I need your HELP

If you are at all serious about making money with your own online business, then it is essential that you consider carefully the deal I want to make with you today.

You see, my good friend Corey Rudl, a well respected Internet Marketing Guru and Internet Millionaire, has just publicly released -- for the very first time ever -- the newest edition of his famous "Insider Secrets" online wealth-generating system... and I was wondering if you would mind testing it?

I am considering partnering with Corey. [ he is making over US$40 Million per year in online sales, and he really *knows* how to be successful selling almost anything using the Internet ] But, before I team up with Corey, I want to make absolutely SURE that his system will also work for you too. So here is what I am proposing..........

I have worked out a deal with Corey in that he will ship to you [via Federal Express] a 10 lb. box. In this box you will find 3 resource CDs, 4 guidebooks and 2 thick binders containing in excess of 1,385 pages of detailed step-by-step instructions on how to start and grow a wildly profitable Internet business. All I am asking you to do is follow these instructions. If you do this, one of these two things will happen.....

The system will work for you, and you will start living the dream of "passive" income with your very own internet business. You will be literally making money while you sleep!

OR

The system won't work for you. If this happens, Corey has agreed to personally write you a check for US$200 as our way of apologizing for wasting your time.

In other words, the absolute WORST thing that can happen to you if you were to take up this deal is that you will be US$200 richer at the end of the day. The best case scenario is something by far more exciting... luxury vacations, new cars for you and your family, paying off your mortgage... It is up to you! You see, either way you will win!

All you need to do is tell Corey where to send your package to. Click here.

All the best!

Begawan Bestari

P.S. By the way -- do you want to meet a few of the people who are *already* using Corey's system?

-- Rory M. from Ireland made over US$1,000,000 last year selling a VERY strange gizmo from his simple little web site. [I still don't understand exactly what it does!]

-- Barbara J. is making a steady US$8,500 a month telling people how to rearrange their old furniture. [She is a 60-year-old grandmother, and she works LESS than 1 lousy hour a day!]

-- Chris E. must be the envy of his Australian surfer buddies down at the beach... He makes over US$200,000 a year working about 9 hours per week. Not bad for a 23-year-old kid!

You can READ more of their stories and find out all the details of how YOU too can get started. Click here.

Sponsoring Isn't Like Selling

When you buy something, you give the seller some money, receive your merchandise, and the deal is completed. That's it. When someone asks you to join their network marketing company, this isn't a simple, one-time transaction. You are being asked for a long-term commitment. You'll want to know more about the program, the people involved, etc. You want to be comfortable with everything before you make this major decision. That's why "selling" doesn't work well when sponsoring prospects. What does work is "relationships." Your prospect will join if he knows, likes and trusts you. How can you build this trust? Think of the prospect's need first. If you look at a prospect as future income, this will show through in your body language and presentation. Instead, ask yourself:
"What can I do to help this person?" Then, help this person. Will this guarantee that your prospect will join? No. But the worst that can happen is that you did something good for someone else. And there's nothing wrong with that. An example of this method would be to offer the prospect tax tips, some ideas to help the prospect in his business or endeavors, or to give the prospect a good book on creating wealth or self-improvement. If we just concentrate on doing the right thing and helping people whenever we can, we'll have more than enough qualified prospects coming to us, ready to join our business. It's easier to accept applications from happy prospects than to chase prospects with a hard sell. So if you want to be an effective recruiter, then concentrate more on relationships and less on features, benefits, and facts about your program.

By Tom "Big Al" Schreiter

Don't Ever Give It Up! Give It TIME!

