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Decadent Marketing - Succulent Metaphors that Wrap the Internet in Wealth and Prosperity</title>
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by Jan Verhoeff<br />
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Are you lagging behind the competition, wishing you could grasp some of their high-performance marketing efforts and tag along as they speed down the information highway to success?<br />
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Decadent Marketing Strategies offer Succulent Metaphors that will Wrap your Business in Wealth and Prosperity from Internet Marketing Success.<br />
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Teaching Internet Marketers the secret of prosperity and success development isn't difficult when you know how to get Mega Results from a basic Marketing Concept. Rolling along the Article Marketing Trail of success will bring you more of what you're looking for in less time, but you'll have to hang with the big boys to get success fast.<br />
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Being effective online means getting into the right niche and hanging on for the ride. You'll want to be there, participate in the race, and join in the winner's circle when the race is over, but... how will you find them?<br />
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When you're looking for a network of successful people online, simply search the keyword and add "forum." For instance, "Internet Marketing Forum."<br />
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You may not find anything and need to search a different keyword within your niche, or you may find exactly the group you're looking for along with a few interested participants in your next group venture.<br />
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You'll learn absolutely nothing from the sidelines. You may think you're learning, but honestly, the real information is in the trenches, on the playing field, where you'll be knocking down some competition and making plays of your own. You might learn a thing or two on the sidelines, but you'll be sleeping when the ball comes your way if you're not involved.<br />
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Grab the ball and run for the right goal.<br />
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If you aren't sure which way to run, you'll be making goals for the wrong team. Often the logger end is that you have to create your own product and have something to sell your market.<br />
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Whether you're good at selling someone else's work or not, doesn't really matter, you'll need your own work to get the job done and win the goal, because without it, you're just running with the ball. No goal posts in sight.<br />
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When you win the game, keep playing, don't stop to celebrate.<br />
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Contrary to popular belief, you can't stop when you arrive at the goal post. There is no time out. You must keep moving, grab the ball and run for the next goal. If you always have goals in the oven (new products churning) you'll always have a new item to hedge your market and make more money with.<br />
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I recently heard you need one new product a month to create success with your online business.<br />
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If you're having a problem creating those products, get on over to http://ebookinfo.cn and claim your FREE ebook about "5 Simple Steps to Write Your Own Ebook" and Subscribe to Ebook Info Ezine for FREE.<br />
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Affiliate Marketing: Clickbank's Private Army</title>
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by Tywford Lamai<br />
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If I were to hazard a guess, I'd wager on the likelihood that you have come across the word "ClickBank" during your foray through the jungle of Internet affiliate marketing, right?<br />
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So -- just who or what is this "ClickBank"? That's what we are here to discover today!<br />
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ClickBank is the Internet's leading retailer of digital products. ClickBank is also the Internet's largest digital marketplace, where thousands of the Web's most popular digital products are sold every single day.<br />
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Whether you're looking to buy, sell, or promote digital products, ClickBank is for you!<br />
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Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular businesses online. This is a business where you earn a right to share profits with a merchant (product owner) -- in the form of affiliate commissions -- for sending targeted traffic to his/her product sales page.<br />
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The most common and popular type of affiliate marketing is called Pay-Per-Sale: This is a form of affiliate marketing where you are paid for every sale generated from a customer/visitor who lands on a product sales page via your affiliate link. This is very simple in theory -- find a very good converting product, market this product, and collect/cash your commission checks!<br />
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"Make $10,517! -- in 24 hrs -- Guaranteed!" -- You see adverts and promotions like this on the Internet DAILY! Success stories that describe a from-rags-to-riches miracle which happened by peddling a "highly converting" digital product!<br />
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Needless to say, not all such stories are true, but that is not to say that affiliate marketing wealth is impossible either! -- it is very possible to become very wealthy selling other people's products. All you need is the "know how."<br />
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How do all of these people link to ClickBank? And who are ClickBank's private army?<br />
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Promoting products and receiving commissions for sales is made possible and relatively easy by ClickBank! Currently boasting an "army" of well over 100,000+ affiliate marketers, ClickBank is a force to reckon with if you are hoping to carve a niche in the dangerous and highly-competitive terrain of Internet affiliate marketing!<br />
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ClickBank also boasts of a list of over 11,000 products with affiliate commissions as high as 75%! You'll also appreciate their fast & accurate tracking system and dependable payment services -- every two weeks without fail!<br />
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They've never missed a scheduled payment!<br />
