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What Beginning Affiliate Marketers Get Wrong!

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The mindset beginning affiliate marketers get wrong

What Beginners Should Know About Writing Affiliate Emails!

There is a certain email writing mindset that most beginning affiliate marketers get wrong.

First of all, there aren’t any magical writing tips!

There ARE certain templates you can follow, but even then, there is a certain mindset for beginners when writing responsive affiliate emails!

What do they do wrong?

It’s trying to write as if you are an expert or you already have lots of experience.

Most of us think if we write like an expert and pretend to be an expert, people are going to believe what we say!

However; from my own experience, I discovered that my response rates are better when I let the reader know I’m not an expert; but yet I can share info that works.

In result, I actually made more sales.

People really don’t care if you’re an expert, as long as you can give them information that is going to produce results.

Think about it. If you’re not an expert and you make sales and their reading your email; they feel a vibe that you understand them. You’ve had the same difficulties.

And if they know you’re not an expert but you’re able to make sales, then they can do it to!

As long as the information you share is truthful and accurate you will get great email responses.

Another quick tip is just “write like you’re emailing a friend.” You can expect to get better responses and be more believable.

For practice you can join a few safelists for free (if you don’t wanna be a paying member) and take 15 minutes daily to study the ads in your email box.

See which sound like they’re written by your best friend … On the other hand they actually share good and vital information.

Even though I have written affiliate emails for quite awhile, I still don’t claim to be an expert. And, I still continue to write from that perspective. And I still continue to make sales. This is the mindset that has helped me make over 300 sales with Secrets Of The Big Dogs.

If you’re trying to learn to write affiliate ads, send me one of your ads and a link to your opportunity and if I’m available, I will give you my personal and free review.

Also; if you’re interested in a way to help you promote your current affiliate opportunity, check Prosperity Marketing System.  If you like $97.00 commissions, learn how to combine your favorite affiliate program with other multiple streams of income all with one simple effort! Click the orange “Watch Now” button below .

Learn Three Top Email Closes

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Learn Three Top Email Closes That Make 99% Of Your Sales!

Do you want to learn three easy, yet powerful email closes that can boost your sales 99%?

When it comes to AFFILIATE and EMAIL MARKETING, how should you approach formatting your ads?

Definitely, there are different kinds of email formats that work.

However; there are three closes that make up 99% of your sales emails.

What are they?

1. Emotional
2. Logical
3. Fearful

And your most successful performing emails will include all three!

And usually in that order.

You make decisions by how you feel. Always open and start your sales email with an EMOTIONAL plea, question or statement that you know is important to you and your target audience.

You buy with your emotions!

Then; once your emotions settle down you try to LOGICALLY JUSTIFY making a purchase.

In your head you will come up with all the reasons why it’s a good idea to make a purchase.

So, second of all, providing the LOGIC that will back up justifying your purchase is important.

Then finally at the end of your email, you need to touch on the FEARFUL closer.

It usually comes in the form of URGENCY, and SCARCITY. Maybe your supply is unlimited and that makes it urgent that you buy NOW!

Maybe time is running out!

So; touch on all three closes; emotional, logical and fearful. In that order.

Your affiliate emails will be 99% more effective and easier to write because you will have a simple template in your mind to guide you.

Let me give a shout out and credit to Russell Brunson and Stan Stuchinski, both successful marketers in their own right. That’s where I learned what should go inside of each email message.

One additional point is that the “Secret Of Every Success Is Total Focus.”

If you’re frustrated with Your Internet Business, Like I Was? Tired of Doing Things That Don’t Work? Don’t Waste More Time, Money or Tears before You “Click Here Now!” to See How You Can Quickly Work Part Time And Make a Full-Time Income!

How to Successfully Make Money With a Business From Home: Vital Tips to Avoid the Common Pitfalls!

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How to Successfully Make Money With a Business From Home: Vital Tips to Avoid the Common Pitfalls!

Making a Successful Business is Not Luck, It's a Science!

If you are deciding to do a business from home; to be successful you’re going to face some of the common pitfalls!

Most all home business beginners on the internet and on the street are going to require some outside support or resources if they want to get on the fast track to success.

You can’t just follow any “how to have a successful home-based business program!” You won’t get big results using the latest internet fads and gimmicks!

Because the home-based business industry is constantly evolving, you need to be on the cutting edge of the latest marketing developments!

If you are starting a small business for the first time, make sure you’re not jumping on a program which is outdated.

Check when the business concept was started and whether it is continually updated. Don’t wait until you’ve wasted a whole year investing in something which is outdated.

Another big mistake most upstart business owners make is sifting through all the available training and not finding what matches their skill set or business model.

How do you get on a fast-track and bypass all the hogwash?

You can choose from the various lists of e-commerce outsourcing companies, online marketing services, web designers, “home business gurus,” e-courses and other online marketing solutions which may or may not provide a marketing strategy tailored to your needs.

Or an even better choice is to get “live” mentorship that will give you personal attention so that your business success is guaranteed!

Search for a cost-effective source that meets your budget but that will also give you enough personal attention for what you pay for.

You Can Start on a Fast-Track Or You Can Start Wasting A Lot Of Time Like Most Beginners!

If you have already spent time working your business, whether on the internet or on the street; you probably have some of your own nightmarish experiences to share already.

I have tried everything; purchasing e-courses, signing up for all the free programs, spending many hours posting to free ad boards, ad blasters, banner ads, studying SEO, basic HTML and much more!

My first five years I was like a pinball going from one business to another without any success! That is the general experience for over 75% of those starting a home business. Mainly because there are so many different business models available.

If you want to know how to successfully make money with a business from home without a long learning curve, make sure you use my 18 SECRET TIPS BELOW to make good decisions in the very beginning of your home-based business career.

Using this checklist will increase your earning potential 150% !

1. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES concentrate on programs or products that need to be purchased monthly!

Think of a product that most people need to replace, re-use or purchase on a monthly basis. There are many great products and services to promote in a home business and on the internet. You can earn big commissions to sell them. HOWEVER, would it be better to make a $39 profit just one time, or a $10 profit over and over again indefinitely?
“It has been well said, that when you sell a product that pays once, you are making money that benefits the company more than yourself. But, if you sell a product over and over again, month after month you are making income that is going to benefit you.”
When you sell a product that people will purchase month after month, you actually only have to make one sale and reap the benefits over and over again.

2. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know that there is no such thing as a free business!

Despite all the hogwash you read about making $1 million and never spending a dime, time or work; ladies and gentlemen, it might happen once in 5,000,000 years! But don’t hold your breath!
It’s always going to take some money to make money on the internet or with a home business. The good thing is it takes a whole lot less to start a work-from-home business.
Also, even though you can join almost any internet or home business program FREE; realize it only gets you in the door; and without benefits to actually make a financial profit that gets you on a much faster track to success. Normally, a home-based business will have a “fast-track” promoters package and tools for you to have the fastest way to making a profit.
But the Fast Track is not included in most “get in the door” basic packages. So you can start on the least expensive package which will be the slow track or the “I mean business” fast track package which is designed for you to really make money.
The internet world is so jam packed with opportunities, if you look around you can find most of the components that you would need for a successful business. But it takes some work. You have to know WHERE to look, WHAT to look for and HOW to put it together. Often times than not, the learning curve can be very involved.
“Don’t be fooled, whatever you do will require some investment, either in time or money. The good thing is, if you’re accomplishing your goals; work seems like playing!”

3. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know NOT to put all their investments in one “boat.”

