Thursday, April 22, 2010posted by Charlotte 2:37 am
Here’s a cool tool I came across that may be of use to you for your business. This tool has been created to help business owners cut to 100+ hours of human labor done in 2 minutes?!
I have been researching this tool for a while and have spoken on numerous occasions with one of the creators Charles Heflin, great guy. Like all tools you use for business it does require human interaction.
I’m not sure how long Charles will allow us to offer this opportunity to you. But this is a reminder of the truly revolutionary tool that finally makes it possible to outsource your marketing to hundreds of professionals worldwide in less than 2 minutes.
Synnd software is marketing leverage like you’ve never seen or tried before. You can currently leverage approximately 100+ hours of human promotional labor in the time it takes to create a marketing campaign in the Synnd system (about 2 minutes).
Imagine having your marketing “done for you” while you spend your new found time doing more important things like building better content or fine tuning your sales funnel or developing new
business relationships… How could you grow your business if you outsourced all your marketing chores?
Synnd now offers the following modules:
>>> Content Voting Campaigns
(good for initiating the viral spread of your best content)
>>> Content Bookmarking Campaigns
(good for building deep inbound Social Buzz for Search engine
visibility enhancement as well as improved rankings)
>>> Twitter Re-Tweet Campaigns
(good for almost instant traffic)
>>> Article Syndication to the top article directories
(coming soon – good for building inbound links and establishing
authority in your niche)
Synnd is now 800+ members strong and growing!
Time is running out on the special $1 trial offer
Here’s the special link to check out the details: http://bit.ly/synndtrialoffer
Thursday, April 15, 2010posted by Charlotte 1:35 pm
How many of you are still having a tough time in your Network Marketing company?
Well if you are still struggling, now you can stop. As you know Network Marketing is a numbers game. The more people you introduce to your opportunity, the more money you’ll make. Although you have to get your opportunity in the front of a lot of people. You need to build a relationship with them first, here I’ve laid out a strategy.
To start generating a steady stream of traffic to your site, try these 7 creative techniques:
1. Write and Distribute Articles, Reports and Ebooks. Internet users are all interested in one thing – information. Use this to promote your business by creating high quality content and allowing others to reprint it for you. One great way to do this is to distribute a brandable ebook or special report.
This is one that a website or list owner can change to include a reference to their website. This doesn’t mean that it looks like they are the publisher, it’s just a way for them to include information on where the ebook was downloaded from and (if applicable) to include their affiliate link for your products and services.
2. Participate in Newsgroups, Forums, and Mailing Lists. There are hundreds of forums online and you can find one for almost any topic imaginable. Most allow you to include a signature line that will be attached to every message. This is a chance for you to advertise your site.
Visiting these forums to post thoughtful questions and offer your expertise will mean your signature is viewed by others and will bring you free, targeted traffic. Of course how much traffic you get depends on how often you post and whether your signature makes people want to visit your site. A good approach is to use an ad you’ve had success with elsewhere as your signature.
3. Join Networking Sites to Build your Personal Network. Networking sites are designed to make it easy for people to meet others in their industry and to advertise their products and service. Similar to offline networking events where lots of people come together for the sole purpose of meeting people, online networking sites work the same way.
4. Use Classified Sites and Traffic Exchanges. Classified ad sites and traffic exchanges have gotten a bad reputation, but they really do work if you know how to use them. If you’re promoting a product or service that advertisers can benefit from then they’re a great place to get traffic. Although not very many consumers visit this type of advertising sites, lots of website owners do in order to make sure their ad appears on the site. While there they can’t help but notice other ads and if one catches their attention you’re likely to get a visitor.
5. Run a Contest. People love the prospect of winning something – that’s why a contest can be a great traffic generator. The key is to choose a prize that will attract people from your target audience. If you make the grand prize a new laptop you’ll get entries from everyone who would like to win a new laptop (which is basically every computer user in the world!).
Get more targeted traffic by choosing something that your target audience is interested in but wouldn’t mean much to other people. To start promoting your contest do a search in Google for “Contest Directories” and you’ll find lots of places to list your contest for free.
6. Include a Powerful Signature on all Outgoing Email. Every time you send a piece of mail you have the potential to get a visitor to your site. Simply create a “signature” that is automatically added to every outgoing message. Use the signature to briefly explain what you do, give your USP or slogan and add a hyperlink to your site. Once it’s set up you don’t have to think about it again!
7. Try Newsletter Classified Ads. There are lots of newsletter publishers who give classified ads to new subscribers. Although these don’t typically bring a huge response, they can generate some traffic if you offer something with a high perceived value but low price tag. They’re also a great way to test new ads to see which ones get the best response. Once you’ve found a winner use it in a PPC campaign, make it your new email signature, run it as a top sponsor newsletter ad or use it as your forum signature.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010posted by Charlotte 4:23 am
I had the honor of being on the call with the founder of grace and charm academy, Walethia Aquil. We had such a fun and informative time on the call. I’m not sure if you had a chance to listen yet, but I feel you could learn a lot of tips from the two of us to help with your business.
