Online Sales and Marketing Resources

Top 15 Ways to Build Your Subscriber List

2011-08-31T08:55:00.000-07:00

Email marketing can be profitable for any business, no matter what kind of product or service you offer. It is significantly cheaper than other advertising methods and, if done right, helps build loyalty and trust with customers. As a result, you generate more sales and more profits!

The foundation for successful email marketing is a targeted, permission-based email list. Marketers call contact lists their 'goldmine' because it can generate much of their sales revenue. If you've built up a list of opt-in subscribers that are qualified and interested in what you have to offer, then you've completed the first step and are on your way. Now it's time to 'mine' for gold!

Below you'll find several list-building and retention ideas that will help you get the best results from all your email marketing activities:

1. Provide useful, relevant content. Your visitors will not give you their email addresses just because they can subscribe to your newsletter free of charge. You have to provide unique and valuable information that will be of interest or use to them.

2. Add a subscription form to every page on your website. Make sure it stands out so it is easy to find. If it doesn't look cluttered, you may want to include more than one on some pages. For instance, if your opt-in form always appears in the top-left corner of your site, you may want to add one at the end of your most popular articles.

3. Add subscription forms to your social media pages. Make sure that you don't waste this valuable source of revenue opportunities. Integrate your sign-up forms with Facebook and more!

4. Make it easy for readers to sign up. The more information you request, the fewer people will opt-in. In most cases, a name and an email address should suffice. If it's not necessary, don't include it here. You can always survey them once they're customers! We do recommend that you provide a link to your Privacy Policy however.

5. Publish a Privacy Policy. Let your readers know that they can be confident you will not share their information with others. The easiest way to do this is to set up a Privacy Policy web page and provide the link to it below your opt-in form. (Note: If you don't have one, put the words 'privacy policy generator' into a search engine and you should be able to find a suitable form to use.)

6. Provide samples of your newsletters and Ezines. This lets potential subscribers review your materials before they sign up to determine if it's something they'd be interested in.

7. Archive past newsletters and articles. An online library of past newsletters and articles is both appealing and useful to visitors and builds your credibility as an authority. In addition, if your articles are written with good SEO techniques in mind, they can increase traffic to your website through enhanced search engine positioning.

8. Give gifts subscribers can actually use. Offer an opt-in bonus for joining your subscriber list! Write an ebook or provide a PDF business report, or even hire a programmer to create downloadable or web-based software. But don't limit yourself to offering gifts to opt-ins. Give them out when your readers fill out a survey, provide a testimonial, success story, or a great product idea. Let them know when they can expect the next gift offer. Everyone likes to get something for free! And if you pass out 'goodies' throughout the year, your subscribers will feel truly appreciated − and that's good for business!

9. Ask your subscribers to pass it on. Word of mouth is a powerful viral technique that works great with email marketing. If your subscribers find your content interesting, amusing or informative, they'll probably share it with their friends. This can be a great source of new customers, so make sure to remind them to 'pass it on'.

10. Let others reprint your newsletter as long as the content is not modified. If you're happy to share your content with the universe, then why not! Many webmasters and newsletter publishers are actively looking for high-quality content and, if they reprint your newsletter, you'll get new subscribers, and more traffic and links pointing to your site.

11. Include a 'Sign Up' button in your newsletter. If you're using plain text instead of HTML, be sure to provide a text link to your subscription page. You may feel that this is not required because the subscriber is already on your list, but remember that readers will forward your newsletters to others, or reprint them online. Make it easy for them to subscribe!

12. Add a squeeze page. A squeeze page has one goal − to acquire opt-ins and build your list. Think of it as a mini-sales letter to go along with your subscription or opt-in gift. It should feature a strong headline and a couple of powerful benefits that should make subscribers salivate to sign up! Once created, use a service such as WordTracker to find hundreds of targeted keywords, and promote your offer using pay-per-click advertising from Google, MSN and Yahoo. Now that should make a splash!

13. Include testimonials on your squeeze page. This is crucial. Put one or two strong testimonials from satisfied customers on your squeeze page. This can be in any format, but you may find that multimedia (audio or video) is more 'believable' and inspires more people to action. To further enhance believability, get permission to use actual customer names, locations and/or urls (Don't use 'Bob K, FL'). Add a note inviting others to participate. After all, it's free publicity!