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Not an affiliate marketer but a product owner you say? Well, check this out:<br />
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You can sell your digital products today hassle-free! Just leverage over 100,000 ClickBank affiliate marketers to find customers for your digital products and multiply your profits. Account setup is simple & fast. If you try them out, you'll find out why over 10,000 publishers/merchants already trust ClickBank.<br />
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When it comes to customer support, ClickBank has established an experienced support team dedicated to your success. Their customer service representatives are available to quickly and effectively resolve your account setup, maintenance and order related support needs.<br />
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Army huh? How do they keep track of who is who?<br />
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Clickbank uses a technology aptly named "hoplink" -- you know, like people use your hoplink to hop onto their Website :) This is how they ensure that an affiliate is properly credited for his marketing efforts.<br />
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To take advantage of the highly lucrative offers from all the merchants registered with ClickBank, you must first register. To do this, you will go to ClickBank.com and click on the signup link.<br />
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After you sign up, you will be given a username (chosen by you) and you can then begin the process of choosing what you want to market/promote. You are now officially a member of the highly elite affiliate marketing/combatant force of clickbank!<br />
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Welcome!<br />
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You will have noticed that becoming a member of ClickBank's army is not difficult. Now, what is difficult is making those affiliate checks consistently. If you can't achieve this no-mean-feat, you won't remain an affiliate marketer for long because you will give up out of frustration and throw in the towel!<br />
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But thank God there are many ways to promote the products listed in the ClickBank marketplace!<br />
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How do you find those products? Well that's why I am here ain't it?<br />
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How about I make a deal with you? Interested?<br />
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Alright. I know a guy who is in the business of helping affiliate marketers earn their very first commission and continues helping them until they become tired or bored! I am willing to introduce you to him IF you are really interested (***Please only for interested affiliates or to-be affiliates!)<br />
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For more details on this offer please see the resource box...<br />
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Happy affiliate marketing to you. Chao!<br />
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Why settle for promoting only ONE product when you can make BOAT-LOADS of CASH marketing 100,000+ products with ONE affiliate ID Guaranteed!? Did I mention that it IS FREE? Visit http://www.brainboxcorp.com/index.html NOW to claim your FREE ClickBank Portal!<br />
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Rising Postal Rates? Don’t Cut Down the Direct Mail</title>
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by Joy Gendusa<br />
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The United States Post Office in the past had some trouble with its finances and their solution was to raise the postal rates. Whether or not you agree with this approach to trying to stay in business, like the weather and government in general, it’s something you have to live with.<br />
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Many companies have used this as a reason to send out fewer or smaller mailings in an attempt to keep their costs down.<br />
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Here’s a quote from an issue of Direct Marketing News:<br />
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“Despite a string of healthy annual increases, the growth of direct mail expenditures is expected to slow over the next four years. Direct mail continued to grow in 2001 but slowed because of the anthrax scare," the study said.<br />
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The study also said, "Direct mail will continue to expand during the forecast period but at a slower pace than in the past because of the emergence of E-mail marketing and postal rate hikes, which will force marketers to limit mailings."<br />
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The question is: should you agree with this and follow the trend, or should you turn it to your advantage?<br />
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Just think, with fewer mailing pieces arriving in your customers’ or prospects’ mailboxes, your glossy, full-color postcards are going to stand out even more and have a greater chance of producing the desired response.<br />
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When you start looking at what you have to gain by increasing the amount of direct mail marketing you do and what you have to lose by cutting back, there really isn’t a question as to which way to go.<br />
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Of course you should be smart about your mailings. Make sure they are well targeted and put a little more thought into the design and content so as to make sure they carry impact.<br />
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That just makes sense.<br />
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So, while others are cutting their own throats by cutting back on direct mailing, you can benefit by increasing yours and sending your postcards into a less heavily glutted marketplace where they will receive more attention.<br />
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Win-win.<br />
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Joy Gendusa founded PostcardMania (www.PostcardMania.com) in 1998, her only assets a computer and a phone. By 2005, the company did over $12 million in sales, employed over 100 people and made Inc. Magazine’s prestigious Inc 500 List as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the nation. She attributes her explosive growth to her ability to choose incredible staff and her innate marketing savvy<br />
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<title>Why Am I Part Of The 95% Of Internet Marketers That Fail?</title>
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by James White<br />
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If you're reading this article, there is a big chance you're part of the 95%.  The good news is -- you don't have to be. The problem is, most people don't PAY ATTENTION.<br />
