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    7 Affordable Marketing Strategies for Small Business Owners
    “Build it and they will come” only works in the movies. If you’re a small business owner, relying on people finding you will most likely end in disaster. Actively pursuing clients predicts success, but many entrepreneurs simply don’t know how to do that.Let me assure you though that marketing is easy… IF you have a plan.The best plans are written down in a notebook, or maybe they’re on your computer. Even a scrap of paper will do. But studies show when you write things down, you’re more likely to succeed.Sometimes new business owners are wary of any talk about marketing because they think marketing must be expensive. Yet can you afford not to market your company? And usually they’re thinking of advertising rather than marketing. Although many think so, the two terms are not synonymous. Advertising is merely one form of marketing.Here’s a few. It all starts with image (and yes, image is part of marketing as is pretty much everything you say and do). To show the world a professional image, consider the impact of having everything t
    spects into buyers - usually a very small percentage of the prospect pool. Those who buy their products become customers. Those who don't buy are lost forever. (Not the smartest way to do business.)

    No Repeat Business They "unknowingly" treat customers as disposable napkins. Out of the handful of prospects that get converted into customers and buy the products, most or all of them end up being "one-time" buyers. After that first sale, they are forgotten about and the business spends more money on more advertising to find new customers. Wrong, wrong, very wrong! That is not the way to do business. That is a very efficient way of blowing your advertising budget and losing your shirt.

    That is the old way of doing business. Unfortunately, most businesses don't know any better. Therefore, unknowingly, they are committing financial suicide.

    It's no wonder every 4 out of every 5 new businesses go out of business within 2 - 3 years, if not sooner.

    The "New" Way of Doing Business When you use e-mail marketing as I reveal to you in this manual, you can eliminate all 3 of these old ways of doing business. You can then replace them with techniques that are low cost, lightning-fast, and gives you more bang for your ad

    Do You Know the Emotion Behind the Objection?
    Prospects have many reasons (you might think excuses) for not buying your product or service. Many of these objections, however, are actually emotional defenses, and before you can overcome the obstacle you must recognize the emotion behind it. To help you analyze why your prospect doesn't want to buy from you, ask yourself the following questions.1. Does the buyer feel neglected? This is a prime danger of taking regular customers for granted. You could well walk in expecting a sure-thing order only to find that your customer isn't sure he or she wants to deal with you anymore. Why not?The buyer may feel that the amount of steady business that his or her company has provided merits more of your time and attention then you've been giving lately.The buyer may feel that his or her job depends on dealing with a supplier who can be trusted to deliver what was ordered when it's supposed to be delivered., who will still be available after the order is signed.If you've determined that neglect is the emotion behind the buyer's objection, the best thing to do would be to let
    Responsible e-mail marketing is one of the best ways to help build your business quickly and increase profits dramatically, while keeping your costs very low. Yet only a handful of online marketers are using it to build their businesses...

    Unsolicited E-mail Marketing, aka spam, is a very controversial subject. However, a lot of businesses don't realize that there is a huge difference between "spam" and responsible e-mail marketing. I do not teach nor endorse "spam" marketing. As you will find out in the next chapter, spamming will get you in a lot of trouble. It is just not worth practicing.

    Very few people know how to use this powerful medium effectively to promote their businesses. Many people get in a lot of trouble by not using it the right way. Hence, without realizing it, they are spamming others. Many others never attempt to use it due of lack of knowledge on the subject or fear of getting into trouble.

    As a result, e-mail marketing is still the best-kept marketing secret on the Internet.

    Why E-mail? Why is e-mail marketing so amazing?

    When you use responsible e-mail marketing as I will show you in this manual, you will discover that it is very safe, reliable, lightning fast, and will not get you in any kind of trouble at all.

    Responsible e-mail marketing is a quick and low-cost way to build your business and increase profits. I know of no other method that can bring in profits as quickly and efficiently as e-mail marketing can.

    E-mail marketing, when done right, is very powerful because:

    It costs just pennies to execute yet the profit potential is huge. You can totally eliminate the additional costs of postage, printing and mailing when sending your offers to prospects and customers. If your offer doesn't do well, you can improve on it and mail it out again easily - it still doesn't cost you much. It delivers your hottest offers to prospects and customers instantly, sometimes within a few seconds. You can sometimes start receiving orders just minutes after sending your messages out. You can e-mail product information out or answer questions from prospects within minutes - they don't have to wait 2 to 4 weeks for something via postal mail. You can quickly build a strong relationship with your customers by keeping in touch with them regularly and thus, continue to sell your products to them for many years. It is virtually the quickest way to build your business and to start earning a profit immediately.

