10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU BID ON AN AUCTION

1. Know the value of the product before you bid. If the product is brand new, check to see what price retailers are charging for it. If the product is used or reconditioned, you will want to pay way less than there tail value.

2. If the product's description or picture isn't detailed enough for you, contact the merchant to get more information before you bid. You don't want to take a chance to waste your hard earned money.

3. Know the highest price you will bid for the product and stick with it. Don't get caught up in a bidding war; you may end up paying more than the product's worth.Don't forget to add in the shipping price with your bid.

4. Visit a few online auctions before bidding because some merchants auction the same product in many auctions. You usually can purchase the product for a lower price in a unpopular auction because there are less bidders.

5. Know the time the auction begins and ends. You also want to know how long it will take to ship. If you need the product by a certain date, you'll want to estimate the time it will take to receive it.

6. Know the payment options the merchant accepts before you bid on their product. If they only accept checks or money orders, it may take even longer to get the product because the payment has to clear. If they accept credit cards make sure they have a secure server.

7. Know if the merchant offers a warranty or moneyback guarantee or before bidding on a product. You don't want to get stuck with a product that does not work or you're not satisfied with.

8. Online auctions will, sometimes, allow you to check the merchants history with their auction. Check to see if people have complained about the their products or business practices before you decide to bid.

9. It's important to place a bid early in the auction to show other bidders you are interested in the product.If someone does out bid you, don't be afraid to outbid them. Remember not to go over your maximum bid price.

10. Another reason to know when the auction ends; you can place a last minute bid. The other bidders may not be keeping track of when the auction ends or may not have the time to bid again.

Quote of the Day:

"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power that resides in him is new in Nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

10 EXTREME WAYS TO ROCKET LAUNCH YOUR PROFITS

1. Advertiseyour web site with banner ads that are animated and include a call to action. You must grab people's attention and make them to click.

2. Use pop up windows or advertisements on yourweb site. They grab your visitors attention because they jump right out at them.

3. Buy internet business books, ebooks, private site memberships, etc. Study and learn all the new website promotional ideas you can.

4. Analyze all your promotional efforts. Concentrate on the ones that work and drop the ones that don'twork. Don't waste your valuable time.

5. Get the most from each one of your visitors. Ask them to subscribe to your e-zine, participate on yourmessage board, bookmark your site, etc.

6. Use text links if your banner ads are not pullingtraffic. People don't ignore text links as much asthey do banner ads.

7. Trade content with other ezine publishers or websites. This is a powerful and effective way to placeyour links on other targeted web sites.

8. Keep your product available to your customers at all times. If you have to back order it, they may end up canceling their order.

9. Use content on your web site so people can skim through it easily. Most people have little time so try using lists, short tips, short articles,etc

10. Add a message board or chat room to your website. If people enjoy it, they will revisit your web siteto participate regularly.

Quote of the Day:
"Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit."
Norman Vincent PealeWarm

10 EYE POPPING, JAW DROPPING AD COPY SECRETS

1.Use a hand written letter on your ad copy insteadof text. Write the ad on a piece of paper, scan it and publish the ad on your web page. Adding a personaltouch will always increase your sales.

2. Publish a list of famous and respected customerswho have bought from you on your a copy. People will think that if these people bought from you, theyshould also trust your business and purchase yourproducts. Make sure to get their permission first.

3. Show before and after photos for your productson your web page copy.
Show the problem pictureand then beside it, show the picture of the resolutionto the problem when they use your product.

4. Include an article or review that has been writtenabout you or your business with your ad copy. Thiswill show people that your business is respected andwill increase your credibility.

5. When you offer free bonuses in your ad copy, alsolist the dollar value beside each bonus. People willfeel they're getting a good deal and it will increase thevalue of your product.

6. Hire a famous person to endorse your product orservice. Make sure the person is well known to yourtarget audience. Include their picture and statementson your ad copy.

7. Include your own picture on your ad copy. Thiswill show people that you're not hiding behind yourad copy and will increase their trust. Also, includeyour contact information below the picture and abrief statement or quote.

8. Tell your potential customers on your ad copythat you will donate a percentage of their purchaseprice to specific charity. This will show them youreally care about the people. They may just buyyour product to donate to the charity.

