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Dear Affiliate Manager: Are You Hoarding Your Articles?

Question: My affiliates keep bugging me about my articles. Why do they want my articles and should I let them have them? What do I get out of it? Dear Affiliate Manager, You hit on my pet peeve. Stop hoarding your articles already! Do you want your affiliates to promote your program repeatedly to their lists and on their sites or don’t you? Isn’t the goal to get your website exposure all over the internet? The more sales your affiliates make – the more money you’ll BOTH m...

Article Distribution: How Will Your Results Vary?

It’s not enough to just sit around and expect that your articles will bring you a good amount of traffic right after you submitted your articles for distribution. Might as well think of some factors… Is your article worthy to be reprinted? Do the content and title ring a bell to most webmasters and publishers? Questions like these are just some of the many factors that could greatly affect your article distribution results. Some basic factors are: 1. Topic of your...

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Sometimes it's good to have a casual day, you know? For that matter, it doesn't hurt to even take a day off once in a while. I work really hard at building my business and keeping it in order. Honestly, I almost never take a day entirely off. But you know what? I don't mind (most of the time) because I love what I do (again, most of the time). Sure any form of work gets lame at times. That's to be expected. I just couldn't imagine *choosing* a business that I didn...

An Unusual & Insanely Profitable Type Of Joint Venture

Joint-Venturing doesn't end on asking a Guru to endorse your stuff. But that's what the majority of people in the Internet marketing world focus on. Here's an unusual & insanely profitable kind of JV: Co-author with a Guru. Yes, you better know what your stuff. And no – it’s not for you if you aren’t damn serious. Because it takes a lot of work & brings in a lot of cash. Not for the easy-goers. But why would the guru want to do this? Because it saves them time & ...

Power Words

Some words are better than others. Some words are stronger and more evocative than others. When you are on the phone with a prospect, you have about 10 seconds to grab and hold your prospect’s attention. If you do not do that within that first 10 seconds, your call is more than likely over.

New Xbox 360 Sales Tactic?

In a statement that surprised gamers and non-gamers alike, Peter Moore of Microsoft Xbox, endorsed Nintendo's new Wii console. Speculations circulated whether this statement by Moore was a genuine praise or a calculated move designed to offset the launch of Sony PlayStation 3. Moore even referred to himself as a big fan of the Nintendo console. He suggested that for the price of a PS3, gamers would be able to get a new Xbox 360 plus a Nintendo Wii, with some leftover for a fe...

Needs-based Selling

I am sure you are familiar with the phrase, “I could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo.” First, allow me to personally congratulate anyone out there who has sold ice cubes to an Eskimo, for I believe this to be quite a difficult task to accomplish.
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