14. Blog religiously. Blogging is a great way to communicate with prospects and potential customers, and creates a nice synergy with your email marketing. Be sure to include your newsletter sign-up form on each page of your blog. You can start a free blog at Blogger or WordPress.

15. Post on other blogs. Post thoughtful comments and information on similar blogs with a link to your squeeze or opt-in pages. Also comment on others' blogs through trackbacks. In most cases, your comments will be posted on their blogs with a link back to your site. This is an easy way to generate new traffic and subscribers, and get your brand out there!

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What are you currently doing to attract customers?

2011-04-30T17:08:00.001-07:00

We sure had a great meetup event on April 30, 2011 in Austin, Texas. Our members' suggestions and ideas really helped open my eyes to some of the challenges facing people in their home-based businesses.

One major challenge facing home-based business owners is generating sales or finding distributors for their products. The question for our meetup discussion was: "What are you currently doing to attract customers and distributors for your products?"

We learned that in order to attract customers and distributors for your products, you, first, have to give them a reason to come to you. Some of our meetup members said they give their prospects items of value, such as a free video, company promotional DVD, or product samples. Some offer free link exchanges and e-book downloads to their website visitors. And others attract customers and prospects by participating in social networking forums, such as Facebook, Twitter, and APSense. Those were all valuable contributions.

To join our Austin, Texas Meetup group, go to www.meetup.com/bossfree.

Do you have anything you want to add to our discussion? What are you currently doing to attract customers and distributors for your products?" Click here to share your views.

Challenges Facing People Who Work from Home

2011-03-30T09:40:00.000-07:00

We sure had a great meetup event on March 26, 2011 in Austin, Texas. Our members' suggestions and ideas really helped open my eyes to some of the challenges facing people in their home-based businesses. The challenges that were suggested included inadequate contacts, poor time management, and the economic downturn. In order to help with some of these challenges, our members stressed the importance of increasing our online and offline networking opportunities, by connecting with other people, using ready-made systems, and working with effective tools.

To join our meetup group, go to www.meetup.com/bossfree.

Do you have anything you want to add to our discussion about some of the challenges currently facing people who own their own home-based businesses?

Free 21-Day Client Business and Income Acceleration Course

2011-02-26T10:24:00.000-08:00

Janet Switzer Is Giving Away Her Road Map...

In every industry, there's a powerbroker in the background --an advisor who is known to just a handful of people, but who helps build empires for the top "stars" who are household names.

I recently discovered such an advisor. Her name is Janet Switzer -- and for the last 16 years she's been quietly creating empire-building campaigns, products, promotions, deals and distribution for many of the biggest celebrity experts you've heard of.

Jack Canfield...Chicken Soup for the Soul...David Bach...Jay Abraham... Mark Victor Hansen...Les Brown...Yanik Silver... All these stars have been her high profile clients.

In fact, they've paid Janet a fortune to create cash-flow for their businesses -- but she's never revealed her system for creating mega-empires... until now.

By special arrangement, I've convinced Janet to reveal her step-by-step strategies via a unique and unprecedented marketing plan that is unlike anything I've seen -- ever.

She's prepared a 21-day program to guide you through each of the steps it takes to build your own empire around your area of expertise.

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* The 21-Day Client Acceleration Course is a career-transforming series of strategies, marketing campaigns, documents, product creation techniques and other action items that have transformed the careers of clients that routinely pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for this information and advice. You'll want to study each daily tutorial carefully during quiet time you set aside for that purpose.

* The Client Acceleration Course is NOT a sales letter or a scam. If you read and follow its advice, your publishing career and information products business could grow exponentially. But if you plan to let it gather dust sitting on your hard drive, in spite of its value, please do not opt-in to receive it.