Network Marketing takes time and effort. It's not always a piece of cake! In fact, we've got to start thinking more in terms of it being a marathon and not a sprint! My husband Clif runs marathons. I know how much time and training it takes for him to be able to do this! He did not just wake up one morning and say "I think I'll go run a marathon next weekend!". He had to train for months and months. He learns something new about himself each time he runs and in the next marathon he improves his time. But he trains for each one! Network Marketing doesn't happen overnight and you do not get rich in a few short months or even in a year. As professionals it is time to stop the insane hype that seems to abound in our industry because it can be detrimental to all of us! We have all heard of these huge incomes which have happened for a few. You know the ones you read about in magazines who say they got a check for a bil-zillion dollars in a few short months or they quit their full time job in a few short months. Then these rare few go out and shout about all the money they made so quickly and make everyone think it was so easy! This just isn't the reality of the industry. We've got to get realistic here. Until people start developing realistic goals, they will continue to frustrate themselves and most will quit Network Marketing when they see that it really doesn't happen in a few short months like they read about or were told! It took me over a year and a half to really get to know what I was doing and to actually learn what this business is all about. I'm still learning everyday! I have gotten checks while learning, not huge obscene money, but still a nice check comes in handy every week. I realize that I am underpaid in the beginning but I know what the future holds for me as I stay on the consistent path I'm on and building leaders is my goal! First I had to build myself up as a leader so I could teach others. Building leadership within your team is really how you will achieve long term success in Network Marketing. Without doing this you might as well be ready to start all over in a few years. Ask people who say they quit their jobs in 6 months or a year to do Network Marketing full time, realistically, how many hours did they have to spend in the beginning to make that kind of money so quickly. And what sort of sacrifices did they have to make? It might be a lot easier for say a single guy named Joe ON THE GO with no wife, no kids, no house or responsibilities to care for, etc. Joe can concentrate 16 to 18 hours a day on this Network Marketing Business with no one to answer to, no kids to take to ballgames, no diapers to change, no dinner to cook, no house to clean, no homework to help with, no groceries to shop for, no significant other to give attention to, hearing where's my dinner, my shirts, what have you been doing all day? Is there anyone out there that can relate to what I'm saying here? I am certainly not trying to make excuses for anyone here. What I am saying is that everyone's situation is different. Many people start in Network Marketing part-time. They have to work it around their job or around their very busy LIFE! Most people have full time jobs and extremely busy lives! I know that I do! But anyone can still do Network Marketing and build up to full time if they really take the little time they DO have and put some concentrated consistent effort into it. They will need to be extremely productive with that valuable precious time they do have! Some people are simply happy with a part-time income from Network Marketing. Just be realistic about the time frame involved according to your own particular situation and make sure you are sensitive to this fact in other people's lives! When you decide that you want to change your career and start your own business and choose Network Marketing decide right then and there that you've got to have a 3 to 5 year plan. Or you can adjust that time frame according to your own situation at the time. Maybe you are Joe ON THE GO above and have more time to invest than others might have. Just think how long people stay in traditional jobs to retirement? 20, 25, 30 years? Then what do they have? And if you start a traditional business it will most likely take you at least 2 to 3 years to break even or maybe even longer. My husband, Clif and I had this discussion last night. He told me how long it would take him to start making a profit if he were to start his own Land Surveying business. He said at least 4 years and he would have to spend a ton of money to even start his business. If the economy goes so does his business! So there's a lot of risk involved! Not to mention he would have to have an employee or two! You also have a tremendous amount of overhead in a traditional business usually, depending on what sort of business you start. Start up cost are usually much higher than in starting your Network Marketing business. In traditional business you still have to work hard, give it daily consistent effort, contact many many people, focus and commit, have desire, develop a PLAN, be organized, manage your time wisely....etc....the same goes for Network Marketing! Find what many other people want and need. Become passionate about it. Use the products yourself so you will become passionate and enthusiastic about what you are doing! Other people will see this! Walk your talk! Be patient and stick with it. Be coachable......find a good sponsor and upline support team to work with you, not build it for you. Stayed focused. That means reading everything you can about your company, the industry, and develop yourself personally. Stay in touch constantly with your upline, downline and crossline. It is extremely crucial that you stay in the loop! There are a lot of negative people out there that would love to bring you down! Trust me! Hook up with positive like minded people who also have the desire to succeed. Look for successful business minded people in your community. Learn all you can from them and bring them into your business. If this is not for them then ask for referrals. Can you do this business alone? Yes you could, but it could be much tougher. AND that would be similar to being in a traditional business wouldn't it? Remember to always think of the other person first, and ask them questions....take an interest in other people and sincerely try to help them without thinking of the outcome it will bring to you. When you do this people will gravitate towards you. There are two things that are absolutely crucial to your success in this business: *Being consistent on a daily basis with your contacts *Following up in a timely manner If you are not doing something everyday for your business you will fall behind slowly. Soon two days will go by, then three days, then four, then all of a sudden you are out! Caput! Finished! QUIT! So do something EVERYDAY to make a contact either by email, postal mail, phone, or in person. Do whatever you can to make that commitment to do something everyday! This is so important. How successful you are really depends on how many contacts you actually make but you must remember to: FOLLOW UP!!!!!!!! This is where most people drop the ball! I've seen it so many times with people and I admit I have also been guilty of not following up on occasion. It happens to the best of us! Sometimes it becomes very difficult to do it all! So................remember........... If you cannot follow up in a timely manner go upline or downline and ask someone to follow up with your prospect for you. This is so crucial!!! I cannot stress this one thing enough. Not following up will kill your business efforts! This is why a TEAM effort if SO invaluable to you! Can you imagine being a 22 year old and discovering Network Marketing as your niche, finding the right mentor, support team, and giving it 3 to 5 years of consistent efforts and being set for life! I would love to have found this industry when I was 22! Well no matter how young or old you are you can still benefit from Network Marketing! Being an optimistic person, I am happy that I found Network Marketing when I did and just dove in and gave it my all. I am one of the ones who is NOT giving it up, no matter how much time it takes!

