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10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs by Manuel Washington

2009-09-24T10:45:00.000-07:00

10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs

by Manuel Washington

1. Barter

If you have a business you should be bartering goods

and services with other businesses. You should try to

trade for something before you buy it. Barter deals

usually require little or no money.

2. Network

Try networking your business with other businesses.

You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut

down on your marketing and advertising costs. You

may also try bartering goods and services with them.

3. Wholesale/Bulk

You'll save money buying your business supplies in

bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a

wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail

order wholesaler. Buy the supplies you are always

running out of.

4. Free Stuff

You should try visiting the thousands of freebie sites

on the internet before buying your business supplies.

You can find free software, graphics, backgrounds,

online business services etc.

5. Borrow/Rent

Have you ever purchased business equipment you

only needed for a small period of time? You could

have just borrowed the equipment from someone

else or rented the equipment from a "rent-all" store.

6. Online/Offline Auctions

You can find lower prices on business supplies and

equipment at online and offline auctions. I'm not

saying all the time, but before you go pay retail for

these items try bidding on them first.

7. Plan Ahead

Make a list of business supplies or equipment you'll

need in the future. Keep an eye out for stores that

have big sales. Purchase the supplies when they go

on sale before you need them.

8. Used Stuff

If your business equipment and supplies don't need

to be new, buy them used. You can find used items

at yard and garage sales, used stores, used stuff

for sale message boards and newsgroups etc.

9. Negotiate

You should always try negotiate a lower price for

any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt

to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a car

lot.

10. Search

You can always be searching for new suppliers for

your business supplies and equipment. Look for

suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't

just be satisfied with a few.

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Best Marketing Tools:10 Blockbuster Ways To Ignite Your Sales

2009-09-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

10 Blockbuster Ways To Ignite Your Sales

by Manuel Washington

1. Sign-up to win web site awards. When you win,

some award sites publish your web site link, name

and description on their site.

2. Join online business associations or clubs. If you

join, they will usually list all their members on their

web site. It will give your business extra exposure.

3. Utilize a simple form of viral marketing. Write or

have someone else write a small report with your

ad included on it and allow others to give it away.

4. Improve your business by promoting customer

feedback. Tell them you want their honest opinions

about your business, good or bad.

5. Design your packaging so it sells your products.

Utilize colors and lettering that make your product

more attractive to your prospects.

6. Compare your product's guarantee to your main

competitors. Find a niche were your can design

your guarantee to be more powerful.

7. Try not to assume your audience understands

everything in your ad copy. If you have words they

may not know the meaning to, define them.

8. Build alliances with other online businesses. You

could trade links or ads, create joint venture deals,

cross promote your products, etc.

9. Design your web site to be a valuable resource

for people. Include original content, links to other

interesting web sites, ebooks, software, etc.

10. Compete with the highly branded businesses by

practicing good customers service, strong product

quality and speedy service.

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10 Blazing Ways To Sky-Rocket Your Profits by Manuel Washington

2009-09-22T10:04:00.000-07:00

10 Blazing Ways To Sky-Rocket Your Profits

by Manuel Washington

1. Use a "P.S." at the end of your ad copy. This

is were you either want to repeat a strong benefit

or use a strong close like a free bonus.

2. Publish a free ebook and give it away from your

web site or in your e-zine. This will increase your

traffic, sales and e-zine subscribers.

3. Create multiple streams of income with your web

site. You could sell your own products, join affiliate

programs, sell advertising space, etc.

4. Give your visitors compliments in your ad copy.

This can earn their trust and put them in a good

mood, in return they will be easier to sell too.

5. Create new products or services only if there is

a strong need for them. You won't have anyone to

sell them to if you don't have a market.

6. Sell your backend products to your customers

right after they order. Take them to a "Thank You"

web page that includes other products you sell.

7. Sell a few products on your web site instead of

selling a large amount of products. To many choices

can overwhelm your visitors and they won't buy.

8. Include content and free stuff on your web site

that promote the products you're selling. If they

don't read your ads, they may read your offerings.

9. Remind your visitors that you're human not just

a web site. You could publish information on your

family life, a picture of yourself , a profile, etc.

10. Provide a "Contact Page" on your web site.

Give your visitors as many options to contact you

as possible. This'll add credibility to your business.

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10 Blazing Ways To Sky-Rocket Your Profits

2009-09-19T13:50:00.000-07:00

Increase Your Orders By Answering Questions

2009-09-19T13:48:00.000-07:00

Increase Your Orders By Answering Questions

by Manuel Washington

People will contact your customer service to ask

questions about your business or products. Did

you know you can increase your orders by training

your customer service to actually sell products?

You should include your signature file with all the

questions you answer by e-mail. Your signature

file should be no longer than 5 lines, 65 characters

per line. Include your contact information, business

name and an attention getting headline.

Tell people about the new products and services

that you offer after you're done answering their

question(s) by phone. If they have already bought

products from you in the past, offer them add-on

or backend products.

If you're using FAQ "Frequently Asked Questions",

include your banner ad on top of your FAQ site.

You could also include a subscription form for your

free e-zine on the site as well.

When you answer peoples questions by snail mail,

include an insert advertisement for the products or

services your business offers. Include your web

site address, e-mail address, logo, slogan and other

information on all marketing material you send.

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2009-09-16T18:28:00.000-07:00

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