So, Will you be ready for the New Economy? Just about anybody can figure out how to SELL things. But there’s Genius in CREATING CUSTOMERS FOR LIFE.
While income can be made from making Sales, Wealth is MOST certain by developing CUSTOMERS for LIFE. This Show is for Anyone interested in MAKING HUGE Sums of MONEY by Discovering HOW TO MARKET EXCLUSIVE PROGRAMS. Discover How You Can Unlock the Secrets to Maximize your Marketing efforts.
P.S. Remember to grab Walethia’s free giveaway at grace and charm, I’m not sure how long this offer will last.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010posted by Charlotte 1:55 am
Hi Guys and Gals,
I Need Your Help, Today! I’ve been writing to you for some time now. I’ve tried to give you the benefit of my entrepreneurial counseling, and have touched on many topics.
I have spoken to you about positioning yourself in your niche, marketing, giving your customer what they want, and even some tips for you about business start-up. I hope you found these tips helpful and interesting.
On Today Tuesday, April 13th @ 2pm Eastern, you have the opportunity to pick my brain even more, this time it’s live. I want to know what your burning questions, that I haven’t covered.
If you have questions after the show you can call me directly and even post a comment at my fanpage, group, or on this blog.
Most people are always striving to better themselves. It’s the “American Way”. For proof, check the sales figures on the number of self-improvement books sold each year.
This is not a pitch for you to jump in and start selling these kinds of books, but it is a indication of people’s awareness that in order to better themselves, they have to continue improving their personal selling abilities.
To excel in any selling situation, you must have confidence, and confidence comes, first and foremost, from knowledge. You have
to know and understand yourself and your goals. You have to recognize and accept your weaknesses as well as your special talents. This requires a kind of personal honesty that not everyone is capable of exercising.
In addition to knowing yourself, you must continue learning about people. Just as with yourself, you must be caring and helpful to others.
You must accept other people as they are, not as you would like for them to be. One of the most common faults of business owners is impatience when the prospective customer is slow to understand or make a decision. The successful business owners handle these situations very differently.
Learning your product, making a clear presentation to qualified prospects, and closing more sales will take a lot less time once you know your own capabilities and failings, and understand and care about the prospects you are calling upon.
If you are really serious about getting help on building a successful
business from home see http://tobtr.com/s/995279
P.S. If you have missed any of my topics on positioning yourself in your
niche, marketing, giving your customer what they want, and even tips
for you about business start-up see the search feature on the top of this blog.
Saturday, February 13, 2010posted by Charlotte 5:02 pm
Whatever economic status you fall in, there are chances that you may require beauty care either to enhance your beauty or to repair the missing assets. So, is the beauty care industry being affected? Here the question is how they are being affected by the economy? The answer lies although people tie belts and their budgets, can they afford the ever increasing prices of the beauty products?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010posted by Charlotte 2:57 am
Every year there are many men and women all over the world signing up with direct selling businesses. Just to name a few you may be familiar with Melaleuca, Amway, or Ardyss hoping to make money enough for a new car,a new house, or maybe even some new clothes. They sell a little products or merchandises to a few relatives and close friends.
Then they are quick to say ok I’m done now.Before they even give themselves the ability to learn the basic skills of success in business. No one is born a salesperson, any more than one is born a doctor or born a lawyer.
Sales is a profession. To be successful in any profession one must learn not only the basic techniques, but also how to apply the right techniques. Success in sales makes use of all the abilities one is born with, plus all those acquired through the law of education and experience.
If you are looking for an opportunity to help with your family budget, direct selling offers you unlimited possibilities. However, you must give yourself time to learn the techniques of business overall. Ask yourself. “How long does it take a doctor,cosmetologist, or lawyer has to study to be the best in their profession?” WHAT IS DIRECT SELLING?
Direct selling is marketing a product directly to the consumer with no middleman involved. Most reliable firms are members of the National Association of Direct Selling Companies. They bring to the public fine products that are modestly priced in order to insure mass consumption.
Most direct selling companies furnish their representatives with a starter kit and essential supplies below-cost prices. In many instances the investment is under $300.
Rewards For Direct Sales Professionals:
1. You are the boss
2. You set your own hours.
3. You own your own businesses with little or no investment.
4. You write your own paychecks.
It is only fair to tell you that there are failures in direct sales too.
There are people who will not work for themselves as hard as they work for others. When working for a boss, they rise early, are well-groomed, and get to the office on time. However, when they are their own boss, they are still in PJ’s.