By Sue Seward

The In Your Face Truth about Network Marketing:How I Was Wrong and How You Can Learn From My Mistakes

It's interesting to hear people's opinions about Network Marketing. There are some people that think it's a pyramid scheme, a scam, not a profession, or that it does not work. SHAME ON THEM! If only these same people got educated about the industry, they would think differently. The people I'm referring to are the people who have been exposed to our industry either directly, they've been approached in the past or indirectly, they know of someone who was in Network Marketing, or was also exposed. This is sickening! Uncle Harry tells you it's illegal and that you've been brainwashed into thinking you can be successful in Network Marketing. Your landlord thinks it's one of those "pyramid things" and that Network Marketing doesn't work, and your friend Marty says, "Your doing one of those things AGAIN?!" Two of the above situations happened to me. No, I don't have a Uncle Harry. First of all, my landlord is closed-minded and doesn't care to know the truth. Now don't get me wrong, I don't say that to poke fun but to illustrate how there are other people like my landlord. I once heard that the truth shall set you free. Lets just hope they accept the truth. As for Marty, that was a legitimate question. I've been in the marketing industry off and on for 5 years. My first experience was direct marketing traveling the East Coast, business to business, selling an all natural degreaser. I spent 3 months BROKE, living and mooching off the company, and only sold 1 case of 12 bottles the entire time. It was a very interesting experience and one I will never forget. I did direct marketing again selling vacuums for about two months and sold NOTHING, then I tried once more selling a pendant and ID card that was used to retrieve personal and medical information electronically. I sold NOTHING. So I tried Network Marketing. The first company I was with is over 30 years old and is on the NYSE. First I was a customer then I became a distributor, and I still use the service today. I have saved money using this service and will continue to do so. For about 7 months, I only sold one plan to my mother-in-law and that was that. It was with this company that I was introduced to self-development or self-help. The training, support and resources were ALL there but one thing was missing - my REASONS! So I ended up QUITTING. During my next venture in Network Marketing, I was going to college to earn an Associates Degree in Computer Networking. I was learning to become a MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer). I was doing great, fantastic and on my way until I let myself get DISTRACTED. Four months before the end date of college, I came across another company. The pay plan was awesome... the people were great and supportive... I paid a total of $600 to attend three seminars and I felt great. But something happened. I had a lot of products in my basement and was using the products, but I lost BELIEF. I was off the path! Oh my God! I also had thousands worth of products that were just sitting there collecting dust! What the hell was I going to do? Well, I did NOTHING. In between companies, I dabbled with Internet Marketing. Buying courses, ebooks, programs, websites, audios, videos, reports and almost anything learning how to have a profitable home based business. There were so many "gurus" and self-proclaimed "who doners" (those who said they've done it, but really haven't). Within a 5 year period I had invested $15,000 and felt lost, confused, aggravated, frustrated but more importantly shame. I was ashamed of myself because I was a FAILURE. I felt as if I failed myself, and others were there NOT to boost me up but to say, "I told you so" (in a nutshell). Though very few of my family and friends knew about my experiences, the few who knew was enough. I was wrong!! I should not have felt ashamed even though I was confused, aggravated, lost and frustrated. With so many Network Marketing companies and Internet Marketing courses, how could ANYONE make an educated decision to learn ONE system and stick with it? Multiple streams of income? Which ones do I choose? The ad copy looks great and is compelling me to buy but should I buy ANOTHER ebook, program or course when I haven't even APPLIED what I've learned from all the others? That's if I took the time to read it. I was blaming everything and everyone for MY failure! I fell VICTIM to the myth that all I had to do is position myself in front of a trend and the money would come to me. That all I had to do was sit in my underwear, on the couch, send some postcards every now and then and watch the money roll in. My victim mentality was getting me, my family, my dreams, my hope and future in Network Marketing NO WHERE! Do not make the same mistakes I have made. If you are still reading this, thank you and god bless you. That tells me one of three things: 1) You have the victim mentality and you're still doing what I've done for the past 5 years. 2) You've been there and done that and have found the path. 3) You're looking for a way out of the victim mentality and have not found the path. If you're still confused, aggravated, lost and frustrated then I know how you feel. If you've been there and done that and have found the path, you're a good student! If you have the victim mentality but are looking for a way out but have not found the path, this is what I've found out. I used to feel that the more I knew, the more money I would make. What I found is that it's NOT TRUE. The more you know about marketing from more than ONE PERSON, the more likely you are to be confused, aggravated, frustrated and lost. Why? Because you're learning from more than person about the same subject when both of them give you completely different answers. How else would you explain buying all those ebooks, courses and programs about Internet Marketing? Have you read all of them? I was guilty of doing this to. To be a good student, one must find a teacher or mentor and MODEL what they did to reach their GOALS. Notice I said "a" teacher or mentor. This means ONE person, not two or more. Very few people understand the concept of modeling and goal setting when it comes to a profitable business, whether it be Network Marketing or Internet Marketing. I know I did because I just wanted to know how to make money. The SECRET to making money in Network Marketing, Internet Marketing or any business is a mandatory law that very few marketers know, or will share with the masses because this law will break their business or will change your victim mentality into a success mentality. ALL successful people had a MENTOR and those who want to be successful in marketing, have to have a mentor. This is a law, a mandatory principle to your success. If you continue breaking this law, as I once did, you will have similar results in your marketing career as I once did. For the sake of your confusion, frustration, aggravation and DEBT, either change what you're doing RIGHT NOW or STOP what you're doing all together because you will not succeed.

