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May 30, 2010

3 main key to Build a Successful Internet Business

3 main key to Build a Successful Internet Business

There are 3 main keys you need to have in place to enjoy a solid successful Internet business – firstly, send warm leads to your web site. Secondly, get those warm leads in your database, and thirdly, you must strive to turn warm leads into paid customers.

Send leads to your web site

Here are some tips on how you can bring leads straight to you:

•Marketing plan. The most important thing to keep in mind is that you have to have a marketing plan before you act. Having a marketing plan is a great business strategy because it will help you through the process that you have to go through in order to attract leads to you. The marketing plan can consist of the advertising techniques that you are going to do in order to attract customers to you.
•Free advertising. You can advertise your business for free. There are a lot of opportunities where you can advertise without having to spend a single cent. One thing you can do is networking. Find some of your loyal clients and advertise to them.

Creating and running a database


Here are 3 things you can do that tend to help your ideal potential clients find you and become your subscribers:


1. Write an Article about the most pressing problem your ideal clients have and outline your solutions.


2. Do a free teleseminar on the topic you wrote the article about. Collaborate with people in related industries who already have a relationship with your client base.


3. Create a massively valuable free giveaway that people tell other people about because it’s so valuable.

Turn visitors into paid customers

Avoid using home pages or all-inclusive multipurpose landing pages. Create specific landing pages for every ad and paid search term.

Paid search advertising combined with e-mail marketing is an opportunity to say something meaningful about your business to potential customers.

a retail salesperson wouldn’t sell the same product the same way to different people who walk into his store. Why should a website be so static that it treats all customers the same? It shouldn’t.

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November 08, 2009

Making your hobbie a success

How Could Your Hobby be the Key to Financial Success?

Virtually everyone has the knowledge they need to make a fortune. Everyone has an interest, hobby or has knowledge about a particular subject. It could be anything, and I really mean anything! From gardening to model planes, childcare, from dog training to sports, everyone has knowledge that someone else wants. The problem is that most people have no idea how much their knowledge is worth because information online is worth much more today.

The internet has become a force to be reckoned with. This monster of mass consumerism is ever increasing and does not seem to be slowing down. U.S. consumers spent $748 million on online content (information) during the first half of 2003, representing a 23 per cent increase over the same period in 2002. With the rate that the internet is growing, just imagine what the figures look like today.

Last year, Jupiter Research forecast that paid-content web revenues will grow four-fold by 2006, from $1.4 billion to $5.8 billion. The crazy thing is ? many people are only just waking up to this reality. Gone are the days when all websites offer their data free of charge, now the hottest information is reserved for those who pay!

So if you have a hobby or interest you are the perfect candidate and I have two words for you ? subscription website.
So what exactly is a subscription website? Well, it is a site that charges members a fee to enter the site and view the specialist content. And what do they all have in common? They are bringing in a steady, recurring cash flow for their owners, month after month, from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars with an endless array of topics. Having a successful paid membership site is one of the best ways to make money online. A thriving subscription site can give you the steady income of a chief executive ?. but without the work or stress levels!

For example if you had just 200 people paying you just $20 a month, you would have a steady cash flow of $4000 / month, month after month, rain or shine. Many people achieve this in the first month or two that their site is up and running. However, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Many people have member only websites that produce 5 -10 times that amount of money! Choose the right topic and this could happen in your first 2-3 months. Let's be honest; a steady cash flow is the key to financial security which is why the website is so superior to any other form of online product; it can mean a regular monthly income and best of all, no 9 to 5!

A subscription website is a combination of doing what you enjoy and sharing that knowledge with those who will truly appreciate it. The best subscription websites are run by those who have a passion for the subject matter they are supplying. This is the most critical decision you'll have to make. Choose the right topic and you'll have people rushing to give you money to enter your site, you will have no problem up-dating the site with new information, and in turn the site will remain fresh and exciting.

Find a topic that you are passionate about, and the odds are that enough other people are also passionate about the topic to make it a successful membership site. Since you are going to be spending time and effort building and maintaining your membership site, doesn't it make sense to choose a topic that you enjoy?

But why would people want to pay for information when you can find pretty much anything at all on the net without any cost at all? It's simple, the search for the info you require can be long and tedious. People are really paying for convenience, they want up to date information and they want it now. They also want the information to be comprehensive and original, they want to know that they can come to the site and that a particular topic will be covered thoroughly, they will genuinely learn more about the topic they have an interest in. So why haven't more sites jumped onto the paid-content bandwagon? A big reason has been the popular misconception that consumers won't pay for content on the web. And where did this erroneous concept originate? From badly conducted research studies done by marketers and the media in recent years. Practically all of these surveys asked people who currently receive information and services on the web for free if they would pay for these services. Naturally, they gave the same response that anyone with any sense would give, which is: "I don't want to pay for something that I currently get for free." What a surprise!

