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1. Building a Business Ethically and Easily
Building a Business Ethically and Easily
- by Bill Brine, Lead Generation Master
As regular readers of my blog know, one of my main sources for internet revenue is the Its Good Business model. This morning I received and unsolicited email invitation to look at a business (i.e. spam), but the authors of the letter did not seem to be hyping the usual get rich quick stuff (although there was a bit of that in the letter). So instead of sending my usual spam reply and adding them to my blacklist, I decided to send a thoughtful reply. I will include the letter and my reply here, with some editing, for your education.First, here is a copy of the letter. The subject of the email was "This will be the hottest home based business this holiday season." Sounds a but like hype, but let's see what it says:
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Good day to you! We are Chris Herriford & Ariana Reed. We are writing you after viewing one of your websites. We have a long track record of being successful in marketing and enjoy networking with other professionals. We would like to get better acquainted with you. We are interested in finding out if you are open-minded about hearing about a new opportunity in the television business.
We are with a large and established media company that has had a lot of success producing many winning infomercials for the last 10 years. We would like to show you how you can earn a passive, residual income with us from the TV business with a new business model that combines direct response, network marketing, and the Internet.
While building traditional MLM we've made substantial money but we established a couple of key things right now (1) people can't afford costly leads (2) people are sick of bugging friends and family (3) there are no real customers in a traditional model of MLM.
We were introduced to TV infomercials about 10 months ago. For the first time we could see real customers that ordered from TV and grew one’s business very rapidly from home. Let us highlight a couple of things for you.
Picture people sitting in their homes, watching TV. They see a 30 min infomercial and pick up the phone, dial an 800# and place an order. Now, imagine that a percentage of those customers who placed an order through a call center become your customers.
Picture that you don't have to host another party or buy another lead.
Picture that you have a chance to work and be mentored by some of the best in the industry.
Picture that you can start for under $100 (includes kit, website, and product)
Listen, we know that you have likely been pitched and promised before and don't want to reinvest your sweat and tears in something that will fall through. We understand! We know where you are coming from. But imagine being able to partner with one of the top infomercial companies on the globe that is poised to do 300 million in sales this year, spend 80-90 million on media, that is right now generating 15-30k customers a WEEK and you can capture a percentage of those customers.
Opportunities like this don't come around every day. So what do you do next? TAKE ACTION!
Call us at: 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx to find out more!
We always enjoy talking to others in the industry, and we have many friends throughout the networking community. If this is not for you we would still love to hear how your business is going.
Sincerely,
Chris Herriford and Ariana Reed
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Well, that's not too bad in terms of hype, But it sounds a lot like our Its Good Business model, so here is my reply. Due to legal restrictions, I am not permitted to mention the name of the company I am promoting in a public forum like this without prior permission, so I have replaced the name of the company with XXXX. The original reply, of course, does contain the name of the business.
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Hi Chris and Ariana:
This email address is used exclusively for my XXXX business, so that must have been the website you saw. Normally I would consider an unsolicited email like this to be spam and take appropriate action, but you seem like someone who is actually serious about business building and not promoting a get rich quick scheme, so I would be happy to continue our conversation.
Are you by any chance promoting XXXX? If not, perhaps you might like to look at our model. Here are some details:
What you have described is exactly how XXXX works, and it works very well. They have been doing this for over 10 years now. They call it co-operative marketing. They own one of the largest media empires in the US, and they run infomercials on the cable networks that they own, they swap time with other cable networks, they run infomercials on radio and now are starting to run infomercials in Canada as well. They do all the customer followup and continue marketing to existing customers to keep them buying. All I have to do is purchase customers whenever I want, and the commissions from those customers are mine for life.
In addition, the team that I belong to has blown the doors off this model by incorporating the most powerful internet marketing system on the planet, Veretekk, to drive massive amounts of traffic to our business model to introduce it to people who are sick and tired of the traditional MLM business model, which we know does not work. The entire team works to build the organization, without regards to crossline, downline, or sideways. I have never before worked in such a cohesive and motivated team. As members of the team, each of us contributes what he or she is good at and interested in to the overall team effort, and everyone benefits.
XXXX is not an MLM, but it uses an MLM model for commissions. So I still have to build an organization that contains distributors. However, unlike traditional MLM, the focus is not on building an organization of salespeople who are all buying products in the hope that they can make money by recruiting other salespeople. Our organizations are built upon a stable customer base that we purchase from XXXX. As members of the team, we will occasionally have new customers assigned to us that we did not purchase, or even new distributors that we did not personally recruit. So there is no great pressure to recruit, even though it is still a good idea to do so.
As a consequence, I do not have to send out any spam or do massive amounts of marketing. Nor do I subscribe to the '3 foot rule'. I only have to speak to people who are interested in building a real business, and who have seen our business plan and are excited about it. I spend my time contributing to the team effort and purchase customers on a regular basis, and regularly report on all this to the subscribers of my marketing newsletter, from which I have already had one person sign up as a distributor.
This business model has propelled some of our team members to Presidential Director, the highest rank in XXXX distributors (we are called Business Associates or BAs), in a 2-3 month period, a process which before our team appeared would normally take a year or more. I personally advanced one rank within the first 2 weeks of signing up. In any traditional MLM, as I'm sure you are well aware, this would take 6 months or more, depending upon your ability to sell and recruit. So far I have not had to sell to or recruit anyone. I love this model!
Our team offers free advanced training on all aspects of internet marketing from some of the most knowledgeable marketers online today. These are not the 'gurus' you will see promoting their crap ebooks which tell you nothing. These are people who are making real money by using ethical methods and powerful tools to promote real businesses.
With our team working together employing our Veretekk marketing technology, we can easily dominate any keyword category in Google within a matter of days or weeks, and none of us have to learn everything about everything in order to get anything done. We simply concentrate on one area and learn as much about it as we can.
So I invite you to take a look at our model. All you have to do is go to
http://www.ItsGoodBusiness.net
There are regular Saturday presentations you can attend online. If you are unable to attend, contact me and I can send you to a website where I have archived some of our past presentations. We don't do conference calls and you will not come across any of the usual hype in our presentations. We don't believe in that stuff. We don't need it, because we only seek people who 'get' our model and are interested in participating.
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So there you are, I hope this has been of some use. At least now you know what the Its Good Business model is all about!
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Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master
PO Box 121, Amherst, NS B4H 3Y6 Canada
Ph: 902.667.0511
Fax: 760.280.8685
Skype: billbrine
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2. PRESS RELEASE: Snowshoes at discount prices
Snowshoes at discount pricesA new site has been launched to help winter sport enthusiasts find snowshoes at discount prices.
(Amherst, NS) BrinCom Internet Business Services has just launched a new website devoted to finding snowshoes at discount prices
The site is located at
http://discount-snowshoes.BuyItForLessHere.com
Winter sport enthusiasts who are looking for good prices on new or used snowshoes or accessories now have a new shopping resource to help them search out great deals on snowshoes.
A unique feature of the site is that visitors can subscribe to each pre-defined search as an RSS feed, so they can use their favorite RSS reader to monitor when the particular types of snowshoes they are looking for are available.
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BrinCom Internet Business Services is located in Amherst, NS, Canada and specializes in business lead generation, marketing, website design, website hosting and maintenance, and assisting online entrepreneurs to develop multiple streams of income ethically and responsibly.
Bill Brine, the CEO and owner, specializes in teaching small business owners how to generate premium leads for their businesses using the power of the Veretekk Lead Generation System and the Its Good Business model. Mr. Brine also assists small business owners to develop multiple streams of internet income using a variety of techniques and programs.
More information on Veretekk is available at
http://www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
More information about the company is available at
http://www.BrinCom.com
More Information on the Its Good Business model is available at
http://ItsGoodBusiness.net
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3. PRESS RELEASE: Cool and Fun Online and Downloadable Games
Cool and Fun Online and Downloadable GamesA new site has been launched to help gamers find cool and fun games to play online or download to a PC or Mac.