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But don't just take my word for it. After reviewing an advance copy of Janet's plan, Bill Harrison, Executive Editor of Book Marketing Update and Founder of the $^6,000 National Publicity Summit for Authors and Experts said,

"This is one of the best products we've ever reviewed for people who want to make more money from what they know. It would be a bargain at 10 times the price. Janet Switzer does a superb job of showing the reader dozens of ways to capitalize on their knowledge and re-package their information in a variety of ways ranging from books to seminars to high-priced consulting and coaching programs. In addition to giving the reader lots of fresh ideas, the workbook pages she includes make it easy to quickly implement the concepts. A must-have for anyone serious about becoming the top expert in their field."

Marketing expert Gary Handwerker said,

"Superb, Janet! This marketing plan has absolutely everything -- the systems, the contacts, the know-how and the to-do list -- all of the critical components that seem to be lacking in anything else out there. You even help readers identify where the easiest money can be made. I found dozens of little-known strategies being quietly used by the world's top celebrity experts -- plus dozens more I know future "success stories" will be using. Expect tons of enthusiastic thank-you's when this work hits the market. This one tool alone will satisfy your goal of making thousands of people millions of dollars. Fantastic!"

I hope you'll join me in studying every word Janet has to say about how experts can build cash-rich, high-profile information empires. In fact, according to Janet, over the next 18 months the publishing and information products industry will literally explode with a whole new crop of celebrity experts.

Will one of them be you?

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See you in the limelight…

How to Get Others to Sell Your Info-Products for You

2011-02-19T08:19:00.000-08:00

By Janet Switzer

All authors and info-marketers would like to see more sales of their information products -- but too often, they lack the necessary marketing skills or the time to more effectively market their titles. Many emerging experts discover that it takes time to build up your own list of customers, prospects and subscribers.

But when you do a joint-venture with someone else who endorses your products to their customers -- you get to tap into and leverage the time, effort and money they’ve spent over the years building their list and maintaining customer loyalty.

When adding joint ventures to your marketing mix, there are four major questions to consider: (1) how to find joint venture partners, (2) how to approach the other party, (3) what kinds of deals to make, and most importantly (4) what kinds of marketing campaigns to conduct with the names once you negotiate a joint-venture arrangement.

To begin with, there are three categories of businesses where you’ll find ideal joint venture partners -- (1) synergistic companies, (2) your competitors and (3) companies that are completely unrelated to you.

Let’s look at synergistic businesses first.

(1) “Synergistic companies” or businesses are those that already sell complementary type of information. What they’re selling is similar or complementary to what you are offering.

Let’s say you’re selling a system for advertising accounting services and you do a joint-venture with a company that provides continuing education credits for CPAs. In the United States, accountants and other types of professional practitioners are required to maintain a certain level of competency and skills, so they take classes locally or at conferences and earn what are called CEUs or continuing education units.

If you have an information product to help these CPAs bring more clients in the door, perhaps you could locate a company that provides CEU classes but doesn’t offer advertising, marketing and practice-building information as you do.

This would be a perfect company to do a joint venture with -- not only because they are acquiring new students on a regular basis, but because these students know them, trust them, see them as a source of expertise and would probably listen to any recommendations they might give about you and your product.

(2) The next big category of potential joint-venture partners is “competitive companies.” Think about it: At the same time your competitor is prospecting and selling new customers, some prospects are not buying anything. Similarly, customers who have already purchased everything your competitor has to offer may be no longer buying or subscribing.

If you can convince your competitor to promote your products to their non-converted leads or past customer names, that’s a phenomenal joint-venture opportunity for the both of you. You could make money, but also turn those names into revenue for your competitor who has most likely given up ever selling them something else.

(3) The last big category of company to look for is “completely unrelated companies.” These are situations to look for where the company isn’t providing anything similar to what you provide, but COULD provide it if you proved there would be value for their customers and prospects in doing so.

For example, perhaps you find a company who sells a money-making program that is vastly different from the income-generation training program you sell. You can still approach these companies to become a recommended second-income idea or an alternative to the one their prospects originally investigated.

To help you execute joint ventures with these three kinds of companies, start investigating professional schools, magazines, newsletters, corporations, speakers, radio talk shows, infomercial companies and other information outlets for possibilities.