The market is ripe and ready for those who catch on to this momentous idea.
Exceptionally high perceived value is the ultimate key. The paid online content offered must be so useful that users will be thrilled to gain access to it, will say "Wow!" when they do, and will experience instant value for money the very first time that they use it.

The best part is still to come! A subscription website can be run from home and once set up it pretty much runs itself. Software is available to run almost every element of your site automatically and membership software programs can reduce your workload by 75% ? that can only be good news!

This funnel shows how the reader goes from browsing free content to being a paid subscriber. When a prospect enters a website's funnel of free content, they discover that to reach the most valuable content, they must cross the barrier to becoming a paid member.
The process works so well because the customer has already become involved in the process of narrowing down the information that he wants, selecting something that's progressively closer to his desired information until, just before it's in his grasp, he discovers that -of course- he has to become a paid member.

Topic ideas for a Subscription Website:

Newsletter Topics. If you already publish a successful newsletter, you are most likely a perfect candidate for a Membership Website. Placing your newsletter content, archives, and resources online in a 'subscribers only' website usually enhances the perceived value of your print newsletter to both current and potential subscribers.

Career Advancement. Perhaps the most frequent topic for successful subscription websites is career development. This includes sites that provide advice, tips, how-to's, resource libraries, etc., about specific business skills or professions such as management, marketing, business start-up, financial services opening up a huge range of business opportunities. Successful career advancement sites usually focus on a very specific niche topics related to earning a living or bettering one's career or business skills.

Personality based insider tips. A number of successful subscription websites are built around a well-known or respected person who provides subscribers with personal insights, tips, advice, information and opinions. In most cases, the person behind these sites has built a firm reputation and developed a following of people wanting access to the information this expert provides.

Downloadable Product Library. One of the more interesting subscription website models is based entirely on providing subscribers with a large library of downloadable products, usually computer programs, scripts, PDF files, audios, videos, tutorials or other materials that can be delivered digitally.

Hobbies / Leisure Activities or Collectors Sites. Concentrating on a particular and specific hobby or interest can be an excellent way to tap into a niche market. For example if your area of expertise is Carp Fishing this would be an excellent idea for a membership site, because it is a targeted market subject that will attract people with that specific interest, whereas the subject of fishing would be a massive area of expertise to cover in detail.
These are just a few ideas, truthfully, the possibilities are endless?

Origianl post from www.wiseman-phoenix.com.
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October 14, 2009

For Love or Money? Entrepreneurship in Canada

For Love or Money? Entrepreneurship in Canada

Do what you love and the money will follow? That’s been true for some in their life but no for others because the money won't just take care of itself.

People need to learn business literacy and finantial business basics in order to succed and have better chances, pursue and apply that with passion. I believe what makes entrepreneurs so special is their ability to pursue with it. Whether that passion revolves around a particular talent of their own or is directed toward improving the quality of life for others, it takes a tremendous amount of courage, confidence, and determination to follow a dream and turn it into a career.

People driven solely by money rarely find true happiness and fulfillment.in the other side we know that the Love of Money has always been in more or less disrepute with moralists and to love a hobby is to muster life. If you love doing something and if you intend to reach for a goal so to speak, you need to go for it and try to prepare as much as you can.

Here some encouraging quotes:

"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use."

"We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan,Our statures touch the skies." —Emily Dickinson

"You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you."

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August 26, 2009

Free vs. Paid Information

Free vs. Paid Information


After the Web being in our consciousness for over a decade now we’ve fallen into several bad habits. The one I am going to talk about today is the habit of thinking that you can get any information you seek for free online and that that free info is correct, legit and reliable.

You most certainly can find valuable and trustworthy information online. But you will spend a vast amount of your time vetting out sources, visiting crummy sites and reading commentary by those who really don’t even know how to write succinctly enough to validate their writings, let alone give the impression that the information they provide is true and accurate.

Do not hesitate to pay for information. Whether they be special reports, white papers, site access or even newsletters. By paying for information from your trusted few it saves the time of having to seek out, find and read numerous Web sites filled with information that may not be accurate or reputable. Time is money after all.

Not everything that is free has true value….

I tend to side on the pay for information side of the street. By doing so I get quality knowledge when I need it from trusted sources who stake their reputation on the information they provide. You get what you pay for.

Putting their valuable intelligence to work for you! At your service,

Hineni Media

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July 29, 2009

Making Money

Some people receive unemployment or some kind of welfare. Other people own businesses or are employees. Some people got rich somehow and receive money from property they own, such as savings account interest, book royalties and so forth. In a country in which business is not subsidized.