(Amherst, NS) BrinCom Internet Business Services has just launched a new website devoted to finding cool and fun games to play online or to download to a PC or a Mac.
The site is located at
http://fun-online.games.GetItForLessOnline.com
Gamers who are looking for new cool and fun games to play online or download now have a new resource at their fingertips. New games become available on a regular basis. A large selection of online games is available, as well as games that can be downloaded to a Mac or a PC.
A unique feature of the site is that visitors can subscribe to each pre-defined search as an RSS feed, so they can monitor the release of new games in their favorite category by using their own RSS reader.
An online gaming community is also available.
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BrinCom Internet Business Services is located in Amherst, NS, Canada and specializes in business lead generation, marketing, website design, website hosting and maintenance, and assisting online entrepreneurs to develop multiple streams of income ethically and responsibly.
Bill Brine, the CEO and owner, specializes in teaching small business owners how to generate premium leads for their businesses using the power of the Veretekk Lead Generation System and the Its Good Business model. Mr. Brine also assists small business owners to develop multiple streams of internet income using a variety of techniques and programs.
More information on Veretekk is available at
http://www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
More information about the company is available at
http://www.BrinCom.com
More Information on the Its Good Business model is available at
http://ItsGoodBusiness.net
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4. Cheap Video Games, Systems and Accessories
Cheap Video Games, Systems and AccessoriesA new site has been launched to help consumers find great deals on video games, video game systems and video game accessories.
(Amherst, NS) BrinCom Internet Business Services has just launched a new website devoted to finding great deals on video games, video game systems and video game accessories.
The site is located at
http://cheap-video-games.GetItForLessOnline.com
Consumers who are looking for a new or used video game, video game system or video game accessory now have another shopping resource which they can use to find good deals. A large selection of video games, video game systems and video game accessories is available. New items become available on a regular basis.
The site is based on eBay auctions, and presents specific real-time pages devoted to video games, video game systems and video game accessories. Most popular brands are represented, such as PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox 360.
A unique feature of the site is that visitors can subscribe to each pre-defined search as an RSS feed, so they can monitor auctions for video games, video game systems and video game accessories using their own RSS reader. For those who are unfamiliar with eBay, a short training video is available.
"We have done all the hard work for our visitors", says Bill Brine, the CEO of the company. "We have determined where most sellers post their auctions within the eBay structure for video games, video game systems and video game accessories. All our visitors have to do is click on the type of video game, video game system or video game accessory they are interested in and they will be presented with a list of current auctions for those products."
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BrinCom Internet Business Services is located in Amherst, NS, Canada and specializes in business lead generation, marketing, website design, website hosting and maintenance, and assisting online entrepreneurs to develop multiple streams of income ethically and responsibly.
Bill Brine, the CEO and owner, specializes in teaching small business owners how to generate premium leads for their businesses using the power of the Veretekk Lead Generation System and the Its Good Business model. Mr. Brine also assists small business owners to develop multiple streams of internet income using a variety of techniques and programs.
More information on Veretekk is available at
http://www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
More information about the company is available at
http://www.BrinCom.com
More Information on the Its Good Business model is available at
http://ItsGoodBusiness.net
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5. Canon G9 Best Price
Canon G9 Best PricesThe Canon G9 Powershot digital camera was launched in 2007 as the successor to the PowerShot G7. It is a 12.1 Megapixel camera which incorporates a number of improvements.
For more information about the Canon G9 and to find a Canon G9 at the best price, visit my Squidoo Lens at
http://www.squidoo.com/canon-g9-best-price
Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master
6. PRESS RELEASE: New Shopping Site for GPS Systems and Accessories
A new site has been launched to help consumers find great deals on GPS systems and accessories.
(Amherst, NS) BrinCom Internet Business Services has just launched a new website devoted to finding great deals on GPS systems and accessories.
The site is located at
gps-navigation.GetItForLessOnline.com
Consumers who are looking for a new or used GPS system or GPS system accessories now have another shopping resource which they can use to find good deals. A large selection of GPS systems and accessories is available. New items become available on a regular basis.
The site is based on eBay auctions, and presents specific real-time pages devoted to GPS systems and accessories. Consumers can search by brand name and type of GPS system, as well as the type of GPS accessory they are looking for.
A unique feature of the site is that visitors can subscribe to each pre-defined search as an RSS feed, so they can monitor auctions for GPS systems and accessories using their own RSS reader. For those who are unfamiliar with eBay, a short training video is available.
"We have done all the hard work for our visitors", says Bill Brine, the CEO of the company. "We have determined where most sellers post their auctions within the eBay structure for GPS systems and accessories. All our visitors have to do is click on the type of electric guitar they are interested in and they will be presented with a list of current auctions for those products."
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BrinCom Internet Business Services is located in Amherst, NS, Canada and specializes in business lead generation, marketing, website design, website hosting and maintenance, and assisting online entrepreneurs to develop multiple streams of income ethically and responsibly.
Bill Brine, the CEO and owner, specializes in teaching small business owners how to generate premium leads for their businesses using the power of the Veretekk Lead Generation System and the Its Good Business model. Mr. Brine also assists small business owners to develop multiple streams of internet income using a variety of techniques and programs.
More information on Veretekk is available at
www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
More information about the company is available at
www.BrinCom.com
More Information on the Its Good Business model is available at
www.ItsGoodBusiness.net
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7. PRESS RELEASE: New Shopping Site for Electric Guitars
New Shopping Site for Electric GuitarsA new site has been launched to help musicians find great deals on electric guitars.
BrinCom Internet Business Services has just launched a new website devoted to finding great deals on electric guitars.
The site is located at
http://electric-guitars.GetItForLessOnline.com
Consumers who are looking for a new or used electric guitar now have another shopping resource which they can use to find good deals. A large selection of electric guitars is available. New items become available on a regular basis.
The site is based on eBay auctions, and presents specific real-time pages devoted to electric guitars. Consumers can search by brand name and type of camera.
A unique feature of the site is that visitors can subscribe to each pre-defined search as an RSS feed, so they can monitor auctions for electric guitars using their own RSS reader. For those who are unfamiliar with eBay, a short training video is available.
"We have done all the hard work for our visitors", says Bill Brine, the CEO of the company. "We have determined where most sellers post their auctions within the eBay structure for electric guitars. All our visitors have to do is click on the type of electric guitar they are interested in and they will be presented with a list of current auctions for those products."
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BrinCom Internet Business Services is located in Amherst, NS, Canada and specializes in business lead generation, marketing, website design, website hosting and maintenance, and assisting online entrepreneurs to develop multiple streams of income ethically and responsibly.
Bill Brine, the CEO and owner, specializes in teaching small business owners how to generate premium leads for their businesses using the power of the Veretekk Lead Generation System and the Its Good Business model. Mr. Brine also assists small business owners to develop multiple streams of internet income using a variety of techniques and programs.
More information on Veretekk is available at www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
More information about the company is available at www.BrinCom.com
More Information on the Its Good Business model is available at www.ItsGoodBusiness.net
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8. New Site for Digital Camera Shoppers
Press Release - New Site for Digital Camera ShoppersA new site has been launched to help consumers find great deals on digital cameras.
(Amherst, NS) BrinCom Internet Business Services has just launched a new website devoted to finding great deals on digital cameras.
The site is located at digital-cameras.GetItForLessOnline.com
Consumers who are looking for a new or used digital camera now have another shopping resource which they can use to find good deals. A large selection of digital cameras is available. New items become available on a regular basis.
The site is based on eBay auctions, and presents specific real-time pages devoted to digital cameras. Consumers can search by brand name and type of camera.