The best home businesses entreprenurs will diversify their businesses. Getting involved in a program or selling a product with multiple sources of income is what you want to have! If your business has more avenues of income, it will be more stable and you will be less likely to go under.
Can you imagine if you invested all your time and effort in a program and after one year it disappears! But if you learn the proper way to diversify your investments, then you may only lose one arm of your business instead of the whole thing!
Considering the condition of the economy; where would it be better to place your 10 gold nuggets?
Would you put your 10 gold nuggets in one bank or would you put them in three different banks? The answer is obvious. Three banks would be the best prevention from being wiped out financially all at one time.

4. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES take advantage of multilevel marketing!

Multilevel marketing, network marketing and what we have often called “pyramid schemes” have given home businesses a bad rap. Really, multilevel and network marketing is a concept that happens in almost every business and social organization in existence.
It’s not the system that’s wrong. It’s the people that have used a perfectly good business tool to use in a wrong way.
It’s like saying that cars are a “scam” because people are using them to transport and hide drugs as they come across the border. Does that make cars bad? Of course not.
Neither is there anything wrong with multilevel marketing and network marketing. It actually is very powerful and gives a team of people the ability to make more money in a shorter period of time while enjoying more freedom to control thier financial future.

5. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES understand the difference between selling and marketing.

One of the biggest mistakes many home business and internet business owners make is not knowing the difference between selling and marketing. Most home business owners look for something interesting to sell, or something they like to sell and hope for the best.
However, an “internet marketer” evaluates the market and determines what products are the best selling products with the most profitable gain. their objective is to find what’s hot and what’s not.
There is nothing wrong with taking into consideration what you have a passion for or a gift for marketing; however, don’t get stuck on preferences for what you want to promote. Most successful home businesses have learned to find these hot products and market them as long as they remain hot.
For some of us that’s real hard to do because we become passionate for what we support. That is a good thing! You just need to determine whether your decisions are product or passion decisions.

6.THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES do programs that work!

Now, that sounds like common sense; however, many new business owners concentrate on programs because it’s comfortable for them. They liked them. It was the first one they learned. It’s easy to do. Easy to understand.They had enough success to make them feel good.
Many small-business owners never experience much success because they get stuck with what is comfortable.
However, your business should work well enough to produce the success that you desire and solve the problem that benefits your community.

7. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know that you can’t do it all by yourself!

Working alone is somewhat of a mirage. Sure, being your own boss is what home businesses and internet businesses are all about.
Everybody wants to be their own boss. Everybody’s tired of the 9-to-5 job. But even when you’re your own boss, the home business man/woman realizes that they will have to outsource, some of their work, or do joint ventures with others, and sometimes team up with others to make their business run efficiently and successfully.

One obstacle that you will eventually face is trying to do a project that you don’t have a skill for or just hate to do.

“That’s when you need to outsource your project. A great place to go when you need to outsource is http://www.ELance.com . You can hire someone at a reasonable price for any project that you can’t do or don’t want to do yourself.”

8. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES build quality into their product.

There are many businesses that have great marketing plans and vision but don’t necessarily have a quality product.
They may even make a lot of sales but because the product isn’t as good as the marketing, there is a lot of dissatisfaction.
If you are a promoter of a product that does not deliver the goods” it will have a lot of adverse effects in the short-term and long-term of your business.
“It is hard to be passionate and promote something that you don’t think is of good quality. It will determine How committed you will be to your success and home business.”

9. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have promoters that have integrity

If you are a promoter or distributor of a home business in which has deceptive sales practices, distributes dishonest information or is using other unethical practices; it doesn’t matter whether the company is making millionaires, the end result is not going to be good.
It is not the type of company that you would want your mom to be proud of. It also makes it difficult to sleep at night!

10. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have leadership that have a solid foundation.

If your home business has a product that you are selling as an affiliate; the leadership of that company needs to have several foundational pillars.
Every consumer wants to buy a product that has quality. If it is a tangible product; the company needs enough financial stability to produce a quality product that the consumer wants to have.
Secondly, a good business will have a good foundational training program for their promoters.
Thirdly, a good business will have up-to-date technology which is important in today’s modern world. Especially with today’s social networking, Facebook, twitter, cell phone apps and many of the other well-known social networking tools.
A good leadership will make sure these leadership qualities are part of their organization.

11. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES provides a product that compels not only the purchaser to be a promoter but also the promoter to be a purchaser.

This is actually a very important secret that a good business should have, but is not necessarily required.
Why?
“Because, if a product is really that VERSATILE, then it should not only be desired by the consumer, but even the promoter as well. If a promoter is interested in his own product, it will be that much easier to promote.”
Also, if the consumer is so impressed with the purchase of the product, they will often become promoters as well.
If you can find a product like this and it is a quality product; then you have probably FOUND A WINNER !
On the practical side; if promoters are compelled or even in some businesses required to consume their own product, they become more knowledgeable of their products.
When the promoters and consumers are using the product, more sales are made and everyone is benefiting because more money is being exchanged, more product is being used, and everyone is happy.
This generates much more income for the promoters and the consumers.
The reason why a high percentage of home businesses fail is because it’s not easy or fun to try and promote something that you’re not excited about yourself!
Ideally, if you are compelled to use your own products, every promoter also becomes a customer.

12. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES provide opportunities for the average promoter to make an income that gives them the freedom they’re looking for.

So many home businesses and internet businesses do not really deliver the freedom that people are looking for. We are talking about finances as well as the freedom to have time to do more than just work.
If it does not provide the financial freedom and the freedom of time for the average promoter, it’s not a winner.

13. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have products that are desirable for a large segment of the community.

“Which products do you think are easier to promote; toilet paper, cups, forks & spoons, water and food or do you think it’s easier to promote purple toilets, alkaline water machine ($2000 cost), metal chopsticks, etc.”
Really, it’s not always about whether a product is good for you or not. It’s about whether it’s desirable by the consumer. Does the consumer want it? And is the consumer willing to pay the price? Sometimes the consumer wants it desperately, but not desperate enough to pay the price?
Some companies have a extremely good quality product but the price is so undesirable that the average consumer is not willing to purchase.
Know your consumer and how much they’re willing to pay..

14. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have incentives and rewards that compel the promoters to reach higher goals

If you are promoting affiliate products in your home business that provide incentives and rewards that compel you to move more product you probably have found an exceptional company that has learned how to reward its promoters.
A good quality program will have built-in reward systems.

15. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES are programs that genuinely care for consumers and promoters alike.

It should be clearly evident in the marketing and the product that both the consumers and promoters are genuinely cared for.

16. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have to have a compensation plan that rewards.

Make sure that the compensation plan is reasonably attainable. Don’t spend one year of your life working a home business to find out that the amount of money you want to make is not even remotely possible. Count the cost before you start.

17. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES realize their promoters have to be business developers and not recruiters.

What do we mean by that?
Most home-based business entrepreneurs try to be recruiters instead of looking at being a business developer.
When you have a recruiter mindset you are always looking for someone that will buy something from you.
But when you have a business developer mindset you look for people you can help. When people see that you really want to help them they are more willing to join you in your journey.

18. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES will have training that resembles mentorship.

In other words; whatever training that is required for your home-based business, make sure that you can follow a mentor who has already traveled a successful road.
Follow a model that has proven successful. There are various ways of finding a mentor. Don’t look just for book mentoring but in a person that you can work with. And you can follow. Teamwork!

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel if you only need the keys to the car to take you where you need to go!

Most, if not all of these secrets are required to be in a successful home business. However it is not an all inclusive list. If you use this list as a guideline for making money with your business or to search for a successful home business, you are starting on the right track!
If you would like a business model that incorporates all these in one business; YOU CAN DO THAT HERE

16 Secrets to Finding a Legitimate Work at Home Business The Average Person Can Do!

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16 Secrets to Finding a Legitimate Work at Home Business The Average Person Can Do!