9. Ask your potential customers plenty of yes andno questions in your ad copy. The questions shouldremind them of their problem and make them thinkabout what will happen if they don't purchase yourproduct.

10. Tell your potential customers they will receive afree prize if they find the five words in your ad copythat are misspelled or spelled backwards. The longeryou can keep someone reading your copy the greaterchance of them purchasing.

Quote of the Day:

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or ablities that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

William PennWarm

10 MOTIVATIONAL TRIGGERS THAT MAKE PEOPLE BUY

1. People want to make more money. They maywant to start their own business, get a higher payingjob or invest in the stock market. This will makethem feel successful.

2. People want to s.ave money. They may want toinvest for the future or save for a big purchase.This will make them feel more secure.

3. People want to save time. They may want towork less and spend time enjoying life's pleasures.This will make them feel more relaxed.

4. People want to look better. They may want tol.ose weight, tone their b.ody, or improve their facialfeatures. This will make them feel more attractive.

5. People want to learn something new. They maywant to learn how to change their car oil or build adeck. This will make them feel more intelligent.

6. People want to live longer. They may want toget in shape, eat better or gain extra energy. Thiswill make them feel healthier.

7. People want to be comfortable. They may wantto relive aches and pains or want to sleep in a morecomfortable bed. This will make them feelrelieved.

8. People want to be loved. They may not want tobe lonely anymore or want to start dating again.This will make them feel wanted.

9. People want to be popular. They may want tobe a famous celebrity or be more popular inschool. This will make them feel praised andadmired.

10. People want to gain pleasure. They may wantsatisfy their appetite or sexual desires. This willmake them feel more fulfilled.

Quote of the Day:

"Loneliness is the most terrible poverty."

Mother Teresa

10 REASONS TO FORM A STRATEGIC BUSINESS ALLIANCE

A strategic alliance is when two or more businesses
join together for a set period of time. The businesses,
usually, are not in direct competition, but have similar
products or services that are directed toward the
same target audience. Below are ten reasons to
create a strategic alliance.


1. You could offer your customers a larger variety of
products or services. This will allow you to spend
less time and money developing new products to sell.


2. Your number of sales people will increase because
you're combining with other business. You won't have
spend to time and money hiring new employees.


3. Your marketing and advertising budget will increase.
When you form a strategic alliance with other businesses
you both will share the advertising and marketing costs.


4. You can now offer your existing customers more
back-end and upsell products. This will increase your
sales and profits.


5. Your business will gain a larger number of skilled
people working on the same project. You will gain
the knowledge of the other businesses employees.


6. You will be able to beat your competition by selling
to a larger target audience. You will also increase the
total number of existing customers you can sell your
products and services to.


7. You can exchange endorsements with your alliance
partners. You'll add more credibility to your business
and gain your potential customers trust to buy.


8. You can expand your business more rapidly. You
can develop new products and services faster with
a larger work force.


9. You'll be able to solve your customer's problems
faster with a larger base of customer service people.
You'll also learn new ways to improve your customer
service from your alliance partners.


10. You'll have a larger number of "strategic thinking"
people. This will allow both businesses to come up
with profitable business ideas quicker than before.

Quote of the Day:

"A man of character finds a special attractiveness in
difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with
difficulty that he can realize his potentialities."
Charles de Gaulle

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T BUY FROM YOU

1. You don't make people feel safe when they order.Remind people that they are ordering through a secureserver. Tell them you won't sell their e-mail addressand all their information will be kept confidential.

2. You don't make your ad copy attractive. Your adlists features instead of benefits. The headline doesnot attract at your target audience. You don't list anytestimonials or guarantees included in your ad.

3. You don't remind people to come back and visit.People usually don't purchase the first time they visit.The more times they visit your site, the greater thechance they will buy. The most effective way is to givethem a free subscription to your e-zine.

4. You don't let people know anything about yourbusiness. They will feel more comfortable if they knowwho they are buying from. Publish a section called"About Us" on your web site. Include your businesshistory, profile of employees, contact information etc.

5. You don't give people as many ordering options aspossible. Accept credit cards, checks, money orders,and other forms of electronic payments. Take ordersby phone, e-mail, web site, fax, mail, etc.

6. You don't make your web site look professional.You want to have your own domain name. Your website should be easy to navigate through. The graphicsshould be related to the theme of your web site.

