Archive for June, 2009

Don’t forget offline promotion

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 18:04 No Comments

Away from the Internet, there’s a whole wide world out there who may just like to know about your web site. Hopefully you have a short, memorable, meaningful domain name. So why not start announcing it at some of the following places. Address labels Answering machine messages Billboards Books Brochures Business cards Catalogs CD ROM [...]

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Your own product: why it’s a MUST

Saturday, June 20, 2009 18:05 No Comments

The most obvious advantages of having your own product are You have affiliates working for you doing the selling You have complete control (over pricing, sales copy, etc) of your product But there are additional reasons that may convince you If you see an interesting ebook or a software tool you can barter for it [...]

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Never link direct to an affiliate site

Thursday, June 11, 2009 17:50 No Comments

You should never openly use the URL that an affiliate program provides for you. You should link instead to a page on your own site which then leads to the affiliate program. The reasons ? 1. On this page you can provide your own introduction to the product or service you are promoting. This can [...]

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Creating your own product

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 18:06 No Comments

Are you one of the many newbies who would love to produce an ebook but never get started because you don’t know how to go about the actual ‘selling’ of it, with questions such as How do I go about taking the orders – verifying payments, dealing with credit cards, cheques, handling refunds ? Is [...]

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