Making a Successful Business is Not Luck, It's a Science!

What are the secrets to finding a legitimate work at home business the average person can really benefit from. There are at least 16 secrets to finding a legitimate work at home business for women or men. If you’re just starting to look into the work at home world or have some experience; don’t launch into something with all your heart and effort to later be disappointed.

A good checklist will help you avoid a lot of wasted time, money, energy and nightmares.

This checklist will help you to make most of the crucial decisions before launching your work from home business. In fact some of these secrets you will remember for the rest of your home business or Internet business career.

Money can be made on the Internet, and lots of it! In fact unlimited! When I began doing my investigating of home businesses; I was able to rub shoulders and visit the homes of home business marketers making anywhere between $20,000 a month and up to $50,000 a month. They are generally those who have become very experienced, but you can find programs that you can get into right away and make $1000 to $10,000 a month or more which can be accomplished by women or men despite education or time constraints.

“Someone said, you can work for a living or you can work part time for a Fortune.”

If you will study these home business secrets, you will discover the principles you will need to make a part-time fortune.

1. Tangible Product That Is Needed in Today’s World. Concentrate on programs or products that are needed by most people in today’s world. The best product is one that needs to be purchased monthly! Think of a product that most people need to replace, re-use or purchase on a monthly basis. For example, toilet paper. You definitely need that every day. I often wonder how many wealthy toilet paper tycoons there are?

There are many great products and services to promote in a home business. You can earn big commissions to sell them. HOWEVER, would it be better to make a $39 profit just one time, or a $10 profit over and over again indefinitely?

It has been well said, that when you sell a product that will pay you only once, you are making money that is going to benefit the company more than yourself. But, if you sell a product over and over again, month after month you are making an income that is going to benefit you.

Let’s use weight loss as an example since I myself promote a weight loss and health product. If you’re selling a number one weight loss product in North America and it needs to be purchased every month you only need to make one sale and reap the benefits over and over again. When you gain a customer, you have a monthly reoccurring sale for the effort of the initial sale.

2. The Truth about Free Home Businesses. There is no such thing as a free business!

Despite all the hogwash you read about making $1 million and never spending a dime; ladies and gentlemen, it might happen once in a million years! But don’t hold your breath!

It’s always going to take some money to make money on the Internet or with a legitimate home business that you can be proud of working. The good thing is it takes a whole lot less to start a work from home job. Also, even though you can join almost any Internet program FREE; realize it only gets you in the door; and without benefits to actually make a financial profit. Normally, you get what you pay for.

The Internet world is so jam packed with opportunities, if you look around you can find most of the components that you would need for successful business. But it takes some work. You have to know WHERE to look, WHAT to look for and HOW to put it together. Often times than not, the learning curve can be very involved.

So whatever you do, you’re going to have to invest some money in the form of cash or time. Cash can help you shorten the time and time can help you use less cash. You will have to determine where to balance the time and money you put in.

3. Do Not to Put All Your Investments in One “Boat.”

The best home businesses entrepreneurs will diversify their businesses. Getting involved in a program or selling a product with multiple sources of income is what you want to have! If your business has more avenues of income, it will be more stable and you will be less likely to go under.

Can you imagine if you invested all your time and effort in an Internet program and after one year it disappeared! But if you learn the proper way to diversify your investments, then you may only lose one arm of your business instead of the whole thing!

Considering the condition of the economy; where would it be better to place your 10 gold nuggets?

Would you put your 10 gold nuggets in one bank or would you put it in three different banks? The answer is obvious. Three banks would be the best prevention from being wiped out financially all at one time.

If you were promoting the best weight loss program in America and all of a sudden the company goes down. What do you do? Make sure you diversify and also have a plan to quickly recover any loss of monthly income

4. Why Multilevel Marketing?

Multilevel marketing, network marketing and what we have often heard as “pyramid schemes” have given home businesses a bad rap. Really, multilevel and network marketing is a concept that happens in almost every business and social organization in existence.

It’s not the system that’s wrong. It’s people who have used a perfectly legitimate business tool to use in a wrong way. It’s no different from saying that cars are a “scheme” because people are using them to transport and hide drugs as they come across the border. Does that make cars bad? Of course not.

Neither is there anything wrong with multilevel marketing and network marketing. It actually is very powerful and gives a team of people the ability to not have to work as hard and be able to make more money or have more time and freedom.

5. Why You Shouldn’t Sell Pink Toilet Seats!

Know the difference between selling and marketing.

One of the biggest mistakes many home business and Internet business owners make is not knowing the difference between selling and marketing. Most of us look for something interesting to sell, or something we like to sell and hope for the best.

However, an “internet marketer” evaluates the market and determines what products are the most popular products. Their objective is to find what’s hot and what’s not.

There is nothing wrong with taking into consideration what you have a passion for or a gift for marketing; however, don’t get stuck on promoting what suits your fancy. Most successful home businesses have learned to find hot products and market them as long as they remain hot.

6. Know for Sure Programs Work before You Invest Your Effort.

Now, that sounds like common sense; however, many new business owners concentrate on programs because it’s comfortable for them. They like them. It was the first one they learned. It’s easy to do. Easy to understand.They had enough success to make them feel good.

Many small-business owners never experience much success because they got stuck with what was comfortable.

However, you should be doing a particular business because it works well enough to produce the success that you desire.

Also, it’s very easy to get caught up in the work from home business hype. Don’t let your emotions lead you into making a decision that was not good. There are many home business gurus that are masters at making you think you have to act Now!

7. Working for Yourself but with Others.

Know that you can’t do it all by yourself!

Working alone is somewhat of a mirage. Sure, being your own boss is what work from home businesses are all about.

Everybody wants to be their own boss. Everybody’s tired of the 9-to-5 job. But even when you’re your own boss, the home business man/woman realizes that they will have to outsource, some of their work, or do joint ventures with others, and sometimes team up with others to make their business run efficiently and successfully.

8. What Do You Really Think of Your Service or Product?

Make sure to build quality into your product.

There are many businesses that have great marketing plans and vision but don’t necessarily have a quality product.

They may even make a lot of sales but because the product isn’t as good as the marketing, there is a lot of dissatisfaction.

If you are a promoter of a product that does not deliver the goods” it will have a lot of adverse effects in the short-term and long-term of your business.

It is hard to be passionate and promote something that you don’t think is of good quality. That’s why there is such a high failure rate of first-time home business entrepreneurs. They really aren’t passion about what they are promoting.

If say your weight loss program is the best in America and you know it’s not; it’s hard to have passion promoting it!

9. Have Promoters That Have Integrity.

If you are a promoter or distributor of a business which has deceptive sales practices, distributes dishonest information or is using other unethical practices; it doesn’t matter whether the company is making millionaires, the end result is not going to be good.

It is not the type of company that you would want your mom to be proud of.

10. Knowing the Leadership of a Company Can Tell You If It’s Standing on a Solid Foundation.

If you have a product that you are selling as an affiliate; investigate the leadership’s experience, education, etc.

Every consumer wants to buy a product that has quality. If it is a tangible product; the company needs enough financial stability to produce a quality product that the consumer wants to have.

Secondly, a good business will have a good foundational training program for their promoters.

Thirdly, a good business will have up-to-date technology which is important in today’s modern world. Especially with today’s social networking, Facebook, Twitter, cell phone apps and many of the other well-known social networking tools.

A good leadership will make sure these leadership qualities are part of their organization.

11. How to Keep Your People in the Business.

Your home business will have a way to encourage their promoters to stay in. You need a product that compels not only the purchaser to be a promoter but also the promoter to be a purchaser.