We've tried some of these ways. A few years back, my hubby and I have sold a lot of reusable items from computer to furniture, online and offline for example. There are some of my friends that work at the Rogers Centre in Toronto and pick money with their vacum stuffed or trapped in their machines from the excited people that throw it in the air while watching a sport events. Then there are things we've seen people do to make money, like the man I met at a campfire who sold stuffed tacos on the side of the road to Wasaga beach and claimed to make $3,000 per month that Summer 2007.

There are unusual ways to make money*

Saving On Large Items - Want to save money on large items? Do sommething many people don't think of doing: advertise. As a young man I put an ad in the classified section of the newspaper that read, "Looking for a mobile home on land - can put $3,000 down." An older couple who were thinking of selling called me, and that's how I bought my first home at a good price. (I later sold it for more than twice what I paid, so this is a way to make money too.)


Make Money Finding Things is a page about treasure hunting - in unusual ways. Get the rest of the story on diamonds in parking lots, and treasure in vacuum cleaner dust.

Making Money Using What You Have is about using the skills, situations and things you already have to produce extra income. Do things, make things, rent things, sell things, and more.

Making Things To Make Money is for those who like working with their hands. I sold hundreds of walking sticks one summer, for example.

Money Making Hobbies : Find a way to make money with your current hobby, or find a hobby that you'll enjoy and make money with.

Playing With Money : Be a loan-shark? Beat the dealer at blackjack? All sorts of unusual ways to play with your money to make more.

Making Money With Real Estate : Some unusual ways to make money with land and houses and hilltops.

Even More Unusual Ways To Make Money: There are some fun ones here, including the man who sold stuffed animals on the side of the road.

Unusual Jobs : You don't have to start your own business to make money in unusual ways. Want to know what a "Wrinkle Chaser" is?

Make Money Buying And Selling Cars For Profit : (off-site link) How to work from home selling used cars and make $300 to $3000 per car.

(*according a to http://www.unusualwaystomakemoney.com/)

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July 06, 2009

Making extra money

Everybody needs a extra income, job.

One great thing about a side hustle or independent gig is that it generates money that is independent of the money earned through your main job. That makes those dollars more valuable in security terms than the dollars earned from your main job.

Say that you earn $50,000 at your main job and that $10,000 goes to taxes and $5,000 to savings. Say that of the $35,000 you spend $15,000 goes to non-essentials (vacations, new furniture, etc) and that $20,000 is what you need to spend to keep going (mortgage payments, health insurance, etc.)

Now say that you earn $5,000 at a side hustle. You could lose your main job and still only be $15,000 short of the amount you need to live that year. If you have just three years of savings in the bank, you could wait one year to take a new full-time position if nothing good came along for that long. Being able to be choosey about your new main hustle can make a big difference in your lifetime earnings number.

Having an independent income stream does not only provide added dollars. Over time, it translates into enhanced opportunities!

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October 21, 2008

WORK FROM HOME AND LOVE IT!

So... if you stay at home as homemaker, why not getting extra income?You can Work from Home, Mom (WFHM)? WAFM-IT! The Masters Course !

Children change you... your thoughts, your feelings, your relationships, your identity.
Family now comes first. Loving, nurturing, helping, guiding, playing, comforting, organizing, mediating, laughing, managing, healing, giving... you are in constant motion as a homemaker mom. And you are loving it!
So... if you stay at home as homemaker, why not getting extra income?YOu can Work from Home, Mom (WFHM)? WFHM-IT! The Masters Course

There is no other place that you would rather be than with your kids. But, at the same time, you would also like/need to contribute financially to the family. The regular options, though, are not inspiring... Returning back to an old job or starting a new one outside the home is not the ideal solution (even at part-time status)... The pressures are exhausting... child-care arrangements, schedules, deadlines, clothing requirements, transportation costs, sick days, domestic
chores, school events. Quality family time is constantly getting the squeeze. A weekly pay check
hardly seems worth it.

You want to be a "WFHM," a "Work-From-Home Mom/Mother"... but not just any kind of WFHM. Stuffing envelopes, or doing house parties, or making phone calls, does not appeal to you. How do you find work that "fits" naturally with your family needs and yet is rewarding, exciting and soul-satisfying for you? You want more out of life, not less,for your family and
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By creating an information-rich Web site that is based on something you know and love, you too can build a real, long-term business... "It's all very do-able. We know, because that's how we
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doing work we love?"

An online, internet or information based business is affordable, flexible, and convenient. You can work at your Web site and business when you like, at the speed that suits you, and still
put the all-important needs of your family first. In other words, you can take your family to work with you! Learn from the experiences and advice of Louise, Merissa and Cristina,
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So they have taken the time to tell you everything. And they do it in simple, short practical terms, building from the ground up. They start all the way back at the "very beginning,"
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