A unique feature of the site is that visitors can subscribe to each pre-defined search as an RSS feed, so they can monitor auctions for digital cameras using their own RSS reader. For those who are unfamiliar with eBay, a short training video is available.
"We have done all the hard work for our visitors", says Bill Brine, the CEO of the company. "We have determined where most sellers post their auctions within the eBay structure for digital cameras. All our visitors have to do is click on the type of digital camera they are interested in and they will be presented with a list of current auctions for those products."
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BrinCom Internet Business Services is located in Amherst, NS, Canada and specializes in business lead generation, marketing, website design, website hosting and maintenance, and assisting online entrepreneurs to develop multiple streams of income ethically and responsibly.
Bill Brine, the CEO and owner, specializes in teaching small business owners how to generate premium leads for their businesses using the power of the Veretekk Lead Generation System and the Its Good Business model. Mr. Brine also assists small business owners to develop multiple streams of internet income using a variety of techniques and programs.
More information on Veretekk is available at www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
More information about the company is available at www.BrinCom.com
More Information on the Its Good Business model is available at www.ItsGoodBusiness.net
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9. Bill's Bully Pulpit: Your Business Office Anywhere
Bill's Bully Pulpit: Your Business Office AnywhereWelcome to my Bully Pulpit for October 17, 2008
For those of you who are new to my newsletter, my name is Bill Brine and I am a Lead Generation Master and a Veretekk Marketing System owner. As always, I am here to help you if you have any questions. My contact details are at the bottom of this email. If you wish to contact me, use the email address supplied there.
If you are not familiar with Veretekk, see the overview page I put together at
http://www.squidoo.com/whatisveretekk
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This week's issue includes:
1) Your Business Office Anywhere
2) Quote for Today
3) Do You Have Any Comments?
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1) Your Business Office Anywhere
One of the most important aspects of setting up a home business is setting up a productive and efficient office for your business.
These days, modern technology makes it simple to set up an office almost anywhere. Cell phones, email, laptops and updated office situations offer unlimited opportunities to start your own business. Whether you want a full-time enterprise or a part-time income, you need the right setup to be successful. Take advantage of advanced technology to have a convenient, functional office on your own terms.
Home Offices
For an office at home, you can renovate your garage, your family room or even a large closet into your own office space. Create a corner in the house just for your work. Have a designated area for files, your computer and other business essentials. Stay organized so you know where everything is and don't have to waste time looking for it. Scattering your work around the house makes it difficult to run a successful enterprise no matter how large or small.
The Mobile Office
Sometimes situations at home make it impossible to focus on the business at hand. In such times, it is important to have a laptop and cell phone ready so you can work at your favorite park, coffee shop or library. If peace and quiet are impossible to attain in one spot, take your work elsewhere for awhile. Often the change of scenery will help you to regain focus so you can get back to business more effectively.
Virtual Offices
Virtual offices provide a designated business address, telephone number and fax number along with an answering service and receptionist. For a monthly fee, you can set up a virtual office in almost any major city in the world. Virtual offices also create a presence in a metropolitan area and give your business image a boost. If you need a professional space to meet with clients, most virtual offices have conference rooms available on short notice. Having a virtual office also makes it easier to work at home. You have someone else receiving packages, telephone calls, faxes and mail so you can work without interruption. A virtual office also maintains the privacy of your home address and phone number.
Managed Offices
Managed offices are run by a management company that rents out rooms and suites to various businesses. Everyone has a shared receptionist, answering service, security and common areas such as lobbies, restrooms and conference rooms. You can rent an impressive single office or suite in a local business area without a long term lease or buying office space. This gives businesses more freedom to expand, downsize and relocate.
Outsourcing
As businesses expand, they often seek virtual offices and managed offices for the access to receptionists and clerical staff. Another option for small enterprises is outsourcing. Use a freelancer to handle writing, research and public relations as you work on other aspects of your business. Hire a virtual assistant to manage appointments, telephone calls and client data. Get help to make your business more profitable and productive.
Start your own business, gain credibility and build profits by customizing your offices to suit your unique needs. Whether you want to quit your day job or supplement your current income, you can create your own perfect office anywhere and anytime.
2) Quote for Today
Achievements are the accomplishment of persistent individuals.
- James Jones
Would you like free inspirational messages like this
for your website? Just go to
http://brincom.dailymessageonline.com/
to get the code.
3) Do You Have Any Comments?
This is your chance to speak out.
Comment on articles I've run in the newsletter, give me your thoughts on changes or your ad testing results or questions relating to your business, etc.
In other words, just talk to me about what you think I need to do to improve the newsletter.
Be sure to include your website address too, because if I use your comments in a future issue of the newsletter, I'll thank you by posting your address so that you can get additional free traffic to your site!
Email your questions or replies to: brincom@veretekk.com with the subject "Bully Pulpit Feedback".
All articles from this newsletter are also published in my blog at
http://brincom.com/blogs/LeadGeneration
That's a Wrap for this Week
That wraps up another week's newsletter and I hope you enjoyed this issue.
Don't forget to send me any comments or questions you may have. I would be only too happy to help you in any way that I can.
From time to time I'll send you important updates that will provide information that has the potential to greatly improve your online business... and of course your profits!
However, you can rest assured that I will only ever recommend products that are considered to be of HIGH value and will provide indisputable benefits to help you grow your business.
Have a great week!
Until next time,
Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master
Brincom Internet Business Services
PO Box 121, Amherst, NS B4H 3Y6
Ph: 902-667-0511
Fax: 760-280-8685
Office Hours: M-F 8-5 PM EST
Skype: billbrine
Email: jwb@brincom.com
http://www.ItsGoodBusiness.net
P.S. If you know someone who might find my newsletter
useful, send them to
http://www.brincom.com/weekly-marketing-tips.htm
10. Make Money Online Advice 8
Make Money Online Advice 8
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterSo you've out a lot of time and effort into doing some market research, and have designed a great product that you think will sell like wildfire.
Unfortunately, it doesn't sell well. It hardly sells at all...
Now what? Is there still a way to make money online with this product? Or should you just throw it out and start again?
Well, there are some things you can do to resurrect the situation. Here are 10 ideas you can use to make use of the product and still make money online:
1. People are always looking for new products to sell. Sell the reprint or reproduction rights to the product. Sell a resale license.
2. Give the product away as a freebie from your home business website. Just because it won't sell doesn't mean people won't visit your home business website to get it for free. They may see another product you sell and buy that one while they're there.
3. List the product at an online auction site such as eBay. You may make part of your investment back. If you're lucky, you may even make a profit. People sometimes get into bidding wars and will bid a higher price than the product is actually worth.
4. Offer your product as a free bonus for another product you sell. This will increase the perceived value of the product you're selling. People will feel they're receiving more for less.
5. Contact businesses with the same target market and see if they would be interested in using your product as a free bonus for their product. You can get free advertising by placing your ad on the product.
6. Sell your product to businesses at wholesale cost as a promotional item. Businesses are always looking for products they can give to their customers with their advertising on the product. You could make part of your investment back.
7. Barter your product to other businesses for things you need for your own business. You could trade for their products or services. This will save you money and help make up for your profit loss.
8. Create an online contest with the product as a prize. This will attract traffic to your web site. You could also get free advertising by listing it on online contest directories.
9. If you decide to give away the product for free, allow other people to give the product away for free as well. Place your home business website ad on the product. This will spread your advertising and attract even more people to your site.
10. Ask businesses with the same target audience if they would be interested in combining your product with their product. You could then sell them together as a package deal and split the profits. You may have better results selling your product this way.
There are many more creative ways to make use of a product that is not selling for some reason. You can still make money online, even if the product is a poor seller for some reason.
