There are many things that you probably aren’t aware of that you are going to have to know as you embark on the process of running your own business. First of all, remember that your college professors probably gave you lots of good advice when it comes to running your business, and there is probably a lot that they told you about how to do things and when to do things. And did your college professor ever run a business? However, you know that there are many things that you weren’t told, and some of these things are very important. It’s Hard! You probably weren’t told this, but running your own business is hard. Not just slightly hard, but really hard. When you start out, you are going to have to have a period of time in which you have no money and in fact, in which you are losing money. Businesses need start up costs, and in order to make money you are going to have to spend money. This is hard because you are going to have to eat into your savings and probably take out some loans to cover it. No Sleep! The other thing you might not have been told is that as you are running a business, you might not be sleeping very much. When you first start out, you probably don’t have enough money to hire anyone, which means that you have to be in charge of everything. You have to set up a website, coordinate emails and orders, fill the orders, make or ship the product, collect the money, keep track of all of the taxes, and be sure that you do this all in a manner that speaks highly of you and makes others want to continue to use your business. Count on not getting very much sleep for awhile, because as you start to run your business you are probably going to be sleep deprived, and this is probably going to last for quite some time. Remember though, that it is going to be worth it. No matter how hard it seems now, and no matter how much you have to do at the start, when you have your home business up and running and it begins to be a profit to you, you are going to find that it is completely worth it. When your living the Hundred-Fold-Life you can set your own hours, take care of your business the way that you want to, and you can be completely in charge of your financial future. This is a fantastic place to be, and you can be there if only you have the strength to get yourself through the hard parts at the beginning. Nothing is better than looking into the mirror in the morning and saying good morning to the boss.

Affiliate marketing has a massive growth on the internet. According to Marketing Sherpa’s “Ecommerce Benchmark Guide 2006”, affiliate marketing is a $6.5 Billion Business worldwide. Cases of affiliates with home business, earning thousands of dollars per month, increase dramatically. Research estimates that affiliate marketing will explode even more in 2010, since the model of finding thousands affiliates for promoting products is becoming more appealing to the merchants. The affiliate business model has indeed some unique advantages that they couldn’t take place in other business models all together at the same time either in offline commerce or even in the e-commerce. One of the most advanced features affiliate business model has is the lack of inventory. This is very profitable for the affiliate since there is no need for investing in inventory and more important, the danger of stock remains eliminates completely. Another advantage is the “no support” feature. The merchant deals with it, either it refers to a tangible product or not, like software for example. The affiliate has nothing to do with it. That means gain of money which can be invested in the promotion of the affiliate business. Less cost of the business. That is the main advantage of e-commerce in general but it refers equally in affiliate marketing. No physical shop address, no warehouse and cost of the rent, actually the whole affiliate business can be applied in affiliate’s residence. Plus, the need of payroll will vanish, since there will be no need for employees. In some cases all is needed is a computer and internet connection and nothing more. Case studies of affiliates doing that and succeed have been verified. The above features lead ultimately to another advantage. It is the gain of time. The affiliate will not have to run to his or her office. All this time which can be saved for more productive labor can lead to a more lucrative business in less time scale. The lifestyle of the business. It is the ideal way of life most people dream of. The ability to create a portable business model and control the online business, even with a laptop, worldwide is the work model most home business entrepreneurs aim to. Before few decades that was almost impossible, but today with the internet technology has become daily routine. The Downside. The disadvantage is that the affiliate marketer has to compromise with the fact that there will be always commissions instead of the full profit the product or service provides. There are merchants that offer generous commissions to their affiliates but they are still commissions. Loneliness. There is no face to face human interaction. It’s the affiliate with the computer and the phone line. It’s a lonely business model with mental consequences sometimes. There is no dialogue with other individuals, except email communications and sometimes phone communication. It should be noted though that for some people that is considered as an advantage and not a negative feature. Finally it is not as easy as it seems. Many myths has been spread around about “working 15 minutes per day-make 15000$ per month”. Reality is far from it. It is a business which means proper planning, developing, constant advertisement and promotion, daily searching for new tools and resources to improve the business and so on. All these activities require serious amount of time, effort and some initial capital to invest. Many affiliate marketers do not follow these principals and that’s why 95% of affiliate marketing businesses fail. The online affiliate marketing industry is divided into two groups: The first is composed of super affiliates who have serious affiliate marketing business with professional website, email lists, recent website updates and extremely advanced information for their clients. These people make the 85% of the affiliate industry turnover worldwide. The second group contains newbie affiliates, amateurs are the majority, who consider affiliate marketing as a hobby instead of business. These “businessmen” will deal with online affiliate marketing business for some time, they will start enthusiastically, but quit when they confront the first obstacle. These people, which are the majority, are in the percentage of 15% of the turnover.