This is actually a very important secret that a good business should have, but is not necessarily required.

Why?

Because, if a product is really that VERSATILE, then it should not only be desired by the consumer, but even the promoter as well. If a promoter is interested in his own product, it will be that much easier to represent. There are many products with disability.

Also, if the consumer is so impressed in the purchase of the product, they will also automatically become promoters as well.

If you can find a product like this and it is a quality product; then you have probably FOUND A WINNER!

On the practical side; if promoters are compelled or even in some businesses required to consume their own product, they become more knowledgeable of their products.

When the promoters and consumers are using the product, more sales are made and everyone is benefiting because more money is being exchanged, more product is being used, and everyone is happy.

This generates much more income for the promoters and the consumers are happy also because they not only have a good product but also get additional benefits.

12. Real Freedom

Does your opportunity provides the average promoter an income that gives them the freedom they’re looking for?

So many home businesses and internet businesses do not really deliver the freedom that people are looking for. We are talking about finances as well as the freedom to have time to do more than just work.

If it does not provide the financial freedom and the freedom of time for the average promoter, it’s not a winner.

For example; the weight loss program that I personally promote works for women who have to stay in the home and can still work while taking care of family duties. It also will work for men or women in the workforce who want to work a legitimate part time business.

13. Have Products That Are Desirable for a Large Segment of the Community.

Which products do you think are easier to promote; toilet paper, cups, forks & spoons, water and food or do you think it’s easier to promote purple toilets, alkaline water machine ($2000 cost), metal chopsticks, etc.

Really, it’s not always about whether a product is good for you or not. It’s about whether it’s desirable by the consumer. Does the consumer want it? And is the consumer willing to pay the price? Sometimes the consumer wants it desperately, but not desperate enough to pay the price?

Some businesses have an extremely good quality product but the price is so undesirable that the average consumer is not willing to purchase it.

14. Rewards and Benefits.

Does your company have incentives and rewards that compel the promoters to reach higher goals. The main product that I promote does such a excellent job of this, that they have given away more incentives and rewards than most companies give out in commissions.

If you are promoting affiliate products in your home business that provide incentives and rewards that compel you to move more product you probably have found an exceptional company that has learned how to reward its promoters.

A good quality program will have built-in reward systems that inspire promoters to reach high goals.

15. Find out If the Cup and He Really Cares.

Does your program genuinely care for consumers and promoters alike. If you have any hint that your company deliberately does not put care into their promoters or consumers, jump ship!

It should be clearly evident in the marketing and the product that both the consumers and promoters are genuinely cared for.

16. Money, Money, Money.

Does your company have a compensation plan that shares profits generously..

Make sure that the compensation plan is reasonably attainable. Don’t spend one year of your life thinking you’re working a legitimate home business and find out that the amount of money you want to make is not even remotely possible. Count the cost before you start.

Most, if not all of these secrets are required for a good business. If you use this list as a guideline for evaluating legitimate work from home businesses, you are starting on the right track!

If you would like to look at a business model that incorporates all of these qualities in one business; feel free to take a look at the resource box below.

To see a business model with the essential 16 secrets that legitimate home businesses need, see



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Using this checklist will increase your earning potential 150% !

1. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES concentrate on programs or products that need to be purchased monthly!

Think of a product that most people need to replace, re-use or purchase on a monthly basis. There are many great products and services to promote in a home business and on the internet. You can earn big commissions to sell them. HOWEVER, would it be better to make a $39 profit just one time, or a $10 profit over and over again indefinitely?
“It has been well said, that when you sell a product that pays once, you are making money that benefits the company more than yourself. But, if you sell a product over and over again, month after month you are making income that is going to benefit you.”
When you sell a product that people will purchase month after month, you actually only have to make one sale and reap the benefits over and over again.

2. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know that there is no such thing as a free business!

Despite all the hogwash you read about making $1 million and never spending a dime, time or work; ladies and gentlemen, it might happen once in 5,000,000 years! But don’t hold your breath!
It’s always going to take some money to make money on the internet or with a home business. The good thing is it takes a whole lot less to start a work-from-home business.
Also, even though you can join almost any internet or home business program FREE; realize it only gets you in the door; and without benefits to actually make a financial profit that gets you on a much faster track to success. Normally, a home-based business will have a “fast-track” promoters package and tools for you to have the fastest way to making a profit.
But the Fast Track is not included in most “get in the door” basic packages. So you can start on the least expensive package which will be the slow track or the “I mean business” fast track package which is designed for you to really make money.
The internet world is so jam packed with opportunities, if you look around you can find most of the components that you would need for a successful business. But it takes some work. You have to know WHERE to look, WHAT to look for and HOW to put it together. Often times than not, the learning curve can be very involved.
“Don’t be fooled, whatever you do will require some investment, either in time or money. The good thing is, if you’re accomplishing your goals; work seems like playing!”

3. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know NOT to put all their investments in one “boat.”

The best home businesses entreprenurs will diversify their businesses. Getting involved in a program or selling a product with multiple sources of income is what you want to have! If your business has more avenues of income, it will be more stable and you will be less likely to go under.
Can you imagine if you invested all your time and effort in a program and after one year it disappears! But if you learn the proper way to diversify your investments, then you may only lose one arm of your business instead of the whole thing!
Considering the condition of the economy; where would it be better to place your 10 gold nuggets?
Would you put your 10 gold nuggets in one bank or would you put them in three different banks? The answer is obvious. Three banks would be the best prevention from being wiped out financially all at one time.

4. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES take advantage of multilevel marketing!

Multilevel marketing, network marketing and what we have often called “pyramid schemes” have given home businesses a bad rap. Really, multilevel and network marketing is a concept that happens in almost every business and social organization in existence.
It’s not the system that’s wrong. It’s the people that have used a perfectly good business tool to use in a wrong way.
It’s like saying that cars are a “scam” because people are using them to transport and hide drugs as they come across the border. Does that make cars bad? Of course not.
Neither is there anything wrong with multilevel marketing and network marketing. It actually is very powerful and gives a team of people the ability to make more money in a shorter period of time while enjoying more freedom to control thier financial future.

5. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES understand the difference between selling and marketing.

One of the biggest mistakes many home business and internet business owners make is not knowing the difference between selling and marketing. Most home business owners look for something interesting to sell, or something they like to sell and hope for the best.
However, an “internet marketer” evaluates the market and determines what products are the best selling products with the most profitable gain. their objective is to find what’s hot and what’s not.
There is nothing wrong with taking into consideration what you have a passion for or a gift for marketing; however, don’t get stuck on preferences for what you want to promote. Most successful home businesses have learned to find these hot products and market them as long as they remain hot.
For some of us that’s real hard to do because we become passionate for what we support. That is a good thing! You just need to determine whether your decisions are product or passion decisions.

6.THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES do programs that work!

Now, that sounds like common sense; however, many new business owners concentrate on programs because it’s comfortable for them. They liked them. It was the first one they learned. It’s easy to do. Easy to understand.They had enough success to make them feel good.
Many small-business owners never experience much success because they get stuck with what is comfortable.
However, your business should work well enough to produce the success that you desire and solve the problem that benefits your community.

7. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know that you can’t do it all by yourself!

Working alone is somewhat of a mirage. Sure, being your own boss is what home businesses and internet businesses are all about.
Everybody wants to be their own boss. Everybody’s tired of the 9-to-5 job. But even when you’re your own boss, the home business man/woman realizes that they will have to outsource, some of their work, or do joint ventures with others, and sometimes team up with others to make their business run efficiently and successfully.

One obstacle that you will eventually face is trying to do a project that you don’t have a skill for or just hate to do.