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Janet Switzer is the marketing strategist behind some of the best known celebrity authors in the world: Jack Canfield of The Secret and Chicken Soup for the Soul, One Minute Millionaire author Mark Victor Hansen, personal finance guru David Bach, motivational speaker Les Brown and others. Click here to subscribe to her FREE series of info-marketing special reports.

Protecting Your Info-Products as Valuable Intellectual Properties

2011-02-18T08:31:00.001-08:00

By Janet Switzer

The information products that you develop and sell are valuable properties that should be protected -- in the same way major corporations, big-name publishing brands and celebrity authors protect their intellectual property rights.

Intellectual properties are things like published works, recordings, website content, your brand and your trademark. And part of building an information empire is securing the legal control, ownership and defense of these properties -- from registering your trademark, to recording your copyrights to obtaining releases from other people whose expertise or comments you might include in your products. You may want someday to sell your business, assign the published assets, license your marketing system or simply prevent someone else from using your product name and creating confusion in the marketplace.

A few hours spent protecting these assets is critical.

TRADEMARKS

For info-marketers, authors, entrepreneurs and others who benefit from being published or publicized, the name of any product lines or publication series you might create should be officially registered as your trademark, assuming that the name is eligible to be trademarked. At the very least, you should add the trademark (TM) symbol to the name of your products, then put in fine print on your copyright page the words “[Title of Product] is a trademark of [your name or other owner of the trademark].”

Of course, you should always consult your own attorney before undertaking any legal matter. I can’t ethically or legally advise you on legal matters. But I do want to save you some time and money by directing you to information and resources you can use.

The first place to visit for information on trademarking your brand is the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov) where you can perform searches of pending and registered trademarks.

Anytime you register a trademark you have in mind, you and your attorney should conduct an extensive search of the mark in use before filing your trademark application and paying a lot of money. Those searches can run several hundreds dollars per name. But one of the easiest ways to save money in this process is to look up your proposed trademark first at the USPTO website, so you know whether you have a fighting chance of getting it.

When you log on to www.uspto.gov, look for the word “Trademarks” at the left-hand side of the home page, then click on the “Search” button just below it. You’ll jump over to the next page which is the main search page for the Trademark Electronic Search System (or TESS for short). There you can start your search.

Click on the very first search form option, which is New User Form Search (Basic). If you have an actual tradename in mind, you can simply type that word or phrase into the search window and see if any pre-existing marks exist in the TESS system. If you put your phrase in quotation marks, the system will search for that exact combination of words. If you think there may be trademarks that are similar to yours, you can type in just one of the words and see what comes up.

Here’s what you’ll be looking for: A results page that says, “Sorry, no results were returned for your query.” That’s a good sign because it means your proposed trademark has not been registered or applied for by someone else. But, to be safe, you should always do the search again without the quotation marks to see what IS registered that might be similar. In many cases, your proposed trademark might be so similar to an existing mark that your application will not be approved.

You’ll also need to apply in specific classes of commerce where you are using the trademark or plan to use the mark.

Most authors and info-marketers who are building an information empire or publishing brand will want to register their trademark in the following classes of commerce:

Class 9 -- Recorded material including audio, video, software, etc.
Class 16 -- Printed materials including books, newsletters and manuals
Class 35 -- Consulting, business management and professional services
Class 41 -- Education and training including live workshops, seminars and more

To obtain registration of a trademark (and the ability to use to R-circle symbol after your trademark, the mark must actually be in use in commerce at the time you apply for registration. If you’re just thinking about a new product line or name, you can file an “Intent to Use” application, then convert it to an “Actual Use” application once you can prove you are indeed using it in commerce.

A good intellectual property attorney can tell you more.

COPYRIGHTS

What if you simply want to protect your written material and spoken words from other people who might illegally copy it and include it their work? The United States Library of Congress will register your copyright on virtually any kind of written, recorded, visual or other work you produce.

Their website www.copyright.gov has so much good information, you should really take a look.

But one thing you should know is that any work you create actually carries a copyright the minute you write it and produce it in a tangible form – that means, printing it, distributing it, publishing it, recording it. However, even though the copyright is established when you produce it, you still need to register the work with the Library of Congress in order to enjoy expanded protection of the copyright.