Glyconutritionals are receiving a lot of reviews and continued studies. It has been shown through various studies that glyconutritional products can help the body. As a result, there are many products now available on the market as glyconutritional supplements. What exactly makes something a glyconutritional? Something is said to be glyconutritional if it contains glyconutrients. You are probably wondering what glyconutrients are. Any nutrient that is obtained through natural plant sugars is called a glyconutrient. Some people believe that glyconutritients can help your body not only lose weight, but also turn fat areas into muscle areas. There are still studies being conducted to see how well this entire process works together. There are basically eight glyconutritients that scientists know about. These include: – Fucose – Galactose – Glucose – Mannose – N-AcetylGalactosamine – N-AcetylGlucosamine – N-AcetylNeuraminic acid – Xylose You can see from the names of the eight glyconutrients that doctors and scientists are not advocating that you start tossing mounds of regular and refined sugars on your food and in your drinks. The suggestion is that if you intake glyconutritions, that you can help your body as a whole. All of these eight glyconutritients make up any glyconutritionals that you might come across. They are not processed and refined sugars. These eight glyconutritients come from plants. Since the eight glyconutritients come from plants and can essentially be reproduced, you will find that there are numbers of glyconutritional products available on the wellness market today. Companies are making pills and even teas that have glyconutritional claims to them. How do you decide if glyconutritients are right for you? The first step is to consult with your health care provider. Can you go off of insulin if you have a glyconutritional supplement in your diet? Many people are hoping to leave insulin with these products, but again, it is imperative that you talk to your health care provider. The two of you together and with careful blood sugar monitoring can determine if glyconutritional supplements would help to lower your need for insulin. You never want to just stop taking insulin and try something that is supplemental. Will glyconutritional products replace the need for exercise? Some people are wondering this since there is claims that glyconutritional products help the body to build muscle. The simple answer is no. Your body will always need some form of exercise to maintain your general overall wellness. Read various reviews and research results that are not dependent on selling glyconutritional products, E-books, or DVDs. There are many benefits from glyconutritients, but this is not a new cure of nutrition. You can benefit as a whole while making sure that the eight glyconutritients are in your diet and you can even buy a glyconutritional supplement. Also, remember there is no magic cure for anything. It takes good solid science, eating healthy, and plenty of exercise to maintain overall general wellness.

Some people begin to shop online because of the online savings ads that they receive in their email. These online shoppers might not be familiar with the store in question or know anything about the products that they sell. If the online savings ads are created well, they should serve as an introduction of a retailer to a prospective customer. Online savings ads are useful tools for internet marketers. The retailer might have gained the email address of the person from any place that the person has visited on the internet. The person might not be interested in shopping online but they may have filled out a survey or two that said they would be willing to receive offers from retail sites on the internet. Shortly after they completed that survey, they noticed that they began receiving the online savings ads in their email. Many internet retailers will engage in internet marketing campaigns to drum up business. The online savings ads might be designed to announce the birth of a certain type of retailer on the internet and offer a certain number of new customers the opportunity to receive a free gift or a significant discount on the first purchase that they make on the online retail site. The retailer might choose to create the online sales ads using graphics that were downloaded from the internet because they want to keep operating costs at an absolute minimum. The retailer can save money by sending online savings ads to current customers with a note to pass the savings ad on to friends and relatives so that they can save money on purchases at they make at the new store. There is not set format for creating online savings ads. Some retailers prefer to present a business like persona and use the company logo on every online savings ad that is sent out. Some might choose to place images of several products that are on sale on a one page savings ad just so customers will have an idea of what type of merchandise is being offered at such low prices. Some online sales ads will give customers incentives to bring customers to the site. The sales incentives might give the online shopper a considerable discount on one item and more for each customer they bring. Some people rely on online savings ads to buy the things that they need at home. Without those savings, some family budgets are too tight to be able to afford everything they want to buy from the store.

