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381. Online Mentorship Programs: Cash in on Your Expertise By Marcia Yudkin
     Whether you're a former retail store owner known for your creativity, a championship bridge player, or a psychotherapist with a long current waiting list for openings, if you possess expertise that makes colleagues and aficionados want your pearls of wisdom, you can create a new income stream with an online mentorship program.Such a program charges a fee for people to sit at your feet and learn from you. The program would have a special focus …



382. Using The Online Press Release Link Building Strategy
     If you market any type of product or service, your online marketing strategy should include the distribution of online press releases. They are fairly easy to write and can potentially get you lot’s of media publicity which, in most cases, will increase your sales revenue.But distributing press releases is also an excellent link building strategy.Firstly, write a simple press release. You can either do that yourself or hire a writer through one o…



383. Niche Marketing : A Mini Tutorial on Starting a Business By Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott
     The role of marketing in business may surprise you. Many books and seminars on marketing begin on how to develop the Marketing Plan. I believe this to be a mistake.You shouldn't begin thinking how you are going to market something until you first determine if you have something to market. You also need to have the ability to develop and service your product; will it work the way you say it will work; are there no adverse legal ramifications? Fi…



384. How to Not Waste Money on Marketing By Debbie LaChusa
     If you own your own business, you're probably innundated with advertising and marketing opportunities and salespeople. You probably get asked to sponsor events and donate to organizations. Maybe you've even been hit up by the premium company trying to get you to buy pens with your company name on them.So how do you know what to spend your marketing dollars on, and what to pass on?How do you avoid wasting your money on marketing that isn't goin…



385. Trade Show Promotional Products – Boosting Booth Traffic By Cindy Carrera
     I was about seven or eight years old when I learned the value of promotional items at trade shows. I just didn’t know it yet. I was at a home show with my parents. As we walked through the hall it was held in, I noticed people walking around with yardsticks. I really had no need for a yardstick, but seeing them made me want one. So, to make me happy, my parents kept an eye out for the booth passing out the yardsticks. I got my yardstick, …



386. Gravitational Marketing for Small Businesses - Twelfth Law: The Low Hanging Fruit in Your Business By Jimmy Vee
     Did you know it's cheaper and easier to satisfy the customers you have than it is to get new customers?Wowzers!Would you believe there are still people out there letting customers leave UNHAPPY. It seems outrageous, but is happens daily in your town and mine.With as much as it can cost to get a single lead, why in the world would you even consider allowing someone to leave unhappy?A lot of people do a lot of jaw-jabbering about “good service.” …



387. Linking Features & Benefits By Robert Abbott
     I'm sure that you've had those Eureka! moments, too. When a piece of information suddenly helped you see or understand something that hadn't been apparent before.For me, one came when I discovered means-end analysis, a marketing concept that helps us understand why listeners or readers might respond -- or not respond -- to our messages. It does this by clarifying the relationship between product features and the benefits experienced by consumer…



388. Tradeshow Booth Cures - Ancient Cures for Modern Day Problems By Patty Stripes
     At first glance, nothing seems more chaotic than a trade show floor. Jaded buyers rush by, hell bent on seeing the people on “their list”, while the newcomers seem a little bewildered by it all. The noise from the crowd rises and falls in a steady drone while flashing lights and other cheap tricks add to the confusion. But in this apparent disorder, a simple truth exists. The tradeshow floor is alive, full of energy and momentum. It’s ener…



389. Features and Benefits Brainstorming By Catherine Franz
     This is it what I use BEFORE I begin to write any marketing copy or launch any new product or service. I complete this exercise even when I think I'm sure that I have it done. The mind plays some funky games, by redoing this exercise, my thoughts zone into what I'm working on, and my mind becomes razor sharp. In other words, if I am writing marketing copy and I do this every day for many different projects, even though I did the exercise y…



390. Internet Copywriting - Make Your Offer Irresistible!
     Want to increase your online sales? Make sure your offer is one they can't pass up! Any offer you make through your Internet copywriting needs to be worth the readers' time. Time is valuable and there is no bigger waste of time - for you as the creator or for your reader - than a worthless offer. A number of years ago, a newspaper advertising sales rep went to her boss, disgusted that her client would not buy the ad schedule she pitched. It tur…



