1. Making Money with Affiliate Programs – Part II

By Nowshade Kabir In this holiday season online shopping is hotter than ever! According to US Commerce Department online sales continue to grow with a robust 25-27 percent this year over 1992. Online holiday shopping at a rate of 10 percent is also considerably outpacing the 5.7 percent growth of overall retail sales. Goldman Sachs predicts 23 percent of all gift-buying this holiday season will take place online! ... read more

2. [FNAME], Quick Tactics To Brand Your Business And Make More Sales

By Charles Kangethe Quick Tactics To Brand Your Business And Make More Sales ---------------------------------------------------------- (c) 2004 Charles Kangethe ---------------------------------------------------------- This may come as a surprise... to you, but Branding is more than just Logo and Business or Product Name recognition. Branding is "The total emotional and intellectual involvement your... read more

3. Multiplying Your Way To Higher Profits

By Dave Barrett Most people who venture into online marketing do so thinking they are going to make a small fortune with their website. Unfortunately, for the vast majority of online marketers, that's just not the case. Yes, it is very possible make a small fortune online, and it's really not all that difficult once you understand one basic principle: if you want to make money at this game, you have... read more

4. Take Action with PMS - Productivity Management System™

By Heidi Richards, MS, CPPM, CLL “Success is about deciding what’s important versus what’s irrelevant in your life; it’s about self-motivation, self-discovery, self-confidence and enjoying the rewards of achieving your goals.” Heidi Richards This is part three in the PMS - Productivity Management System™. This is your to-do list of processes and steps you must take in order to fully realize your goals. Once you have c... read more

5. "Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind"

By Heidi Richards, Founder & CEO What's black and white and read all over? A newsletter of course! And while there are perhaps hundreds of ways to market your business and increase your bottom line, one of the singlemost effective tools in marketing is your own business-building newsletter. The Power of Newsletters: Newsletters show the customer you care - even when you can't be there. Newsletters answer basic wants a... read more

6. Making the Most Out of Google as a Research Tool

By Copyright © 2005 Chuck Hudgins Everyone know how to use the basic features offered by Google, but few make use of its advanced capabilities. Understanding what you can do with Google can shave hours off of your research time, especially when it comes to web site promotion. In this article I will show you how to use some of Google’s advanced features to make your SEO research more precise and effective. Preferences First... read more

7. Six components of a good e-commerce site

By Nowshade Kabir Many of your competitors are already doing business through the Internet. You read that yearly growth rate of e-commerce is over 25 percent. E-commerce segment for the businesses that sells to other businesses or B2B, as it is called, is escalating even in a better pace. Naturally, at one point, you too decide that you need to have a piece of this action! But, what are the main charact... read more

8. How to make real money from writing?

By Linda Correli The significance of writing skills is emphasized far and wide over and over again. Writing skills are called mandatory, indispensable, crucial and drastic ability, a ticket to the thriving future of the person. The overwhelming majority of instructors and employers which were surveyed recently stressed that writing skills are critical both for academic and career success. The survey ca... read more

9. Your Own Home Business?

By Craig Binkley Your own home business - Dream or Reality? This is a question many people have asked themselves, sometimes over and over. Is it possible for the average person to start and run a successful home business? I'm here to say that the answer is a resounding YES! With that said, there are some specific questions you should answer before starting your business. This list is by no means a comple... read more

10. OH! The aggravation of it all.**

By Vern Anderson Have you ever had one of those days when you just felt like chucking your computer out the window and forgetting you ever owned it.** Today was another one for me. It seems they are coming more frequently.** First: cannot connect to isp. Getting the message, the computer you are dialing cannot be found. Funny it was there when I shut down last nite.** Shut the computer down and re-... read more

11. SHOWING YOUR HONESTY ON THE INTERNET!

By Vern Anderson In the brick and mortar world, you meet someone and after talking, and watching their expressions you get a feeling of their honesty. On the Internet, you have no way to do this. You must make your mind up after looking at their ad, and their web site. Here are some of the things I look for. "I was broke a month ago and now I have no money worries at all". Ads like this almost ... read more

12. [FNAME], 7 Steps For Writing Articles People Just Have To Read

By Charles Kangethe 7 Steps To Writing Articles That People Just Have To Read (c) Copyright 2004 Charles Kangethe This may come as a surprise... to you, but writing articles that get published is an art anyone can learn. For many Internet Marketers getting publicity and the traffic it brings is second only in importance to making sales. Writing articles, press releases, and advertising copy is a sur... read more