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Let me explain.<br />
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When you surf the Web, you click on sites that catch your eye. Even when you surf for credits, when you come across a site you like, you may opt in for their E-mail newsletter.<br />
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This is were you should be paying attention!<br />
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What was it that made you click that link, opt in for the newsletter or even join up? Take note of what phrases they used. What message did they portray to get you interested?<br />
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Then, create your own slogan or cover letter portraying the same message, but written differently. Doing this will help you become a better marketer and create better ads for whatever purpose you need -- for opt-in lists, E-zine ads, articles, cover pages, etc.<br />
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It is almost impossible to market something online unless you offer a free product, special offer, or a free E-mail course.<br />
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Where most people seem to fail is getting at their target market, such as Internet marketers or people already searching for a product to buy.<br />
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Trying to covert Internet marketers into your down line for any System is extremely hard. The reason for this is that they most likely already have a system that they are promoting and have their hands full. When marketing, try targeting a different market other than Internet marketers. This would include people new to Internet marketing or looking for an opportunity that really works, with testimonies or a free trial offer.<br />
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This sort of thing applies in ad words. This is something you will have to think about for yourself.<br />
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Another marketing technique is to relate to your customers or potential downline members. Slogans such as, "I was a broke loser, sound familiar?" "I tried this technique, now I earn 2000+ a day."<br />
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This WAS a good marketing strategy, but it has been overused lately and a lot of people have seen it. Now, a lot of people do actually make that much money online.<br />
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Letting people know how easy the system is and a brief honest overview of how it works and why it will work for them usually does the trick. Making things sound too good to be true doesn't usually work, as a lot of people are not easily convinced.<br />
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Say you actually have people in your downline, but it's not really going anywhere. This problem has a simple solution -- but it will also take a little work on your part.<br />
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Get in contact with them and I don't mean make an awkward phone call. E-mail is fine. Tell them one of the things that helped you build your downline then, at the end of the E-mail, say, "If this helped you, or if you need more assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me at example@emailsite.com.<br />
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Helping your prospects and customers succeed is the best possible thing you can do.<br />
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Sure -- you're giving away free information that may have taken you years to learn. The point of this is, by helping them succeed, you are improving your downline's success rate, ultimately increasing your own success.<br />
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This technique is very important and will keep people in your downline and hopefully increase their recruiting ability.<br />
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Hope this helps you break out of the 95% barrier.<br />
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55 Tips for Postcard Marketing Success</title>
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by Brandon Cornett<br />
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Direct mail postcard marketing is one of the most versatile forms of marketing available. With its versatility, postcard marketing can serve small businesses and large companies alike.<br />
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But, as with any form of marketing, you only get out of it what you put into it. To help you get the most from your postcard marketing efforts, I've assembled 55 tips for success.<br />
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Obviously, some of these tips will not apply to your particular postcard marketing needs, but with 55 of them ... there's bound to be something in there for you!<br />
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Upfront Considerations<br />
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1. To keep yourself on track through all of the steps to follow, create an overall postcard marketing plan. After reading this article, you'll know exactly what to put into it.<br />
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2. To save yourself time, headache and hassle, turn the logistics over to a professional postcard printer.<br />
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3. To find the company that's best for you, create a list of postcard service providers and begin comparing them on the points that are most important to you (cost, services, easy of use, etc.).<br />
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4. Begin thinking about the various elements of postcard marketing and who will handle them (the copywriting, the design, etc.).<br />
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5. Track down some colleagues who have used postcard marketing in the past. Buy them a cup of coffee and pick their brain about lessons learned, vendor recommendations, etc.<br />
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6. Start reading up on direct mail marketing in general, and postcard marketing in particular.<br />
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7. Create a postcard marketing budget that allows for multiple mailings.<br />
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Goals and Objectives<br />
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8. Gather your marketing folks together to define your marketing goals.<br />
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9. Avoid generalizations. Be specific with your postcard marketing objective. Determine the type of response you want, as well as the volume of response.<br />
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10. Set realistic goals and objectives. Get an idea of what postcards can do for marketers, and set your goals within those parameters.<br />
