How One Product Made Me Into a Millionaire: The 4th Thing I Learned You Must Have in a Successful Home Business – Diet
How One Product Made Me Into a Millionaire: The 4th Thing I Learned You Must Have in a Successful Home Business
Brock Felt
When I was working at a gas station in Chandler, Arizona, fixing windshields for a living, making only $30,000 a year, I had all the drive in the world to succeed.
You see, I was in a franchise. I thought that since I had entered into a business of my own and if I worked it hard enough, I would have success. Man, I was dead wrong.
What I learned is that I could have all the drive and determination in the world, but unless I was behind a timeless, constant and steady product, it would be impossible to succeed.
What I am talking about, is an Evergreen product. When I was introduced to the business I am currently in, I quickly learned the power of an evergreen product. An evergreen product is something that is going to be around for a longtime. Everyone has to be able to use it. It must be a product in high demand consistently.
Health and Beauty sectors produce evergreen products. But, take cosmetics for example
Five Steps To Successful Web Marketing And Sales Process! – Site
Five Steps To Successful Web Marketing And Sales Process!
Abe Cherian
The basic principles used successfully by brick and mortar storefronts in moving your potential clients through a successful sales process is also the most effective way on the web.
But how
You do this by following the five step process in your marketing strategy by attracting potential clients, building trust, helping them choose the right product, presenting the product, and then closing the sale.
Step One- Marketing / prospecting:
Prospecting is the delivery of qualified visitors to your website. It can be achieved by many forms, such as, search engine marketing, pay-per-clicks, and e-mail advertising that draw people to your site.
Once they are there, its your responsibility to show them how your product can fill the void in the marketplace and what sets your product apart from the rest. Deliver your Unique Selling Proposition, USP.
Step two- Building trust:
Just like in a brick and mortar business where you greet a person when they walk in the door or physically help them find what they are looking for, you can build trust by doing similar things on your website by the elements that surround the design and development of your website.
Your visitor is unconsciously judging your credibility by asking themselves the following questions:
Does the website have the feel and look of a legitimate company
Is it easy to find the company contact information
How is the copy on the site
How fast does it download, and are there any broken links
Is there a privacy policy posted on the site
Is it easy to navigate
Step three- Help the buyer:
If you have done your prospecting right, the visitors coming to your website are hoping to find a solution to their problem. The solution can be a product or a service. Internet marketing studies show that 7 out of 10 visitors are ready to buy. They are only looking for a vendor who they find more helpful.
Ask yourself these questions:
Are you helping your visitors to identify and find the solution to their problem
Are you guiding them to find the solution by easy to find information, and navigation
Step four- Present the product:
Before you present your product, make sure that you have already helped the buyer by identifying with their needs in the previous stage. When you present your product or service to your visitor be sure to keep their attention and their interest by motivating them to continue with the sale.
Step five- Successfully close the sale:
Look at each of the products that you offer and ask yourself these questions:
Are you assuring them by giving guarantees
Does your description answer all their questions
Are you giving them feed back and testimonials from your clients
Do you take credit cards, if so which ones
What happens after they purchase
Take the guess work out of the purchase process.
If you court your visitors by the five steps above, youll see better conversions, and increased profits.
About The Author
Abe Cherian is the owner of Multiple Stream Media and publisher of weeklytips.com newsletter, where you will find hundreds of Internet business building tips. Visit www.weeklytips.com to read more tips like this one.
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5 Steps To Successful Joint Ventures – Marketing
5 Steps To Successful Joint Ventures
Raam Anand
Most Internet Marketing related ezines have carried at least one article on Joint Ventures; probably many.
JVs are THE MOST preferred and fastest way to increase sales and cash flows.
Its no longer a secret!
Everyone knows a good JV is the master key to online success.
But... why many people are failing to use this master key Why so many website owners are not able to make use of this powerful strategy
Here are some reasons:-
1 Other marketers are NOT WAITING for your JV offer. Before sending your JV offer, make sure to address the question "Whats in it for the JV Partner". Unless you give a compelling reason, most partners are not looking forward to your offer. No, it wont work that way...like, you offer one of your products for free and your partner will gladly endorse it to her list. No, it wont.
It takes time to craft an irresistible offer. The offer should be beneficial to your potential partner and her customers/subscribers.
Take it from me... I told you it takes time... but its definitely possible.
2 Many JV offers are passed onto the "recycle bin" with even being read I told you... they are NOT waiting
Some leading marketers get about 200 JV proposals every week! May be more. Most of these JV offers doesnt catch the attention of the busy marketer.
Some are lost due to SPAM email filters.
Solution
Follow-up is the key. If you consistently follow-up, your chances of getting the attention of your potential JV partner is very high. Usually a second email will get the response.
A mixed-mode follow-up is sure to get higher success rates. An initial email followed by another email reminder and a phone call should normally get you going.
3 Another strong de-motivating factor is NOT sending personalized JV offers. If your proposal does not "speak" directly to your partner, its chances of succeeding are very thin.
Thats why I told you earlier, it takes time to create your JV proposal. You need to visit your partners website, subscribe to their newsletter, study their online content and read their publications and articles before you attempt to draft your proposal.
Your JV proposal should address your potential partner directly, using their name. Mentioning a few things about their website, products, ezines or articles in your offer will surely catch their attention.
4 JV partners are not your affiliates. Differentiate your resellers with your strategic JV partner. To drastically raise the success rate of your proposal, offer a higher commission than your affiliates.
For example, if you are offering a 50% commission for your affiliates, your JV partner should be offered 60% or more.
5 Targeting a large corporation for your JV is a surefire way to failure. First, try and do several JVs with businesses similar or smaller than your own and build a track record. Then you can approach bigger businesses with a record of your successes.
Large businesses have large problems everyday to tackle. They have struggled hard to build their enterprise. They have their own range of products to sell and keep their customers happy.
However, if you have a compelling story to tell, along with factual proof of your claims, it will definitely bring you windfall profits.
Im not discouraging you to keep away from these giants. Im just telling you the right way to approach.
You see friend, Ive revealed to you some key tips on Joint Ventures. Now, its up to you. Follow these rules and create a compelling offer and Im sure you will succeed in making highly profitable Joint Ventures.
About The Author
Copyright C 2004 Raam Anand With Raams Joint Venture Manager, you could make 10.. 20.. even 30-times more money! Click to learn more about JV Manager: http://www.infoYOGIS.com/track.cgi1