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Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master
PO Box 121, Amherst, NS B4H 3Y6 Canada
Ph: 902.667.0511
Fax: 760.280.8685
Skype: billbrine
Its Good Business
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11. Make Money Online Advice - Increasing Sales Volume
Make Money Online Advice - Increasing Sales VolumeAre you frustrated in your efforts to make money online because of low sales volume? This article may help.
Here are 10 proven strategies that will help increase your sales volume.
1. Make people feel safe when they order. Remind people that they are ordering through a secure server. Tell them you won't sell their email address and all their information will be kept confidential.
2. Make your ad copy attractive. Do not concentrate on features; market the benefits instead. Make sure your headline is attractive to your target audience. Always include testimonials and/or guarantees.
3. Remind people to come back and visit. People usually don't purchase the first time they visit. The more times they visit your site, the greater the chance they will buy. The most effective way to make them return is to give them a free subscription to your ezine.
4. Tell people about your business. They will feel more comfortable if they know who they are buying from. Publish a section called "About Us" on your home business website. Include your business history, profile of employees, contact information etc.
5.Give people as many ordering options as possible. Accept credit cards, checks, money orders, and other forms of electronic payments. Take orders by phone, email, home business website, fax, mail, etc.
6. Make your home business website look professional. You must have your own domain name. Your web site should be easy to navigate. The graphics should be related to the theme of your home business website.
7. Let people read your ad before they get your freebie. When you use free stuff to lure people to your home business website include it below your ad copy or on another web page. If you list the freebie above your ad they may never look to see what you're selling.
8. This may sound simplistic, but be sure that you are attracting the target audience that would buy your product or service. A simple way to do this is to survey your existing customers to see what attracted them to buy. This information will help you improve your target marketing and advertising.
9. Always test and improve your ad copy. There are many people who write ad copy and never change it. You have to continually test and improve your ad copy to get the highest possible response rate. Start out with 2 different ads and then test their respective conversion rates. Then choose the one that has the best conversion rate and design a new ad to run against that one to see if you can beat the conversion rate. Repeat this process as long as you are marketing the product or service.
10. Give people some urgency to buy now. Many people are interested in your product but they put off buying it till later and eventually forget about it. Entice them to buy now with a freebie or discount and include a deadline date when the offer ends.
Take a serious look at your marketing strategies and see if your efforts fall into one or more of these areas. Correct those deficiencies and you will be well on your way to making money online.
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Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master
PO Box 121, Amherst, NS B4H 3Y6 Canada
Ph: 902.667.0511
Fax: 760.280.8685
Skype: billbrine
Its Good Business
Its Good Business Blog
Its Good Business Forum
Its Good Business Links
Previous Posts
12. Make Money Online by Working At Home
Make Money Online by Working At Home
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterSo you want to make money online?
In researching you have probably come across dozens of money making home business opportunities websites saying just join our program or that program and the money will flow in while you sleep.
Be careful and take everything you read with a large degree of skepticism. Every make money online program out there needs your effort and money for the program to work. Not a lot of money, in some cases. Even just a little can go a long way. But any business will require time, effort and some of your own money to be successful. If you know how and where to invest your money, work at home online success can be yours.
If you are not willing to work hard and wisely and spend money on your work at home business to make money, the odds will be stacked against your success.
This is where you get an unfair advantage in your pursuit of success. You will have to guide yourself to finding quality information, tools and tactics to become successful at making money online.
With some or absolutely no idea how to make money online you have to be diligent in your efforts to succeed.
My experience suggests that you should follow the path you feel comfortable pursuing. This will enable you to be successful and happy in the pursuit of your goals.
You'll see lots of no cost work for free business models on the Internet and in business opportunity magazines. Stay away from these! How can anyone possibly make money if it costs nothing to sign up? If it looks to good to be true, it probably is.
You need to find proven business models that are working. Stay away from pre-launches and new programs. Be sure to contact other business owners in whatever programs you are investigating to find out their experiences. Any reputable business owner will be happy to share their experiences with you.
Good luck with your search. Now go make money online!
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13. Make Money Online Advice 7
Make Money Online Advice 7
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterHere are more tips for those of you who are looking to make money online. Today we'll once again look at ideas for increasing sales volume for your products and services:
1. If you are using mass media advertising, consider investing in targeted advertising instead. Don't waste your limited ad dollars on people who aren't interested.
2. You can increase your profits by concentrating on small details. Improving small things like text size, color, or graphics can really make a positive difference.
3. Keep your offers flexible. For example, if you offer a set price for your product, offer an optional payment plan for the people can't afford the whole cost up front.
4. You can offer your knowledge or consulting as a bonus to those who order a product. For example, you could offer a free 15 or 30 minute consultation. This will add tremendous value to your product.
5. Make sure to personalize all your email messages so they get read. Include the recipient's name in the subject line. This will grab peoples attention quickly.
6. Keep your home business website consistent. Do not keep things on your home business website that are unrelated to the theme of your home business website.
7. You can attract more subscribers to your free ezine by giving them free bonuses like ebooks, software, online services and other incentives.
8. Sell advertising space in your ezine and on your home business website. This will create an extra income stream for your business.
9. Make your home business website ready for the public. Have an "About Us" page and clear descriptions of what actions you want your visitors to take.
10. Don't just start advertising everywhere. Plan out your marketing. Locate places and publications that your target audience would congregate around.
These 10 ideas will help you to ramp up your online sales volume. Stay tuned for more ideas in the next article in this series. Now go make money online!
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14. Make Money Online Advice 6
Make Money Online Advice 6
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterWelcome to another in my ongoing series of articles to help you make money online. Today we'll look at more ideas for increasing profits:
1. Try selling a few back end products that are not related to your main product but are needed by people in their everyday lives. Your customers do have a life outside of your business....
2. Cut down on expenses by taking on as many of your business' chores as you can handle. Outsource what you can't handle.
3. Don't be afraid to try out new business opportunities, even if they are not related to your main focus. Multiple streams of income are the way to go if you want to make money online.
4. Search out home business websites that are related to your market and create an alliance with 3 or 4 of them. Include each of your ads or banners on the other home business websites. You will all share targeted traffic from each other.
5. Create a free ezine directory. This will attract a lot of traffic from ezine publishers and people that want to subscribe to the ezines. Gather contact information by offering people the ability to sign up to be notified when a new ezine is added to the directory.
6. Offer freebies from your site and submit them to free stuff sites. These sites provide target categories, which means targeted traffic for you.
7. Make your visitors curious about your product by telling them they need to sign-up to get into a password protected site to read the rest of the ad.
8. Keep in mind that the little things about your web pages really do count. Include the title of your site at the top right corner, a description of your site, make it easy to navigate, etc. Do not assume that anyone who visits your website understands how it all fits together.
9. When you ask someone to sign-up to receive a freebie, don't ask for really personal information. This is a fast way to lose a potential prospect.
10. Make use of newsgroups. Newsgroups are still very popular. You can post your ad in ones that allow it or you can simply leave messages with your signature line included.
Stay tuned for more tips designed to help you boost sales and make money online.
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15. Make Money Online Advice
Make Money Online Advice
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterIf you want to make money online, you have to sell something. And if you want to sell something, you are going to have to design ads or sales pages.
When designing an ad, one of the most important considerations is how to end the sales message. Here are 10 ideas for ending your sales message that will persuade people to purchase the product you are selling:
1. End your sales message by telling people what will happen if they buy your product. Use your most powerful benefit as the example.
2. End your sales message by telling people what will happen if they don't buy your product. Use a problem that they won't be able to solve without it.
3. End your sales message with a question to which they will always answer "Yes". This will put them in the right frame of mind to answer "Yes" when you ask them to order.
4. End your sales message with a short review of your whole ad. Repeat all the major benefits and features they will receive.
5. End your sales message with a deadline. Tell them it's a limited time offer and they need to order by a specific date.
