Your Greatest Asset
July 31, 2007 - by Joe Heller - Your greatest asset is your own customer list. These people have already purchased something from you in the past. If you've delivered as satisfactory product, they are very likely to buy from you again.
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A Beginner's Guide To the Online Shopping Cart
July 31, 2007 - by Lena Crossan - Want to launch a successful ecommerce business? Having an easy-to-use, reliable shopping cart is a necessity. But what many first-time business owners don't understand is that a shopping cart is only one part of the process. In order to upload a working site that makes money, you'll need a shopping cart and much more! Don't panic. I'll gladly take you through what's required to create a basic ecommerce site.
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Treat Online 'Guests' With Respect
July 30, 2007 - by Rick Sloboda- Why do so many businesses lack respect for online customers?
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How to Avoid Eating Your Words: 10 Essentials for Networking at Tradeshows and Events
July 30, 2007 - by Susan A. Friedmann - Every moment at a tradeshow is important. This includes, of course, all of the time you're on the show floor. Add to that the time you're not actively exhibiting but are on or near the floor -- visiting other exhibits, grabbing a bite to eat, or en route to your hotel room. You only have a limited amount of time to represent your organization to the gathered attendees, so you want to make the most of every minute.
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3 Simple and Low Cost Marketing Ideass to Create Visibility
July 27, 2007 - by Tracey Lawton - To help you decide which is the best strategy (or strategies) for you, I have listed the pros and cons of each one.
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Traditional or Cutting Edge Radio?
July 27, 2007 - by Patrysha Korchinski- Online business owners looking to expand their marketing mix to include radio advertising may wonder whether you’d be better off advertising on traditional radio or on an internet radio show.
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How Long Should Your Ebay Auction Run?
July 26, 2007 - by Kirsten Hawkins - When it comes to durations, you have a wide range of choices: your auction can run for 10, 7, 5 or 3 days, or even only one day if you have a good enough feedback rating.
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Pointers for Podcasting
July 26, 2007 - by Jason Cox -With the growing popularity of podcasting it seems to be catching on everywhere. It is becoming more common. No matter what it is for whether it is audio books, sermons or for educational purposes. Whatever the reason may be it seems to be one of the easiest forms of distributing information over the Internet so far.
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Ten Business Writing Blunders You Can Easily Avoid
July 25, 2007 - by Courtland L. Bovee - Here are ten types of sentence blunders to avoid if you want your reader to get what you mean and not have to stumble through what you write.
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How To Protect Your Domain Name
July 25, 2007 - by Justin Murik - If you are thinking that your entire role has finally come to an end with the selection of an appropriate domain name registration for your website, then you are certainly wrong. Your plan to buy domain is not just limited to its selection but also its complete protection.
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How to Get Rid of Your Visitors
July 24, 2007 - by Terri Seymour - To keep your visitors coming back, the main goals of your website are for visitor participation and benefits. Provide an interesting, beneficial and useful website and they will come back.
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How I Use Email Automatic Autoresponders
July 24, 2007 - by Jeff Schuman - n email automatic responder or autoresponder is the second most important marketing tool I have to make money online. The first would be my hosting company. Without these two tools my internet marketing business is dead in the water.
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Co-op marketing, The Revolutionary Marketing Concept
July 23, 2007 - by Bizymoms - Co-op marketing which is already known as fusion marketing or tie-ins is one of the most rewarding, inexpensive, effective yet underused methods of marketing compared to the alternate methods of marketing. The saying “together every one achieves more” is highly applicable to this concept.
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Quit Being a Salesperson
July 23, 2007 - by Mark Hunter - Many sales are lost because of "sales." To be successful in this profession requires listening to the customer. Unfortunately as salespeople, we often hear so many different things that we feel the need to provide solutions for all of their problems. When this happens, sales professionals can overwhelm the customer, causing them to become confused, and, ultimately, losing any sale.
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Pay-Per-Click Domination
July 23, 2007 - by Dale King - Google and Yahoo generate an estimated 5 billion dollars in combined pay-per-click earnings each year. 5 billion dollars...wow! Yes, my friends, pay-per-click advertising is big business. So, where and when did this whole ppc thing get started?
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Forum Discussions and Getting Traffic for Your Business
July 19, 2007 - by Lisa Roberts - Participating in discussion forums can mean profit for your business. How so? Any business with a website aims for traffic. The more people visit your business website the more chances you have of making more sales and acquiring new customers.
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Managing A Full-Time Job And An eBay Business
July 19, 2007 - by Skip McGrath - Working a full-time job and running a profitable eBay business can be a real challenge. Some people seem to handle it with ease while others struggle.
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10 Terrific Tips for Web Design Beginners.
July 18, 2007 - devshed.com - When embarking on the daunting journey to web design enlightenment it can be hard to know where to start.
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How A Pitch Can Grow Your Business
July 18, 2007 - smallbusinessbrief.com - When someone asks you about what you do, do you have a ready answer? Or do you stumble and stammer trying to explain your business?
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How A Pitch Can Grow Your Business
July 18, 2007 - by Jill Hart - When someone asks you about what you do, do you have a ready answer? Or do you stumble and stammer trying to explain your business?
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Five Stumbling Blocks To Successful Networking And How To Overcome Them
July 18, 2007 - by Lydia Ramsey - The ability to connect with people is essential to success in any business. Professional networking events present opportunities to interact with others on a personal level and to develop profitable relationships. These occasions are critical for anyone who wants to grow a business or promote a career.