Tips For Search Engine Optimization: Five Important Keys To Starting Search Engine Optimization Search Engine Optimization relies upon five key ingredients: keywords, metatags, consistency, expert advice and creativity. Incorporating these elements in your article writing can and will increase your profits and traffic to your web site. 1. Arguably the most important element in search engine optimization is keywords. Keywords in integral in article marketing as they are what allow search engines to pull your article from the millions of others available on the internet according to their relevancy. It cannot be over emphasized how important good keyword research is to search engine marketing. 2. Metatags allow search engines to accurately list your article in their data bases. While it may seem that metatags are more important than keywords, they are not. There are many websites that do not use metatags. Many people think that metatags are now much less important than they once were due to being ignored by some search engines. 3. Consistency is also important for search engine optimization. It is essential that you develop a consistent pattern for optimizing your search engine potential. It is recommended that you follow up on your efforts, this allow you to assess what did and did not work as well as why or why not. Search engines monitor how often you update your site which helps determine how often they visit your site for new content. 4. Never under estimate the value of expert advice. There are professionals as wel as businesses that are quite adept at Search Engine Optimization. If you are just getting started, consulting someone with more experience in this are can be a worth while expert. Under their guidance you to can become an expert in this field. 5. Creativity can be your best friend when it comes to Search Engine Optimization. Thinking outside the proverbial box can put you in the winner’s circle when it comes to increased profits and traffic from Search Engine Optimization.

Indonesia, with its growth on internet user, from 2 million in 2000 to 20 million in 2007, has recently grow an enormous amount of internet learner. By looking on this opportunities, in 2007, public speaker from Singapore, Malaysia, experts in tourism internet marketer, has recently visit Surabaya, and tell how Internet, with its opportunities could change people lives in the future. With vast amount of internet learner, for sure Indonesia need additional internet teacher. Especially, Indonesia need a patient teacher, as those who participate in internet classes in Surabaya, is the baby boomer generation, who usually are working as a businessman but they couldn’t even make an email, or we could say they are freshman. If a lot of internet teacher among the world could maximize this potential market, there are possibilities to be made for both parties. Indonesia could gain knowledge about internet, which in the long run could help their economic condition, and the internet teacher could gain fortune from this niche market. Who could know that Indonesia with its approximately 250 millions people could change the world economic condition, if they run their businesses using internet. Henry Yuono http://uangonlinepanas.blogspot.com

How would you like to be in a business that allows you to keep one hundred percent of the profits with very minimal overhead and all you have to do is own a computer and have an internet connection. Well that is just what resell rights for digital products provide for you the customer as well as the seller. So if this sounds good to you then read on if not you may be missing out on a proven money making opportunity that many people are cashing in on. In this article you will learn all about resell rights for digital products and how you can cash in on this great money making opportunity. So you may be asking yourself just what are resell rights, and what are digital products? Digital products are products such as e-books, e-courses, learning courses, articles, reports, software, multimedia, tutorials, just to name a few examples. Many digital products provide information, because information is what really sells on the internet. Well resell rights are products and or services that you can put your little spin on and sell them for a one hundred percent profit. They are someone else’s products that you sell and they actually sell those rights to you to sell and then you can make a profit as well. There are three different types of resell rights that we will discuss, they are basic resell rights, rebranding resell rights, and master resell rights. How basic resell rights work is basically you can buy a digital product that has resell rights and then you can resell it for whatever amount of money that you want. You get to keep 100% profit and you do not need to pay out any royalties or commissions to any body. Sounds good right, well it is but there are a few rules. You can not change the e-book or digital product at all and you can not put your name on it you are just selling it. You also can not pass or sell the resell rights to the next customer the customers are just buying the products not the resell rights. This is very easy to sell and many, many people are having much success selling basic resell rights when selling digital products. Rebranding resell rights are cool because you can change certain things about these resell rights. Basically rebranding resell rights are just like basic resell rights but you can certain links to your own affiliate links within the product using special software. Although more expensive these rebranding resell rights are well worth it, because your affiliate links are valuable in getting customers to your web site. Master resell rights are like basic resell rights but you can resell the master resell rights along with the product. You can not change the product but you can resell the master rights. This is really cool and gives your customers incentive to buy your products. You should always do more research and make sure you can resell the master rights before you do sell any rights so you do not violate any rules. Now that you know all the different types of resell rights you can determine if resell rights for digital products is right for you to sell. Here are a few tips so you do not get into this business and fail because you do not have a product that people may want. Search for your product on eBay if it is being sold for cheap you will have to compete for that price and will not make very much money. Also you need to make sure that your product is unique so that people will want to buy your digital products. This is a easy great way to make money it is just up to you to decide if you want to resell rights for digital products.