    The Cost of Marketing The extremely low cost is probably the greatest benefit that businesses experience when using e-mail marketing. Whether you're sending out one or one thousand e-mail messages, your costs are about the same...just pennies when you compare it to the cost of sending out a 1000 promotional pieces by regular mail.

    Using regular mail to send out new product offers, customer surveys, or information on specials & sales can become very expensive, very quickly.

    Just trying to keep in touch with customers on a regular basis to establish good relations and build trust can be quite expensive if you use regular mail. Keeping in touch with customers is something all businesses should do on a regular basis. However, most businesses just can't afford it.

    Businesses have to spend money on stationary, printing, mailing, and postage each time they send information out by regular mail. Additionally, when using regular mail, the bigger the mailing list, the more money (and time) is spent each time a mailing is done. This is not the case with e-mail.

    Also, if your offer doesn't do as well as you expected it to, you don't make any profit - you actually lose money. All the time and money you spent on the mailing goes to waste. Then, you have to spend more time and money on getting another offer prepared, printed, stuffed, and mailed. Most businesses can't afford this type of test marketing. As a result, they either go out of business or lose a perfectly usable customer base.

    With e-mail marketing, if your offer doesn't do well, you don't lose that much. You can improve on the offer quickly and test it again soon thereafter. You don't have to spend money on printing and postage or have to wait a few days (or weeks) for the printshop to get your job ready.

    The "Old" Way of Doing Business Most businesses don't realize that they have some major flaws in their business plans. Here are the most common ones:

    High Cost of Operation: They use regular mail to send out product offers and to keep in touch with their customers. As we've established, this is a very expensive way of doing business and can wipe out your budget very quickly.

    Low Conversion Rate They advertise to, and attract, a lot of prospects but are able to turn only a handful of these prospects into "customers." They spend money on advertising to find prospects for their products. Then they spend time and money in converting some of these prospects into buyers - usually a very small percentage of the prospect pool. Those who buy their products become customers. Those who don't buy are lost forever. (Not the smartest way to do business.)

    No Repeat Business They "unknowingly" treat customers as disposable napkins. Out of the handful of prospects that get converted into customers and buy the products, most or all of them end up being "one-time" buyers. After that first sale, they are forgotten about and the business spends more money on more advertising to find new customers. Wrong, wrong, very wrong! That is not the way to do business. That is a very efficient way of blowing your advertising budget and losing your shirt.

    That is the old way of doing business. Unfortunately, most businesses don't know any better. Therefore, unknowingly, they are committing financial suicide.

    It's no wonder every 4 out of every 5 new businesses go out of business within 2 - 3 years, if not sooner.

    The "New" Way of Doing Business When you use e-mail marketing as I reveal to you in this manual, you can eliminate all 3 of these old ways of doing business. You can then replace them with techniques that are low cost, lightning-fast, and gives you more bang for your ad

    Say Goodbye to your Balikbayan Boxes - Send Gifts to the Philippines Instantly!
    Tanya works abroad and supports a family of five in the Philippines. It takes her forever to fill up a balikbayan box before she can get it ready to ship out to the Philippines. At $70 per box, she would often wonder how much more she can buy if she does not have to pay the courier fee. Such a waste! What makes it more frustrating is that, we can never be sure how long the box would take before it docks the Philippine shores. Custom clearing also adds another day or two before your goods are finally released.This scenario is a typical story of an Overseas Filipino Worker or a migrant here in the US who tries to send gifts to their loved ones in the Philippines. This used to be the fastest way to remember friends and relatives back home. However, with the advent of information technology, e-commerce and the virtual market place, gift giving is no longer as frustrating as it used to be. Many companies have made this a possibility. One of them being, is Ipadalasapinas.com, launched in December of 2006, Ipadalasapinas is an e-commerce site that strives to serve the Filipino community abroad by offe
    t you in any kind of trouble at all.

    Responsible e-mail marketing is a quick and low-cost way to build your business and increase profits. I know of no other method that can bring in profits as quickly and efficiently as e-mail marketing can.

    E-mail marketing, when done right, is very powerful because:

    It costs just pennies to execute yet the profit potential is huge. You can totally eliminate the additional costs of postage, printing and mailing when sending your offers to prospects and customers. If your offer doesn't do well, you can improve on it and mail it out again easily - it still doesn't cost you much. It delivers your hottest offers to prospects and customers instantly, sometimes within a few seconds. You can sometimes start receiving orders just minutes after sending your messages out. You can e-mail product information out or answer questions from prospects within minutes - they don't have to wait 2 to 4 weeks for something via postal mail. You can quickly build a strong relationship with your customers by keeping in touch with them regularly and thus, continue to sell your products to them for many years. It is virtually the quickest way to build your business and to start earning a profit immediately.

