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Do sales come from your ezine regularly? How many well-written articles do you submit per week to Online ezines? How often do you send thank you's and follow up messages to your different email groups? If you answered not many, then you need to re-evaluate. The answer to online success... Read More
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According to military historian David Chandler the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte consistently rose above the expected. For more than 20 years Napoleon showed genius and skill as a general on the field of battle.To what did Chandler attribute Napoleon's great string of successes? First, he was a master of translating... Read More
We've all heard that "free advice is worth what you pay for it..."Shakespeare put it a little more eloquently in King Lear, when the aging monarch admonished his daughter Cordelia, "Nothing shall come of nothing..."And when it comes to distributing press releases online, I now know from first hand personal... Read More
Narrowing your focus to one primary group of people is often difficult for small business owners. They want to help everyone - and very often their product or service CAN help a variety of people.It also goes against human nature to narrow your focus in order to grow a business.... Read More
You're probably familiar with e-mail signature (or "sig") files - they're the few lines of contact information that many of us put at the bottom of every e-mail we send. Most e-mail software programs allow you to create and use sig files - even the newer versions of AOL.I've heard... Read More
Referrals are an extension of Networking. If people like you and like the sound of your product or service, then there's a good chance they'll tell other people about you.If they already use your product or service and are totally satisfied, then there's also a good chance that they'll recommend... Read More
One rule in direct mail is that your letter sells your offer and your brochure sells what you're selling. For example, let's say you mail a classic direct mail package to generate sales leads for your enterprise software product. Your classic package will consist of a #10 mailing envelope, a... Read More
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