YouTube can be a great source for traffic to any site, but not when people make fatal mistakes. Follow these tips to make sure you are not an entrepreneur who makes one of these deadly mistakes. The top 4 common YouTube mistakes you want to avoid! Looking at the Screen, Not the Camera This is tempting to do because you want to look at the content. However, it does not look right on camera. To your viewers it looks like you're looking down or off to the side when you're looking at your … [Read more...]

Working from home is very challenging. Motivating yourself and managing your time can be two big downfalls in a work at home environment. To keep yourself from falling into these traps you need to eliminate time wasters to be productive and profitable. You can probably think of a few obvious time wasters off the top of your head – for example playing Words With Friends while you’re trying to work just isn’t productive. However, other time wasters are less obvious. Knowing what these time … [Read more...]

When it comes to marketing it is very important that you don’t become a follow up flake. Whether you believe you are a follow up flake or not doesn’t matter, you should always be working on your follow up marketing plan to make sure you stay away from the follow up flake trap! Don’t worry if you are a follow up flake because they come in all shapes and sizes. Experienced marketers who have become lazy or careless. Brand new marketers who are so overwhelmed by customer follow up that … [Read more...]

Unfortunately as much as half of the customer follow up mistakes are made by marketers who have the best intentions at heart.  Here are some of the most common things that need to be tweaked in many marketers' follow up marketing plans. Looking for Money If you only send out emails when you are about to launch a big product, then your customers begin to dread those emails and think “She wants more money,”  and then they click on the delete button with super speed and precision! It might be … [Read more...]

You need to put your best foot forward on your website when you're an online business because this is your storefront. It is the first thing people see that highlights your business. So you need to make a good first impression. Sloppy websites can cost you money. You might be tempted to set your website up with one of those easy website set up programs. They offer templates and it seems great. You'll be up and running in now time. The problem is you now have to take that code and rework it on … [Read more...]

If you are going to sell anything by email, then you need a superb email marketing campaign. A campaign is a series of emails going out to your list and lists of your partners promoting a product. Here are the 3 easy steps to launch an email marketing campaign. Step 1: Identify and Recruit Partners You can launch a campaign in one of two ways. Either on your own, to your own list, or through your own list and the lists of your partners. Figure out who you want to work with and reach out to … [Read more...]

To write a successful blog you need to be consistent as well as methodical. Being a success at blogging will not happen overnight, but if you follow these marketing tips you'll start to see results and you'll know you're on the right track relatively quickly. Here's how to start and maintain a successful blog. Post on a Regular Schedule Without consistent and regular posting on your blog you just cannot build a following or traffic to your blog. If you post on a regular schedule this … [Read more...]

Do you have a business that was once growing but seems to be at a standstill now? If so, you might be wondering what can I do to get new clients? Here are some ways to help you get new clients right now. Clients are the backbone of a business. They are the ones who search and find you and eventually convert from viewers to buyers. But, to grow your business you need to constantly attract new clients. Ways to Find New Clients Re-evaluate your marketing plan – Every few years you need to … [Read more...]

If you're an entrepreneur and are not using webinars for marketing; what are you waiting for? They're simple and easy to use, but have a powerful impact on your audience. Why are webinars such powerful instructing and communication devices? Lets People Meet the Real You Reading is completely different from seeing your face and hearing your voice. This gives you the opportunity to let people see how excited you truly are about your product! Webinars are great because they are unedited. … [Read more...]

Splash Pages – beautiful introductory pages, containing almost no text, but making up for it with a spectacular graphic or animated Flash movie.  Are these Splash Pages really effective at increasing website traffic? Any web designer worth his own salt would undoubtedly tell you, “Yes, of course!” because they are graphic-minded people just like any other artist, or right-brain oriented person. If you’re selling a course on graphic design, or promoting graphics packages, then, yes, you … [Read more...]