    The Cost of Marketing The extremely low cost is probably the greatest benefit that businesses experience when using e-mail marketing. Whether you're sending out one or one thousand e-mail messages, your costs are about the same...just pennies when you compare it to the cost of sending out a 1000 promotional pieces by regular mail.

    Using regular mail to send out new product offers, customer surveys, or information on specials & sales can become very expensive, very quickly.

    Just trying to keep in touch with customers on a regular basis to establish good relations and build trust can be quite expensive if you use regular mail. Keeping in touch with customers is something all businesses should do on a regular basis. However, most businesses just can't afford it.

    Businesses have to spend money on stationary, printing, mailing, and postage each time they send information out by regular mail. Additionally, when using regular mail, the bigger the mailing list, the more money (and time) is spent each time a mailing is done. This is not the case with e-mail.

    Also, if your offer doesn't do as well as you expected it to, you don't make any profit - you actually lose money. All the time and money you spent on the mailing goes to waste. Then, you have to spend more time and money on getting another offer prepared, printed, stuffed, and mailed. Most businesses can't afford this type of test marketing. As a result, they either go out of business or lose a perfectly usable customer base.

    With e-mail marketing, if your offer doesn't do well, you don't lose that much. You can improve on the offer quickly and test it again soon thereafter. You don't have to spend money on printing and postage or have to wait a few days (or weeks) for the printshop to get your job ready.

    The "Old" Way of Doing Business Most businesses don't realize that they have some major flaws in their business plans. Here are the most common ones:

    High Cost of Operation: They use regular mail to send out product offers and to keep in touch with their customers. As we've established, this is a very expensive way of doing business and can wipe out your budget very quickly.

    Low Conversion Rate They advertise to, and attract, a lot of prospects but are able to turn only a handful of these prospects into "customers." They spend money on advertising to find prospects for their products. Then they spend time and money in converting some of these prospects into buyers - usually a very small percentage of the prospect pool. Those who buy their products become customers. Those who don't buy are lost forever. (Not the smartest way to do business.)

    No Repeat Business They "unknowingly" treat customers as disposable napkins. Out of the handful of prospects that get converted into customers and buy the products, most or all of them end up being "one-time" buyers. After that first sale, they are forgotten about and the business spends more money on more advertising to find new customers. Wrong, wrong, very wrong! That is not the way to do business. That is a very efficient way of blowing your advertising budget and losing your shirt.

    That is the old way of doing business. Unfortunately, most businesses don't know any better. Therefore, unknowingly, they are committing financial suicide.

    It's no wonder every 4 out of every 5 new businesses go out of business within 2 - 3 years, if not sooner.

    The "New" Way of Doing Business When you use e-mail marketing as I reveal to you in this manual, you can eliminate all 3 of these old ways of doing business. You can then replace them with techniques that are low cost, lightning-fast, and gives you more bang for your ad

    Going Beyond Goal Setting
    I just Googled the phrase “goal setting”, and found approximately 3,600,000 web pages that relate in some way to that phrase. This shouldn’t surprise us, because conventional wisdom is that goal setting is an important skill.It is easy to document both through anecdotal evidence as well as through research that setting goals can help us achieve more. There are hundreds of books, tapes, speeches, workshops, and websites that will provide us with tools and processes to set goals. One would think for something as important as goal setting, with as many tools as there are available, that everyone would be a goal setter.This however isn’t the case.While I could fill a book with the reasons why, there is one that is very important.People don’t set goals now because they didn’t achieve the ones they set in the past.They’ve followed the goal setting process they learned or read about, but the seminar or book stopped at the wrong time. The seminar stopped with the setting of the goal. That is like ending the game after the first play, then going to sit on the sidelines, w
    tely.

    The Cost of Marketing The extremely low cost is probably the greatest benefit that businesses experience when using e-mail marketing. Whether you're sending out one or one thousand e-mail messages, your costs are about the same...just pennies when you compare it to the cost of sending out a 1000 promotional pieces by regular mail.

    Using regular mail to send out new product offers, customer surveys, or information on specials & sales can become very expensive, very quickly.