If you can be your own boss and discipline yourself to do what has to be done when it has to be done, direct selling offers a most unusual earning opportunity. YOUR TEN STEPS FOR SUCCESS:
1. BE A GOAL SETTER. What do you want to accomplish? Do you want to save for college education for your children? A new car? You can have whatever you want, but you must want it enough to do the things that have to be done to get it. Whatever your goal, write it down and set a target date for reaching it. Divide the time period into blocks of achievement that are reachable. Work consistently toward accomplishing each day, each week, each month what you set out to do. Goal-setting is a must in every area of life. Little is ever accomplished without definite goals.
2. BE A LIST MAKER. Each evening list all the things you want to get done the following day. That gives you an organized approach to each day. As each task is finished, mark it off your list. It is amazing how much gets done when one works with a “things-to-do” list. Also, have a notebook listing appointments, potential clients, repeat clients, and referrals, and keep it with you at all times. You will be adding to it constantly.
3. BE ENTHUSIASTIC. Enthusiasm is the high-octane “fuel” that salespeople run on. Enthusiasm generates its own energy. Energy and good health are synonymous with busy, happy people, people who are achieving.
4. RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAGIC WORD IN SALES IS “ASK.” In direct sales we don’t have to wait for business to come to us. We create our own business by asking for it. Ask for appointments, then you can do business. Ask for business, then you will close sales. Ask for referrals, then you always have a full list of potential clients. Be quietly, yet firmly aggressive.
5. EXPECT NO’S. Realize that no’s are not personal. In sales, as perhaps nowhere else, the law of averages works. Every no gets you closer to a yes. Keep track of your ratio. It will help improve your techniques. Are you getting ten no’s to one yes? Is your ratio five to one? Remember, the yes’s are your income. Also remember that “no” does not necessarily mean “no.” Often a “no” is simply a stall for more time to think. It may be a request for more information about your product or your service. What your client is actually buying is assurance. Assure here by your helpful attitude and your complete honesty, that you want what is best for her. She will most likely respect you and do business with you.
6. SCHEDULE TIME WISELY. A schedule is the road map by which salespeople travel. It takes the frustration out of the day. It assures that the necessary things get done and get done on time. Plan your work then work your plan.
7. BE POSITIVE IN YOUR ATTITUDE. Success in sales, as in all areas of life is 90 percent attitude and 10 percent aptitude. All of us must work at developing habits of constructive thinking. I am proud to be a salesperson. Sales make the wheels of our economy turn. Bernard Baruch, advisor to several presidents, is quoted as saying, “If every salesperson sat down and took no orders for twenty-four hours, it would bankrupt our country!” Every company that manufactures any kind of product depends upon salespeople to move that product. Without salespeople business would be paralyzed.
Remember, sales is one of the highest paid of all professions. Statistics show that good salespeople enjoy incomes far above the average.
8. HAVE AN OFFICE AREA. Most direct salespeople work from their own homes, but it is essential to have a place where you can work in a organized and efficient manner. An office plus a strict working schedule gives you dignity. Both are absolutely essential for efficient operation and accurate record keeping, so important to the success of any business.
9. BE INVOLVED. Most sales organization offer contests to stimulate production. Include winning contests as part of your business goals. Contests make your business fun as well as adding considerable dollar value to your income.
10. LEARN TO HANDLE MONEY INTELLIGENTLY. A regular nine-to-five job usually means a paycheck at the end of the second week. Direct sales “reps” handle money constantly. Direct sales is instant income and constant income. Therefore. it is absolutely necessary to become an efficient money manager.
Deposit every penny collected from clients into a checking account set up especially for its business. Since bank statements show an exact record of all monies collected, and business expenses can be verified by canceled checks, record keeping becomes simple and accurate. Everything except a few “petty cash” transactions can be directly
taken from bank statements.
Money saved regularly and put at interest, soon develops a second
income in addition to earned income. A long-term goal, which is realistic in direct sales, is to be able to live in retirement off the interest earned on savings. Would financial security mean a lot to you? If so, ask yourself
these questions:
* Am I honest?
* Do I really like people?
* Am I willing to learn?
* Am I willing to work?
* Am I capable of being my own boss?
If your answers are yes,find a good product for the direct sales market, one that you like, one that fills the need of a lot of people, and go to work for yourself. It’s time to make your dream a reality!
Thursday, January 21, 2010posted by Charlotte 9:28 am
Sure there are many people looking for work in this economy. We all no in life you must take some risks. If you aren’t willing to take some sort of a risk in life, don’t expect any rewards. We all learn from our mistakes and can turn those mistakes into helpful lessons that can help others.
If you are at a point in your life where you feel things aren’t looking up for you. It is time for you to change your life and make your next move your best move. So here’s what you can do to begin changing your life.
1. Surround yourself with positive people.
2. Get rid of all negative influences.
3. Begin investing into positive resources.
If you want change in your life you must do the things that negative influenced, people won’t do. Starting a home business can be your ticket out of the rat race. Top 3 Reasons Why a Home Business Can Help YOU:
1. Excellent Tax Break.
2. Full-time or Part-time Income.
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