6. End your sales message with a powerful guarantee. Give them a lifetime or triple your money back guarantee.
7. End your sales message with a testimonial. Use one or more of your customers' testimonials that are believable and include specific results.
8. End your sales message with a free bonus. When you give them a free bonus it increases the product's perceived value.
9. End your sales message with a discounted price. Just list your regular price and then offer a discounted price off the order right now.
10. End your sales message with a free sample or a trial version of your product. If your ad didn't attract them to buy, maybe a free sample or trial would.
Using one or more of these strategies to end your sales message will make your readers more disposed to purchase the product. Try different combinations, and be sure to test the different combinations of strategies to see which works best.
Watch for more articles in my Make Money Online Advice series.
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16. Make Money Online Advice
Make Money Online Advice
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If you are trying to make money online, you are no doubt offering some sort of product or products for sale. In this ongoing series of articles I will offer short ideas to increase your sales so you can make more money online.Here are 10 more tips to increase sales for the products and services you offer in your home business:
1. Create instant rapport with your target audience by expressing the same views as your audience. Bring up common likes and dislikes in your ads.
2. Consider adding viral marketing to your promotional plans. Allow your visitors to give away your free stuff, just include your ad somewhere on all the freebies.
3. Design your website to be less confusing. Don't use a lot of graphics, links or anything else that takes away from your sales message. The best sales page for any product is a page that has no outgoing links to anywhere else, except perhaps for the usual terms of service and contact page.
4. Your website visitors may not have the time to review your entire website at the time they visit. Give them the option of viewing your web site by autoresponder or printing it out. It is also a good idea to provide an "Add to Favorites" button.
5. Want to increase your opt-in email list quickly? Give away a product at no cost as long as people subscribe to your ezine in exchange.
6. Seek out joint ventures with offline businesses. Look for businesses that have the same target audience and create a win/win deal with them.
7. Expand your target audience by adding a new product line or packaging your main products with other ones. You could also add-on extra services.
8. People buy from people they like, so if you can persuade your visitors to like you, you will automatically be more trustworthy in their eyes. You could tell them a joke, give them a compliment, give them a freebie, etc.
9. Submit all the free stuff you offer to online freebie directories. These directories get tons of traffic, because people like to get things for free.
10. Always use headlines and sub headlines that are aimed directly at your audience. For example, if you're selling things to real estate agents, use a headline like "Attention All Realtors!".
Stay tuned for more home business ideas and tips to make money online in future articles.
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17. Make Money Online Advice
Make Money Online Advice
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterWhen you are designing ads or sales pages for the products that you develop and/or sell, try to design them with certain things in mind. If you want to make money online, you have to hit people's hot spots - you have to motivate them to want to buy your stuff.
Here are 10 motivational triggers to keep in mind that will make people eager and willing to buy your products and services:
1. Everyone wants to make more money. For example, they may want to start their own home business, get a higher paying job or invest in the stock market. This makes them feel successful.
2. Everyone wants to save money. For example, they may want to invest for the future or save for a big purchase. This makes them feel more secure.
3. Everyone wants to save time. For example, they may want to work less and spend time enjoying life's pleasures. This makes them feel more relaxed.
4. Everyone wants to look better. For example, they may want to lose weight, tone their body, or improve their facial features. This makes them feel more attractive.
5. Everyone wants to learn something new. For example, they may want to learn how to change their car oil or build a deck. This makes them feel more intelligent.
6. Everyone wants to live longer. For example, they may want to get in shape, eat better or gain extra energy. This makes them feel healthier.
7. Everyone wants to be comfortable. For example, they may want to relive aches and pains or want to sleep in a more comfortable bed. This makes them feel relieved.
8. Everyone wants to be loved. For example, they may not want to be lonely anymore or want to start dating again. This makes them feel wanted.
9. Everyone wants to be popular. For example, they may want to be a famous celebrity or be more popular in school. This makes them feel praised and admired.
10. Everyone wants to gain pleasure. For example, they may want satisfy their appetite or their sexual desires. This makes them feel more fulfilled.
Work one or more of these ideas into any ads or sales pages you are designing. This will increase your chances to make money online.
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18. Make Money Online Advice
Make Money Online Advice
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterWelcome once again to my ongoing series of tips to help you make money online. Today we'll continue looking at ideas for increasing the order rate for your products and services:
1. If your business is an online business, automate as much as possible. This will save you extra time for marketing and advertising. Consider such tools as auto- responders, time saving software, submission software, etc.
2. Host a free hall of fame or a museum on your website. Of course, it should be related to your target audience. This will attract people just as real world museums or halls of fame attract visitors.
3. Whenever you have an idea, write it down. Don't judge whether it is good or bad; record it anyway. Any of these ideas could be the key to your future success.
4. Your ad copy should be designed to target the goals, dreams and desires of your visitors. Your products should attract their emotional and physical needs.
5. Create a small treasure hunt on your website. Allow people to get a discount on a product you sell if they find a certain graphic somewhere on your site.
6. Offer free promotional merchandise. It can be hats, bumper stickers, cups, or anything with your home business website URL printed on it.
7. Check out the latest new fad and create other home business websites related to this fad. Advertise your main home business website on your fad home business websites.
8. Load your site with a wide variety of content. Your site will become known as an area of regular reference for many of your visitors.
9. Interview famous people that your visitors want to know more about. Publish the interview in article or audio format on your home business website.
10. Tell people the purpose of your home business website. When they visit a home business website and have to figure out what it's about, they may get frustrated and leave.
I hope these ideas will trigger some creative thinking on your part. You have to be constantly looking at new marketing ideas when you want to make money online.
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19. Make Money Online Advice
Make Money Online Advice
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterAre you trying to make money online with a business? Wondering how to increase sales for your products and services? Well here are some ideas that may help:
1. Always be enthusiastic about your products and your business. If you're convincing enough, your prospects will also be enthusiastic. This may sound simple, but its surprising how many business owners will forget this simple and powerful advice.
2. When you are creating a sales letter or ad copy, always end it with a strong closing. Some ides for this area: offer a free bonus, offer a discount price, remind the reader of a benefit, tell them there is an ordering deadline.
3. It is incredibly important to please your complaining customers. Always operate your business with these 2 rules: (1) The customer is always right, and (2) If you think the customer is not right, see rule number 1. Do whatever you can to rectify the situation: refund their money, give them a discount, give them a free gift, solve the problem quickly, etc. These customers will recommend you to their friends if you please them.
4. Give you customers free vacation coupons, coupons, or free gifts and they will get excited about your business and they will tell their friends.
5. Give your prospects extra confidence so they will order. Use endorsements, testimonials, a strong guarantee or warranty, etc.
6. Build your opt-in list by allowing your visitors to sign up for a free ezine, ebooks, software, contests, sweepstakes, etc.
7. Don't design your business website like everyone else. Be unique. Give your prospects or customers a breath of fresh air. Don't be afraid to design your home business website and ad copies different from everyone else.
8. Allow your customers to get part of your total offer right after they order. For example: if you have to ship the item, make one of your bonuses available online.
9. Write and submit articles to ezine publishers or webmasters. If you want it to be published, it should be like an article and not like an ad.
10. Show your prospects that you are an expert, because authority can persuade people to buy. You could publish an article, write an ebook, etc.
These are some of the many ideas that can help you to make money online by increasing sales of your products and services. Stay tuned to this series for many more.
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20. Make Money Online With Words That Make People Buy
Make Money Online With Words That Make People Buy
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterAre you selling a product or service online? Then you are no doubt designing ad copy or sales pages. In today's article about making money online, I'll show you 10 words that you can use that will make people purchase the products or services that you are advertising.
1. "Fast: - People want fast results, fast delivery, fast ordering, etc. Nowadays, we usually value our time more than our money. Use this word somewhere in your ad.