13. Discover Co-Registration Services - The Secret Weapon For Flooding Your Opt-In List With Subscripti

By Paula Morrow Discover Co-Registration Services - The Secret Weapon For Flooding Your Opt-In List With Subscriptions by Paula Morrow http://www.idealmarketingcorp.com It just wasn't happening. Yes, visitors were coming to the site, but the opt-in list was growing painfully slow. A new approach was called for, and a friend recommended trying a co-registration effort. And darned if it didn't ... read more

14. Don't Write Like You Think...Write Like You Talk

By Paula Morrow By Paula Morrow http://www.idealmarketingcorp.com The Internet has provided us marketers with an amazing opportunity. It's leveled the playing field - regardless of your background, you can now pursue a profitable business in your area of interest. But selling online brings its own set of challenges. One of the most difficult being able to establish a one-on-one, personal c... read more

15. E-marketplaces from Seller's Perspective

By Nowshade Kabir What is an E-marketplace anyway? E-marketplace is a business to business web based venue, where buyers and sellers meet online, generate business leads and conduct business transactions. The e-marketplace features are tailored in a manner so that a large numbers of buyers and suppliers can be serviced as a community. A participant of an E-marketplace can be a buyer, a seller or both. ... read more

16. Effective or Irritating: The Use of Pop Windows in Internet Marketing

By Bibi Liew A few years ago, pop-up windows were all the rage in Internet marketing. It seemed that every time one opened a web page they would be bombarded with offers for this or that. It had gotten to the point where surfing the Internet was almost like playing a video game; when the ads would pop-up one would try and close them out before another one came. This is precisely why we have seen the dec... read more

17. Email Marketing, A call to action is a Call

By Monte Huebsch Email Marketing - A call to action is a “Call”. Successful email marketing campaigns are a result of “calls to action” that get results. What results are expected from an email marketing campaign? Usually they are either a click to a web site or a phone call to a 1-800 or 800 number. In today's spam controlled environment, many emails just do not get through, even those that are desired, ... read more

18. Have You Forgotten Customer Service!

By Vern Anderson Have you ever gone to a web site and the sales letter was so great that you thought I need to purchase this product as it will help in my marketing plan? You purchase the product, and after you download it you find problems getting it to perform like the sales letter said it would. So back to the web site you go to ask for a refund, and guess what, there is absolutely nothing on the... read more

19. Helping Others!

By Vern Anderson Are you helping others to succeed? My family has always taught me that helping others to success will be returned to you ten fold. I have always believed this and I continue to believe it today. I get more enjoyment building a new web site for someone who needs my help than I do building my own. If someone wants to swap ads with me and they are just getting started with their ... read more

20. How to Build a Business Website

By Nowshade Kabir A recent report done by Yankee Group, a Boston-based market research company, states that at the end of 2004 around 34 percent of small and medium sized businesses in North America are selling goods and services on the Internet and another 25 percent is planning to do so within next 12 months. Online sales in the United States represented 8.4 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Pro... read more

21. How to Create a Contact List

By Jim Sinclair How to Create a Contact List Your contact list is what you need to grow your business. One person I know calls it her confidence list. This makes sense when you consider that the more names you have on your list, the more confidence you will have that you can succeed. Remember that on a list of 100 names if the first three say no you still have 97 to contact. Think of people ... read more

22. How to sell your products online?

By Nowshade Kabir E-commerce is gaining pace! Research firm eMarketer predicts that 2003 will see online sales reaching US $58.2 billion excluding travel. According to Forrester Research, another reputable research company, business to consumer e-commerce will hit US $230 billion by the year 2008. While offline retail sales are staggering and will continue to do so in near term, online retail sales will s... read more

23. Building a Web Store on Shoestring Budget in less than Four Hours

By Nowshade Kabir Starting a business online is no longer as difficult as it used to be! Now, there are plenty of interesting business ideas that anybody can pick up from various Internet resources. Startup related cost, which used to deter many in taking action, has become negligible. Many people already started to notice this! According to a recent report GoDaddy (http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default... read more

24. 10 Killer Ways to Multiply your Sales

By Kristie Weddell 10 Killer Ways To Multiply Your Sales 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... read more