It costs less than $50 to register copyright on each work, plus you have to submit two copies of the work. It’s always a good idea to add a copyright page to your written materials (or print on the label of any CD) a line that reads:

© 2005 Your Name

In other words, type out the C-circle symbol, followed by the year you produced the work, followed by the owner of the copyright (you, your company, two co-authors, etc.).

RELEASES FROM GUEST EXPERTS AND INTERVIEWEES
?Sometimes, you merely want to protect the information you’ve acquired from someone else to include in your product.

If you have a guest expert on your conference call series and you want to record that series and sell the recordings later, have the guest sign a release that allows you to use their name and voice for commercial purposes.

If you want to use a testimonial or endorsement from someone important in your advertising and marketing efforts, be sure to have them sign a release stating they said those words and are allowing you to use them for commercial purposes. Some people will sign this release, some won’t. But it’s always good to have this on file even years later -- especially if the testimonial is so powerful that you’re still using it.

Building an empire of super-lucrative information products, training programs and consulting services requires a little preparatory work in this area.

If your business is based outside the United States, check with your own national authorities or a local legal expert about securing trademarks, copyrights and releases.

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Janet Switzer is the marketing strategist behind some of the best known celebrity authors in the world: Jack Canfield of The Secret and Chicken Soup for the Soul, One Minute Millionaire author Mark Victor Hansen, personal finance guru David Bach, motivational speaker Les Brown and others. Click here to subscribe to her FREE series of info-marketing special reports.

* DISCLAIMER: Janet Switzer is not an attorney and is not dispensing legal advice. No information contained herein should be construed as legal advice being given by a legal professional, nor should it be construed as particularly appropriate for your specific circumstances. Additionally, since the above material was written, changes to the law may have occurred. Please consult your own attorney before embarking on any activity that affects your legal rights and obligations.

Succeeding Online Requires The Following 4 Steps

2011-01-26T20:02:00.000-08:00

I have been reviewing the online marketing action guide written by Dr. Ken Evoy, Founder of SiteSell.com. The main thing I have gotten so far from this guide is that there is a 4-step process every online marketer must go through before experiencing success on the web. He calls it the "C-T-P-M" process. According to the guide, the first step, "C" stands for "Content"; the second step, "T" is Traffic; the third step,"P" is "Pre-Sell"; and "M" stands for "Monetize."

The first thing most people do after registering their own domain is, they create a website with the intent of making money right away. That's like putting the cart before the horse. According to the Action Guide that I am reviewing, the monetization process doesn't begin until you have gone through a brain-storming process that helps identify your site concept, which would help you write key-word focused, search-engine friendly content pages. That's step one.

The second step involves driving traffic to your web site, using all kinds of traffic-generation techniques, including search engine optimization and "Pay-per-Clicks." This traffic generation phase is one of the most important steps in the 4-step process

The third step is to build win-win relationships with your web site visitors. By over-delivering on what they want, you can get them to know, like, and trust you more. This, Dr. Evoy, calls the "Pre-Selling" stage. This "romancing the customer" stage is designed to get them ready for Step 4, the "Monetize" phase.

In Step 4, you are ready to "Monetize" your web site through various monetization models, such as Google Adsense, Affiliate Marketing, and Joint Ventures. In this step, your customers will be in the right frame of mind to listen to your recommendations. Since they are already "pre-sold" back in Step 3 above, making the sale and collecting the check becomes a "no-brainer."

Since I have not finished the Action Guide, I will postpone an indepth review of this 4-step process until later in the future. If you want immediate access to this free Action Guide for building a successful online business, click here.

Building a Successful Business Online is Really Not that Hard!!

2011-01-13T08:24:00.000-08:00

Have you been trying to build a business by driving traffic to your company's homepage and not getting enough sales or customers? Now there is a solution to your problem if you have a SiteBuildit or Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube account. See examples of a step-by-step action guide for building a successful online business, by spending only a few minutes a day on SiteBuildit, as well as on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

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How Do You Stay Motivated in Your Business In Spite of Obstacles?