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11. Set objectives that are based on some form of response (as opposed to branding, awareness, or some other immeasurable trait). Postcard marketing is a response generator, not a brand builder.<br />
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Powerful Ideas<br />
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12. Create a reason for sending postcards before you send them (a promotion, a special offer, a news flash or announcement).<br />
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13. Come up with a big idea that will get people's attention. Avoid mediocrity at all costs.<br />
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14. Strive to be different from other postcard marketing messages you've seen in your industry.<br />
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15. Build value into your message and your offer...<br />
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16. Just realize that true value starts with the product or service, not the postcard.<br />
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17. Make it your goal to make people say, "Gosh, I'm glad I got this postcard."<br />
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18. Don't rely on yourself to come up with a big idea. Get your top "thinkers" together.<br />
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19. Seek outside input on your ideas. Run them by some of your best customers. Make sure that what you think is a "wow" isn't really a "yawn."<br />
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List Considerations<br />
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20. Obtain your mailing list from a reputable source.<br />
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21. Find out how often your list provider updates their data. Make sure your list is as current as possible to increase deliverability.<br />
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22. If you plan to use your in-house database, check the list for accuracy, duplications, etc.<br />
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23. Divide your mailing list into segments to allow for a more targeted message (current customers vs. prospects, for example).<br />
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Your Target Audience<br />
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24. Create an audience statement that outlines the people to whom you are mailing your postcards.<br />
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25. Expand your audience list to include their wants, needs, fears and concerns — everything you can think of that pertains to your audience.<br />
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26. Write down the various ways you (or your product) can satisfy their wants and needs.<br />
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27. Keep your audience statement handy as you develop your postcard message (next item).<br />
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Marketing Message<br />
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28. Pull out your audience statement from earlier. Craft your message in a way that bridges the gap between your audience and your objective.<br />
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29. Take your big idea from earlier (item #13) and inject it into your message.<br />
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30. Remember, the better your product (or the bigger your idea), the easier it will be to write about.<br />
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31. Create a message that solves a problem, presents a solution, and offers value.<br />
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The Postcard Headline<br />
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32. Create a direct mail headline that directly identifies your primary audience. Call them by name, if necessary.<br />
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33. Offer a strong benefit with your headline. Describe the value of the message and offer that follow the headline.<br />
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34. Write your headline clearly and honestly. Avoid the use of jokes, puns and complex language. Keep it simple so people get it right away.<br />
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35. Make your headline interesting. You can't bore people into contacting you.<br />
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36. Whenever possible, use numbers and other eye-catching specifics. Avoid generalities.<br />
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Postcard Design<br />
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37. Hire a professional graphic designer to create your postcard design. At the very least, start with a well-designed template and then customize it. Don't ever mail a postcard that reflects poorly on your organization.<br />
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38. Be original. Create a "purple cow," not just another brown one.<br />
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39. Design your postcard in a way that enhances your message and makes it more readable. Don't ever let the design obscure the message.<br />
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40. Create the kind of eye-catching postcard that bursts from the mailbox.<br />
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A Strong Offer<br />
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41. Create a strong postcard offer to motivate your readers and improve your response rates.<br />
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42. Build an offer that's related to your product or service in some way. Avoid offers that will attract unqualified prospects and "freebie hunters."<br />
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43. Make sure your postcard offer is relevant and valuable to the reader (your target audience).<br />
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44. Whatever you are offering, position it in a way that showcases its value.<br />
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45. Offer something different / better / more unique than what the "other guys" are offering.<br />
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46. With the offer in mind, revisit your headline to make sure it relates to the offer. Make the entire message cohesive and focused.<br />
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47. Follow your offer with a specific call-to-action (next item).<br />
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Evoking a Response<br />
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48. Tell people what to do next. Use your call-to-action to move the reader forward.<br />
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49. Make your call-to-action stand out from the copy around it.<br />