2. "Guaranteed" - People want to be assured they are not risking their hard earned money buying your product.
3. "Limited" - People want to own or receive things that are exclusive or rare because they are considered to be more valuable.
4. "Easy" or "Simple" - People want easy ordering, easy instructions, easy to use, easy payments, etc.
5. "Testimonial - People want to see believable proof before they buy your product. Your testimonials should be reputable and specific.
6. "Discount" or "Sale" - People want bargains. You can offer rebates, one time sales, percentage offers, get one free offers, etc.
7. "Free" - People want free incentives before they do business with you. They could be free books, accessories, services, etc.
8. "You" and "Your" - People want to know that you are talking them. This will make them feel important and attract them to read the whole ad.
9. "Important" - People do not want to miss important information that could affect their life. People will stop and take notice.
10. "New" - People want new products or services that will improve their life like new information, tastes, technology, results, etc.
If you work these 10 words into your ad copy, you will vastly improve sales for your products and services.
Stay tuned for more ideas to make money online.
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21. Smoothies - a Healthy and Tasty Weight Loss Treat
Smoothies - a Healthy and Tasty Weight Loss TreatHave you noticed all the smoothie shops springing up lately? There seems to be a new one opening up almost every day.
Why makes these drinks so popular?
Smoothies can very soothing and invigorating. When you are in a hurry they can be a great meal replacement. Plus they are quite tasty, and if they are made right, they are low in fat. They can be a great weight loss tool.
Smoothies fill you up so don't feel hungry. They are easy to make. You can grab them and take them on the go. These are all huge advantages in our busy lives.
You can pack lots of fruits and vegetables in your meals or snacks by making a smoothie. They refresh and energize your body.
Best of all, drinking smoothies as an aid to weight loss really does work. You won't feel hungry or deprived. You won't feel like you are on a diet. Smoothies are so filling that you will never feel hungry. There are a few tricks to preparing your smoothies and some special ingredients you can add to your smoothies that will assist with your weight loss goals.
Because smoothies can contain so many different ingredients, not all smoothies are created equal. To lose weight with smoothies you need take care that your smoothies include a variety of nutritious vegetables and fruits. The majority of the ingredients should be low fat and low calorie. This does not mean that your smoothie won't be delicious, however. You can make smoothies that are highly addictive because they taste so delicious!
Smoothie recipes that encourage weight loss and improve your health are simple to find online and in many recipe books.
You can hasten your weight loss, boost your energy, enhance your health and improve your appearance all by adding nutritious tasty smoothies to your daily regimen. So try adding smoothies to your menu today and start to see those extra pounds disappear and the new healthy you begin to emerge. Lose weight with smoothies!
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Make Money Online in a Home Business 080918
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterWelcome once again to my ongoing series of tips for those of you who are trying to make money online with a home business. Today we'll look at 10 ideas for increasing the order rates for your products:
1. Set up a reward program for repeat customers, and for referrals. This will keep people revisiting your home business website and buying your products. Sample rewards could be small gifts, discounts, discounts on future purchase, etc. Be creative.
2. You can increase traffic to your website by publishing ezines for other home business websites. You could do it at no charge and in return just ask for a sponsor ad in each issue.
3. Another way to increase traffic: trade endorsement ads with other ezines. These types of ads give your message instant credibility and will pull more hits and sales than simple classified ads.
4. Test your ad copy before you start taking orders. Tell your visitors to email you if they want to be notified when you launch a new product.
5. Get your visitors excited about your product by letting them know how excited you are about it. Tell them why you're excited and use exclamation points.
6. Use incentives to get referrals if you don't have an affiliate program. Tell people when they refer customers you will reward them with free products.
7. Tell your visitors the reason why you're having a sale so they don't think your products are cheap. It could be a holiday or seasonal sale or a clearance sale.
8. Do not overload your home business website with high tech gadgets such as fancy flash, videos that play immediately, etc.. They can create a slow loading web page and distract people away from your offer.
9. Eliminate words, phrases, and paragraphs in your ad copy that aren't selling or supporting your product. This will stop people from getting bored with your ad.
10. Keep people at your home business website as long as possible. Allow them to download free ebooks, sign-up for contests, use free online services, etc.
There you are, more ideas you can implement in your home business strategy to help you make money online.
Stay tuned for more in this series.
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23. Make Money Online with Blogging - But Not At Wordpress!
Make Money Online with Blogging - But Not At Wordpress!
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterMost everyone who knows anything about internet marketing knows that blogging is a great way to drive traffic to a business website. Put up a blog, start posting some unique content, and include links to your business website. Post new articles regularly and often, and you will start seeing Google pay more attention to your business website. This is a very important step on the road to helping your business make money online.
You may have heard that Wordpress is great software for blogging. That's true, but you need to be very careful. Whatever you do, DO NOT set up a blog at Wordpress.com. You need to own your own domain, upload the software, and set it up where you have total control.
Here's why:
I set up a blog on Wordpress.com to promote a home business website. Since I never do anything black hat, but always employ standard and ethical internet marketing techniques, I did not read the Wordpress TOS before I set up the blog. I figured that Wordpress, like other free blogging sites, would welcome unique content giving great information to others who are struggling to build an online business and make money online.
Big mistake!
A couple of weeks after setting up the blog and posting regular unique content, I was happy to see that other blog owners were linking to my articles and I was starting to get some traffic.
Then suddenly my blog was deactivated by Wordpress for "violation of the Terms of Service". What???
As it turns out, Wordpress does not welcome business-related blogs at their site. Anything else is OK, as long as you are not trying to promote a business.
Here is a quote from their TOS:
"here are some examples of blogs that are banned from Wordpress.com (all of these fall under the general heading of "spam blogs", or splogs, and we will be deleted as soon as we find them or they get reported):
* Scraper blogs: Blogs that take content from other blogs and re-publish it without permission (this is sometimes called scraping). If a blog contains all or mostly stolen and unoriginal content, it's gone!
* SEO blogs: Blogs that are written for search engines instead of humans. These blogs are dedicated to trying to fool Google and other search engines into ranking them highly. Wordpress.com is not meant for this type of activity.
* Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes ("Make six figures from home!!", "20 easy steps to top profits!!", etc). To be clear, examples like people writing original book or movie reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category.
* Warez blogs: Blogs that promote pirated copies of ebooks, software packages, music, movies, games, etc.
Automated blogs: Blogs that are generated by computers, including randomly generated blogs, blogs that re-publish press releases, marketing material, search engine results, link dumps or any other mass-produced content."
I was doing none of these things, but Wordpress deactivated my blog anyway. I have not bothered to try to get them to reactivate the blog, since I know from others who have experienced this, that the geeks at Wordpress are very unresponsive.
Fortunately, I have saved all my posts and I will set up a new blog at a site which I own and control.
So, lesson learned: stay away from Wordpress.com if you are trying to promote a business. Set up blogs only on domains that you own and control. Don't let Wordpress.com, the Big Brother of the Internet, control how you run your business!
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24. Weight Loss Advice 15
Everyday Weight Loss Advice 15This is the last in my ongoing series of weight loss advice articles. I hope you have found this advice useful. Here are today's tips:
1. Stop slouching in your chair! Try to maintain an erect posture with your tummy tucked in. Slouching is a very bad habit. It is bad for your back, and it also contributes to your flab. It is your way of saying yes to a comfortable position that detracts from your weight loss program. Always make it a point to sit as erect as you can. This is also a terrific way to ward off back problems.
2. If you have a banister rail or a balustrade that will support you, sit on it and pump your legs as if you are riding a bicycle. Be careful not to fall off! This might sound like a crazy idea, but by doing crazy things like this, you are in fact not missing a single chance to lose that weight. It is a way of keeping your mind alert all the time. Try to fit some form of exercise into everything that you do and into every situation in which you find yourself.