“That’s when you need to outsource your project. A great place to go when you need to outsource is http://www.ELance.com . You can hire someone at a reasonable price for any project that you can’t do or don’t want to do yourself.”

8. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES build quality into their product.

There are many businesses that have great marketing plans and vision but don’t necessarily have a quality product.
They may even make a lot of sales but because the product isn’t as good as the marketing, there is a lot of dissatisfaction.
If you are a promoter of a product that does not deliver the goods” it will have a lot of adverse effects in the short-term and long-term of your business.
“It is hard to be passionate and promote something that you don’t think is of good quality. It will determine How committed you will be to your success and home business.”

9. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have promoters that have integrity

If you are a promoter or distributor of a home business in which has deceptive sales practices, distributes dishonest information or is using other unethical practices; it doesn’t matter whether the company is making millionaires, the end result is not going to be good.
It is not the type of company that you would want your mom to be proud of. It also makes it difficult to sleep at night!

10. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have leadership that have a solid foundation.

If your home business has a product that you are selling as an affiliate; the leadership of that company needs to have several foundational pillars.
Every consumer wants to buy a product that has quality. If it is a tangible product; the company needs enough financial stability to produce a quality product that the consumer wants to have.
Secondly, a good business will have a good foundational training program for their promoters.
Thirdly, a good business will have up-to-date technology which is important in today’s modern world. Especially with today’s social networking, Facebook, twitter, cell phone apps and many of the other well-known social networking tools.
A good leadership will make sure these leadership qualities are part of their organization.

11. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES provides a product that compels not only the purchaser to be a promoter but also the promoter to be a purchaser.

This is actually a very important secret that a good business should have, but is not necessarily required.
Why?
“Because, if a product is really that VERSATILE, then it should not only be desired by the consumer, but even the promoter as well. If a promoter is interested in his own product, it will be that much easier to promote.”
Also, if the consumer is so impressed with the purchase of the product, they will often become promoters as well.
If you can find a product like this and it is a quality product; then you have probably FOUND A WINNER !
On the practical side; if promoters are compelled or even in some businesses required to consume their own product, they become more knowledgeable of their products.
When the promoters and consumers are using the product, more sales are made and everyone is benefiting because more money is being exchanged, more product is being used, and everyone is happy.
This generates much more income for the promoters and the consumers.
The reason why a high percentage of home businesses fail is because it’s not easy or fun to try and promote something that you’re not excited about yourself!
Ideally, if you are compelled to use your own products, every promoter also becomes a customer.

12. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES provide opportunities for the average promoter to make an income that gives them the freedom they’re looking for.

So many home businesses and internet businesses do not really deliver the freedom that people are looking for. We are talking about finances as well as the freedom to have time to do more than just work.
If it does not provide the financial freedom and the freedom of time for the average promoter, it’s not a winner.

13. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have products that are desirable for a large segment of the community.

“Which products do you think are easier to promote; toilet paper, cups, forks & spoons, water and food or do you think it’s easier to promote purple toilets, alkaline water machine ($2000 cost), metal chopsticks, etc.”
Really, it’s not always about whether a product is good for you or not. It’s about whether it’s desirable by the consumer. Does the consumer want it? And is the consumer willing to pay the price? Sometimes the consumer wants it desperately, but not desperate enough to pay the price?
Some companies have a extremely good quality product but the price is so undesirable that the average consumer is not willing to purchase.
Know your consumer and how much they’re willing to pay..

14. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have incentives and rewards that compel the promoters to reach higher goals

If you are promoting affiliate products in your home business that provide incentives and rewards that compel you to move more product you probably have found an exceptional company that has learned how to reward its promoters.
A good quality program will have built-in reward systems.

15. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES are programs that genuinely care for consumers and promoters alike.

It should be clearly evident in the marketing and the product that both the consumers and promoters are genuinely cared for.

16. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have to have a compensation plan that rewards.

Make sure that the compensation plan is reasonably attainable. Don’t spend one year of your life working a home business to find out that the amount of money you want to make is not even remotely possible. Count the cost before you start.

17. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES realize their promoters have to be business developers and not recruiters.

What do we mean by that?
Most home-based business entrepreneurs try to be recruiters instead of looking at being a business developer.
When you have a recruiter mindset you are always looking for someone that will buy something from you.
But when you have a business developer mindset you look for people you can help. When people see that you really want to help them they are more willing to join you in your journey.

18. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES will have training that resembles mentorship.

In other words; whatever training that is required for your home-based business, make sure that you can follow a mentor who has already traveled a successful road.
Follow a model that has proven successful. There are various ways of finding a mentor. Don’t look just for book mentoring but in a person that you can work with. And you can follow. Teamwork!

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel if you only need the keys to the car to take you where you need to go!

Most, if not all of these secrets are required to be in a successful home business. However it is not an all inclusive list. If you use this list as a guideline for making money with your business or to search for a successful home business, you are starting on the right track!
If you would like a business model that incorporates all these in one business; YOU CAN DO THAT NERE

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18 Home Business Secrets You Must Know For a 150% Sure-Fire Success!

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18 Home Business Secrets You Must Know For a 150% Sure-Fire Success!

Making a Successful Business is Not Luck, It's a Science!

Before you invest your energy, time and money; review these 18 home business secrets to help you avoid the common mistakes and nightmares!  Making money in a home business takes more than luck, there is a science behind it.

Make the best choices before launching your business. You will remember some of these for the rest of your home business career.

“Money can be made in the home business world, and lots of it! In

fact unlimited! But all the successful home business entrepreneurs and internet marketers know that it’s not magic. It requires knowing your “skill set” like any other business.”

Using this checklist will increase your earning potential 150% !

1. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES concentrate on programs or products that need to be purchased monthly!

Think of a product that most people need to replace, re-use or purchase on a monthly basis. There are many great products and services to promote in a home business and on the internet. You can earn big commissions to sell them. HOWEVER, would it be better to make a $39 profit just one time, or a $10 profit over and over again indefinitely?
“It has been well said, that when you sell a product that pays once, you are making money that benefits the company more than yourself. But, if you sell a product over and over again, month after month you are making income that is going to benefit you.”
When you sell a product that people will purchase month after month, you actually only have to make one sale and reap the benefits over and over again.

2. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know that there is no such thing as a free business!

Despite all the hogwash you read about making $1 million and never spending a dime, time or work; ladies and gentlemen, it might happen once in 5,000,000 years! But don’t hold your breath!
It’s always going to take some money to make money on the internet or with a home business. The good thing is it takes a whole lot less to start a work-from-home business.
Also, even though you can join almost any internet or home business program FREE; realize it only gets you in the door; and without benefits to actually make a financial profit that gets you on a much faster track to success. Normally, a home-based business will have a “fast-track” promoters package and tools for you to have the fastest way to making a profit.


But the Fast Track is not included in most “get in the door” basic packages. So you can start on the least expensive package which will be the slow track or the “I mean business” fast track package which is designed for you to really make money.
The internet world is so jam packed with opportunities, if you look around you can find most of the components that you would need for a successful business. But it takes some work. You have to know WHERE to look, WHAT to look for and HOW to put it together. Often times than not, the learning curve can be very involved.
“Don’t be fooled, whatever you do will require some investment, either in time or money. The good thing is, if you’re accomplishing your goals; work seems like playing!”

3. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know NOT to put all their investments in one “boat.”

The best home businesses entreprenurs will diversify their businesses. Getting involved in a program or selling a product with multiple sources of income is what you want to have! If your business has more avenues of income, it will be more stable and you will be less likely to go under.
Can you imagine if you invested all your time and effort in a program and after one year it disappears! But if you learn the proper way to diversify your investments, then you may only lose one arm of your business instead of the whole thing!
Considering the condition of the economy; where would it be better to place your 10 gold nuggets?
Would you put your 10 gold nuggets in one bank or would you put them in three different banks? The answer is obvious. Three banks would be the best prevention from being wiped out financially all at one time.

4. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES take advantage of multilevel marketing!

Multilevel marketing, network marketing and what we have often called “pyramid schemes” have given home businesses a bad rap. Really, multilevel and network marketing is a concept that happens in almost every business and social organization in existence.
It’s not the system that’s wrong. It’s the people that have used a perfectly good business tool to use in a wrong way.
It’s like saying that cars are a “scam” because people are using them to transport and hide drugs as they come across the border. Does that make cars bad? Of course not.
Neither is there anything wrong with multilevel marketing and network marketing. It actually is very powerful and gives a team of people the ability to make more money in a shorter period of time while enjoying more freedom to control thier financial future.

5. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES understand the difference between selling and marketing.

One of the biggest mistakes many home business and internet business owners make is not knowing the difference between selling and marketing. Most home business owners look for something interesting to sell, or something they like to sell and hope for the best.
However, an “internet marketer” evaluates the market and determines what products are the best selling products with the most profitable gain. their objective is to find what’s hot and what’s not.
There is nothing wrong with taking into consideration what you have a passion for or a gift for marketing; however, don’t get stuck on preferences for what you want to promote. Most successful home businesses have learned to find these hot products and market them as long as they remain hot.
For some of us that’s real hard to do because we become passionate for what we support. That is a good thing! You just need to determine whether your decisions are product or passion decisions.

6.THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES do programs that work!

Now, that sounds like common sense; however, many new business owners concentrate on programs because it’s comfortable for them. They liked them. It was the first one they learned. It’s easy to do. Easy to understand.They had enough success to make them feel good.
Many small-business owners never experience much success because they get stuck with what is comfortable.
However, your business should work well enough to produce the success that you desire and solve the problem that benefits your community.

7. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES know that you can’t do it all by yourself!

Working alone is somewhat of a mirage. Sure, being your own boss is what home businesses and internet businesses are all about.
Everybody wants to be their own boss. Everybody’s tired of the 9-to-5 job. But even when you’re your own boss, the home business man/woman realizes that they will have to outsource, some of their work, or do joint ventures with others, and sometimes team up with others to make their business run efficiently and successfully.

One obstacle that you will eventually face is trying to do a project that you don’t have a skill for or just hate to do.

“That’s when you need to outsource your project. A great place to go when you need to outsource is http://www.ELance.com . You can hire someone at a reasonable price for any project that you can’t do or don’t want to do yourself.”

8. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES build quality into their product.

There are many businesses that have great marketing plans and vision but don’t necessarily have a quality product.
They may even make a lot of sales but because the product isn’t as good as the marketing, there is a lot of dissatisfaction.
If you are a promoter of a product that does not deliver the goods” it will have a lot of adverse effects in the short-term and long-term of your business.
“It is hard to be passionate and promote something that you don’t think is of good quality. It will determine How committed you will be to your success and home business.”

9. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have promoters that have integrity

If you are a promoter or distributor of a home business in which has deceptive sales practices, distributes dishonest information or is using other unethical practices; it doesn’t matter whether the company is making millionaires, the end result is not going to be good.
It is not the type of company that you would want your mom to be proud of. It also makes it difficult to sleep at night!

10. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have leadership that have a solid foundation.

If your home business has a product that you are selling as an affiliate; the leadership of that company needs to have several foundational pillars.
Every consumer wants to buy a product that has quality. If it is a tangible product; the company needs enough financial stability to produce a quality product that the consumer wants to have.
Secondly, a good business will have a good foundational training program for their promoters.
Thirdly, a good business will have up-to-date technology which is important in today’s modern world. Especially with today’s social networking, Facebook, twitter, cell phone apps and many of the other well-known social networking tools.
A good leadership will make sure these leadership qualities are part of their organization.

11. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES provides a product that compels not only the purchaser to be a promoter but also the promoter to be a purchaser.

This is actually a very important secret that a good business should have, but is not necessarily required.
Why?
“Because, if a product is really that VERSATILE, then it should not only be desired by the consumer, but even the promoter as well. If a promoter is interested in his own product, it will be that much easier to promote.”
Also, if the consumer is so impressed with the purchase of the product, they will often become promoters as well.
If you can find a product like this and it is a quality product; then you have probably FOUND A WINNER !
On the practical side; if promoters are compelled or even in some businesses required to consume their own product, they become more knowledgeable of their products.
When the promoters and consumers are using the product, more sales are made and everyone is benefiting because more money is being exchanged, more product is being used, and everyone is happy.
This generates much more income for the promoters and the consumers.
The reason why a high percentage of home businesses fail is because it’s not easy or fun to try and promote something that you’re not excited about yourself!
Ideally, if you are compelled to use your own products, every promoter also becomes a customer.

12. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES provide opportunities for the average promoter to make an income that gives them the freedom they’re looking for.

So many home businesses and internet businesses do not really deliver the freedom that people are looking for. We are talking about finances as well as the freedom to have time to do more than just work.
If it does not provide the financial freedom and the freedom of time for the average promoter, it’s not a winner.

13. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have products that are desirable for a large segment of the community.

“Which products do you think are easier to promote; toilet paper, cups, forks & spoons, water and food or do you think it’s easier to promote purple toilets, alkaline water machine ($2000 cost), metal chopsticks, etc.”
Really, it’s not always about whether a product is good for you or not. It’s about whether it’s desirable by the consumer. Does the consumer want it? And is the consumer willing to pay the price? Sometimes the consumer wants it desperately, but not desperate enough to pay the price?
Some companies have a extremely good quality product but the price is so undesirable that the average consumer is not willing to purchase.
Know your consumer and how much they’re willing to pay..

14. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have incentives and rewards that compel the promoters to reach higher goals

If you are promoting affiliate products in your home business that provide incentives and rewards that compel you to move more product you probably have found an exceptional company that has learned how to reward its promoters.
A good quality program will have built-in reward systems.

15. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES are programs that genuinely care for consumers and promoters alike.

It should be clearly evident in the marketing and the product that both the consumers and promoters are genuinely cared for.

16. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES have to have a compensation plan that rewards.

Make sure that the compensation plan is reasonably attainable. Don’t spend one year of your life working a home business to find out that the amount of money you want to make is not even remotely possible. Count the cost before you start.

17. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES realize their promoters have to be business developers and not recruiters.

What do we mean by that?
Most home-based business entrepreneurs try to be recruiters instead of looking at being a business developer.
When you have a recruiter mindset you are always looking for someone that will buy something from you.
But when you have a business developer mindset you look for people you can help. When people see that you really want to help them they are more willing to join you in your journey.

18. THE BEST HOME BUSINESSES will have training that resembles mentorship.

In other words; whatever training that is required for your home-based business, make sure that you can follow a mentor who has already traveled a successful road.
Follow a model that has proven successful. There are various ways of finding a mentor. Don’t look just for book mentoring but in a person that you can work with. And you can follow. Teamwork!

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel if you only need the keys to the car to take you where you need to go!

Most, if not all of these secrets are required to be in a successful home business. However it is not an all inclusive list. If you use this list as a guideline for making money with your business or to search for a successful home business, you are starting on the right track!
If you would like a business model that incorporates all these in one business; YOU CAN DO THAT HERE

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Five Simple Steps On How Affiliate Marketing Works!

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How Affiliate Marketing Works: 5 Easy Step!

Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways to make money online!

What is affiliate marketing and how does it work?

It’s when you earn a commission for selling or introducing a company’s product or service.