7. You don't let people read your ad before they getyour freebie. When you use free stuff to lure peopleto your web site include it below your ad copy or onanother web page. If you list the freebie above yourad they may never look to see what you're selling.

8. You don't attract the target audience that wouldbuy your product or service. A simple way to dothis is to survey your existing customers to see whatattracted them to buy. This information will helpyou improve your target marketing and advertising.

9. You don't test and improve your ad copy. Thereare many people who write an ad copy and neverchange it. You have to continually test and improveyour ad copy to get the highest possible responserate.

10. You don't give people any urgency to buy now.Many people are interested in your product but theyput off buying it till later and eventually forget aboutit. Entice them to buy now with a freebie or discountand include a deadline date when the offer ends.

Quote of the Day:

"A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine."

American proverb

10 PROFITABLE REASONS TO ADD A DISCUSSION

1. You'll be able to communicate with your visitors.They'll begin to trust you and get to know you on amore personal level. People will purchase productsquicker from somebody they already know and trust.

2. People will revisit your web site to participate onyour discussion board or chat room. They will meetother people with similar interests and your web sitewill become a hang out were they can chat.

3. You can learn important information about yourvisitors by reading the conversations they have. Theymay chat about your web site or products. With thisinformation you could learn to market your productsmore effectively.

4. You could answer the questions your visitors askin your online communities. You'll become known asan expert by giving the answers to their questions.This will give you and your business more credibility.

5. You could teach a free online class using your chatroom. This will give you an expert status and increasetraffic to your web site by offering the free class.

6. When your discussion board or chat room becomespopular, you could sell advertising space on them. Thiswill give you an extra income stream for your web site.

7. You can network with other businesses by havinga chat room or discussion board. You could exchangebusiness ideas, leads, advertising, etc.

8. You could allow other web sites who don't havea discussion board or chat room to use yours. Youwill get free advertising by allowing them to link toyour online community.

9. When you have a discussion board or chat roomyou can get free advertising by listing them in onlinecommunity directories. You can also join web ringswith similar discussion topics.

10. You can make money by advertising your ownproducts and services on your discussion board orchat room. You could also join other people's affiliateprograms and make commissions advertising them.

Quote of the Day:

"How far that little candle throws his beams!So shines a good deed in a naughty world."

William Shakespeare

10 POWER PACKED WAYS TO BOOST YOUR PROFIT

1. Sell a few back end products that are not relatedto your main product but are needed by all humans.Every customer that buys from you is human.

2. Take on as many of your business' chores as youcan handle; outsource what you can't. Only you candetermine how your business is operated.

3. Try out new business opportunities. You couldcombine them with your current business. It couldadd an extra profit stream to your web site.

4. Create an alliance with 3 or 4 web sites. Includeeach of your ads or banners on the other web sites.You will all share targeted traffic from each other.

5. Create a free e-zine directory. You'll attract a lotof traffic from ezine publishers and people that wantto subscribe to the e-zines.

6. When you offer a freebie from your site, submitit to free stuff sites. They provide target categorieswhich means targeted traffic.

7. Make your visitors curious about your productby telling them they need to sign-up to get into apassword protected site to read the rest of the ad.

8. Remember the little things about your web pagesreally count. Include the title of your site at the topright corner, a description about of your site, etc.

9. When you ask someone to sign-up to receive afreebie, don't ask for really personal information.This is a fast way to lose a potential prospect.

10. Remember newsgroups are still pretty popular.You could post your ad in ones that allow it or youcan leave messages with your sig file include.

Quote of the Day:

"No man is an island, entire of itself;every man is a piece of the continent,a part of the main." John Donne

10 WAYS THAT WILL INCREASE YOUR TRAFFIC

1 "Bookmark This Web Site Now" Tell your visitors tobookmark your web site. They may see your web sitelisted in their bookmarks and visit again. You shouldalso give then a good reason to bookmark your site.For example tell them you add new content everyday.

2 "Subscribe To Our Free E-zine" Tell your visitors tosubscribe to your e-zine. When they subscribe you'llcapture their e-mail address. Every time they readyour e-zine, it will remind them to return to your site.

3. "Participate On Our Discussion Board" Ask yourvisitors to participate on your online discussion board.By participating they will meet other people. Bymeeting other people, they will revisit your web siteon a regular basis to stay in contact with them.