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50. Repeat your call-to-action on both sides of the postcard (using callout boxes or starbursts as needed).<br />
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51. Make it as simple as possible for people to respond. Give them more than one way to respond.<br />
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52. Restate the reason they should respond. Restate the value of your offer.<br />
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Testing and Tracking<br />
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53. Make sure you have a way to track and test your postcard response rates. You can't improve your results until you know what they are.<br />
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54. Try to learn something from each and every postcard you mail out. Change one element at a time to measure the difference in response. This is how you create "super postcards."<br />
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Further Education<br />
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55. Spend some time on the website below to further your postcard marketing education.<br />
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* You may republish this article online if you retain the author's byline and the active hyperlinks below. Copyright 2007, Brandon Cornett.<br />
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Brandon Cornett is the publisher of PostcardSmart.com, one of the Internet's largest libraries of postcard marketing advice. For more tips on direct mail marketing with postcards, visit http://www.postcardsmart.com<br />
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<title>How to Make Money Online Using These 4 Simple Systems</title>
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Making money online is a hard thing for many people to learn.  Please allow me to show you four proven systems for getting started.<br />
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Knowing how to make money online is a dream for many people!<br />
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If you're like me, then you probably want to make your own schedule and be in direct control of the amount of money that comes in every month.<br />
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But, there is a harsh reality to this dream …<br />
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Most people who want to know how to make money online never come close to making ANY cash. In fact, many of them don't make ONE cent from their efforts.<br />
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The truth is, there are a number of different ways to make money online.<br />
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How to make money online system #1- Affiliate marketing<br />
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Affiliate marketing is probably the best way to make money online. The focus of this system is to refer paying customers to other people's products in return for a hefty commission.<br />
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What's great about affiliate marketing is you can get started in 5 minutes and be on your way to earning a sizeable income.<br />
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How to make money online system #2- Google Adsense<br />
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Google Adsense is another incredible method for earning cash on the Internet. Unlike other techniques, this one doesn't reqquire any selling or referrals. All you have to do is place code on a Website and you get paid every time someone clicks on your ads.<br />
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While this method may seem simple, it has become one of the top ways to earn money on the Internet. In fact, there are a few marketers who earn a six figure income each month just by using Google Adsense.<br />
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How to make money online system #3- Sell an information product<br />
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Selling your own information product is a great way to put yourself in the driver's seat of your own Internet business. While it's great to refer other products and do little work, creating an information product is one of the ways to build an actual business.<br />
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The good news is that everyone is capable of creating an information product. All you have to do is research a hot topic and you'll have an in-demand product which people will pay you a lot of money to read.<br />
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How to make money online system #4- Sell your services<br />
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Another way to build a profitable business is to sell your knowledge and services. While you might think it's hard to build an Internet business, you can actually get started quickly simply by offering freelance work to established businesses.<br />
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For instance, you can easily build a business by offering things like:<br />
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    * Copywriting services<br />
    * Article and E-book creation<br />
    * Creating Web graphics and images<br />
    * Becoming a virtual assistant for busy marketers<br />
    * Designing software<br />
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As you can see, there are a number of legitimate ways to make money online today. If you want to learn how to make money online, I recommend you take action and start pursuing one of the four systems I described in this article.<br />
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I guarantee you'll be happy with the results!<br />
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<title>When to Develop Multiple Streams of Income</title>
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<br />
By Tim Sales<br />
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I've made millions in network marketing, I've made millions through investments, and I've also lost a lot of money too. Profit from my mistakes and learn how to best invest the money you make in your MLM business.<br />
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Network Marketing professionals often ask me how to manage the profits earned from their MLM income.<br />
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Can you make more money by diversifying into investments such as stocks, bonds, real estate, etc., and have your money working for you in other areas besides an MLM business? Or would you make more money by really focusing and investing your money back into your MLM business?<br />
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There are three items to think about when answering this question for yourself.<br />
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A. What else would you do with your time?<br />