3. Most people tend to put on weight around the mid section. Our tummies seem to have minds of their own. Here is a sure shot method to reduce that flab around your waistline: breathe in as strongly as you can, and, as you do so, tuck in your tummy as much as you can. Hold it like this for a few seconds and then slowly release your breath, taking care not to let out your tummy. Try to keep breathing like this as often as you can. Aim for 50 or more times a day. After the first day, you should feel the muscles of your stomach tightening each time you do this. That's when you know you are on the right track. If you practice this without fail for 20 days, at the end of the twentieth day, you will have lost at least an inch around your middle.
4 Here is a list of various exercises and the number of calories that are burned by each exercise during a 20-minute workout. Choose what you can do best, and choose something that you will enjoy doing on the long run. The choice of the exercise is completely up to you. Try to do whatever exercise you choose for at least twenty minutes. It is only after you do the exercise for twenty minutes that the actual calorie burning sets in.
Aerobics: 200-250 calories
Bicycling, Stationary: 250-300 calories
Bicycling, Actual: 300-400 calories
Running, 5-6 mph: 300-350 calories
Stair climber: 200-250 calories
Swimming laps: 350 calories
Walking briskly: 150-180 calories
You can see that even walking is good for you. If you really find your days to be too full to fit in any other form of exercise, then walking is your best bet. Walk as much as you can. Try getting to places and leaving places a little early. This will give you time to walk.
Well, that's it for my series of weight loss advice articles. The ball is now in your court, so what are you waiting for? Get rid of those extra calories and pounds and try to enjoy life the best you can without inviting all those terrible diseases that come with a few extra pounds.
Good luck with your weight loss program!
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25. Weight Loss Advice 13
Weight Loss Advice 13Are you feeling overloaded with weight loss information? You're not alone. There is so much information out there today that it can get confusing, and each and every program is hyped as the answer to your prayers. In reality, of course, there is no foolproof way of knowing what works and what doesn't. There is no way of knowing if the diet is one that enables you to lose weight and then keep it off. This is what is most important.
When considering any weight loss program, start by trying to determine if the diet has a scientific basis for its claims. Have there been any significant trials done to ascertain if people have been able to lose weight effectively? Is there any data to show how successful the program participants are in keeping the weight off after 1, 5 or 10 years? Do your research.
Did you know that you can lose weight by eating a diet high in a particular type of fat?. This fat is called a MUFA - monounsaturated fatty acid. MUFAs are the good fats you find in food like peanuts, olive oil and avocados.
Current research has demonstrated that MUFAs help to seek out and reduce your belly fat. They all also have additional health benefits: they help to lower cholesterol levels in your blood, and they lower your risk of heart disease and strokes. Other studies have shown that MUFAs can also help fight diabetes. Experts believe that MUFAs prevent and even eliminate central fat distribution in your body.
One of the most difficult things about any weight loss program is usually the diet. Whatever program you choose, you will be reducing the amount of food you consume, or you will be replacing those foods you crave with foods that are not all that interesting until you get used to them. This means that, at least for a time, you will be left feeling unsatisfied and hungry. This is a another benefit to MUFAs: their higher fat content will have the effect of satisfying your appetite for a longer period of time. As a result you will be less likely to want to snack, and you will also be less likely to have cravings for sweets.
As with any weight loss program, it is advisable to add some exercise to your dietary regime to encourage your body to lose weight more effectively. With as little as 10 minutes exercise, your brain will begin to produce beta endorphins. These chemicals will calm you down, regulate your stress hormones and make you feel good. A recent study demonstrated that the secretion of beta-endorphins can actually offset the belly bloating effects of cortisol and insulin.
An exercise plan that will help you with weight loss will take no longer than 25 minutes a day. The plan consists of three parts:-
1. A cardio component - this can be as easy as walking
2. A strength training program to build lean muscle
3. A Pilates-based workout - this is excellent for building your core strength
A combination of these will provide all you need for a successful weight loss regimen. Remember, its all about balance. With a good healthy nutrition program, combined with sensible eating habits, plus some daily exercise, in time you will be successful in your weight loss efforts.
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26. Make Money With Better Banner Ads
Make Money With Better Banner Ads
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterHave you ever tried to sell something via banner ads?
Banner ads are not as effective as they used to be, but if you use banner ads correctly you can still make money. Here are 10 tips to help you with your banner ad campaigns:
1. Use reverse psychology when designing your banner ads. You could tell people not to click on your banner ad. For example "Don't Click Here Unless You Want to Make Money".
2. Make your banner ad words as attractive as possible. Use words like ultimate, powerful, sizzling, hot, etc. Your words should relate to and highlight your total offer.
3. Offer a discount on your banner ad. People are always looking for good deals. You could offer a percentage discount, dollar discount, buy one get one free discount, etc.
4. Use a testimonial on your banner ad. This will give people proof they aren't wasting their time clicking on your banner ad. The testimonial should include enough information so they understand the offer.
5. If you can have a famous and respectable person on your banner ad representing your product, web site or service, people will click because they'll trust them.
6. Use a strong guarantee on your banner ad. You could include the guarantee as a headline for your offer. Offer things like double or triple your money back guarantee, lifetime money back guarantee, etc.
7. Tell people to click on your banner ad. Newbies to the internet may net even know they can click on banners. Just having the phrase "click here" on your banner will increase your clickthroughs.
8. Advertise a trial or sample offer. This will tell people there is no risk or obligation if they click on your banner ad and try out your product or service.
9. Tell people the major benefit of your product, web site or service on your banner ad. It could be benefits like make money, lose weight, increase energy, save money, save time, etc.
10. Advertise a free offer on your banner ad. People love free stuff. The freebie should relate to your target audience. If the freebie is attractive to them they will click.
Stay tuned for more tips about how to make money in future articles.
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27. Weight Loss Advice for Every Day 12
Weight Loss Advice for Every Day 12Welcome once more to my series of daily articles about things you can do every day to help you with your weight loss plan. Here are today's tips:
1. Try doing pelvic rotations when nobody is watching. The mid section of your body is the part that gets the least amount of exercise. That is probably why weight gain is mostly seen in that section. It is hard to lose weight around your midsection for the same reason. The best thing you can do is to consciously try to give that part of your body a little bit of exercise. Stomach crunches might be too strenuous an exercise to start off with, but rotations are relatively mild. This is the best way to tighten every muscle in that midsection.
2. Develop proper posture by tucking in your tummy and inflating your chest whenever you are walking. Do not let your tummy hang above your belt line. Bring it under the belt. Each time you tuck in your tummy, you will feel the pressure on the muscles of your stomach. This tightening and loosening of these muscles is even better than stomach crunches.
3. Did you know that breathing exercises also help with weight loss? If you perform the breathing exercises properly, you will find that you can exert a lot of pressure on the muscles around the mid section. You will feel these muscles tighten each time you breathe in or out. So go ahead and breathe properly, it is good for you.
4. Try yoga. Yoga is one of the best ways to supercharge your weight loss program. One of the benefits of yoga is that you learn to control virtually every muscle and joint of your body, which will really help you with your weight loss regimen.
Stay tuned for more weight loss tips in tomorrow's article.
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28. Weight Loss Tips 11
Weight Loss Tips for Every Day 11Welcome back. Once again here are some tips you can incorporate into your everyday life to help you with your weight loss program:
1. Wiggle your toes and your fingers whenever you can. This is a great stress buster, and it gives you a chance to at least work your hand and leg joints. This will tell you how sore they are. If their condition is so bad, What about the rest of your body?
2. When watching TV, walk around during commercial breaks. If you want to sit all evening with your eyes glued to the tube, then do so. But at least spare your eyes the agony of a commercial break. When the next commercial flashes on screen, instead of channel surfing, get up and take a walk. Reach over and try to touch your toes or do some simple exercise that will at least get the blood flowing in your veins.
