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Breaking the Ice and Winning Over the Client - Robert Moment
Wherever you turn these days you’ll find articles covering every business strategy and tactic available to man from how to make a great presentation to strategies for success all the way to negotiations and prospecting and getting a client to...
Want to Succeed? Join a Fraternity. - Susan Dunn
Business Success? Here are the top ten things you might not have suspected about joining a fraternity: In a recent article in Forbes magazine, Wachovia CEO G. Kennedy Thompson is quoted as saying that Beta Theta Pi, which he joined while an...
Success From Failure Is As Simple As Focus, Plan, Execute - Timothy Spaulding
You excitedly signed up for that pre-made money generating website you saw in a popbehind window. You signed up for the affiliate IDs. You set up your autoresponder and signed up for several “traffic generators”. You read the writings of all the...
Health Insurance 101 for Individuals and Families - Michael Ertel
The changing healthcare and health insurance landscape in the United States has resulted in more individuals and families purchasing health insurance coverage on their own. Rather than touch on the number of reasons why this is the case, I would...
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How To Keep Your Sales Soaring
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Written By:
Diana Barnum
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You have permission to publish this article electronically
or in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are
included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be
appreciated - send to: diana@ohiohelp.net
How To Keep Your Sales Soaring
Worrying that the economy or your industry in particular might be
slowing down? Forget about it. Build momentum and create your
own sales surge!
1. Maximize the effectiveness of your banner and other ads. Don't
just use the same ad on every page. Use a variety to attract the
greatest number of clicks.
2. Make your web site load much faster by cutting down on huge
banner ads and start using more buttons. Smaller button ads also
take up less space on the pages, leaving more room for
uncluttered white space.
3. Offer free advertising space to well known and respected
companies on your web site. Sometimes people link their business
credibility to yours.
4. People have been taught all their life to respect people in
authority. Let your visitors know that you are the president or
CEO of your business. Don’t be shy!
5. Offer people a free telephone consultation before they order
your product. When they get to know you personally, it could
convert to more sales.
6. Test the "bill me later option" on your web site. Most people
are honest and will pay you. It is a powerful little niche and
could increase your sales.
7. Find a charity your target audience would likely support. Team
up and share the news with your propects and clients in your ad
copy so that they know you are donating a percentage of the
profits to that charity. Learn more copywriting tips from
correspondence courses at American Writers and Artists Institute;
then get some help putting what you learn to use:
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8. Hold a "buy the most wins contest" on your web site. Tell
people each monthly winner will get their entire purchase
refunded. Try focusing on something special each month, too, like
new monthy ebooks from an affordable subscription site like
EbookWholesaler and PushButtonPublishing online here:
http://www.presssuccess.com/specialtyB.html
9. Attract visitors to your web site by offering them a free
course. You could package the course on a follow-up
autoresponder and send lessons daily or weekly. Autoresponders
like those at ProfitAuto, come with a 30-day trial period and can be
upgraded. And some product subscriptions sites offer content that
you can break up to use as your courses. For more info, visit:
http://www.presssuccess.com/specialtyB.html and check out the
Secret Autoresponder Courses here for your business tool belt:
http://www.presssuccess.com/bookstore/ascourses
10. Interview people related to your industry and get their
permission to include the information in an article. Then promote
your web site by submitting the article to ezines.
No need to go it alone, either. There is affordable help
along the way. Take your cyber-tour today and check out the Work
Stations at: http://www.movingaheadcommunications.com . And you’ll find
that help is as simple as ABC!
About the Author
By Diana Barnum, president of
http://movingaheadcommunications.com and CEO of
http://ohiohelp.net . For more help with marketing, public
relations and writing, email mailto:diana@ohiohelp.net
or call: (614) 529-9459.
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No, I Mean Really Small Business! - Mike Banks Valentine
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"How to generate a high income, and achieve the lifestyle you want." - Jon Mills
Want something better? The trouble with life is, you need money. While most people do what they're supposed to and get a job, some strive for better things, reach that bit further, and try to set up their own business. Many are successful, but...
Keeping Up With... - Cathy Bryant
...the Jones's? The Smiths? The latest internet "sure-fire, 100% guaranteed, knock-down last, best opportunity?" Makes you want to pull your hair out, doesn't it? I'm here to tell you...don't get caught in that trap. I have yet to learn...
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