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B. What else would you do with your money?<br />
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C. What else would you do with your attention (definition: the ability or power to concentrate mentally)?<br />
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Every investment (stocks, bonds, real estate, your sister's business) requires that you learn about it. Just the learning costs time and attention. It is the using up of your attention that rarely gets factored into the &quot;diversify your money&quot; advice.<br />
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Probably what's most important here is, the greatest amount of money you will ever lose is that amount you will never make because of misuse of A, B, and C from above.<br />
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When listening to a radio talk show 10 years ago, the advice given to me was, &quot;Select the top three stock market sectors based on trends. Put one-third of your investment capital in each. Wait 10 years and you should be wealthy off your passive investments.&quot; I was making about 50 thousand dollars a month above my expenses - so I thought, &quot;Why not?&quot;<br />
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I chose the following sectors: Health Care, Technology, and Telecommunications. After losing about half of my investment, I changed to three different sectors. I look at my portfolio today and I have lost another $11,848.78.<br />
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Don't get me wrong; there have been times I've made over $50,000 dollars in the stock market in a day. Fun! And there have been times I've lost $150,000 dollars in a day. Not fun.<br />
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In addition to that, I've spent an enormous amount of time on my &quot;passive&quot; investments. Many hours (per week) have gone into &quot;pondering&quot; (wasting item C from above) what the stock market is going to do next. Reading newsletters, magazines, newspapers, watching the stock market news and commentaries on TV. Still, my return has been negative.<br />
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The only thing that has remained very stable and predictable is my network marketing income. Had I taken the same amount of money, roughly $500,000 and invested it into promoting my MLM home-based business would I have had a greater return? Yes.<br />
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So what about the &quot;Rich Dad Poor Dad&quot; philosophy of &quot;Buy assets that produce more income?&quot; Or more commonly stated, &quot;Create multiple streams of income?&quot;<br />
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As you may know, I created a prospecting tool based on that philosophy where I explain to prospects how wealth is created by investing in assets. (www.mlmbrilliance.com) So I'm very close to this subject.<br />
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However, if you listen closely to the way I stated it in the online movie, I say, &quot;So what are assets? Well the most obvious ones are: stocks, bonds, real estate...&quot; Then I say, &quot;...education and businesses.&quot; I'm referring to educating yourself about businesses; whether that is your MLM home-based business or your pinball machine business.<br />
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Two common mistakes in making decisions on A, B, and C from above are:<br />
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1. Making decisions based on now vs. decisions based on future. Of course, you need to pay your bills now. They're screaming at you!  Keep in mind what I talk about in Brilliant Compensation - it's not faster, (in the long run), to tie your young son's shoes than teaching him how to do it himself. If you tie his shoes for him, you silence the screaming urgency, but you're still stuck with the job, UNTIL, you teach him to tie his own shoes. When you make financial decisions, make sure you're looking at the long-term. Residual income that can be generated from an MLM business is sweet.<br />
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2. Making decisions based on &quot;could you&quot; instead of what &quot;will you&quot; do with your time, money, or attention.  Example: A guy determines that it's a poor use of his time and attention to mow his own yard, so he hires the boy down the street to cut his grass. Now, what does he do with that extra time (A), and the extra attention (B)? He watches TV. Bad choice. When he was making the decision to hire the lawn boy he thought, &quot;It's a waste of my time to mow the grass when I could be doing more important things like building my MLM business.&quot; Make sure when you free up any of the three resources you use them wisely.<br />
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Summary: My personal opinion is; invest your time, money and attention into KNOWING your MLM home-based business and become really good and profitable at it. Find and study MLM training that is proven and effective, and master it.<br />
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Continually reinvest your profit back into your network marketing business by promoting it more, that&rsquo;s where the high return is. When you have a surplus of income, buy a secure investment like Treasury Bills http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/of/ofbasics.htm, until you're ready to learn another business FULLY. By business, I'm including all investment activities as well. Then focus your time, money, and attention (from the surplus only) on knowing THAT business.<br />
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From my experience, diversifying my money has done nothing more than dissipated my focus, which has in turn lost a lot of money, time, and attention.<br />
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Tim Sales helps network marketers gain the confidence and skills to be an MLM success. Discover what you must know to become a true network marketing professional. Sign up for his free MLM training newsletter and listen to free training at http://www.brilliantexchange.com.<br />]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Sales Letter Too Long Or Just Plain Old Boring?</title>
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By Stuart Elliott<br />
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Interestingly enough, the majority of people who ask me if their sales letter is too long have missed the boat somewhat.<br />
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Their mind is focused on the length of their sales letter rather than the job the sales letter has to do. When they do that, it is impossible to write in a manner that will convince the reader to take action and buy their product.<br />
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No, your main focus when writing a sales letter must be on the job it has to do and that, in a nutshell, is to convince the reader that he or she needs to buy your product.<br />
