses try to avoid questions from their prospects and customers. They are making an expensive mistake. Answering questions from prospects and customers is a highly effective and very low-cost way to boost sales.

Copyright Bob Leduc

Bob Leduc spent 20 years helping businesses like yours find new customers and increase sales. He just released a New Edition of his manual, How To Build Your Small Business Fast With Simple Postcards …and launched *BizTips from Bob*, a newsletter to help small businesses grow and prosper. You’ll find his low-cost marketing methods at: http://BobLeduc.com or call: 702-658-1707 After 10 AM Pacific Time/Las Vegas, NV

4 Easy Ways to Boost Your Home Business Sales

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Here are 4 easy ways you can boost your sales for little or no new expense …and without making major changes in your selling process.

1. Focus on What Your Customers Really Want

Your customers really don’t want your products or services. They don’t even want what those products or services do for them. What they really want is to gain the specific feeling they get after buying and using your products or services.

Keep this in mind when you create web pages, sales letters and other selling presentations. Emphasize the feelings produced by using your product instead of talking about what your product is – or how it works.

Tip: Convert the benefits delivered by your product or service into vivid word pictures. Then put your prospect in the picture by dramatizing what it feels like to be enjoying those benefits.

Example, if you sell financial products, describe what it feels like to enjoy an affluent life style without debt.

2. Keep Communicating With Your Previous Non-Buyers

You’ve heard it before – but I’ll say it here again. Most prospective customers will not buy the first time they see or hear about your product or service. You’re losing a lot of sales if you do not persistently follow up with those prospects.

Your follow up procedure can be as simple as periodically contacting them with a new offer. Or it can be more complex like distributing a newsletter or providing updated product information.

Tip: You cannot follow up with prospects if you don’t know how to reach them. Set up a system for collecting the names and contact information of all prospects who do not buy from you.

Example, offer a special report, a list of sources or some other valuable information your prospects cannot get anywhere else. Deliver it only by email or postal mail so you can get their contact address.

3. Encourage Questions

Questions from prospects may be a nuisance. But answering them can be very profitable.

Prospective customers only take time to ask questions when they have a high level of interest in your product or service. Providing a satisfactory answer to a prospect’s question often leads directly to a sale.

Invite prospects to ask questions when in live selling situations. And make it easy for them to ask questions when they are not …such as at your web site. For example, list a phone number or email address where you or someone else can answer their questions.

Tip: Include a Questions and Answers page on your web site with answers to frequently asked questions. It will reduce the number of questions you have to answer individually.

4. Make Buying Easier

Every non-essential action in the buying process is an opportunity for the customer to reverse their decision …causing you to lose the sale.

Look for ways you can make your buying procedure easier and faster. For example, many marketers use a multi-step shopping cart to get online orders when a simple online order form would do the job with just 1 or 2 quick clicks.

Tip: Don’t ask for unnecessary information during the ordering process. Instead, send a personalized “thank you” message after the sale and include a brief request for the information.

These 4 selling tactics may not be new to you. But are you using all (or any) of them? If not, they can easily boost your sales …for little or no new expense – and without making major changes in your sales process.

(c) Bob Leduc http://BobLeduc.com

Bob Leduc spent 20 years helping businesses like yours find new customers and increase sales. He just released a New Edition of his manual, How To Build Your Small Business Fast With Simple Postcards …and launched *BizTips from Bob*, a newsletter to help small businesses grow and prosper. You’ll find his low-cost marketing methods at: http://BobLeduc.com or call: 702-658-1707 After 10 AM Pacific Time/Las Vegas, NV