    Just trying to keep in touch with customers on a regular basis to establish good relations and build trust can be quite expensive if you use regular mail. Keeping in touch with customers is something all businesses should do on a regular basis. However, most businesses just can't afford it.

    Businesses have to spend money on stationary, printing, mailing, and postage each time they send information out by regular mail. Additionally, when using regular mail, the bigger the mailing list, the more money (and time) is spent each time a mailing is done. This is not the case with e-mail.

    Also, if your offer doesn't do as well as you expected it to, you don't make any profit - you actually lose money. All the time and money you spent on the mailing goes to waste. Then, you have to spend more time and money on getting another offer prepared, printed, stuffed, and mailed. Most businesses can't afford this type of test marketing. As a result, they either go out of business or lose a perfectly usable customer base.

    With e-mail marketing, if your offer doesn't do well, you don't lose that much. You can improve on the offer quickly and test it again soon thereafter. You don't have to spend money on printing and postage or have to wait a few days (or weeks) for the printshop to get your job ready.

    The "Old" Way of Doing Business Most businesses don't realize that they have some major flaws in their business plans. Here are the most common ones:

    High Cost of Operation: They use regular mail to send out product offers and to keep in touch with their customers. As we've established, this is a very expensive way of doing business and can wipe out your budget very quickly.

    Low Conversion Rate They advertise to, and attract, a lot of prospects but are able to turn only a handful of these prospects into "customers." They spend money on advertising to find prospects for their products. Then they spend time and money in converting some of these prospects into buyers - usually a very small percentage of the prospect pool. Those who buy their products become customers. Those who don't buy are lost forever. (Not the smartest way to do business.)

    No Repeat Business They "unknowingly" treat customers as disposable napkins. Out of the handful of prospects that get converted into customers and buy the products, most or all of them end up being "one-time" buyers. After that first sale, they are forgotten about and the business spends more money on more advertising to find new customers. Wrong, wrong, very wrong! That is not the way to do business. That is a very efficient way of blowing your advertising budget and losing your shirt.

    That is the old way of doing business. Unfortunately, most businesses don't know any better. Therefore, unknowingly, they are committing financial suicide.

    It's no wonder every 4 out of every 5 new businesses go out of business within 2 - 3 years, if not sooner.

    The "New" Way of Doing Business When you use e-mail marketing as I reveal to you in this manual, you can eliminate all 3 of these old ways of doing business. You can then replace them with techniques that are low cost, lightning-fast, and gives you more bang for your ad

    Internet Broadcasting a More Professional Approach
    As mentioned in a previous article there are free tools available to broadcast on the internet. In this article we will address some other available tools that will produce a more automated and professional broadcast as well as some basics you need to offer an online radio station.My research has shown that Sam Broadcaster, an internet broadcasting software, appears to be the favored way to to broadcast internet radio. Another widely used software is Icecast. There are many other software solutions available but I will reference Sam broadcaster.The first and most important thing you need is legally obtained music. A minimum of 48 hours of music is recommended so your listeners don't hear the same music over and over everyday. Legal music consists of music ripped from cd's you own or purchased and downloaded from sites like Itunes. If you intend on having a lot of listeners you will need to get stream hosting as well.Assuming you have the referenced software you can now stream like a professional radio station. The set up is very straight forward. Your station can auto dj, it autom
    t on the mailing goes to waste. Then, you have to spend more time and money on getting another offer prepared, printed, stuffed, and mailed. Most businesses can't afford this type of test marketing. As a result, they either go out of business or lose a perfectly usable customer base.

    With e-mail marketing, if your offer doesn't do well, you don't lose that much. You can improve on the offer quickly and test it again soon thereafter. You don't have to spend money on printing and postage or have to wait a few days (or weeks) for the printshop to get your job ready.

    The "Old" Way of Doing Business Most businesses don't realize that they have some major flaws in their business plans. Here are the most common ones:

    High Cost of Operation: They use regular mail to send out product offers and to keep in touch with their customers. As we've established, this is a very expensive way of doing business and can wipe out your budget very quickly.

    Low Conversion Rate They advertise to, and attract, a lot of prospects but are able to turn only a handful of these prospects into "customers." They spend money on advertising to find prospects for their products. Then they spend time and money in converting some of these prospects into buyers - usually a very small percentage of the prospect pool. Those who buy their products become customers. Those who don't buy are lost forever. (Not the smartest way to do business.)

    No Repeat Business They "unknowingly" treat customers as disposable napkins. Out of the handful of prospects that get converted into customers and buy the products, most or all of them end up being "one-time" buyers. After that first sale, they are forgotten about and the business spends more money on more advertising to find new customers. Wrong, wrong, very wrong! That is not the way to do business. That is a very efficient way of blowing your advertising budget and losing your shirt.