2010-10-24T11:50:00.000-07:00

As a business owner, you are confronted with rejection if people tell you "no" when you present your product or service to them; when you make a phone call to a prospect on your list and they either hang up on you or screen your call; or when you e-mail your marketing message to your prospect list and it's blocked by their SPAM filter.

How do you stay motivated and keep going in your business when you face all these obstacles?

I posed this question to members of my Austin, Texas Meetup at www.meetup.com/bossfree recently. The answers I received were quite interesting and revealing. One person said that the prospect of making a lot of money in her business keeps her motivated. Another said when obstacles present themselves, she stays motivated by listening to motivational tapes and CDs. Other answers given ranged from having a compelling reason (or a strong "why") to reading self-help books, developing self-confidence and belief, and steeling their resolve by welcoming rejection.

I want to pose this same question to you, my fellow blog readers. How do you stay motivated in your business despite all the negativity and obstacles that you face everyday?

Three Steps to Success in Online Marketing

2010-09-04T11:16:00.000-07:00

In the field of real estate, property values are determined by the 3 L's: "Location, Location, and Location." This is also true in the field of "attraction online marketing." The value of your online business is determined by the 3 L's: "List Building, List Relationship Development, and List Monetization."

The success of your online business is dependent on the following steps:

1. Build a List of Prospects: For more information on how to easily do this, clicking here.

2. Develop a Relationship with your List: This you can do by bringing your prospects back to your site with targeted follow up messages. This way you can quickly build rapport, brand recognition, and customer loyalty. Click here to receive free information on how to build, manage, and profit from your own list.

3. Monetize Your List: After you have developed a relationship with the people on your list, you will come to a point where they know, like, and trust you. At that point they will feel comfortable buying what you have to offer. For additional information about how to approach your list of contacts with your opportunity, click here.

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2010-08-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

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Boss Free Meetup in Austin, Texas is Awesome!!

2010-07-24T14:51:00.000-07:00

We sure had a great meetup on July 24, 2010. There were many suggestions and great ideas that really helped open my eyes to the reasons behind people's decisions to start their own home-based businesses. The answers ranged from the goal of attaining financial freedom and flexiblity, to the desire for helping others achieve their health, wellness, and monetary goals.

Please help me thank the following Meetup Members who attended our July 24, 2010 Meetup:

Barbara Aki, www.trivita.net/13103006

Cory Walker, www.PureHealthSystem.com

Angela Stafford, www.nikken.com/stafford

Charles Aki, www.trumpnetwork.com/charlesaki

We look forward to meeting you all at our next Meetup. Remember to bring lots of business cards!!

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The purpose of this group is to share ideas and principles for achieving financial independence, with the ultimate goal of being your own boss. We meet once a month. At our Meetups, we will share ideas and strategies for succeeding in business and in life. Come prepared to learn and share. It's going to be exciting!! It's absolutely *FREE*... Click Here To Find Out the Time and Location of Our Next Business Meetup

We've Taken the Guesswork Out: Check out the Top 10 Online Businesses

2010-07-15T09:06:00.000-07:00

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2010-07-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

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Our Austin, Texas Business Meetup Was a Success

2010-06-26T19:48:00.000-07:00

We had a great meetup on June 26, 2010. Attendees took turns introducing themselves and their business to the group.

All our members expressed interest in attracting more customers and agents to their business. Our main topic for discussion was: "What lead generation techniques are you using to attract customers and prospects to your website and business?" There were many valuable contributions.

The following members attended:

Elouise Noah, www.reliableongoingincome.biz

Barbara Aki, www.barbaraaki.com

Angela Stafford, www.nikken.com/stafford

Charles Aki, www.charlesaki.com

We look forward to meeting you all at our next Meetup. Remember to bring lots of business cards!! At our Meetup, we will continue to share ideas and strategies for succeeding in business and in life. Come prepared to learn and share. It's going to be exciting!!

If you are not a member yet, we invite you to join Our Austin, Texas Business Meetup Group. It is Free!! Click here to find out the time and location of our next business meetup.