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Pay special attention to the word 'need' here. You must focus upon the emotional need of the reader - this could be nothing more than simple 'one-upmanship' over a neighbor instead of a logical need.<br />
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For it is a fact that man&hellip;<br />
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&quot;Buys based upon emotion and justifies that decision with logic.&quot;<br />
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Just think about that statement for a second. When was the last time you bought something based purely upon cold hard logic? Probably never, right? It was your emotions that directed you toward the purchase and the logic that justified it.<br />
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Take a shiny new car as an example. (And by the way, 'shiny new' is a subtle emotional trigger...)<br />
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If you were to look at the purpose of a car through the eyes of cold hard logic, there would be very little reason to buy one with all the latest gizmos that are designed to pamper you. (And cost you more.)<br />
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All a car has to do is get you from A to B safely, dryly and quickly. Given that logical explanation, who has need of a radio, electric windows, self-adjusting vibrating seats, automatic distance sensor for reversing, and so on?<br />
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They don't help you in the primary purpose of getting from A to B, do they? No, rather they serve to pamper you at an emotional level.<br />
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So going back to your sales letter, you need to identify these emotional triggers inside your prospect and write about them in an exciting way that is sure to trigger those emotional needs further.<br />
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If this means that you have to write 30 pages of copy to do so then do it!<br />
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The more you have to write, the better the chances you will have of getting the sale.<br />
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However...<br />
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Don't just go and write thirty pages of waffle or repetition. You should ensure that your pages are full of emotional excitement, not just page after page of boring old features.<br />
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Also, prove how your product has helped others. Social proof in the form of testimonials from other satisfied customers is a powerful addition to your sales copy. They are usually written in a persuasive, emotional way. The testimonial writer has bought your product and it has helped him or her; often, it is all that needs to be added to your copy to convince your reader to buy.<br />
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Going back to the car again...<br />
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Here are a couple of features that will do nothing to add excitement to your sales letter:<br />
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Auto reversing distance sensor...<br />
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It has the latest auto-reversing, distance sensing device.<br />
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&quot;So What?&quot; You say, &quot; What use is that to me?&quot;<br />
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Vibrating Seats:<br />
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The seats vibrate as you drive.<br />
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&quot;Err... Excuse me?&quot; You think, &quot; Why do I need a car that has seats that shake about when I drive? I mean, if I drive over a bumpy road, I'll get the same effect won't I?&quot;<br />
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Blah, blah, blah... What is this doing for your prospects emotional needs? Nothing! It's just another page full of boring old words, Goodbye!<br />
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Now, if you change the above sentences to something like...<br />
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For the auto reversing sensor:<br />
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Save Money On Your Insurance Premiums...<br />
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The truth about sky rocketing premiums is out. Major insurance companies have admitted that 60% of all claims for minor bumps on vehicles they insure is due to parking bay mishaps.<br />
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&quot;Many people just don't know how big their car is and accidentally bump into another one when maneuvering around in busy parking lots...&quot; Quoted an Insurance company spokesperson.<br />
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The shocking truth is, your premiums are being loaded due to others carelessness, but...<br />
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Now you need never worry about those fools or how big your car is again, because XYZ model will actually tell you when you are getting too close to another car. This means you have the pleasure of driving and saving on your insurance premiums at the same time.<br />
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For the vibrating seats:<br />
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Personal Masseuse, Yours Absolutely Free With Every Car...<br />
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Imagine your very own personal masseuse... yours to pamper you as you drive... takes away the stiffness in your back and legs in an instant... You stay fresh and alert while you drive, arriving safely at your destination - No other car has massaging seats that will pamper you like a king.<br />
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Don't these two paragraphs create a little more excitement in your mind?<br />
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All you have to do when you write your sales letter is keep building more excitement with every word until your prospect suddenly says &quot;Wow! I gotta have one of those!&quot;<br />
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It doesn't matter if you have to write 50 pages of copy to create that feeling, as long as you keep the excitement building up, your copy won't ever be too long.<br />
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Remember that your sales letter has to be exciting and long enough to do its job otherwise you won't get the sale.<br />
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Copyright (c) 2006 Stuart Elliott<br />
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Stuart Elliott is a world-class copywriter who has written numerous articles about sales letters and copywriting. Drop by: http://howtowritekickbuttcopy.com to pick up your Free Copywriting Power Guide.<br />]]></description>