As an affiliate, you can promote their product on your social media, blogs or other online media.

The company you promote will give you a link that will track your results and reward you with commissions.

The concept is very simple, manageable and easy to learn for the average person.

However; although one of the easiest ways to make money online, it takes more than just clicking a few buttons before affiliate marketing makes you money.

You might ask; what are the step-by-step affiliate marketing basics.

FIRST of all, you want to find a product or service that you really really really like. Don’t try something just to make money.

If you don’t like it, you won’t stick with it during the hard times.

So spend some time researching. Don’t move forward until you’re sure you have a winner, something you would like to promote.

You’re looking for something that is a PROVEN WINNER and something that you FEEL GOOD ABOUT REPRESENTING. Make it something that has to be purchased on a MONTHLY basis.

In the beginning, stick with niches that have proven successful.

What are the The top three affiliate marketing niches; they are:

1. Wealth
2. Health
3. Relationships

If you pick one of those main 3 niches, you can’t go wrong. Yes; there is a lot of competition. However, there are millions and millions of people needing help in those areas.

There is an ocean of customers, opportunities, products, niches, micro niches where you can dig in and get a large piece of the pie… and even dominate in a particular micro niche!

It is vitally important for you to choose something that has to be purchased monthly.

Why?

After the initial sale; you will get monthly residual income without effort. Nice!

SECOND; I recommend you research a couple of mentors that have success in the niche you have chosen.

I also recommend that you pick one product or one service instead of trying to do multiple products. Trying to promote multiple products will not necessarily make you more money.

Yes; you can promote multiple products at once. But if you are a Newbie, I suggest you start with one.

THIRD; learn the basic mechanics of affiliate marketing which is centered around sending out emails of your offer. Don’t worry if you are not a good writer. There’s ways to get around it.

And there really are only five basic steps which include; learning a strategy, effective email SUBJECT LINES, writing a simple AD (in many cases it just needs to be a couple of paragraphs), TRAFFIC, and FOLLOW-UP.

FOURTH; then choose your primary way you’re going to get traffic. Eventually you should think about secondary traffic forms. Diversify.

Remember, it’s better to be a master of one thing than to be a rookie at many things.

THE FIFTH; learn and do the basics of follow-up. In other words, after the sale you have the opportunity to follow-up your customers who usually will buy from you again.

This is something most new marketers are afraid to do; follow-up!

Why?

Followup is basically customer service. Like any other business, after the sale you have to satisfy customers for one reason or another.

Once you’ve gotten this under your belt and you are rolling forward, part of your follow up will be showing others exactly what you do. They will become part of your team because there success is your success also.

A BONUS TIP for you: when you’re looking for a mentor to follow; look for someone that models a marketing STRATEGY TO DUPLICATE that doesn’t require total dependency on their custom software from A through Z.

Why?

Because; many Gurus do this because it requires YOU to depend on THEM for your biz to function successfully.

The problem is, when they decide to move on and shut down there custom software it may mean you will lose months or years of hard earned work!

THE BOTTOM LINE; learn the BASICS and a MARKETING STRATEGY that does not solely depend on one specific Guru software.

If you are interested in an affiliate/email marketing program that scores an A+ with all of these tips, you can visit my #1 Business Opportunity For 2023 below.

I hope these pointers have answered the basic “how to’s” of how affiliate marketing works. If you have any questions feel free to ask any time at my ”contact page”.

Writing Killer Money-Making Subject Lines That Sell!

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Your Subject Line is the Money-Maker!

Writing Killer Money-Making

Subject Lines That Sell!

How much does the subject line make the sale?

How important is your subject line?

You’ve probably spent hours trying to write a good email message; while at the same time, spend very little time on your subject line.

You should spend more time on your subject line and less time on your message.

Read what Jim Edwards says:

“Don’t waste your time creating ads that sell… create ads that get the user to click, call or come into your store.

… Focus your attention on the quality of your hook / headline because that’s where 80% of your ad’s success comes from.”

However, don’t feel bad; most marketers make this mistake.

Another secret about email subject lines is that the “friendly subject lines” are the most powerful.

They get the best results!

It took me awhile to get that into my head.

I have an undergraduate degree in newspaper journalism and wrote for my college and small town newspapers.

Newspaper headlines are different than email subject lines. Newspaper headlines are less personal.

When writing your subject lines; write them like you’re sending it to a friend in an email.

That means, anyone should be able to write a good email subject line!

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL OF YOUR SUBJECT LINE?

Its job is to get people to open your email.

If you fail to do that, the rest of your email is not even important anymore. It won’t be read anyway.

Think about it yourself.

How many emails have you opened because the subject line drew your curiosity, even when the message itself stunk? And you still clicked a link at the bottom of the message!

So, you will get better results in your email marketing with a good subject line and a bad e-mail than you will with a bad subject line and a good email message.

That’s because if you’re subject line sucks, your email is dead. It doesn’t matter. It’s not read anyway!

If this is all new to you; you might not think you can create your own compelling subject lines.

But if you’re serious about your online business, it’s time you break that barrier! As I said earlier, if you can send your friend an email, you can write a good subject line.

Plus; there are plenty of online helps.

One that I could recommend is “Inbox Economics” which includes a complete guide to writing killer subject lines.

Learn to use fill-in-the-blank templates to create dozens of subject lines to get the best open rates and CTRs.

You can also pick up some pointers from Awolacademy. Here they discuss the top five subject lines:

Number 1: “How to” Subject Lines

Number 2: Question subject lines…
Why do you never win?
Anything that’s asking a question immediately makes people open and read. We naturally want an answer to the questions. It makes us part of the conversation.

Number 3: urgency subject lines
People are more motivated by what they can lose rather than what they can gain.

Number 4: mystery subject lines
Example: This Unlikely Will Save My Career
Example: Very Bad Morning I Never Want Again

Number 5: Top X List subject lines
Example: Top Five Ways To Get More Leads
People love lists.

Below are extra tips to remember when creating your subject lines and emails:

1) The ultimate goal of your subject line and email is to get the click, NOT sell the offer. Get them to your sales page.
2) Need examples of headlines that work? Look at your own inbox and see which ones you open and which ones you don’t.
3) Write as if you’re emailing a friend. On that journey let people know who you are. It gives them a reason to read and many WILL because they have something in common with you.

The bottom line is: If you learn to write subject lines like you are talking to a close friend, you will have greater results than if you write excellent e-mail messages.

If you can write an email subject line to a friend, you can easily write a good one for your online business email.

How Should Affiliate Marketing be Done? 7 Questions to Ask Yourself!

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How Should Affiliate Marketing be Done?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself!


Here is a good way to evaluate your AFFILIATE MARKETING BUSINESS!

Although it’s one of the easiest ways to do an online biz, it’s also easy to shed a lot of tears, drop a lot of money and waste a lot of time!

It’s very vital that you start right!

Having been an officer in the army; when starting a new mission, our unit would sit down and have a planning session.

Each soldier would be assigned their mission responsibility.

A business is no different.

You start by analyzing your situation.

You could be armed to the T with every software, and tool available and your business be a total failure!

Why?

If you don’t know the EXACT mission, you’re doomed to fail.

Save yourself a lot of money, time and frustration by not skipping this exercise.

The online BUSINESS ARENA CAN BE VERY HYPNOTIC and ADDICTIVE.

Once you start, it’s hard to stop!

It has the same addictive power of gambling. It’s hard to stop even with negative results.

So, here are questions to answer before you ever start. Even if you have already started, it’s never too late.

This will be like your mission statement.

Always keep it in front of you.

Post it on a bulletin board where it can jog your memory.

Always post your mission statement on a bulletin board where it can jog your memory daily!