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14 Steps to Successful Cold-Calling
July 18, 2007 - by Mark Hunter - As much as people would like to believe there is a secret formula for being successful at cold-calling, the only valid one is being disciplined enough to do it.
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Ebay Powerseller Secrets And Tips
July 18, 2007 - by Eble Chen - I have compiled a list of ebay powerseller secrets so that you can learn from their experiences.
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Promote Your Local Business Online And Offline
July 16, 2007 - by George Meszaros - Nowadays, many people search online for services instead of reaching for the phone book.
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An Effective Marketing Tip Means Business
July 16, 2007 - by Mario Churchill - Is your business just coasting along? Has it been awhile since you’ve noticed a peak in sales? Are you looking for a way to increase business? An effective marketing tip could really make a positive difference in your business.
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Super Savvy Internet Promotion
July 13, 2007 - by Penny Sansevieri - What happens if you build a website and no one shows up? You spend hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars on a site that gets a few visitors at best and certainly isn’t selling your books. For the most part, authors assume that Internet promotion stops once their site is up. But the harsh truth is that with all the sites popping up every day, yours will likely get lost in the shuffle unless you promote it.
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Characteristics of Opt-In and Permission Based Marketing
July 13, 2007 - by Joel Christopher Remandaban - There is another aspect to Internet marketing that makes waves to those who are starting up in the business. It is called opt-in and permission based marketing. It works so well because it is something that possesses three characteristics that is not that emphasized in other techniques of Internet marketing.
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Twelve Creative Ideas for Using Teleseminars to Grow Your Business
July 12, 2007 - by Jan Marie Dore - Conducting teleseminars, or group learning conference calls, is a very effective strategy to promote your small business or professional practice and create additional streams of income.
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The Catch-22 with Accepting Credit Cards
July 12, 2007 - by Halstatt Pires - The number one method of payment in transactions on the net is credit card payment. You must accept credit cards or you will get nowhere with your site. While this sounds like an obvious statement, accepting credit cards raises a host of issues.
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Affiliate Marketing Tips To Help You Earn More
July 11, 2007 - by Diana Barnum - When you want to make money as an affiliate, it can be confusing when you first start out. The terminology may seem like another language and it is very easy to get frustrated. However, keep in mind that once you understand the process of affiliate marketing, it will seem almost silly at how stressed you got to begin with.
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Selling Antiques & Collectibles Online: What You Need to Know to Get Started
July 11, 2007 - by Martin Swinton - Some tips on selling antiques and collectibles on eBay.
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7 Steps to Starting Your Business
July 11, 2007 - by Cristina Favreau - 'I've finally decided to start my business. Now, WHERE THE HECK DO I START?' Sound familiar?
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7 Tips For Posting In Forums
July 10, 2007 - by Alyice Edrich - When posting to forums, follow these simple tips to achieve true word- of-mouth advertising—all of which I am learning by trial and error, myself.
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Royalty Free Stock Photos for Web Design
July 10, 2007 - by Sharon Housley - Many of the free websites contain collaborative works from multiple photographers and artists. While the websites attempt to monitor the images in their collections in violation of copyright laws, there are no guarantees. If you opt to use photographs or images from a free portal, it is important to keep this in mind. The following are a large number of reputable stock photo websites available.
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Improve Customer Rapport with Improv!
July 10, 2007 - by Craig Harrison - It might surprise you to learn that even in something as spontaneous as Improvisation there are rules at play. Three in particular have direct relevance to our customer and client interactions.
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After The Show: Self Analysis A Critical Component to Improve Performance
July 09, 2007 - by Susan Friedmann - To continually improve, you have to have a very clear and concrete idea of where you are right now. An objective measurement of performance is the only way to plan for and achieve an improved result at subsequent shows. It serves as your baseline.
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Contact Information And Your Online Business
July 06, 2007 - by George Meszaros - One of the biggest turnoffs is a website without contact information.
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Removing Adware From Your Computer
July 05, 2007 - by Michael Cottier - If you have been using the internet for awhile, you know all about adware. If you are new to the internet you will soon discover the horror of adware! Either way though at some time in your internet life you will need to remove adware from your computer.
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Why Simple Landing Pages Work
July 05, 2007 - by Bruce Alan - Are you just getting started in Internet Marketing and you want to sell something? Not having your own product, you decide to try affiliate marketing (selling someone else’s product). OK, great…but how do you do it?
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How to Find Ideas for Writing Articles
July 03, 2007 - by Terri Seymour - Writing articles every couple of weeks or so is a great idea for your online business but it can sometimes be hard to find good subject matter for your article.
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Work At Home Time Management
July 03, 2007 - by Tammy Embrich - Are you finding lack of time for your online business becoming more and more evident?
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Questions Are The Answer
July 02, 2007 - by Tessa Stowe - Questions are the answer when selling. If you ask the right questions, your potential clients will sell themselves on your products or services. You will not have to sell at all. How great is that?
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How To Find The Best Internet Marketing Training
July 02, 2007 - by Titus Hoskins - So you want to be an Internet Marketer? You want to be your own boss. You want to set your own hours and work from the comfort of your own home, no matter where in the world you choose to live. You simply want the freedom working on the web gives you.
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