3. Turn on music and dance wildly. Let your hair down once in a while. Go back to the days of your childhood. Close the door of your room, turn on your sound system to the highest volume possible (but a little lower than the level at which your neighbors start to complain) and then do the wackiest dance that you can think of. Jump on your bed and jump off it again. Just get moving!
3. Carry a soft flying disc or Frisbee with you. Toss it around and get up to fetch it. This is also an excellent way to beat stress. It makes you feel good to throw something away forcefully when you are all worked up. And since the thing that you throw is something soft, you can't damage anything. It is not really the throwing part that we are interested in. It is the fetching part. Each time you get up to fetch it back; you are giving yourself a chance to stretch those muscles and joints
4. If you are taking a taxi somewhere, get off a block before your destination and walk the rest of the way. You might not have time to fit in long walks in your busy schedule, so this is one way of ensuring that you at least get to walk for a little bit every day. If you take the bus or the subway, get off at an earlier station and see if you can walk the rest of the way. If you drive to work, see if you can get space in a parking lot that is a little further away from your office.
It's all about moving as much as you can. Keep moving and you will be successful with your weight loss program.
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29. How To Succeed in a Home Business
How To Succeed in a Home Business
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterWe all want to have a viable home business that offers financial security and time to enjoy life. However, looking for that "cash cow" can sometimes mean that you can fail to realize what it really means to market online.
The first thing to remember when working a home business is this: do not to try to do everything at once! You will come across tons of gurus online who tell you to do all sorts of things that will make you fabulously successful. What you have to do is to successfully separate the real from the fictional. That is not always easy to do. Look at the sales letter and see if there are exaggerated claims such as, "Purchase this item and you will never need any other marketing tools" or "This particular item will be so easy to use that you will have thousands of dollars in your bank account next day". Claims such as these are a definite indication that you are being hyped. Only one situation will bring you success online: hard work, diligence and service to your customers.
Always, always, spend time researching your niche, your marketplace and your competition. Your customers have a certain mindset. They have a certain way they like to shop. They have a certain way they will find your website. The list is endless. You must make it easy for them to find out about you, your business, your products, your attitudes, your service policies, and your abilities. Do not hide behind your computer. Make it easy for your customers to contact you. Check out other websites in your niche and see what they are doing. Can you offer a better product, solution or package? Can you offer a better price?
Price points for products or services can make or break a home business. You do not have to have the highest price or the cheapest offer, but you do have to provide value for the dollar or you will not get repeat customers. Repeat customers are your bread and butter, so do all that you can to keep people coming back for more. It takes a lot to get a customer to your website, so you had better be prepared to do more than one follow up to complete that sale. You need to decide how you will accomplish this. Will you use autoresponders, an ezine or newsletter, a blog? How will you correspond with your website visitors to continue to convince them of your integrity and honesty and build a trusting relationship? You need to decide this before you even design your website.
You will need the proper tools to build a home business online. Consider the purchase of such tools as part of your research and development expenses. You will need one or more domain names, a webhost, a product or service that you own and can profit from, a way to build a website either by yourself or with a web designer, and multiple ways to bring traffic to your website. Without any of these components, your online home business will not be successful.
All of this will require a lot of work. Building any business takes time and effort. There is no short cut, despite what the gurus might say. There will be a lot of late nights and time spent in front of the computer before you see success in your business. If anyone tells you differently, that is a good sign that you need to run, not walk, to the next website! Of better yet, stop looking at all the offers you get about the latest and greatest tools, and start actually building something!
Continue to believe in yourself and in your product or service and you will soon operating a successful and viable home business. Keep a positive attitude and you will avoid countless mistakes. Trust your instincts and watch out for hype. Continue to build and you will reap the rewards of having a successful online business can make you very happy.
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30. Work At Home Business Ideas: Print Brokers
Work At Home Business Ideas: Print BrokersCan you imagine a work at home business that is always in demand, thrives in any economic condition, and requires no special skills other than the ability to read and write?
Can you imagine a work at home business you can start on Monday for less than the cost of a tank of gas, and can have people practically begging you to take their money by Friday?
Believe it or not, there is such a business. It is called print brokering. Starting and operating a work at home business as a print broker may just be a perfect business.
Think about this for a moment. Business people need business cards, printed forms, and documents. Every business, club, group, or organization in any town, city, or county... need and use various printed forms and documents in doing business. And, they all need these forms and documents over and over again. Virtually any business or business person uses at least two or more types of documents or forms that need to be printed.
As a work at home business print broker, you simply take orders and forward them to printers who do the work for you wholesale, and then ship the work to your customers.
Operating a work at home business as a print broker is quite straightforward, and will grow to make as much money as you desire without paying a penny for advertising or getting more customers. How is this be possible? It is possible because of a concept in the print business known as co-op printing. One customer's non-conflicting document is printed on the back of another customer's document.
Using this concept, you, as a print broker, can easily grow your work at home business to make as much money as you desire... without spending one red cent on advertising.
Here's an example: Norah's beauty shop needs to drum up some more business, and Norah decides to have 1,000 flyers printed up on color paper to distribute locally. Local printers would charge about $50, plus tax for the job. You offer the same service for $40... if Norah allows you to print your non-conflicting discount printing services flyer on the back of her flyer. The beauty shop saves 25% on the cost of printing, and you get 1,000 of your advertisements printed and distributed free or charge.
The beauty shop is happy, and you are happy. It is a win-win situation for both of you. However, note what just really happened: you were actually paid to advertise and grow your work at home business because your printer only charged you $25 for the order. 1,000 people and businesses will see your discount printing services... which will cause more orders to come rolling in without any effort or expense on your part. And, you can repeat this free money making work at home business growth technique as often as you desire by offering co-op printing services to other customers and businesses.
Be careful with this technique, however. Many work at home business print brokers have used this technique too often, and found themselves overwhelmed with orders that they cannot handle on a quick enough basis.
There is probably no other work at home business you can imagine that is so easy, costs so little to start, recession proof, and actually pays you to grow it.
Of course, this is a simplistic view of this work at home business. There would still be a lot of legwork to set up the business, find and strike deals with discount printing services, and do your initial advertising. But I think it is an intriguing idea.
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31. Make Money Online Tips
Want To Make Money Online? Defeat Your Competition
- by Bill Brine-Lead Generation MasterAre you struggling to make money online in your work from home business? Here are some tips that might help.
One of the best ways to make money online is to scout out your competition and offer things that they don't offer. Here are some ideas to consider:
1. Offer free useful original content. If your website is the only place where your visitors can find this stuff, your home business website will get lots of visitors.
2. Offer your visitors free software. Most people like to find good deals on software for their computers. If the software is free, that is even better.
3. Hold free contests or sweepstakes. Most people like to win things. If you can fulfill that need, people will stop by to visit.
4. Provide a free web directory. Create a directory of home business websites on a popular topic that will attract your target audience.
5. Offer a free ezine. Most people love to get free information that's emailed to them regularly. This saves them time and money.
6. Make your home business website look professional. You want to have your own domain name, easy navigation, attractive graphics, etc. This inspires trust and confidence in your visitors. A professional look and feel will go a long way to help you make money online.
7. Let people read your ad before they get to your freebie. When you use free stuff to lure people to your home business website, list it below your ad copy.
8. Attract the target audience that would buy your product or service. A simple way to do this is to survey your existing customers.
9. Test and improve your ad copy. There are many people who write an ad and never change it. Make sure you get the highest possible response rate.
10. Give people an urgent reason to buy now. Many people are interested in your product but they put off buying it until later and eventually forget about it.
Stay tuned for more tips on how to make money online in future articles.
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32. Weight Loss - Your Big Belly
