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Looking for some different
ways to help jump start your product and
service sales? Here are
some ideas to mix in with your plans.
1. Find a strategic
business joint venture (JV) partner. Look for
ones that have the same
objective. You can trade leads, share
marketing info, sell
package deals, etc.
2. Brand your name and
business. One way to do this is by to
write industry articles,
include your byline and submit them to
e-zines or web sites to be
published.
3. Start an auction on your
web site. The type of auction could
be related to the theme of
your site. You'll draw traffic from
auctioneers and bidders.
4. Remember to take a
little time out of your day or week to
brainstorm. New ideas are
usually the difference between success
and failure.
5. Model other successful
business or people. I'm not saying out
right copy them, but
practice some of the same habits that have
made them succeed.
6. Take risks to improve
your business. Sometimes businesses
don't want to advertise
unless it's very inexpensive. But sometimes
you might have to spend a
little more money to get results.
7. Include emotional words
in your advertisements. Use ones like
love, security, relief,
freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc.
Learn more copywriting
secrets from correspondence courses at
American Writers and
Artists Institute; then get some help putting
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8. Ask people online to
review your web site. You can use the
comments you get to improve
your web site or you may turn the
reviewer into a customer.
9. Out source part of your
workload and automate what you can.
Saving on most employee
costs, you could out source your
secretarial work,
accounting, marketing, etc. And automate your
order taking or shopping
cart procedures and receipts,
newsletter distribution,
broadcasts and more with a service like
ProfitAuto, with a 30-day
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customer help at a
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10. Combine a product and
service together in a package deal. It
could increase your sales.
If you're selling a book, offer an
hour of consulting with it.
For new top-notch monthly products to add
to your product line, check out affordable monthly memberships at
sites like EbookWholesaler
and PushButtonPublishing online here:
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Don’t forget to get help
with your jump start, too! Take your
cyber-tour today and check
out the Work Stations at
www.movingaheadcommunications.com
.
And you’ll find that help
is as simple as ABC!
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By Diana Barnum, president
of
http://movingaheadcommunications.com and CEO of
http://ohiohelp.net . For more help with marketing, public
relations and writing,
email mailto:diana@ohiohelp.net
or call: (614) 529-9459.
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