By Scott Lucas

"Are You Prepared for Net Attacks?"

It appears that too many Internet users are unaware of the hazards online. A recent survey by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and AOL found a large discrepancy between how safe users believe they are how safe they actually are. The study reveled that the majority of online users think they are safe from viruses (77%) and safe from hackers (73%). However, when technical experts examined these same users computers, they found practically all of them were exposed to web threats. Most lacked proper anti-virus software and two thirds lacked a firewall. Plus, not surprisingly, 80% of the respondents had spyware and/or adware programs installed. Yikes!
Upon reading these findings, I thought it imperative to issue a warning to you! Especially, since more and more frequently I receive emails from subscribers asking me to resend information because a virus/worm/trojan or some type of malware wiped out data on their computer. As a small business owner, your personal computer is your lifeline to your business. It must be protected. You need to be able to surf the net safely and review your email without fear of it catching a disease. If you think I am being overly dramatic in my concern, keep the following in mind. Having viruses, adware and/or spyware on your computers will cause problems. While it might just be the annoyance of sluggish processing or an altered homepages it can be much worse. Malware can steal personal data, hijack control over your computer or even make it non-functional. In fact, the government is beginning to take steps to stop the growing problem of viruses, adware and spyware. On October 6, 2004, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2929, the "Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act" (the "SPY ACT"). On September 28, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Bill No. 1436, the "Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act". And the FTC, on October 12, 2004, took action for the first time against a spyware dealer. Interestingly, the case is against Sanford Wallace and his companies Seismic Entertainment Productions, Inc. and Smartbot.net. You may or may not know that Sanford Wallace, was labeled the "spam king" back in the 90s and was sued out of operation. It appears he's back with a new scheme. He runs a spyware operation that hijacks computers, secretly changes their settings, barrages them with pop-up ads, and installs adware and other software programs that spy on consumers' Web surfing. Then he sells software to fix the problems his spyware just caused. (Not a particularly ethical tactic.) The FTC hopes this case, as well as others they expect to bring, will address the growing problem spyware is causing ecommerce. At a spyware workshop the FTC held in April, Dell reported that 10% to 12% of its tech-support calls stem from spyware complaints or problems. Similarly, Microsoft reported that 50% of Windows crashes are caused by spyware. In reality, however, you can not wait for the government to stamp out the virus, spyware and adware problem. If you haven't done so already, you need to take steps to protect your system. So what do you need to do?