    That is the old way of doing business. Unfortunately, most businesses don't know any better. Therefore, unknowingly, they are committing financial suicide.

    It's no wonder every 4 out of every 5 new businesses go out of business within 2 - 3 years, if not sooner.

    The "New" Way of Doing Business When you use e-mail marketing as I reveal to you in this manual, you can eliminate all 3 of these old ways of doing business. You can then replace them with techniques that are low cost, lightning-fast, and gives you more bang for your ad

    Quick Tip - Shushing a Loud Cell Phone Talker
    Janet, one of my clients from Chicago, recently asked my advice on dealing with people who talk loudly on their cell phones while in public. I know I’ve been guilty of this offense before as my voice tends to project very well and sometimes I forget that I don’t need to speak very loudly for my phone to pick it up.Sometimes, like when you’re in a movie theater, any kind of loud cell phone talking needs to be quieted immediately and the most direct way is the best. But often in public, you may feel a bit awkward telling a stranger to mute him or herself.The other day at the gym, I found myself in this second scenario. I was on a treadmill with my headphones on. Despite the noise of the machine and my music, I could easily make out the cell phone conversation of a woman who was on nearby treadmill. She wasn’t directly next to me so she wouldn’t have heard a, “shush,” sent in her direction. I decided to try to use a different approach to the situation.After I finished my workout, I walked over to the woman, who by then had ended her call. I leaned in and whispered, “We have som
    spects into buyers - usually a very small percentage of the prospect pool. Those who buy their products become customers. Those who don't buy are lost forever. (Not the smartest way to do business.)

    No Repeat Business They "unknowingly" treat customers as disposable napkins. Out of the handful of prospects that get converted into customers and buy the products, most or all of them end up being "one-time" buyers. After that first sale, they are forgotten about and the business spends more money on more advertising to find new customers. Wrong, wrong, very wrong! That is not the way to do business. That is a very efficient way of blowing your advertising budget and losing your shirt.

    That is the old way of doing business. Unfortunately, most businesses don't know any better. Therefore, unknowingly, they are committing financial suicide.

    It's no wonder every 4 out of every 5 new businesses go out of business within 2 - 3 years, if not sooner.

    The "New" Way of Doing Business When you use e-mail marketing as I reveal to you in this manual, you can eliminate all 3 of these old ways of doing business. You can then replace them with techniques that are low cost, lightning-fast, and gives you more bang for your advertising buck.

    With responsible e-mail marketing, you can:

    send out product offers, updates, and keep in touch with your customers very inexpensively. convert many more prospects into loyal customers, and easily keep in touch with those who haven't bought yet. sell to these customers again and again for years to come without spending any more money, instead of selling to them just once and then abandoning them. (A business has to spend time and money to acquire each new customer. This investment of time and money should not be wasted.) Unfortunately, these new ways of doing business are still 'secrets' that most businesses don't know about.

    When you learn the new way of doing business, you will learn how to milk every single penny out of your advertising dollars for all it's worth instead of wasting most of it like many businesses do.

    I am not exagerrating one bit. This is real! I have done it and continue to do it right now. There are very few other "smart" marketers who are using this technique effectively and reaping the huge financial rewards! A few of the smarter big companies are doing it too. But most of the online business world, large and small, have not caught on yet. Fortunately, you won't be one of those who don't know.

    You will learn, first hand, how a "select" group of online marketers, and some of the big names like Microsoft and Excite, are using the best marketing technique on the Internet to dramatically increase their profits!

    Please note: I do 'not' guarantee that you will make "a certain amount" of money by using the techniques in this manual. There is no way I can guarantee that since I don't know who you are, what your skill level is, or what type of business you own. Every person, and business, is different. Your success with e-mail marketing will be dependent upon the efforts you put forth. Your success will also depend on how closely you follow the steps outlined in this manual. I will also show you what not to do. This is just as important, actually more important, than learning what to do. You see, by doing it the wrong way, you will pay dearly. You will be instantly labelled as a "spammer." And trust me, you do not want that!

    In the next chapter, you will find out why "spamming" and "responsible e-mail marketing" are so completely different from each other. It is important that you see the difference very clearly - so important that I have an entire chapter devoted to it. If you want to succeed in e-mail marketing, do not skip any chapter of this manual, especially the next chapter.

    Now...let's find out why responsible e-mail marketing and spamming are so different - almost like night and day.

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