Yearly Archives: 2010

The main reason why 95% of online businesses fail is because of poor sales letter. Write your sales letter with an Individual in mind; think as if you are writing personally to them. People love to read good stories, tell them stories that illustrate a point you are trying to make.

The customers you already have could be your biggest lead source, and you may not even realize it.

There is no question that the internet has revolutionized business. Many people are not only paying their bills online, but also ordering products and services at an ever expanding rate as well. Businesses with a web presence have opened themselves up to new market where many consumers take advantage of the ease of shopping from pages visually no different from a catalog.

I recently had reason to call my phone company in order to inquire about some charges that were showing up on my bill. I first reached an automated message that told me to press one for English, which I did, followed by a menu with several options. Of the available options, none involved speaking to an actual human being. This was the type of phone system where you could either press the number of the option you wanted or speak it into the receiver.

Costly CRM or Customer Relationship Management software has not delivered results. Organizations have paid high user fees with out getting the return on investment. This article shows why financial return is nebulous and delivers cost favorable alternatives to high priced CRM applications. The article introduces the open source community which offers Free CRM and Free Sales Software with no licensing fees, and that is available today.

Parking lots seem quite harmless, but they do pose a risk. Besides moving traffic and the occasional fender bender, parking lots pose two major hazards. One being trips and falls and the other is violence.

Trade shows are one of the best ways to market your products or services and advertise your business to interested buyers

CPAs owe it to their clients to go paperless - there are numerous tax and accounting issues which require their undivided attention, yet they spend a significant amount of time each day just pushing papers in and out of filing cabinets and looking for the ones lost in transit. This article discusses the practical experience of the author of taking his practice to the next level by going paperless.

Do you want a low cost way to generate more customers for your business. This article provides six simple steps to get customers to come to you.

Ah, the garage sale! That little slice of suburbia that ties communities together, brings friends and neighbours to your doorstep, and helps your turn the cast off flotsam of bygone years into money in your pocket. These familiar scenes of summertime are a great way for people to buy the stuff they need at a fraction of the retail cost. Similarly, garage sales are a great way to get rid of stuff that you no longer use or need. A garage sale is a favourite of collectors, b...