Whether your home business is an Internet home business where your sole venture is making money online, or you work at home servicing local customers, you still need Internet marketing. No matter what your own home business ideas or the home business opportunities of others you use to make money online, you’re going to have to promote that home business primarily through the Internet. About the only time your work at home wouldn’t involve Internet marketing is if you had an at home job working for someone else and your job tasks didn’t involve marketing. For most of you who work at home, however, Internet marketing is a must. If you will remember the three P’s of Internet marketing you will succeed. These are Patience, Perseverance, and Punctuality. Let’s take a look at why each of these is important to your Internet home business. Patience is crucial if you are to succeed at your home business. While there are plenty of folks on the Web offering home business opportunities that will make you vast amounts of money in incredibly short time periods with very little outlay of money and just a few hours of work each week, don’t believe what they say. It’s just not true. Growing a home business – growing any business – takes a lot of time, a lot of effort, and a fair amount of upfront costs. It’s vital that you don’t buy into what can only be a frustrating experience, and a loss of time and money, by launching one of the business opportunities that promise big bucks tomorrow. You must assume, no matter what your home business, that you will not make enough money online to “give up your day job” and really live off your work at home income for 2-3 years. If you can’t keep you and your family in sound financial shape through other means, then you must find funding that will do so, or just wait until you can before starting your home business. Perseverance is crucial to a successful Internet business. Products, tools and even some of consumer’s demands and expectations for the Internet change almost daily. You must stay on top of those changes. It’s not enough to set up your Web site, put your URL on major search engines, create your blog and place your ads and then just wait for the money to roll in. Your Web site must offer continually changing content; you must update your promotional materials often and continually search out new advertisers and sponsors in order to encourage new and repeat traffic. If your search engine optimization includes paid search engines (and it should) you’ll have to keep a continual eye on where your home business site falls in search results and re-bid as needed. Your blog should have some change daily, even if it’s only minimal. The more often you add new material the greater your repeat traffic. This brings us to Punctuality. Whether you are trying to make money online or at a brick and mortar location, or through the old fashioned snail mail print catalog method there is one maxim that has rung true for decades – and will probably still be true one or two centuries from now. It is far easier to keep and grow profits from a current customer than it is to find a new one. While you certainly want new customers you also want to pay attention to your local customers too. These folks are the ones to bring in many of your new customers, after all. Punctuality is the key to repeat traffic. If you are going to update your Web content, do so on a regular basis. Do it at the same time each day, the same day each week. Let your loyal viewers know that your Internet business site will have a brand new product launch, or a new business executive profile, or a new column out by 6am each Tuesday – and then don’t let it be 6:05 by the time it’s visible. This makes for loyal and repeat customers. Better yet, introduce your weekly sale or your weekly promotions at the same time of the same day each week and watch your traffic –and your revenue – skyrocket. The basic tools for marketing your Internet home business are article writing, search engine optimization, e-newsletter or e-zines, direct mail and affiliations. None of these, however, will work if you don’t practice the three P’s of Patience, Perseverance and Punctuality.