Next Austin, Texas Business Meetup is on June 26, 2010

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Please help me thank the following Meetup Members who attended our May 29, 2010 Meetup:

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Jacquelyn A. Hughes

Dan Topkis

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People Who Want to Be Bossfree in Austin, Texas Meetup - May 29, 2010

2010-05-29T20:33:00.000-07:00

The following people attended our May 29, 2010 meetup:

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New Forex Tester 2.5 – Your Way to Success in the Forex Market (Press Release)

2010-04-16T12:27:00.000-07:00

An easy-to-use application lets you prepare yourself for Forex market conditions by playing various market cases either in real time or at a modified speed level, giving you a chance to practice an unlimited number of trading strategies.

As always, Forex Tester Software is constantly improving its position within the trading market. We do our best by stimulating and assisting you to success!
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Today, we present you with the release of the new version 2.5. Forex Tester is a professional software simulator of the Foreign Exchange Market. It lets you gain and improve trading skills. We tried hard in order to make this version maximum interesting and what is more important useful and reliable for you!
Compared with the previous versions, the extensive functionality of Forex Tester 2.5 has become more accessible and less complicated in use, even for the beginners.

Forex Tester has been online since 2006 and is geared towards the development of your personal trading strategies as well as to monitor your success within a short period.

Here are several new and key features of the New Forex Tester 2.5:

1.The minimal lot size was reduced to 0.01.

2.Added export of results into Excel from:
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- statistic windows
- strategy optimizer (Menu File)

3.Added 2 new parameters into the Statistic Window – numbers of consecutive profitable and loss trades.

4.Added fixed graphic scale option – when this option is enabled in the chart settings (with upper and lower prices set), the chart will not change its scale.

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6.After the program restart, parameters from previous session will be restored in Market Order and Pending Order dialog windows.

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Ten Cool Ways to Attract People to Your Web Site

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1. Give people a free subscription to your e-zine. Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays so it's important to give something extra with the free subscription. You could offer a free gift or
advertising when people subscribe.

2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your content will be more attractive to your visitors if it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer people the option to reprint the content in their e-zine or web site.

3. Offer a free online directory. The directory could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web sites etc. If people find your directory to be a valuable resource they will visit it over and over.

4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could also include your own ad in the ebook and allow other people to give it away. If you don't want to
take the time to write one, you could ask other writers permission to use their articles.

5. Hold free online classes or seminars. They could be held in your web site's chat room. The idea of "live" information will definitely entice
people to visit your web site. You will become known as an expert on the topic.

6. Give visitors a free entry into your contest or sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of interest or value to your visitors. Most people
who enter will continually revisit your web site to get the results.

7. Let visitors download free software. It could be freeware, shareware, demos etc. You could even turn part of your site into a free software
directory. If you created the software, include your ad inside and let other people give it away.

8. Offer free online services or utilities from your web site. They could be search engine submitting,copy writing proofreading etc. The service or
utility should be helpful to your target audience.

9. Give free consulting to people who visit your web site. You could offer your knowledge via e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this
a huge value because consulting fees can be very expensive.

10. Give your visitors a free membership to your online club. People want to belong to something, why not your online club. You could also give
away a free e-zine for club members only.

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The Forex Market Outlook for Today

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Build A Successful Business By Staying Connected

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Over the course of your business life you'll come in contact with a number of other business people. They could be lawyers, business services, suppliers, customers, etc. These people are important to your business in more ways than one. If you hired them or they bought your product or service, you can also gain their business knowledge, experience, ideas, and advice. How do you do this? Stay Connected! Network! Networking is when two or more different businesses stay in contact on a regular basis to build and improve each others business.

Consider all the benefits you'll gain from talking to other business people:

-- Knowledge or information that you didn't have before
-- Advice on how to solve a current business problem
-- Leads to a new business project or opportunity
-- Joint ventures and cross promotion deals
-- Learn important skills that you didn't have before
-- Constructive criticism that improved your business
-- Brainstorming that sparks a profitable business idea
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There are many ways to meet business people. Join business clubs and associations. Participate in on-line business-related forums, e-mail discussion groups, and chat rooms. Go to business expos and trade shows. Use your creativity to come up with even more ideas.