4. "Sign Our Guestbook" Ask your visitors to sign yourguest book. When people sign your guestbook you mayget valuable feedback or constructive criticism on howto improve your web site. This may help you increasetraffic to your web site.

5. "Use Our Free Content On Your Site Or In YourE-zine" Allow your visitors to use your articles ontheir own web site or in their e-zine. Just ask them toinclude your resource box. This will spread youradvertising all over the internet.

6. "Refer This Our Web Site To A Friend" Ask yourvisitors to refer your web site to a friend(s). They mayknow someone that would benefit from visiting yourweb site.

7. "Fill Out Our Online Survey" Ask visitors to fill outyour online survey or questionnaire. You could use itto get valuable feedback on ways to improve your website to increase traffic.

8. "Enter Our Contests" Ask your visitors to enter youronline contest or sweepstakes. People love to win stuff,and they will visit your web site to try.

9. "Give Away Our Freebie To Your Visitors" Allowyour visitors to give away your online freebies to peoplethat visit your web site. Include your ad on the freebieand those freebies will multiply your traffic.

10 "Join Our Affiliate Program" Allow your visitors tomake money selling your products or services. Thiswill increase your traffic because they will link to yourweb site.

Quote of the Day:

"You are to gather up the joys and sorrows, the struggles, the beauty, love, dreams and hopes of every hour that they may be consecrated at the altar of daily life."

MacRina Wiederkehr

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T VISIT YOUR WEB SITE

1. You don't offer free original content. It's important
to give your visitors information they can't find any-
where else. If you're the only source for a certain type
of information, people will flock to your web site.


2. You don't offer free software. Most people like
to find good deals on software for their computers. If
the software is free, that is even better.


3. You don't offer a free contest or sweepstakes. It's
a fact, people like to win things. If you can fulfill that
need, people will stop by to visit.


4. You don't offer a free directory. Create a directory
of web sites on a particular topic that is related to your
target audience. People will visit because they will find
what they're looking for, all in one place.


5. You don't offer a free e-zine. Most people love to
get free information that they're interested in emailed
to them on a regular basis. This saves them time and
money.


6. You don't offer a free community. People like to
have a place were they can have discussions with
others on a particular subject. You could add a chat
room or message board to your web site.


7. You don't offer a free affiliate program. One of
people's basic needs to survive is money. When you
offer them a free opportunity to make money they'll
line up to visit your web site.


8. You don't offer a free online utility. When you offer
a utility that can solve a problem, people will visit your
web site. The utility could be a free autoresponder,
e-mail account, search engine submission, etc.


9. You don't offer free current information. Supply
news stories related to your web site. People want
up-to-date news on the topics they are interested in.
They will also be interested in visiting your web site.


10. You don't offer free samples of your product
or service. Have you ever been to a store and you
jumped at the chance to get a free sample of food?
This same concept will also attract people to visit
your web site.

Quote of the Day:

"'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows like a
song. But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when
everything goes dead wrong."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

10 WAYS TO IGNITE YOUR PROFITS

1. Create a memorable logo and slogan to brandyour business on the internet. When they see yourslogan or logo it will remind them of your business.

2. Multiply your marketing all over the internet bycreating free bonuses for other business' products.You just include your ad somewhere on the bonus.

3. Offer to buy advertising space inside electronicproducts like ebooks, software, subscription sites,etc. It will be cheaper than print insert ads.

4. Increase your sales by adjusting your productor service to attract other target audiences. Thismay mean redesigning or adding on to it.

5. Test the prices of your product or service. Youmay increase the perceived value by raising yourprice and a lower price may decrease your sales.

6. Use your product's features to support all of yourbenefits. Just because benefits are more important,don't forget to list the features.

7. Market yourself or business as an expert. Mostpeople have been told throughout their life to trustand respect the authoritative figures in society.

8. Train yourself and your employees to be politeto all your customers, even if they're shouting Solvetheir problem quickly and it may even turn into a sale.

9. Give your visitors a good impression when theyfirst visit your web site. Don't make the first thingthey see at the top of your home page a banner ad.

10. Join online business associations. Most will giveyou a membership graphic to put on your web sitewhich will give your business extra credibility.

Quote of the Day:

"Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable."

Samuel Johnson