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<title>How To Find The Most Successful Business And Alternative Networking People On Myspace</title>
<description><![CDATA[by Shawn Drewry<br />
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In today's information age lies a hidden goldmine of opportunity in all areas of business interests. When you have been through certain things in life, it helps you to tap into the creative mind. One of the things I've been doing recently, in which I have been successful, is finding quality, business networking professionals-- some of whom are famous-- all on MySpace.<br />
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One way I like to find quality business people to network with on MySpace is to head on over to my local Walmart. In their magazine section, you'll find every topic of interest ranging from fitness, Windows Vista, PC and digital camera reviews, WWE wrestling, fishing, hunting, investing and so forth. The first thing I do is head to the business magazines and randomly select any one that may deem appealing to my eye at that very moment. If it's Forbes magazine, I'll pick it up. Then, I skim through the Table of Contents to see what sounds most interesting. From there, I select what's most useful and head on over to that section. Once I am there, I skim through the introductory paragraph, looking for people's names to use as visual keywords to myself.  I do it like this sometimes because if I don't feel like buying the magazine, I can still skim for fresh names of people to look for as potential business contacts to network with on MySpace<br />
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From there, I make a list of people by specific profession. For example, "Chris De Wolfe - MySpace". I then make lists by that topic under "Social Media Folk", "Affiliate Marketing Connects", "Corporate Business Execs", and so on. Once my list is compiled, if I didn't buy the magazine, I'll then take the list home with me and turn on the computer right away. Once I am logged into MySpace, I then plug in each name into the search bar, select "People" and scan the MySpace search results. Sometimes, it may be a lot of people with the same name, but finding the right person will require making your best judgment. If you happen to know the zip code the person resides in, that helps too, as does having their e-mail address.<br />
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Another savvy way of finding quality business connects is to send a friend request to associates of persons whom you've already friend requested. For example, if Steve Forbes had a MySpace page, and I friend request him, and I see that Bill Gates of Microsoft , Steve Jobs of Apple, Jay-Z of DefJam, and perhaps Steven Spielberg are on his top friends list, I'll friend request them too. This is a very effective, yet viral way of locating quality business connections on MySpace. From this point, if some of them accept you as a friend, be sure to be courteous and sound very professional when contacting high-profile business people on MySpace. Play your cards right and you'll be surprised how much the "big wigs" pay much more attention to the "little people" like you!<br />
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Shawn Drewry is the CEO of <a href="http://www.Drewryonline.net" target="_blank">http://www.Drewryonline.net</a><br />
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He was born & raised in Brooklyn, New York and has been in the working world for 10 years, including corporate america. As much as he did well on his jobs, someone somewhere he worked with or even the employer themselves found some reason to wrongfully terminate them. He has learned the hard way to become an independent person, breaking the shackles of traditionally following the working class.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Jeni Dalton<br />
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The internet is growing at a very fast rate and millions of people access the internet every day from their homes and their offices. It has become a medium to communicate, to entertain and to do business. If you are internet savvy, then you come across all these things while browsing online. The best thing about the internet is that you can use it from anywhere in the world, it’s a global network of computers combined together to form a matrix.<br />
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The internet is very useful for shopping online. With just a few clicks, you can buy anything from anywhere in the world. Advertisements in the form of classifieds are all over the internet, and all you have to do is search and purchase the product you desire. Online Classifieds are replacing all kinds of advertising methods on the internet. Nowadays, it’s very simple to sell your products. All you have to do is compile a few details about your product and its benefits. Visit the top classifieds websites such as MirzasList.com and post your classifieds for free. You don’t have to pay a single penny while doing this. In the past, advertising your products meant a visit to the nearest newspaper. Now, in the new "e-age", websites have completely eliminated the need to leave your home just to place your ad. People visit popular classifieds websites to purchase or sell anything and the deal can be closed within minutes.<br />
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Online classifieds have done wonders in selling almost everything from real estate to insurance. Newspapers are also moving towards the world of online commerce so they can compete with these kinds of free classifieds websites. In the future, almost every newspaper in the world will have to be online to survive in the advertising field. These days, people don’t have time to sit for hours and read newspapers, whether for the purpose is to check out the current local news or to browse the classifieds ads. Why? Because on the internet, whatever you want is only a few clicks away.<br />
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Classifieds are a very effective method to attract buyers and can be presented in many different manners. They allow people to go in-depth in their descriptions of products and this allows buyers to make a better-educated decision. If you are a good seller, then you know how well a descriptive and detailed classified can attract your customers to purchase or buy your product. Start selling your products online and see the difference between the present internet market and the outside world.<br />
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Jeni Dalton is SEO and Promotion Expert for MirzasList.com, an online source of Free Classifieds.  Visit this website at <a href="http://www.mirzaslist.com" target="_blank">http://www.mirzaslist.com</a>.]]></description>
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