If you have the time, start your own networking group. You could hold meetings at a local seminar room, at a park , or at your own business building. If you want to hold meetings on-line use a private chat room. Publish a print or e-mail newsletter to keep members informed of meeting time and dates.

Keep all your business associates' contact information all in one place. Have it organized by business type or profession for easy finding. So when you need some advice on a new marketing campaign you can call that marketing expert you met at that trade show in Ohio a couple of weeks ago.

Networking is a surefire way to build a successful business. I have used it countless times and will continue too. I have also met a lot of business people who are now some of my closest friends.

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10 Awesome Ways To Attract More Orders

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1. Create a free ebook directory on a specific topic at your web site. People will visit your web site to read the free ebooks and may see your product ad.

2. Turn part of your web site into a members only web site. Instead of charging for access, use it as a free bonus for one of your products.

3. Add a free classified ad section to your web site. You could then trade banner ads with other web sites that have free classified ad sections.

4. Create two versions of your e-zine so people can choose if they want ads included with it or not. This'll attract the people who hate ads to subscribe.

5. Publish your e-zine only on your web site. Have people subscribe to a "new issue" e-mail reminder. This could really increase your traffic and sales.

6. Sell advertising space in your product package. You could sell inserts, flyers, brochures, booklets, and digital ads for electronic products.

7. Offer daily or weekly visitor bonuses. This will increase your repeat traffic and sales because your visitors will visit regularly to get the visitor bonuses.

8. Allow people to download software or e-books from your web site at no cost. Just ask your visitors in return if they'll refer their friends to your web site.

9. Build up the number of people that join your free affiliate program quickly by temporally offering your product for free to the people that sign up.

10. Negotiate with e-zine publishers to get free or discounted ads by letting them join your affiliate program and earn commissions on the ad you run.

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Horace

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10 Amazing Ways To Jump Start Your Sales

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1. Find a strategic business partner. Look for ones that have the same objective. You can trade leads, share marketing info, sell package deals, etc.

2. Brand your name and business. You can easily do this by just writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing.

3. Start an auction on your web site. The type of auction could be related to the theme of your site. You'll draw traffic from auctioneers and bidders.

4. Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the difference between success and failure.

5. Model other successful business or people. I'm not saying out right copy them, but practice some of the same habits that have made them succeed.

6. Take risks to improve your business. Sometimes businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free, sometimes you have to spend money to get results.

7. Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc.

8. Ask people online to review your web site. You can use the comments you get to improve your web site or you may turn the reviewer into a customer.

9. Out source part of your workload. You'll save on most employee costs. You could out source your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc.

10. Combine a product and service together in a package deal. It could increase your sales. If you're selling a book, offer an hour of consulting with it.

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10 Killer Ways To Multiply Your Sales

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1. When you make your first sale, follow-up with the customer. You could follow-up with a "thank you" email and include an advertisement for other products
you sell. You could follow-up every few months.

2. You could upsell to your customers. When they're at your order page, tell them about a few extra related products you have for sale. They could just add it to
their original order.

3. Tell your customers if they refer four customers to your web site, they will receive a full rebate of their purchase price. This will turn one sale into three sales.

4. When you sell a product, give your customers the option of joining an affiliate program so they can make commissions selling your product. This will multiply
the sale you just made.

5. Sell the reprint/reproduction rights to your products. You could include an ad on or with the product for other products you sell. You could make sales for the
reproduction rights and sales on the back end product.

6. You could cross promote your product with other businesses' products in a package deal. You can include an ad or flyer for other products you sell and
have other businesses selling for you.

7. When you ship out or deliver your product, include a coupon for other related products you sell in the package. This will attract them to buy more products
from you.

8. Send your customers a catalog of add-on products for the original product they purchased. This could be upgrades, special services, attachments, etc. If they
enjoy your product they will buy the extra add-ons.

9. Sell gift certificates for your products. You'll make sales from the purchase of the gift certificate, when the recipient cashes it in. They could also buy other
items from your web site.

10. Send your customers free products with their product package. The freebies should have your ad printed on them. It could be bumper stickers, ball
caps, t-shirts etc. This will allow other people to see your ad and order.

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victory." -- Norman Vincent Peale

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