|
|
|
How To Contact The IRS Without Breaking Into A Sweat
We all love to criticize the IRS, don't we? It's easy to
ridicule a huge organization of government bureaucrats who often
seem to be Public Enemy #1.
Our negative attitude toward the IRS can lead to a strong desire
to just ignore it...
New Technology Revolutionizes Check Collection
New Technology Revolutionizes Check Collection Bad checks are a growing problem in the US economy. According to a 2001 study conducted by Global Concepts for the Federal Reserve, an estimated 300 million checks bounce per year, costing retailers...
Real estate software for Pocket PC
What do real estate professionals need to make a successful deal? 1.PC 2.Cell Phone 3.Fax 4.Internet 5.Quick responsiveness All that and much more can be carried in one's pocket. First you need to buy Pocket PC. If you buy a communicator, you won't...
Setting Goals -- Your Ticket To Success
You know that old saying -- if you don't know where you're going, any path will get you there. That's what happens if you don't take the time to figure out what your goals are and WRITE them down. There's power in writing things down. Trust me,...
Why do I need a external antenna for my PocketPC?
For stronger signal strengths, lesser static interruptions, and better GPS reception and accuracy, use an external antenna. PocketPC gadgets from HP iPAQ, Dell, and Palm, especially those with cellular phone and GPS capabilities, can work better...
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
What is a good Internet Marketing Strategy for newbies?
Are you ready to take advantage of simple, proven methods of
web marketing to get more customers and sales in less time?
In this article and my future ones, my intention is to pass on
tips, advice and sometimes direct lessons that will help you
profit on the Internet. To sell, you need to have a web site and
use email wisely. If you apply the simple methods outlined in
this article and my futures ones, you can grow your business by
building your most important asset...
We have launched many web sites, from million hit wonders to our
local real estate appraiser. The formulas is always the same.
Three years of web designing, developing and marketing has
brought me to this point. Those web sites are important assets.
But my real asset are my clients. The people who keep my
business going.
Customers are your most important asset. Only they know what
they want to buy and when.
The funny thing is, most online businesses ignore their
customers. Most spend their time looking for new customers when
they could build their business around what their steady
customers want. (Without working too hard.)
Those customers who visit are looking for someone to guide them.
We all need experts to solve the problems of business. Of life.
And mostly, of time. And it all starts with a plan. Do you have
a plan? If you don't, start by putting your plan together now.
"Plan your work and work your plan".
Become the expert in your field and test your idea. If you do
not test, you will have no idea of how you are doing.
Now here's my view on survival on the web...
Money is lying dormant in web sites now, which you can harvest.
The answers are so simple. The best way to succeed is by
combining responsible, direct email marketing with selling
centered on your web site. Anywhere your target customers are
meeting - even in print media - is a place for you to market.
I want to give you the facts. I don't want to teach you how to
code a web page. Even I don't do that. I get my techies to work
on that for me. I will however teach you how to profit from day
one and not make mistakes others do.
FACT 1
The most important role of web marketing is to center all the
attention on the sale and none on the technique of presenting
it. When your customer notices the computer, they are not paying
attention to your message. Many people believe that big, fancy
graphics or Java will help them sell their web site's value.
Meanwhile, a visitor waits 30 seconds and leaves before the
message is shown. The graphics slow the whole process down.
Others email files that require the customer to have a certain
type of software, like Adobe Acrobat. Putting conditions on any
sale limits success. That is why the simple marketing techniques
work, because the majority can read your message and decide
whether they want to act - immediately.
All the technical tricks in the world will not help you sell.
Keep your business on the Internet simple. Create a basic web
site with good headlines. Get people to contact you in as many
ways as they are comfortable with. Give them your email address,
telephone, fax, and order numbers quickly.
Email with text-only files (any word processor can save a file
as text-only) to insure that everyone can read it quickly, no
matter what type of computer or software they have. Respond to
them immediately using email autoresponders, which act like
"email on demand".
At the most, you have 30 seconds for them to decide whether to
read your email, or explore your web site. That is why a
headline is important. If they do read/explore, you have about 7
minutes to sell them.
Create marketing that does not exclude anyone. This will save
you tremendous amounts of time and money. Keep it simple.
FACT 2
There are two types of businesses online those who test, and
those who lose money.
Success online is simple. Those who test their marketing,
measuring how much they actually sell from a web site, how many
leads they generate, and how long it takes for them to convert
those leads into sales...they succeed. In fact, most do not
limit their sales to the Internet. Sales by telephone, fax, or
personal meeting are an excellent idea to set up outside of the
Internet (especially for someone starting new).
Who cares where they buy? Online experts talk about e-commerce.
