In today’s economy more and more business owners are finding it hard to stay open for business. So I’ve decided to share with you 10 ways to profit in today’s economy.

1. Sell more back end products to your existing customer base. You already created rapport, trust and proved your credibility to them.

2. Make it a practice to up sell to new and existing customers. After they decide to buy one product, offer them another product.

3. Cross promote your products and services with other businesses that aren’t competition. You will reach a wider audience at less cost.

4. Create joint venture deals with other businesses. You can expand your product line and target other profitable markets at a lower cost.

5. Start an affiliate program for your business. You will be able to spend less profits on risk advertising and spend more money on guaranteed sales.

6. Trade advertising with other businesses to save revenue. You could trade e-zine ads, banners ads, links, print ads, etc.

7. Outsource part of your workload. This can save on employee costs, equipment costs, taxation costs, expansion costs, etc.

8. Add low cost bonuses to your offer that have a high perceived value. It could be ebooks, members only sites, consulting, e-reports, etc.

9. Use viral marketing to promote your business on the internet. Give away free stuff with your ad copy include on it so others can give it away.

10. Follow up with all your prospects. You can use a free e-zine, a follow-up autoresponder, an update or reminder list, etc.

Good Morning Guys and Gals,

Customers are stalling more and more each day. If a competitor drops their price they run to them. Like I stated on an earlier post it’s your job to build credibility with current and new customers through various techniques to ensure that you keep them.

I’m not telling you to drop your prices, but you should offer something more of high quality value that your competitor isn’t and it is also a good idea to be friends with your competitor for a better benefit for the customer.

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Cheers,

Charlotte

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Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

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Article Marketing is a very great way to explode your business building efforts for free. There are two main ways to make money with articles. You can direct your clients to a product you whole heartily believe in or a service you are whole heartily providing.

When you are directing your clients to either options above, you need to only refer affiliate products, and resources that you trust. Because when you do provide value it will allow you to build credibility.

Most people go online for 2 reasons:

1. They need to solve a problem that they are currently experiencing.

2. They need to solve a pressing need or challenge that they are experiencing.

So all in all these people want relief and your job is to help them solve their problem or pressing need. This is what we in the consulting industry call a consultative approach.

About the Author:

Charlotte Howard is a Business Consultant and Founder of Charlotte Howard Consulting LLC. Grab Charlotte’s FREE click by click training for Traditional Business Owners and Home-Based Business Owners.

Copyright © 2009 Charlotte Howard Consulting, LLC. All rights reserved.