I keep coming across people who are not familiar with RSS and how it can simplify your life if you’d like to keep current with a range of blogs. When you open a morning newspaper you read stories from around the world assembled by editors from hundreds of sources (wire services, reporters). The paper prints the same news for every reader – you choose which stories to read. Instead of relying on a editor to choose the news, how would you like to have a ‘morning newspaper’ delivered each and every day with stories on topics *you* choose? With a free “Blog Reader” or news aggregator you can create a personal page on your web browser loaded with the freshest news about the things you love. The way you set up your ‘personal newspaper’ involves a few steps and can seem a little tricky. Follow my step-by-guide below and you’ll be reading information about your topic from all over the Internet on one web page. A little investment of your time will pay off. You’ll need about 30 minutes to follow the steps below. Ready? Let’s go! Introduction – What is a Blog? Basically, a blog (WeB LOG) is an online diary. There are millions and millions out there! The trick is finding the ones that have information you need and flagging them when they post updates. Advantage: you get the ‘inside scoop’ before most people in your industry. The good news about blogs is that are probably dozens you will find interesting, the bad news is that means there are dozens of bookmarks you must keep, and since bloggers don’t post on a regular schedule you never know when you need to check back to read updates. That’s why you need a “blog reader”. Technically it’s known as an “RSS Reader”. So Why Read Blogs? There are as many reasons to read blogs as there are people. Each person’s reasons are different. Here are a few reasons I read blogs: 1. I get a direct line into the thinking of important people in the field. In technology this could be Jonathan Schwartz (Sun) or Irving Wladawsky-Berger (IBM). In the media it might be Dan Gillmor (San Jose Mercury News). Or perhaps it’s people with their finger on the culture like Craig Newmark (craigslist). It’s unfiltered and in their own words. 2. Reading from a news aggregator is a much quicker way of reading news. For example, when I log in in the morning and hop over to Bloglines, in one interface I can see what many people are commenting on, along with news outlets like the NY Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe. This beats visiting the websites individually to see if they might have some updated content to read. 3. You get a much better picture of the individuals involved; what they’re working on, what their concerns are, sometimes even what their favorite restaurant is. Most bloggers like to read Comments you can leave. This is a great way to build relationships. It’s not a replacement for personal interaction, of course, but one that has its place and has a lot more scale to it. 4. Announcements are often made first in blogs. What is an RSS Reader? RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. Just like your morning paper relies on syndicated news from AP, Reuters etc, so your blog reader will rely on the fact that most blogs ’syndicate’ their news – they can ‘feed’ it to your blog reader for you to review. A news reader or aggregator checks a list of feeds on your behalf and displays any updated articles that it finds. It is common to find web feeds on nearly all blogs as well as many websites such CNN.com. RSS programs are available for various operating systems. How do I find an RSS Reader? Simple – Google ‘RSS Reader’. The most popular are Newsgator, Google Reader, Rocket. I use Bloglines. The rest of this guide is customized for Bloglines, but the same principals will work for all of them. Step-by-step Guide: [1] You’ll need to open two browser windows. [2] In the first browser window, link to my blog: http://www.exec-comms.com/blog – I’ll use this as an example blog to add to your feeder – hey! it’s a great blog! [3] In the second browser window, go to http://www.bloglines.com and choose Subscribe – it’s free. The next bit is tricky, but stay with me: [4] In browser where you have Bloglines, Under ‘My Feeds’ choose ‘Add’ find where it says ‘Blog or feed URL’ [5] Go back to my blog in the other window, look down the right column until you see where it says ‘Subscribe me’ and underneath you’ll see a line that says ‘RSS XHTML CSS 508′. Now, RIGHT CLICK on RSS and choose ‘Copy Shortcut’ and then go to the bloglines window and Paste this into the space where it says ‘Blog feed or URL’. If you’ve done it right, this should go into the window: http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?feed=rss2 [6] Hit ‘Subscribe’ and then again ‘Subscribe’ on the bottom of the next screen (which allows various options such as folders for multiple blogs – don’t worry about it for now.) [7] Result – You now have a ‘feed’ to my blog and whenever I post an update it’ll show up in Bloglines and you’ll see it. OK? [8] Now you can look at some other blogs you might like to add in Bloglines. This is how you keep your eyes on multiple sources of blog info without having to go fetch it from each website in turn. You just have to find the RSS or XML (same thing) button on each blog. Usually you’ll find this button on the left or right column. It might have a graphic that says ‘XML’ or ‘RSS’. You just bookmark Bloglines.com. It’s your one stop shop on the internet for dozens of sources of information on your topic. How cool is that! How to find Blogs that interest you: [9] Start by searching in Bloglines where it says ‘Search all Blogs’ at the top of the page. Once the blog shows in Bloglines click on the title to go to the actual blog and find the RSS button. Then repeat steps [4] – [7] above to add it to Bloglines. If you have different topic areas then I suggest you use the option [Create Folders] to organize the blogs under different headings. You don’t need to just read blogs on your speaking topic, there’s blogs on every topic out there. [10] Other places to find blogs: – Google -> More -> Blog Search – http://www.technorati.com -> Search [11] The single best place to find quality blogs is to check out the sidebar on any blog that interests you for blogs that author recommends. It’s usually listed as a ‘Blogroll’. Look down the right side of my blog and you’ll see a half-dozen on speechwriting and PR. Cilick and check out any that interest. [12] Final tip. You can search Google News on your Topic. Guess what? You can grab this as a feed as well! Look to the right side and do the right-click thing where it says ‘RSS’ and add it as a feed to Bloglines. Hint: If you are searching for all the news on the topic “National Speakers Association” be sure to put it in quotes before you Google, or you’ll get separate news on each word, not the phrase. This also works if you search on Blogs using Google. That’s all folks! Happy blog reading.