To succeed as someone new, you will focus on:
A) How to use the Internet as a business tool, making it part of
your entire sales process and virtually eliminating overhead
cost.
B) How to sell online and offline by pinpointing where they want
to buy, and using the Internet to help them get there quickly.
C) Building customer relationships. Creating long term
customers. Those who spend all their money on a web site and do
not test it, lose money. They can not measure success or failure
of marketing. This is the "Magic Dust" approach to the Internet.
The result is a beautiful, utterly worthless web site with no
results.
Focus on one task at a time. Sell one product. Sell it well.
Give all your focus to that product. Then bring another product
online. Another service. Another
limited time run of retail
items. Test what works.
Even if you have thousands of products and services to sell, you
need to build your own sales process. No one can teach you the
exact strategy. But you can be guided to your own solution,
which is making it easy for your customers to work with you.
It is simple. Learn how to measure your own success, and measure
it! No matter where you market, this is the best way. Test. Then
test again.
FACT 3
While the Internet may change every day, people don't.
Mark Twain had a great saying during the last economic
revolution, the Industrial version: "It is not the progress I
mind, it is the change I hate."
People surfing the Internet see change every where. When they
come online, big business tells them they are virtual. When they
go to web sites, they are forced to download odd collections of
software just to see a message.
Assume that people contacting you have limited time. They do not
care about what you are selling, just what it will do for them.
Show them how your product or service fits into what they want.
Contacting you at a web site or via email should be like walking
into a storefront in a village. Greet them, keep the dialogue
friendly but not informal, and point them towards what they are
looking for.
One more thing reward them for contacting you. A free report,
offer, coupon, or sample is essential to marketing online.
Create direct response with this offer. The only change they
should notice is a bonus they did not have before meeting you.
Here's how I would recommend you take your first baby steps
online...
Follow precedent of successful web sites. The articles I write
are based on many successful Internet businesses in the past and
present. Past performance is never an indicator of what's to
come, but they bring some insight into the question of how to
profit.
Adapt them to your own budget, to your own measure of success.
Forget all the opinions, cyber-theories, and pundits screaming
about the Information Superhighway. The Internet is a
marketplace. There are no final products on the Internet, just
marketing in progress. Tested. Measured. Compared to what you
expected. Marketing built on ...
1) Testing small and cheaply. Test email, create a simple web
site, and use other media (telephone, fax, direct mail, etc.) to
find a good sales process.
2) Building on what works. Once you find what is selling, then
commit your money. Take the next step in testing. Expand your
reach.
3) Comparing results to expectations. As you test, you will
discover many places (and different media) where your customers
are meeting. You may find your expectations are not accurate.
Adapt so you can generate the results you want. If you find it
is a dead end, give it up. Try something different, or try again.
Let me get straight into the lessons for newbie's.
Here are three most important lessons you will learn from my
future articles...
1) You will need a web site and email to effectively market and
test. The web site is a contact point, while email is where you
do your selling. Measure the web site investment in terms of
time and money. Many people waste incredible amounts of time.
You can not get back lost marketing time. Production time on a
web site will detract from email marketing. This could spell the
ruin of your effort within six months. A good web site should be
up and running within two months... maximum (or if possible, in
just 2 days... ask us at IITIS Pty Ltd how we can offer you a
special pre-built e-business suited to your personality launched
for you in that time frame). It is worth it to pay someone to do
it right at first. Answer your email and search for customers to
target with your message.
2) The Internet often involves multi-step marketing. Inquiries
are important and must be followed up promptly to generate
sales. Follow up does not have to happen online. People still
like to use telephones, faxes, and the mail. Contact them
wherever they are comfortable.
3) My knowledge is the result of years of research. Tested
methods of marketing online, of running a web site (I currently
run 30+ of my own ones), and contacting prospects via email are
presented from actual success stories online. Technical
particulars of web design and development won't be taught to you
because they don't make you money (that my web design company
and our team's bread and butter anyway). Instead, you will learn
how to sell effectively, how to use headlines, test advertising,
and build a customer list.
Marketing to customers on the Internet is more like a marathon
than a sprint. If you target your Web marketing to interested
customers, you can win in the long run.
