Here’s another short tip on the topic of persuasion:
Writing is not something you do in addition to selling. Writing IS selling. Every letter that goes out over your name is a potential sales letter. Successful sales people are like hypnotists. They use the power of suggestion to persuade customers to buy.
I don’t believe that [...]

The best piece of advice I was ever given was that I should study what successful people are doing and copy them.  More specifically, find out what they are doing that others AREN’T.  In other words, what sets them apart from the crowd.
Here are five things I’ve observed that we all may already know.  But successful marketers [...]

1. Team-up with your weaker competitors to beat your stronger competitors. You can create win/win joint venture and cross promotion deals with them.
2. Design your site so it will be worth bookmarking. Your visitors will bookmark your web site if it’s full of free original content like articles, ebooks, etc.
3. Offer your customers back-end products. [...]

1. Give people a free online utility. When you offer a utility that can solve a person’s problem, people will definitely visit your web site.
2. Offer a free affiliate/reseller program. When you offer people a free opportunity to make money they will line up to visit your web site.
3. Supply news stories related to your [...]

1. Publish a picture of yourself in your ad. This will show people that you’re not hiding behind your web site and you’re not afraid to backup your product.
2. List how many famous or respected people have purchased your product in your ad. These people should be fairly known by your target audience.
3. Publish the [...]

Everybody keeps on talking about viral marketing but 99 percent of them are out to lunch on how viral marketing actually works
Most people think viral marketing is many spontaneous results occurring in rapid succession
And that’s what people want you to think by using terms like word of mouth.
However, in internet marketing, the easiest way to [...]

As you know it can be very expensive to attract new customers. You can cut down on those expenses by « upselling » to those new customers. For example, let’s say you’re selling a computer with a 15″ monitor for $1200. You tell people they can upgrade to a 17″ monitor for only $200 more. That’s upselling! [...]

A back-end product is a product you attempt to sell your customers after they have recently purchased a related product from your business.
If you’re not trying to sell back-end products to your customers, you’re making a big mistake. It is easier to sell to existing customers than it is to sell to new ones who [...]

Today’s feature article:
1. Offer free original content. It’s important to giveyour visitors information they can’t find anywhereelse. If you’re the only source, they’ll visit your site.
2. Give people free software. Most people like tofind good deals on software for their computers. Ifthe software is free, that is even better.
3. Hold free contests or sweepstakes. Most [...]

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