Regular website maintenance is an important aspect of owning an online business. Just like a house, your website needs an annual spring cleaning. Certain website maintenance tasks should be performed throughout the year to keep content relevant. Other tasks can be done once a year. You may be worried that website maintenance is costly, but there are many budget web design methods that can be employed to get the job done. Here is a list of budget web design tips that will help you perform the regular website maintenance that every site needs. Budget Web Design Tip 1 Visit Competitor Sites The contents of your site should project the image that you want to promote. For example, if you have a fun website, you should have lively colors and graphics. If you have a website that is serious in tone, the look should reflect that. When performing any type of website maintenance, you should regularly check competitor sites to see what else is out there. While you’re surfing the web, be sure to take notes on what you liked, what you didn’t, and why. Use these notes to develop an original site that stands out among the competition. Budget Web Design Tip 2 Analyze Your Website To properly perform website maintenance, you need to know what your website needs. To determine this, put yourself in your visitors’ shoes. Look around. Do you see anything that’s missing or can be approved upon? If so, determine how it can be changed. You may also want to consider having a trusted friend or family member look over your site. Ask them to provide an honest assessment, and then use their opinions to better the site. Specific things you may want to ask them about include the site’s look and feel, the ease of navigation, and the site content itself. Budget Web Design Tip 3 Update Your Content Refreshing content is the top reason to perform website maintenance. Keeping your news pieces and informational content fresh is important. If your web content is stale, visitors will search elsewhere for the things they need. Studies show that sites that are updated regularly have more returning visitors and higher page views. Search engines will also give you more attention if you regularly update your pages with fresh content. Budget Web Design Tip 4 Learn New Design Skills Credible websites look professional. If you don’t have the design know-how to perform website maintenance yourself, brush up on your skills. There are many free classes and low priced ebooks online that can teach you everything you need to know to redesign your website. There are also many different tutorials that can take you through the process step by step. If you don’t have time to learn as you go, you may also want to consider hiring a reasonable priced professional who can perform website maintenance and get the job done for you. Budget Web Design Tip 5 Track Your Results After you have completed the website maintenance and implemented a few changes, you will want to track the results of your efforts. Check the logs on your website to determine whether or not you had an increase in visitors or sales. If there are no changes after several months, you may want to consider stepping up your efforts. Run back through the list of budget web design tips. Was there anything you missed? Was there anything that you could do better? If so, take the time to do it. Remember, profitable websites aren’t started overnight. They take hard work, dedication, and continuing efforts to succeed.

Have you ever read reviews of different websites and noticed that the information helped you make a decision about visiting the site? Not to mention, the backlinks in the review made it very easy for you to click and visit the site to see all it had to offer. The same can be done for your own website. It is quite easy to write a domain review and by doing so you will not only be providing information about your site but you will also be increasing your page ranking with the search engines, marketing your site, and basically becoming more popular. The following information on domain reviews will help you better understand why they are such a good idea and just might be the information you have been waiting for to get started. Backlinks Backlinks are very important on the web. The more backlinks a particular website has the more popular, so to speak, the site is with the search engines. It is similar to having friends. The more you have the more popular you are. Backlinks simply point back to a website but are located on a different site. Each backlink gives the website more weight when it comes to page rank and the more backlinks there are the higher the website will be ranked. This is the number one motivating factor most websites have for writing domain reviews. That is because the two backlinks that are allowed in the review will point back to the website, ranking it higher in the search engines. The higher a result is ranked in the search engine results the more traffic the site will receive. Easy to Write Reviews are easy to write so there is no reason for a site not to have a review. On the other hand, if you are too busy or simply not good at writing at all then you may consider hiring a freelance writer to write the review for you. Regardless of the decision you make, you will benefit from having the review written not only for the information included in the review but also from the backlinks. Public Relations Every website needs good public relations and marketing. There are lots of different ways to go about marketing your site and improving public relations. One of the easiest is to write domain reviews. Domain reviews will have the basic information about the site and then a couple of backlinks. You can write domain reviews for your own sites or you could take it a step further and write domain reviews about many different sites. There is no rule about the backlinks that must be used so you could always use your own site’s address for a backlink. It is an easy and great way to market your site and increase your ranking in the search engines.

All wholesalers are not created equal. To be exact, there are wholesalers and there are wannabes. Unless you manufacture your own products, you are likely to buy from wholesalers. Many businesses call themselves wholesalers, yet they are ready to sell to the public. One of the tell tale signs of a wannabe wholesaler is that they sell directly to the public. You may do a search online for a wholesaler in your industry, but when you visit the site you find they are happy to sell to anyone. Wholesaling to such wannabes doesn’t have anything to do with what you knew to mean wholesale; it simply shows their desire to sell a lot to as many people as they can. A wholesaler with integrity will not sell to the public. Real wholesalers have an application process. They normally require resellers to sign up as a reseller. The application process includes a verification process such as faxing a business permit, or tax ID form to the wholesaler. Deal with real wholesalers, and ignore the wannabes. Note: Wholesalers should never charge you to become a reseller. Remember, you are their customer. They have no legitimate reason to charge you a setup or initiation fee. If they try to charge you such a fee, walk. Drop Ship For several reasons, drop shipping is one of the most popular options for many rookie online entrepreneurs. The primary reason for its popularity is that it doesn’t require a huge startup capital because the drop shipper maintains the inventory. You don’t have to worry about fulfillment either because the product is shipped directly to your customer. Note: Blind shipping is a common term in the drop shipping industry. It means that your customer will not know that the product was shipped from the drop shipper instead of your address. When your customer receives the package the sender address will show your address instead of the address of the drop shipper. The only disadvantage of blind shipping is that you will receive the returns. Drop shippers may be factories, wholesalers, distributors, or importers. The advantage of working with a drop shipper is that they provide you with product images and item descriptions. The more sophisticated companies may offer a product feed that will save you time importing all the product images and descriptions into your e-commerce system.