391. Modern Marketing With Postcards By Bob Leduc
     Postcards may be one of the best kept secrets of modern marketing. They produce even better results now than in the past. That's probably because postcards deliver information the way people want to get it today ...fast and with little or no effort.Use Postcards to Generate Website Traffic and Sales LeadsA brief captivating message on a postcard with an enticing offer sent to the right prospects will generate a flood of traffic to your we…



392. Effective Marketing: 5 Tips TV's Apprentice Candidates Could Use to Win By Debbie LaChusa
     I've watched the original Apprentice with Donald Trump's business overachievers since last season and I just caught my first episode of The Apprentice, Martha Stewart last night.And I must say I've noticed a common theme brewing. The tasks are usually lost, and an apprentice candidate fired, due to a lack of marketing and sales.These teams of bright, creative and talented people develop new products, put on events and face other very challengin…



393. How to Handle Jargon at Your Web Site - and Why By Marcia Yudkin
     If you sell a technical product or service, you probably know you have jargon at your web site - specialized terminology that the average person doesn't understand. While jargon does help you communicate precisely with peers, it seriously gets in the way if potential and actual customers aren't as conversant with it as you are.Plenty of heart patients, for instance, don't know what a "myocardial infarction" is (a heart attack). Many pregn…



394. The Rapidly Expanding Market of Subliminal Messaging By Louisa Croft
     The numbers of consumers buying into products that contain subliminal messaging, such as audio tapes, DVD’s and videos’, and even the newest software products, are on the increase.I was intrigued at the reason why? Can so called ‘normal’ people really buy into some phenomenon and have it change their life so simply, and how on earth does it work? If things like this really did work, then why do people still have issues with their weight or wi…



395. Five Cheap Tricks for Promoting Your Business By Nancy Jackson
     If you’re like me, you’re always looking for ways to promote your business — without spending a ton of money. Well, you’re in luck. This article lists five of my top 10 favorite ideas for promoting your business or organization for next to nothing (and in some cases, completely fr*e). While these ideas are a start, there are plenty of other ways to get the word out about your product or service and build relationships with potential clients. Us…



396. Using Alternative Media to Generate More Customers By David Frey
     Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article is about.It's what was inside the Omaha Steaks box that I want to tal…



397. Establish credibility, need and understanding and you will sell
     Get the message right the first time.DimaWare had it all. A realization that he had developed a truly revolutionary product, the knowledge and determination to bring his software to reality and the conviction that a website was the only way to reach the audience he needed. The whole IT world.Dima knew that the entire world's IT population of computer IT managers in particular faced a daily struggle to keep up with the very latest IT technologies,…



398. Business Cards For Everyday People By Frank Owen
     Think you need to be in business for yourself to make use of a business card? Think again. Today just about anyone can take advantage of the benefits owning business cards to offer. In fact, in many circles business cards are also referred to as personal cards or networking cards. Why the attention? Business cards make introductions easy. They are a great way for promoting a business certainly. You can increase your sales and your client base s…



399. How "Thinking Outside The Box" Explodes Your Sales! By Craig Garber
     When it comes to marketing, it's said that if you want to grow your business, you need to think "outside the box". But as you know, "thinking outside the box" isn't always easy.Here's an example of what I mean. See if you can figure out the best thing to do in this situation.You're single and successful, busily driving home from work one Friday evening, alone in your car on a somewhat spooky and stormy night.As you slowly pass by a bus stop, …



400. Website Sales Scammer, be aware
     This is a report of of Digital Point Forums of a scammer that's been selling websites and code illegaly, please read.Posted By- yfs1Scammer- WebJunkieIt should be noted to anyone who has joined DP recently or was unaware of the whole 'webjunkie' saga, he was a contributing member here for some time.He was up front that he knew no html, etc but needed some help. He seemed like a nice guy and DP being the place it is, many of us bent over backward …



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