It will prevent you from drifting from your initial goal.

It means avoiding needless work.

Work that you don’t like to do, need to do, and likely won’t maintain anyway.

The following will help you determine if your biz will be successful or not!

AS YOU WRITE THINGS DOWN; it will reveal what your heart is willing to pursue.

Answer the questions as thoroughly as possible. The more thorough, the more revealing it will be.

1) how much of a budget do you have to start?

2) How much do you want to make(give details)?

3) How fast do you want to make it?

4) Evaluate your biz; does it match your goals?

5) how much time daily do you have for your biz?

6) Why are you doing this biz in the first place?

7) Can or should you do this alone or should you have a mentor or partner?

Answering these questions will get you started in the right direction and increase your chances for success considerably!

This will be your mission statement.  Post it where you can see it daily.

AFFILIATE/EMAIL MARKETING IS A GOOD WAY TO START for beginning online marketers. You don’t need your own product, it is an easy process to learn. It is the fundamentals of the business and it is flexible for your schedule.

If reading this blog was a help to you, please write a few words or a comment below. I would be thankful!

How To Start A New Online Business; Increase your Chance for Success 150%!

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If you want to start a new online business, what would be the first step?

As shaky as the job market is today, having your own business, being your own boss and controlling your own future is made possible by the internet more than ever before.

There are thousands finding their way into wealth on the Internet today!

If I wanted to start a new internet business and only had a shoestring and a piece of bubble gum to start with; here are ffive sources I would invest in.

It will increase your chances of being successful 150%!

Here they are:

  1. Copy Writing Secrets by Jim Edwards:

Everyone can use the power of words to produce sales and profits.

No matter what you sell or who you sell it too; you can learn the fill-in-the-blank patterns that work all the time.

What if you could sell anything to anyone?

Making sales and profits is not something you are born knowing how to do.

But you can learn to sell more, a lot more, when you discover the words that make people buy from you.

Copy writing is the tool that most people believe that they can’t use or are afraid to use.

But you can do it. It’s really not that hard learning how to use words that make clicks, sales and people want to reach for their wallets.

2. Seducing Strangers: How to Get People to Buy What You’re Selling (The Little Black Book of Advertising Secrets)

Seducing Strangers is another rare jewel that you must have to beef up your copy skills.

After reading this small book you will feel more empowered to do what you thought you couldn’t do..

3. Russell Bronson’s Traffic Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Filling Your Websites and Funnels with Your Dream Customers.

It takes traffic and you have to know how to get it if you plan to compete and survive with your online business!

Broson has helped thousands get their products and services into the hands of their customers.

This will help you understand how the world’s top online marketers get online traffic from multiple channels to their opportunities.

4. Terri Savelle Foy’s De-clutter Your Way to Success: The Keys to Organize Your Life

Let’s face it; some people just don’t have the discipline to start any kind of business or to maintain it.

Maybe that’s you!

This book will challenge you to De-clutter your life and help you learn the discipline that you’re going to need to be successful in any business venture.

At the same time it will help you be more organized in every area of your life.

It is written from a spiritual and Christian perspective; but can be a great tool for everybody.

5. Stan M Stuchinski Secrets Of The Big Dogs:

Secrets Of The Big Dogs is an informational ebook that is a must read if you want to do business online!

It has been called the Bible Of Internet Marketing and has been online since 2001.

It will show you the basic fundamentals that are required for any online business.

Learn how to promote your product with the simplest, easiest, most proficient and sound way possible.

What makes Big Dogs a powerful program for beginners?

Most online programs are designed for you to be stuck to their platform models. However; Big Dogs shows you a system that allows you to be more independent.

Not only that; it shows you how to have a marketing plan/budget that fits your size and speed.

It also helps you work online without having to be a tech guru.

If you would like to learn more about Secrets Of The Big Dogs or have any other questions, feel free to send me a message.

Meanwhile, “Enjoy The Journey.”

If reading this blog was a help to you, please write a few words or comment below. I would be thankful!

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Starting a New Online Business

Whether you have an online business or a brick and mortar business, email marketing is a very important part of your marketing strategy.

If you’ve been working diligently to create and grow your email list, crafting compelling messages or newsletters and aren’t seeing the kind of open rates you’d like, it’s time to focus on your subject line.

According to Campaign Monitor, the average email open rate is 17.8% meaning, 82.2% of people aren’t opening up your emails. For all of the effort you’ve put in growing your list, having less than 20% of people opening and reading it can be disheartening. 

I reached out to professional copywriter, Sara Anna Powers, whose clients have quadrupled their email open rates, to ask her how we can create better subject headlines for our emails. She”s mastered the art of writing irresistible emails and getting people to actually open them with a compelling subject line. 

Quadruple Your Email Open Rates With These 4 Subject Line Strategies | Stephanie Burns

Sara Anna gave me her four tips for quadrupling email open rates:

1. Leverage Curiosity 

“Using a curiosity-based subject-line should be your go-to for increasing email open rates. Case in point? The nail-biting cliff-hangers that end each episode of the most popular TV shows. TV executives know that when they create open loops in a story line, our psychological need to have a resolution to a problem will prompt us to tune in, week after week.

It’s the same when you’re writing your emails,” says Powers. “Using a curiosity-based subject line will make it nearly impossible for your readers to scroll past without opening your message. So how can you create these types of subject lines that can dramatically uplevel your open rates?

Think about what your audience is desperate to know, and tease it in your subject line. A few great examples are ”This ONE thing doubled my income last year” or ”The exact strategy that 10X’d our sales last month.””

2. Use Numbers

“Numbers tell a story when you know how to read them, and using a number in your subject line is a nearly-guaranteed way to get your reader to open your message.

One of my most successful subject lines ever was simply, ”$48,328.11.” The email I sent was about the exact amount of money I invested into my business before I began turning a profit.

Using the number on its own as my subject line was so intriguing that people couldn’t resist taking a peek at the message. Then I quickly gave them the payoff: the story of how investing in my business, while it felt scary at first, over time grew into a revenue-generating system that allowed me to fully exit my law practice. This both built connection with my audience and gave them hope that they, too, could turn their passion into profit with the right guidance,” tells Powers. 

Not only did Powers use numbers here, but she combined it with the first point, curiosity. A very compelling subject line indeed.

3. Nod To The Negative

“Ever run into those people who just want to talk about the negative?” Powers asks. “They’re in your audience, too! And while it may feel counterintuitive to craft a negative-sounding subject line, it’s often exactly what’s needed to increase your open rates.

My clients and I have seen a major uptick in open rates with subject lines like: ”Don’t do this if you want to make a sale!” and “”Why getting more clients WON’T fix your business.’” 

You certainly don’t want to be negative all the time, but this point shows that when used strategically, it can really make a difference in your open rates. 

4. Shock Your Readers

“When I was a little girl, I’d get so excited for my grandparents to come visit us because I knew that would mean a stack of tabloids on the nightstand. I was enthralled with the crazy headlines. Things like, ”Alien baby saves underwater nation” or ”Four-headed man weds quadruplets.’” says Powers.

“There’s no denying that shocking headlines prompt people to open your messages, if only to find out what’s really going on in your world.

The key here is to give your audience the payoff in the first line or two of your email. For example, you could try the subject line, ”I’m getting a divorce!” and then state in the opening sentence of your email that you’ve getting a divorce from over committing, clients who take you for granted, and activities that don’t bring you joy. Use shock sparingly, and it will pay major dividends in your open rates.”

Shift your focus away from simply growing your list, to growing the engagement of the list you already have by creating compelling subject lines. It’s more fun and will ultimately pay off in the long run. 

This Post was originally published on www.forbes.com

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