Use free advertising as much as possible. Test a wide variety of free advertising options like banner and link exchanges, classifieds, newsgroups, ad swaps, joint venturing, viral marketing, web rings, message boards, trading content, etc. Don’t be afraid to try something new.

Build credibility for your business by publishing an e-zine and writing articles. Your customers and prospects will see you as an expert and trust you. You could also submit your articles to other e-zines for republishing and publicity. Just require them to include your resource box at the end of the article.

Answer all your e-mail messages as quickly as possible. Nothing will lose a sale quicker than not responding to a prospect in time. If you don’t, it could anger your customers and they could ask for a refund. You may lose a sale because they want you to answer a question before they order.

Build a professional looking website even if you have a small budget. You could use free graphics, designs, list servers and other tools offered online. Just go to your search engine or web directory of choice and type in “free (what you want)” and you will usually find it.

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Try out new business opportunities.
You could combine them with your current business. It could add an extra profit stream to your web site. You could join affiliate programs, MLMs, drop ship selling programs, etc. Another idea would be to joint venture with other businesses.

Create an alliance with 3 or 4 web sites.
Include each of your ads or banners on the other web sites. You will all share targeted traffic with each other. For example, you would instantly have 3 web sites selling for you without paying them an Continue Reading »

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Use a “P.S.” at the end of your ad copy. This is where you either want to repeat a strong benefit or use a strong close, like a free bonus. For example, “P.S. You can get (product), worth over ($), for the low price of ($)!” Another example, “P.S. I can not guarantee the (No.) bonuses will be here tomorrow!”

You could end your ad copy with a discounted price. Just list your regular price and then offer a discounted price off the order ‘right now’. You could also offer a rebate that takes effect instantly. For example, you could say, “Instead of paying $99, you could order now and get an instant rebate of $20 - you only pay $79!”

You could end your ad copy with a free sample or trial of your product. If your ad didn’t attract them to buy, maybe a free sample or trial would. If you were selling an e-book, you could give them a free sample at the end of your ad copy. For example, you could say, “If you’re still not sure about ordering, download a FREE sample chapter!”

Sell a few back-end products that are not related to your main product but are needed by all humans. Every customer that buys from you is human. Think about it - everyone eats, right? For example, you could say, “Free Bonus 1# A Free $30 Dollar Coupon To The Restaurant Of Your Choice!”

Take on as many of your business’ chores as you can handle; outsource what you can’t. Only you can determine how your business operates. You don’t want too many people making all your decisions, but you don’t want to take on so much responsibility that you become a workaholic.

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