Online business expansion

The Profit Funnel Plan Nothing warms the cockles of a salesperson more than getting a new client. Often you are able to secure that new client because you have a quality core good or service that is provided at a competitive price. While you may not make a great deal off that initial  offering, there will no doubt be the chance to build on your initial rapport with your new client and engage in the task many sales people know as “up-selling.” That is where the concept of the Profit Tunnel comes into play. The Profit Tunnel is your pathway to building a relationship with your customer that begins with the  purchase of initial goods or services. Once that initial relationship is established, you build on that relationship by evaluating the needs of your client and identify other goods or services that will also benefit your customer. As you are able to acquaint, interest, and finally sell additional and often higher priced items to your customer, your pro...

Invest Regularly in Advertising Those who choose to make their living by sailing on the rough and tumble sea of Internet marketing are, by nature,confident, self-assured people who well understand that investment in many things is a necessity for survival. They invest in themselves by learning all they can about the products and services in their niche market. They invest their time, their effort, their energy, and, yes, their money in order to achieve success. You are obviously one of those brave souls.  The one investment that every Internet marketer must invest in regularly in order to achieve success is advertising.The old saying, ‘Advertising Pays’ is as true today as it was when those words were first uttered by a long forgotten marketer of years gone by. It really does pay to advertise.You stand to gain more by advertising than what the advertising costs. That is always a given.  When we talk about advertising and Internet marketing , we are spea...

List Building - Your Bread & Butter “Bread and Butter!” That is what people say who are walking along and an obstacle comes between them. They release one another’s hand and walk on either side of the obstacle,then rejoin hands and say, “Bread and Butter”. It’s symbolic. Bread and butter belong together.  Another way the term ‘Bread and Butter’ is used is to denote the main substance of an enterprise. “That trick is his ‘Bread and Butter’ trick.” This means that it is the backbone of his act and that he depends on it and relies on it regularly to sustain him.  Both interpretations of the term ‘Bread and Butter’ apply to list building and Internet Marketing. You just can’t have one without the other. You can’t separate the two because they belong together and, likewise; they are the sustaining part of an Internet marketers business .  List building is the first, most important and most constant of all the tasks that Internet marketers engage in. The...

You already know about putting your signature link on your business card – and sure that might have helped increase site traffic – but there are 3 potent offline methods you may simply have never considered yet. Using A Local Marketing PR Firm Many of them are run by skilled single agents – and although good ones won’t dance for a penny, their services may not be as out of reach (or non-cost-effective) as you might think. A local Marketing Consultant has her pulse on all the buzz. She knows every resource, probably has ideas about where to promote you – and all that even before you’ve taken off your coat and ordered your coffee. A basic rule of business is to expend your energy where your money-making skills lie. So you can be focusing on those areas, leaving your Marketing PR consultant free to do what she does best – promote you and drive people to your sites. Consider Local TV We’ve all been used to thinking of TV and glossy magazine advertising as someth...

The closer you want to get to all of that free time and  boatloads of money you've indubitably been promised time and time again...  The more closely you must examine exactly what it takes to become as digitally automated as possible! Which also takes into consideration creative opportunities such as outsourcing, viral e-marketing and B2B JV barter. One very excellent example is the awe-inspiring power of autoresponders . Depending on your particular approach; a deftly-crafted autoresponder series can cultivate long-term customers, clients, subscribers, etc...Only if the information you are divulging high-quality. Another prime example is a genuinely high-quality, PLR e-book. Most especially if these can be re-branded,featuring your downlines' primary Web venture. Perhaps a Strategic Joint Venture Alliance...or a Member Site- In which you provide your members with a step-by-step plan of action and everything they need to achieve their own success, on- line...

Like a long pole, that can shift a great weight with little  effort; such is the case with succeeding in business.  Your chances of succeeding- as an 'army of one' fall  somewhere between zip, zilch and nill. Social Marketing [i.e. Joint Venture Marketing] is the  critical key to enjoying on-going success. There are  approximate 100,000,000+ Web sites out there...and growing  daily. Without some good old' fashion Joint Venture Networking skills under your belt; you chances of *not* getting noticed are virtually guaranteed! Though there are many different types of leverage, two- in particular- will be explored in this segment: Joint Venture Marketing Leverage All but gone [certainly rare, to say the least] are the days when you could merely just e-mail an E-zine Publisher with a copy of your offerings and a 50% profit-share.  You've got to captivate your potential Joint Venture Partners with a more strategic, longer-range hea...

Many wonder why anyone would practice self-injury, as it is painful and dangerous. However, with autistic children, self-injury occurs more often than not. There are several theories as to why this practice can be prevalent in autistic children, and there are some methods you can use to help ease this distressing practice. Because autistic children are unable to communicate through language the way that others can, they often feel frustrated at not being understood or at not getting what they need or want. Thus, autistic children may commit self-injury, by banging their heads or biting themselves (among other tactics), to release some of that frustration that cannot be communicated through words. Also, self-injury is a way of getting attention. An autistic child’s frustration goes hand-in-hand with wanting attention. For instance, by scratching oneself until one bleeds, the autistic child will immediately get someone’s attention, and this person will work to understand what t...

Autistic children and adults often seek pressure in a variety of ways to calm themselves and cope with sensory overload. Oftentimes, hugs and squeezes from other people can cause more distress because autistic children or adults are often unable to communicate their needs by indicating a particular amount or length of pressure. This is both frustrating and ineffective for both the autistic person and whoever is hugging or squeezing them. The hug machine was created to help relive this frustration, putting autistic individuals in control of their situation. Both children and adults who suffer from autism sometimes crave pressure to help calm anxiety. Because of this, one woman with autism developed the hug machine, also known as a hug box or a squeeze machine. The hug machine has two padded sideboards connected near the bottom of the boards to form a V-shape. A lever helps push the sideboards together to create pressure; the lever also allows the autistic child or adult the a...

Discovering your child has autism may be a distressing ordeal, and unfortunately, time is of the essence. As a parent, you do not have the time to consider why or how this happened, only what to do next.  The most important thing to remember is that you are not alone in your struggle. By researching the disorder and finding others going through similar situations, you can help you child while still dealing with your own emotional response. Join a support group for parents with autism. You can find these by contacting the national Autism Society of America. From there you can find local branches, many of which offer support groups for parents and families with an autistic child. Being in contact with other parents in a similar situation can not only help you feel less alone, but it can provide you with a myriad of resources. A parent support group will also help point you in the direction of the best doctors, intervention programs, and workshops for both your child and...

Some times you have to laugh but other times you may want to cry at what you just discovered your dog has ruined by chewing. Chewing is usually a developmental phase that puppies pass through to relieve the itch and pain of cutting new teeth.  The majority of dogs stop chewing everything in sight once their new teeth are fully erupted, at about 9 months old.  The few dogs that do not cease chewing by age 1, either have acquired the habit of chewing from boredom, anxiety, and frustration, or have acquired an unusual gourmet appetite. Regardless of the reason a dog chews, the behavior of chewing can be  very expensive and very dangerous to the dog's physical well being.  Correcting chewing, or any other behavior problem, requires that someone be present to catch the dog in the act.  Showing the dog a shoe that was chewed several hours earlier and yelling at him may make you feel better, but there is little chance that he will connect the...