Selling to the taxi driver!

You know, one of the easiest things to do on the internet is to assume that people are not being honest and that they are only talking to you because they have something to sell. Who do you think is to blame for that? We are of-course!
Have you noticed on the social networks how many [...]

November 18, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: FrontPage, marketing, sales, tips  2 Comments

6 steps closer to monetising your blog!

I’m often asked how to make money from Blogging.
Not wanting to dampen enthusiasm, it’s not a get rich quick scheme.
But it’s not impossible.
To get you there you need to have these six crucial skills:
1. Patience
2. Resilience.
3. A great imagination.
4. Knowledge.
5. The discipline to learn.
6. Multiple Income streams?
Why patience you say?
If you do everything right.
Join blogging [...]

November 17, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, how to guides, sales  9 Comments

Put a sandwich board out to drive traffic!

The content of your website tells your visitors all about you and your business; it is your shop window. The problem is that if your shop is on a back street and you have no passers by then you need to get people to take a detour down your street! It’s easy, you put a [...]

November 10, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: how to guides, marketing, sales, tips  12 Comments

If you build a relationship – they will come!

How often have you received an e-mail or message saying – Hello, I am Joe Blogs and I am so excited to get to know you, why not pop over to my website and.…I know you have because I have, in fact I have probably been the guilty party. In fact I do believe that I have [...]

November 9, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: how to guides, marketing, personal development  3 Comments

That call to action – your life’s blood!

You can have the best looking website in the world, the best products ever invented, the most eye catching advertisements and a service second to none but if you don’t tell your customers how to buy from you then all your hard work is wasted!
If you want the reader to buy your product or take you up on your [...]

November 9, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: FrontPage, how to guides, marketing, sales  3 Comments

10 QUESTIONS: DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? By John Assaraf

Do you have what it takes to be really successful? Have you ever thought about what you must be prepared to endure and do in order to be successful in business or your career?
I think I have been asked at least 5,000 times what it really takes to be successful in business, so I jotted [...]

November 9, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Guest Blogs, how to guides, motivation  No Comments

How and Why to Start a Membership Site.

People often ask me about the benefit of having  a membership site.
I have 3 networking  membership sites that are free to join and are  self populating.
Once set up, these sites tend to need very little administration but, although they do not generate any direct revenue apart from occasional affiliate earnings, they have immense value to [...]

November 9, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: how to guides, marketing, motivation, sales  One Comment

How to market on Twitter 2

Thank you to all the people who have e-mailed me and commented on my websites about my first Twitter article. Here is a link to it, if you would like to read it again:
http://patsutton.com/index.php/archives/154
I am so pleased that you all found it so useful. With that in mind I have decided to write a sequel [...]

October 29, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: how to guides, marketing  5 Comments

How to market on Twitter

I am not going to explain to you how to create an account, I am sure you are capable enough! Once the account is created with a nice profile and picture you can then start to add your “Tweets”.
You are allowed up to 140 characters and it is advisable to keep the tweets as short [...]

October 26, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Blogging, how to guides, marketing  12 Comments

Email Newsletter Open Rates Need Improving?

Posted by Justin Premick
Think you know the best day and time to send your email newsletter?
Ever wonder if your fellow email marketers are all sending at the same time you do?
Convinced your open rate is too low (or amazingly high)?
Some recent statistics pulled from all AWeber users may help you answer these questions:

What Kind [...]

October 26, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Guest Blogs, how to guides, marketing  One Comment