Just Do It!

There has never been a better time to start a business — not necessarily a brand-new business - than now in this economy. You could even start something new with an online business that you already have in operation. Perhaps you could add video to your website with a free program like Jing or Photo Story 3 for Windows which is a free download, or create a series of follow-up emails with a service like Aweber or start placing ads on Backpage, Epage and Adlandpro.

For the true entrepreneur, now is always the time to make improvements to your business. You want to stop doing things that are not working and do more of what’s working for you.

So, how do you know what to focus on first when you have a long list of things you want to try?

That's not too hard, just put your efforts into the one that will generate the most profits that most closely matches the core purpose of your online (or off) business or your stated conversion goal.

Suppose your main focus is to build a subscriber list that you want to market products or services to. You need to take a little time and decide what would give you the best return on your investment of money and time. Maybe you need to write more articles, or consider paid search advertising or test your landing pages for an online business.

I've found that the best combination is writing articles that will drive free (organic) search engine traffic to one of your simple landing pages and paid search advertising.

Your landing page should offer a free report on your topic of choice. Those who are interested in that topic will sign up. You deliver the report and follow up with ongoing e-mails that deliver more information. That's where services like Aweber come in handy and allow you to automate the process. Always stay on topic though and don't make each mail an ad, provide useful information along the way.

For the paid advertising, you could open a Google AdWords account and create a single ad.

Surely, you can give up one hour of watching television or surfing the Web to work on your Internet business. Did you know that in a recent report it was determined that the average American spends almost 1750 hours watching television in a one year. That comes out to 145 hours per month, which is more than six 24-hour days in front of the TV every month. If you are serious about having a successful business you can give up one of those five hours a day spent on television or surfing.

We all have the same 24 hours each day, but how we spend them is very important. Stop right now and figure out how to use some of those hours to make progress on your online business goals. There’s no excuse not to. Do it now.

Larry G Potter
www.LarryGPotter.com

Larry G. Potter has been investing in real estate since 1984 and is currently helping homeowners facing foreclosure to obtain loan mods (loan modifications) or mortgage principal reduction and thru their debt settlement program, to reduce consumer debt that thousands of people are drowning under.

http://www.ReduceMyMortgagePrincipal.com
http://www.TOTALMILLIONAIRE.NET

How do you know what to focus on first?

Focus on what will create the most results that most closely matches your core business purpose.

Suppose your main purpose is to build a large e-mail list and then market to it. What would give you the best return on any investment of money and time? Write more articles? Paid search advertising? Test landing pages?

You should probably begin with the combo of writing articles created to drive organic or free search engine traffic to your landing page, and paid search advertising. Offer a free report on your chosen topic at the landing page. Interested people will sign up. The report is delivered the report and using an autoresponder like Aweber, you then e-mail them ongoing information -- and offers -- related to that same topic.

With one day of focused effort, you could get his all setup.

All you have to do is take some of that time you spend surfing the Web or watching television.

We only have 24 hours in a day, but if you change the way you use them, you'll start to see some good results.... Do it now. There's no excuse not to.

Using Email Marketing

Email marketing is important in the business you’re in. Marketing is based on communication, either with your exisiting costumers or prospective customers. Email marketing is an easy way to communicate.

Email marketing is one of the cheapest marketing tools you’ll find. We use AWeber, at only $19 a month.

With AWeber, you can reach your contacts easily and over and over again.

When you collect information about your current or potential customers it’s important that you collect their names during the sign-up process or following a purchase. AWeber will let you insert their names into a mass email. Your e-mail message will start out addressing each customer personally and will arrive to each recipient personalized with their own name.

Studies show that targeted email campaigns such as newsletters or sales announcements with a link to your website have approximately a 30 to 50% chance of obtaining a new customer, a sale or both.

Whatever your goal is with your information, it’s important to build a list of contacts and communicate with them by using email. Email marketing should bring your business up a notch, it’s inexpensive and it’s fairly easy, you won’t spend much time setting it up.

I also suggest you look into Audio Postcards with your emails. Here is a sample I just used very effectively. Enjoy.

http://budurl.com/afvh

Larry Potter

www.ATrafficPlan.com