Home Business Center Newsletter December
2003
"Your key to personal success is persistence because persistence produces results. You can be successful."
- Mack R Douglas, Making Habit of Success
> Answers to Subscriber Questions
- Marketing Trends: Improving Shoppability
- Building Online Surveys: Simplified
- Become a Successful `Infopreneur` on the Net
- How to Create 2-page Websites for $0
- How to Earn Money as a Personal Shopper
- Goal-Setting: How to Avoid Procrastination
- Review: Sales Letter Generation Software
- How to Start a Non-Profit Organization
- How Not to Lose Money with Vending Machines
- Sample Business Plans for Art Studios/Shops
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Marketing Trends: Improving Shoppability
14 Tips to Improve E-commerce
Site Shoppability
Building Online Surveys: Simplified
CreateSurvey.com is online service that lets you create surveys.
Whether you`re interested in gathering information about the marketplace or feedback about your company or
products, CreateSurvey.com makes it easy to set up a survey, collect visitors` answers to your questions, and
view the results graphically.
http://www.createsurvey.com
Become a Successful Infopreneur on the Net
Several people have asked me how they can run a business just like mine: working on the internet marketing
products and information.
The `Infopreneur` program offered by Site Build It shows you how to do it. This complete start-up kit (and
ongoing support program) is specifically for novices who want to earn money on the internet selling
information. (This is exactly what I do.)
Site Build It includes everything from brainstorming your business idea to website design and hosting
(including a domain name) to marketing tools and instructions to tracking reports and advertising analysis and
more.
The `Action Guide` walks you through each step. And just in case you need it, you also get all the support
you want.
I`ve used Site Build It information and tools for years, and it has helped me move ahead with my business
quickly, and to have a full-time career at home today.
You can see what other entrepreneurs have done with this program, and their outstanding results. If you like
what you see, you can use their harmless trial:
Click here
How to Create 2-Page Websites for $0
Creating 2-page websites or `Minisites` has shown to be an effective, low-cost marketing technique for
affiliate marketers.
I have an ebook that gives you the `how-to`s` of designing and building a website - specifically to make
sales. It shows you how to go from idea creation to website traffic in 10 days.
If you plan on creating several 2-page websites, you can apply this easy-to-follow procedure to each one;
and make each more profitable.
You can download it
here
You can host your website for $0 with companies like Geocities and Freeservers. They have pretty easy-to-use
management systems.
For more information on making money with Minisites, including website tricks you can use to boost your
sales, go here
How to Earn Money as a Personal Shopper
Learn:
- How to start with little or no money
- How to set up your office
- How to quickly get experience through volunteer work
- Step-by-step instructions for doing personal shopping
- Pricing your products and services
- Identifying clients and how to market yourself effectively
- How to choose the best vendors
- How to do a client consultation
- Getting up to a 50% discount on your purchases
- Sample invoice, contract, resume, prospective client script and more
Read more
Goal-Setting: How to Avoid Procrastination
Courtesy of MyGoals.com
How do I avoid procrastination?
As for procrastinating with respect to actually sitting down and setting your goals, the answer is simple:
do it now.
That`s it; just do it now. Take some step, no matter how small. Do something right this moment while you are
sitting at the computer, such as setting a goal or setting a task. Simply stating your intentions in this way
is a powerful first step.
If you don`t know what your goals are, then set the following goal right now:
`To identify my goals within one week.`
Don`t worry if the goals you set aren`t perfect. You can always change them later. The point is to do
something right now.
To avoid procrastination when working on tasks for a goal, make sure to schedule the time and place to get
the tasks done.
Then protect that appointment so nothing else interferes. Most people procrastinate as a result of not
planning when to do the task.
Use task reminders to keep you on track. Always read the reminders you receive and either complete the task
at that time or reschedule for some time that makes more sense.
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Review: Sales Letter Generation Software
Reviewed by Andrea Collare, Professional Writer
Finally, a product that compels me to be systematic and efficient.
The Sales Message Generation Software forces one to be not only an organized writer, but also an orderly
thinker, which is a must in communicating copy effectively.
Several templates for sales letters are provided in which you can point and click on your choice. Try them
all out if you like to see which one best fits your current needs.
Once you get to the actual template, you simply answer the questions. If you need it to be, this entire
system can aid you in, literally, a `fill in the blank` manner.
However, for those who wish to add their own creative flair, there is still plenty of room to be creative as
long as you use Sanders structured guidance.
Even the most scatter-brained writer will be able to utilize this method. In addition to the step-by-step
templates, Sanders inserts psychological motivators into the peripheral dialogue.
A wealthy group of words are incorporated into the copy that will become your own. If you open your eyes and
look around, you`ll quickly notice that you are surrounded by ads filled with these exact tried and true
phrases which are based on a Yale study of persuasive language.
Using this proven lingo, Sanders provides headline templates for your letters.
In Sales Message Generation Software, Marlon Sanders has taken a sometimes complex process and simplified it
for the potential marketer.
Using the formula he has developed, Sanders takes the reader by hand and leads him, or her, step by step
through the process of writing a sales letter.
This software contains a point by point method that is clear not only to the experienced but also to
beginners. You truly do not have to be familiar with selling tactics.
Sanders has already completed this legwork for you. I am not an organized writer. In fact, my writings can
be quite chaotic. The outline method combined with question and answer fill-in-the-blanks in this software was
invaluable.
Not only is it easy to follow, it was also a massive time-saver. Collecting ones business ideas can be a
monumental endeavor not to mention having the ability to present them in an effective manner.
This Sales Message Generation Software does just what it promises, it generates sales messages and letters,
quickly and effectively, proficiently communicating information to your client.
--Andrea Collare
See how this powerful software
makes letter-writing easy
How to Start a Non-Profit Organization
Learn the basic requirements, necessary forms, how to get Tax-Exempt Status and more: Click here
How Not to Lose Your Shirt in the
Vending Machine Business
Courtesy of SmallBizBooks.com
Vending gives you an ideal way to `ease` into your own business. Maintenance is minimal. In fact, the
biggest part of the job is collecting your money.
You can start part-time, working out of your home, by placing a few machines in local businesses. Then, as
your customer base increases, you can invest in more machines and grow your company as large as you like.
Read more
Sample Business Plans for Art Studios/Shops
Glass Dreams, a stained glass art gallery, studio, and retailer of stained glass tools and supplies expands
its studio, and opens a second storefront to improve retail offerings.
See their business plan here
Fat Cat Creations designs and manufactures decorative raku ceramic pottery and sells the pieces in
galleries, arts and crafts festivals, and on their website.
Learn how here
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