Everybody has picked up the trend of blogging. And blogging has picked up the money-making scheme. If you have a blog and have not used that to make money online, then you are being left behind by the others who are already making some good profits from blogs. How do they do that? Selling advertising though blogs. This is the most common ways of making blogs produce income. The process is simple. If your blog is one of those more famous and well-read, you can it to sell ad space all by yourself. But for those not so famous blogs, there are services that can be used to set up an ad program. The widely used one is Adsense. Adsense lets you choose some ads that are somewhat related to what your site is about. You are then paid based on the number of the readers that clicked on the ads to check them out. Why people opt for Adsense is because they can get it for free. Blogs as an affiliate program. This is another one of those click-through opportunities. This allows blogs to serve as a medium between the affiliate sites and the readers. When a visitor became interested on something that you have promoted on your blogs, they can click on the link that you have provided that will lead directly to the affiliate site. Once the customer has decided to buy or avail of what is offered, you will get a commission based on the sale made. Soliciting though blogs. As opposed to the first two mentioned, you are not offering something to your readers. On the contrary, you are counting on their kindness and seeking out their help. You can ask for contributions, whether money or goods, for a certain cause. If your readers are taken or is moved by what you have written, there is a likely possibility that they will be more than willing to help you. Blogging to market. Blogs are a way of generating new businesses and getting potential customers. If you already have a product or service being offered, you can try and offer more and new things though blogs. They can be your own or in reference to other site or business that you want to offer your readers. With the publicity that blogs are getting nowadays, there is no doubt that it has become one of the most effective income generating tool online today.

With the introduction of integrated web analytics reports into online event registration software event professionals now have access to statistics that provide great insight into the way their registration forms (or don’t work!). An important statistic for event professionals to monitor is the average ‘time to complete’ of their form. This telling number provides information on how easy it is for your prospective registrants to interact with your registration process. So how do you find out what your time to complete is? A few of the leading edge online registration software packages now provide integrated analytics reports with their standard registration package. However, if you don’t currently use a system like this, or are locked into a restrictive contract with another company, then you may be able to implement a free tracking program like Google Analyitcs to help you determine your time to complete. But the easiest way to get this information is to use an event registration company that has already done the work for you to give you the right stats. What you really want to know is how long the entire process takes (introduction to confirmation) as well as how much each page of the form contributes to the total time. This is one of the great advantages that web forms have over paper forms: you can virtually be sitting over your registrants’ shoulders watching their progress through the form. Once you know the total average time to completion you can use it immediately to help increase completed registrations. By adding a line to your introductory page stating that “Registration Takes Only X Minutes” you can help your registrants better plan their time. This in turn will make them more likely to commit a specific block of time to your registration process. The next step you should take is to break the registration process down into the specific components. This will help you to identify where there are specific sticking points within your registration process that can be improved. Are registrants spending 15 minutes on your lodging page? Maybe you can pare down the options a bit. Are they looking at the pricing options for an inordinate amount of time? Maybe you should look into providing more or less options so that they don’t need to work around your system. Finding out how long it takes your registrants to complete your form gives you great insight into where you can make improvements, and can also make your registrants more comfortable with the registration process. Putting it all together makes great improvements in your form.

The internet has a seasonal schedule when it comes to promotional activity, buying and selling, and advertising. The summers are always slow and activity always greatly increases in the Fall. There does seem to be a slow down during the holidays after Christmas and New Year’s time. Shortly after that the activity of buying, selling a and advertising resumes non-stop until school is out in the Spring. I am thinking that much of the seasonal change is due to other activities in which folks are involved during the summer. Things like vacations, summer sports for kids, and other demands take people outside and away from their computers. Fall and cooler weather which ushers in the start of school always seems to bring them back inside and on line. How does this affect you and your work on line? What can you do to benefit from these seasonal activity changes? Here are 9 suggestions: – Tweak your website to insure it is ready for new business. Give it a facelift; new content; a fresh look. – Read and Learn some new information that will help you in your work on the internet this Fall. – Develop an army of allies on the internet on which you can rely when you have a problem or need some help with your promotional efforts. – Clean up your computer and all of those icons on your desktop and your hard drive that are going un-used and just clutter things up. – Build your mailing list and improve your method of delivering your messages to make sure they are not getting filtered out before they reach subscribers. – Write a group of articles that are ready for use in your newsletter and distribution through a service like iSnare.com. – Examine closely your approach to working on the internet. What can you do to improve how you are doing things on line? Do you need a new approach? – Update and add to your autoresponders and make sure they are ready to go this Fall. – Clean and arrange your personal work space at home to increase your productivity and efficiency. (Honey, I need a new computer desk.) (This article may be reprinted or published or your website by keeping the resource box below intact)