About the author:
Matthew Ng is CEO of IITIS Pty Ltd "A trusted web design company for an
on-time workable Internet
marketing strategy." Matthew Ng is also Founder of MOPS (MyOwnProfitSite.com),
a home based business opportunity program to help work at home
individuals start their own web site busin
|
|
|
|
|
| Compare Cell Phones & Service - Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile ... |
| Research, compare, and buy cellular phones and services. |
| www.letstalk.com |
|
| Free T-Mobile Cell Phones and Other Wireless Deals |
| Save on T-Mobile cell phones and plans. Compare deals to TMobile.com. 1-year T-Mobile plans available with popular phones. Or pick another wireless carrier. |
| www.a1wireless.com |
|
| mobilecellphone.com |
| www.mobilecellphone.com/ - 2k - Cached - Similar pages |
|
|
| Mobile Cell Phone Rental in Japan :: RentafoneJapan |
| This page contains information on mobile cell phone rental in Japan and Korea - Japanese, Korea, and International GSM mobile cellular phone and mobile ... |
| www.japanvisitor.com |
|
| Communications - Mobile-Cell-Phone Ezine Articles |
| EzineArticles.com allows ezine or email list publishers to upload or download free expert content that can be used within email newsletters or websites. |
| ezinearticles.com |
|
| Cell Phones and Service from Virgin Mobile |
| Cellular Phones and Service from Virgin Mobile. Ringtones & downloads for your mobile phones, as well as cell phone accessories, prepaid cell phones, ... |
| www.virginmobileusa.com |
|
| Mobile / Cell Phone Is Linked To Cancer, you need protection from ... |
| Test your exposure levels to mobile / cell phone radiation and check if it's safe to carry a mobile phone! |
| www.radar3.com |
|
| Repair4MobilePhone: Do-It-Yourself Mobile (Cellular) Phone ... |
| Repair4MobilePhone: Do-It-Yourself Mobile (Cell) Phone Upgrading, Modding and Repairing · site map · search · Mobile (Cell) Phones | IrDA | BlueTooth ... |
| repair4mobilephone.org |
|
| YouTube - New Apple iChat Mobile Cell phone |
| New Apple iChat Mobile Cell phone 00:25. From: foxymcfox Views: 90457. << Now Playing ... New Apple iChat Mobile Cell phone *FAKE* 00:33. From: foxymcfox ... |
| www.youtube.com |
|
| YouTube - New Apple iChat Mobile Cell phone *FAKE* |
| ... turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest flash player. This is a video response to New Apple iChat Mobile Cell phone ... |
| www.youtube.com |
|
| Java Mobile Cell Phone Games - A220 Mission 1 |
| An arcade style shoot em up game , Java Midlet for your Mobile / Cell Phone. Fly through mountains and cave systems eliminating multiple enemies before ... |
| www.jpowered.com |
|
| Java Mobile Cell Phone Games - Alien War |
| Alien War is an arcade style game , Java Midlet for your Mobile / Cell Phone. JPowered is a leading provider of Java Mobile Cell Phone Games. |
| www.jpowered.com |
|
| Communications - Mobile Cell Phone |
| Mobile Cell Phone Tips. Broadband-Internet, GPS, Mobile-Cell-Phone, Telecommunications, Satellite-TV, Satellite-Radio, VOIP, Video-Conferencing » View ... |
| communications.smartads.info |
|
| Free mobile, cell phone and text news alerts - Philadelphia ... |
| Set up free mobile, cell phone alerts to stay connected with the news. Receive text message alerts when news happens on the WCAU Philadelphia, PA website. |
| www.nbc10.com |
|
| Buying a Virgin Mobile Cell Phone? Want $10 free airtime? |
| I have some Kickback codes that I will e-mail you if you want that will give you $10 Extra in airtime when you activate your Virgin Mobile Cell phone. ... |
| www.topix.net |
|
| Skype from Mobile Cell Phone |
| Skype from Mobile Cell Phone,cell phone,cellular,mobile phone,skype,Skype as we already know is one of the most popular VoIP applications. |
| blog.tmcnet.com |
|
| Yahoo! Answers - can you use a t-mobile cell phone with verizon ... |
| 3 answers - i want to get a t-mobile phone and use m verizon sim card. is that possible? if not can i use the t-mobile phone with a verizon plan? |
| answers.yahoo.com |
|
| Compare Prices on Samsung X210 Mobile Cell Phone - ShopFerret ... |
| Use ShopFerret to find the best stores and lowest prices for the Samsung X210 Mobile Cell Phone. |
| www.shopferret.com.au |
|
| eBay: Custom Mobile Cell Phone Pay Per Click Website +Adsense ... |
| Find Custom Mobile Cell Phone Pay Per Click Website +Adsense in the Business Industrial , Other Industries , Websites Businesses for Sale , Internet ... |
| cgi.ebay.com |
|
| Tmobile |
| Review Cell Phone: pad Samsung Trace T519 T-Mobile Cell Phone ... Paper Thin T-Mobile Cell Phone with 1.3 meagpizel camera and MP3 Player. ... |
| www.1800mobiles.com |
|
|