Using your blog post to sell products.

It’s funny how a text ladenned front page of a website is said to be a “no no”. The reason for this is that you probably skim website content, you rarely read every word, yet if you came across a blog post that interests you then you are likely to take it all in, even referring to it later. A great way to make money with your blog is to blog with a product in mind. This kind of blogging is becoming...

Marketing your business by marketing YOU!

Do you think that your busines would benefit from you having an Internet Celebrity status? I went from leaving a full time job in August last year to setting up my own blogging site and being Forbes listed as one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. I have been interviewed for “The Get Inspired Project”. 365 inspirational people – one interview a day for one year! The Get Inspired...

10 business start up tips.

Before we get down to the 10 busines tips, I want to give you some important advice. Before you start to trade, create a business plan. There are many great business plan templates available on the web, they’re not as difficult as you think. The plan will tell you from the outset if your business is viable! It will tell you how much money you will need to earn to make a profit and how much you need to charge...

Create the desire so people buy from you!

The ‘desire’ portion of your profile is where you present the facts of your expertise and success; create and justify your prospect’s conviction and cause him to demand a piece of the action’ for himself. It’s vitally necessary that you present proven facts because survey results show that at least 80% of the people reading your profile – especially those reading it for the first...

Just because you have a bad memory…..

….there’s no reason to be rude! I have mailing lists going back many years and decided that I would have a clear out. I was afraid to just hit the delete button in case some of the people would still be interested in what I have to say.  So I decided to upload them into my mailing program in order to clean them of dead addresses and to give the people who were not on my wavelength the opportunity to...

How To Plan The Perfect Website!

According to Wikipedia – The Internet actually started in 1969, (yes, only 1969!), as the ARPANET, a Defense Department system designed to let survivors share files after a nuclear attack. From being available on just a handful of top secret computers, it’s grown to millions and millions of users. And it’s still growing. According to a recent survey, the volume of Internet traffic is expected to double...

Don’t get out! Don’t talk to people! Stay in your comfort zone!

If these words are music to your ears then join the club. There’s nothing I would like better than to be able to potter around in the office, produce new products and then wait until the business comes in as if by magic! So why shouldn’t it work like that? Hey, I’ve got a great website! My products are great! I am a nice person with integrity! Not enough guys! You can have the best products in the...

Has your business suffered due to the credit crunch?

It’s not often that I blatently promote something but for once our government has made the right decision to help ailing businesses in the West Midlands in The UK. It is a fact that the West Midlands has suffered more than any other area in the UK and at last this is being addressed. So I am un-ashamedly championing this directive, namely, The Business Recovery Service. If you are a business in the West...

Don’t wait for Business Opportunities to knock – you’ll wait forever!

If you’re sitting at home on the sofa watching Law and Order and you hear a rat-a-tat-tat on your door! Don’t get excited, it’s not a business opportunity knocking! If you’re comfy in front of your computer chatting to someone on Facebook then your attention is in the wrong direction to notice a fleeting business opportunity flying by. I know it’s a cliché, but you need to get out of...

Don’t sack the receptionist – give her more work!

It’s so frustrating when you arrive at an office reception only to find that there’s no receptionist! There you stand, waiting for someone to notice you. The staff manage to beaver away while at the same time giving you glances but, infuriatingly, not making any effort to come to your rescue? You think, should I wait, should I talk, should I…. The problem is that when a company has a belt...