The MLM phone lead may just be the most avoided lead. Many people are nervous about making contacts via the phone. It is not surprising with all the rules and laws regulating soliciting phone calls. However, the MLM phone lead can be a great tool to get a MLM business turning a profit. There is a reason why so many companies use telemarketing as part of its marketing efforts. That is because it works. If you know what you are doing, telemarketing can be a great way to secure new recruits. One of the biggest obstacles in using a MLM phone lead is the National Do Not Call list. There is, however, an easy way to avoid being caught up in this legislation. You simply have to make sure your MLM phone lead comes from a good source – preferably the lead themselves. If you get your phone leads from the lead themselves then you are bypassing the regulations of the Do Not Call list. The person requested for you to call them and gave you permission to call them and so the Do Not Call regulations do not apply to your call. To get a MLM phone lead directly form the lead you will need to gather the information through your website where the lead can fill out a request form for more information. This is the easiest way to do this. Once you have a MLM phone lead list you need to develop a script – what you will say during the call, your pitch. You will also need to consider how to rebuttal any objections they may have. You can then begin calling and pitching to your leads. You should see some nice results because you are using a good method of marketing, as well as contacting quality leads.

The appearance of your home office has a tremendous impact on making you feel productive and motivated. As working from home already requires self-discipline, it helps to have a dedicated space for a home office to allow for creative flow and isolation from daily distractions. Here are six key steps to consider when designing your home office: 1.Assess your current office space. Analyze the space in which you will be working in by sitting at your desk and looking around the room. Take in the size, shape and features such as the fireplace or windows. Is the room comfortable? Is it too homely? Establish if clients will be coming to your office. If they will be, it is imperative that the space be kept well organized as you are gaining their respect and trust. Imagine you are a client. What things would you expect to see and what things should be stored out of sight? Does your office seem too small to meet clients in? Does your office equipment need to be updated? What statement does your office currently say about you and your business? 2.Create the look you want. Determine what type of environment you are most productive in. Now think about how you feel in your current office space. Do you feel inspired, drowsy or stressed out? Are you focused? Reflect on what tone you want this room to have. It can be casual, creative, contemporary or classic. One word of caution: Keep in mind who your clients are and what their interests may be. You don’t want this space to be too radical if your clients are primarily seniors. Consider your budget and decide on a time frame for the renovations to take place that works best for you and your family. 3.Select a paint color to reflect this mood. Color is the easiest way to improve a space and an effective way to alter it. Color creates an impression, and will affect all that come into your office. It can give a welcoming sense or make people feel too cramped and uncomfortable. Warm hues – reds, yellows and oranges create excitement, cheer and make people feel lively. Cool colors – blues, greens and purples create a calmer, more serene and restful atmosphere. You can cozy up a large room with warm colors and cool tones can open up a smaller space. Trendy office colors include tints of yellow and turquoise, beige and white. 4.Choose the necessary elements. Many home offices are decorated with mismatched pieces obtained from other rooms around the home. Is there an intermingling of fine wood, steel and metal furniture in your office? Decide what pieces work best together and part with the ones that don’t. The furniture, wall covering, flooring, lighting and window treatments should all work together in mood, function and harmony. Are there noticeable distractions that don’t belong? These may include laundry, ironing board, posters and busy wallpaper. If there is clutter, sort through it and neatly file important documents and discard items that haven’t been used for more than a year. Save yourself money by recovering, refinishing, repairing and repainting pieces. 5.Add accessories for a final touch. Introduce accessories into your work space to pull all design components together. Situate houseplants and aromatherapy scents around the room to increase alertness and performance. Display certificates and diplomas on the wall as they will help build credibility and impress your clients. Add a pleasant calendar to your wall. Purchase a desk organizer set. Lay a daily planner out so you will stay organized. Place a small radio in your office so you can listen to soft music as you work. Arrange fresh flowers on a table near where your clients will be seated. Position framed pictures on the walls that will motivate you to work. Design consultants will advise you to go through decorating magazines and clip out photos you like. This will allow you and the designer to get a better sense of what design aspects you like and possibly take some ideas from these pages and implement them into your area. They can offer a variety of placement and design options for you to choose from while suggesting cost-efficient ways of getting the look you want on a smaller budget. Have fun decorating your home office and remember that renovations don’t last forever!