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4 Simple Steps to Starting Your Affiliate Program I was one of those online businessowners who was hesitant to add an affiliate program to my business building efforts. But once my clients and customers starting asking me if I had one that they could join, I knew it was time to bite the bullet and conquer this particular piece of technology. Teleseminars: A Quick Way to Cash If you're reading this ezine, it's likely that you've participated in a teleseminar, whether it be mine or one of my colleagues. You've probably been on some that have been very good, where you got tons of really valuable information. And you may have found yourself on a few that were nothing but pitch-fests for the host's lastest product. Leverage Your Time & Talent to Help More People & Make More Money When I first went into business for myself seven years ago as a marketing and public relations consultant, I struggled with setting my fees. Even though I had been making a good salary working for someone else in this capacity, at first I found it difficult to set my fees at what they truly were worth. Build Your List Fast via Interviews Did you know that one of the quickest ways to draw attention to your business is by conducting interviews of people in your niche whose name is familiar to your target market? Measure Your Results for Faster, Easier and More Success When I was studying for my MBA, my most challenging class was statistics. And even though I managed an A- in the class, it took every one of the few analytical brain cells I had to do so. How to Increase Your Sales BEFORE You Launch Your Product or Service If you're following the marketing & product funnel business model that I teach, you're likely getting good sales from every offer you're making to your market. If you'd like to increase those sales numbers, however, there are several strategies you can implement to do so, starting with before you even put your product, program, or service out there. Your Online Business Sales Cycle Creating a profitable business online is a process, just like creating any other business. Regardless of what it is that you're offering, your cash flow is based on your sales. To Niche or Not to Niche Are you like many enterpreneurs who are afraid to choose a niche for your offerings? I know there can be the fear that you're limiting your business if you narrow your niche down too much, but that simply isn't true. 3 Steps to Driving the Right Traffic to Your Website One of the biggest challenges many of my clients have is getting enough visitors to their websites. And not just any visitors, but the right kind of visitors - the ones who are high quality prospects for you. Is Your Website Working For You? A question I often ask my target market is, "what's your biggest challenge with building your business online?" And one answer I get frequently is this: How do I make my website earn money? When Doing Less IS More in Your Business Are you working too hard in your business? If you're an entrepreneur, you probably are, especially if you're in the early stages of your business building. And you're not alone. 5 Easy Ways to Always Give Your Niche Something New "Do I always have to come up with something new?" This is a question I get asked often by my private clients, and the answer is a resounding YES, if you want to continue to grow your business. What's Your CFO (Compelling Free Offer)? One of the reasons I love the business model I teach is because it effortlessly PULLS clients to me. I never have to chase them or worry about having as full a roaster as I want. The first step in making this happen is creating what I call your CFO - Compelling F.r.e.e. Offer. Who Are Your People (aka Your Niche)? Are you afraid to choose a niche for your product or service? Are you afraid that you'll be limiting your business if you narrow your niche down too much? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you are not alone. Lots of new business owners struggle with this issue. Turn Your Competitors into Collaborators Do you get discouraged or stuck in building your business because you think there's too many others to compete against in your niche? A lot of solo business owners feel this way, especially when they are first starting out. Make Your Ezine Make You Money Writing a regular ezine (online newsletter) can sometimes feel like hard work. So if you're putting in the time and effort to give your readers valuable content, consider implementing at least a few of the strategies in this article to help your efforts pay off in profits. 7 Easy Ways to Ease Ezine Writer's Block? If you publish an ezine regularly, inevitably there are times when you get stuck and can't quite come up with the perfect article for your issue. Sometimes just taking a break and coming back later will give you a fresh start. But other times you need more of a "writing prompt" to get you going. Pick a Topic, Pick a Date Have you been thinking about offering a teleseminar, webinar, or live workshop, because you know that it will increase your list numbers, showcase you as an expert, bring you new clients and customers, and be just plain fun, but you haven't actually moved forward with the idea? 4 Easy Steps to Leveraging Your Articles Writing valuable content-rich articles for your target market and submitting them to article directories and other publishers is one of the best ways to market your business, become known as an expert in your field, and add subscribers to your list. 3 Super-Simple Ways to Use Tell-a-Friend Everyone prefers getting a recommendation for a product or a service. It means they don't have to do the research themselves, or find out whether or not it's for them through trial and error, shouldering all the risk. Make a Connection with Your Ezine Readers Are there ezines that you receive that you just can't wait to read? I know I have 3 or 4 that I read as soon as they hit my inbox, and others that I print and put in my "reading box" next to my desk. 6 Proven Ways to Fill Your Teleseminars Teleseminars are a great way to make some quick cash, or give one of your current offerings a boost in sales. Of course, in order for that to happen, you need to fill them! 5 Simple Steps to Adding Offline Marketing to Your Online Business Taking my struggling consulting business online and following the business model I now do turn everything around for me, financially and otherwise. So when I started hearing from my mentors that I might want to add some offline marketing tactics back into the mix, I was hesitant to say the least. 6 Ways to Optimize Your Opt in Page Building a responsive, high-quality list of email subscribers is the key to leveraging your marketing time and increasing your income. 5 Simple Steps to a Website that Makes Sales Is your website producing leads for you or is it just sitting out there in cyberpace looking pretty? Obviously, you want your website to work for you to generate leads and make sales, not just be a pretty brochure for your business. How to Triple Your Subscriber Rate Using Co-Registration If you're currently using an ezine as a way to build your list, and you're frustrated with the trickle of new subscribers you get each month, then you'll want to seriously consider using co-registration as a way bump those numbers up significantly. 5 Keys to a Viable Niche Every niche has struggles and challenges. In order for you to build a viable business within that niche, they have to have problems that they really want solved. This article gives you 5 keys to look for to decide if a niche is a viable one for your business. 5 Real-Life Lessons in How to Get More Clients The following article is a true story and a true lesson in how to get more clients for your service-based business the easy way - by making it easy for your clients to sign up! How to Do a Simple Split Test to Increase Your Sales Clients often ask my opinion about whether or not I think something (a new product, a certain price point, a sales page) will work for their business online. My typical response? "Test it and see!" How to Use Teleseminars to Find Out Exactly What Your Niche Wants Basically, there are two things that must be in place before any of your offerings can be successful (read: profitable). One is that it must be designed for a niche and the other is that is must solve a problem that your niche wants solved. Though I may be stating the obvious, many times we create what we think our niche NEEDS instead of what it WANTS. Time Management for Busy Businessowners Over time, I've figured out how to get the most important things done while still being able to focus the majority of my time on my family (after all, that's one of the reasons why I went into business for myself in the first place). Here are the top three things that are working for me right now:

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