1) Consider using a router.
A router will act as a hardware firewall and make your computer relatively invisible to the outside Internet. If hackers can't easily see you, you're less likely to be attacked.

2) Use a software firewall.
A software firewall will allow you to monitor and control what applications access the Internet from your computer. You will be able to spot and stop anything suspicious from using your computer. A good frëë software firewall is ZoneAlarm - http://www.zonelabs.com .

3) Install and update your anti-virus software.
As a small business owner you have lots of email coming into your computer. Many of these emails contain viruses or worse. And, while you may nëvër open any attachments delivered with your email, that's not enough protection. With HTML email, viruses can be embedded in the HTML and just viewing the message can lead to problems. Further, because of viruses being embedded in HTML, even surfing the web, can cause your computer to contract a virus. You need anti-virus software. If you acquired software 2 years ago, it's no longer going to be effective. New viruses, trojans and worms are constantly being let loose on the Internet. As a result your anti-virus software has to be updated regularly. Some frëë anti-virus softwares you can evaluate are:

1. Antivir http://www.free-av.com/

2. avast! 4 Home Edition http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

3. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/1/

Before you download an antivirus I'd recommend reviewing a comparison of good antivirus softwares to help you select the one right for your machine. A couple of sites with comparatives are http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asphttp://www.av-comparatives.org/

Counter act spyware and adware.
One of the main roads spyware and adware take into your system is through your browser. In particular Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is loaded with vulnerable spots through which malware can invade your system. One step you can take is to switch browsers. WebSideStory just reported that the Mozilla Suite, Netscape and Firefox have increased their share of the browser marketplace by 3.5% since June because of the problems with Microsoft's IE. If you're interested in trying another browser, you might try out Firefox by Mozilla. It can be downloaded for free at http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/. If you want to stick with Microsoft's IE, then be sure to download and regularly run on your system checks for Spyware and Adware. Two well respected anti-spyware programs which can be freely downloaded are:

1) Ad-aware from Lavasoft http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

2) Spybot-S&D http://www.spybot.info

Both of these programs work like anti-virus software, they'll scan and remove a wide variety of intrusive or dangerous spyware programs. As each finds different spyware, I encourage you to use both. Once you've taken steps to secure your personal computer, next you should evaluate the set-up and security of your ecommerce presence. Yes, your web site is in danger too! In the most recent Symantec "Internet Security Threat Report," a number of scary statistics were highlighted. Their study from January 1, 2004, to June 30, 2004 found that attacks on small ecommerce businesses are on the rise. They reported that 16% of the security attacks were targeted at ecommerce organizations, up from just 4% in the previous 6 months. Plus 10% of the attacks were specifically targeted at small businesses rather than bigger companies. The increase in attacks on smaller players, shows that hackers are looking for financial gain by going after what they perceive as more vulnerable targets. Smaller businessestypically have less robust security so data can be stolen more readily. Further smaller businesses are more vulnerable to blackmail, as many depend entirely on their Internet presence for revenue. After reading this disturbing news, I also learned of an attack earlier this fall which severely hurt small businesses. Wired News reported that Authorize.net was targeted with a denial of service, or DDoS, attack in September. Authorize.Net is one of the Internet's best-known, most widely used crëdit card processing services, whose customer base is mostly smaller merchants. The result of the attacks were that thousands of small business merchants lost monëy. As a small business you need take note of this rising attack trend. Take steps to review your Internet security and disaster plan. First, as I've discussed make your personal computer secure. Next, evaluate your web site's security. Review your host's and provider's security measures. You'll want to chëck to make sure that the physical location of your host's servers are secure. You'll want to confirm that your host makes back-ups of the data you're placing on their system. And you should read through their security policy. If you're unable to find this information about your host, contact them (a quick email will do), and ask them about their security measures. In addition to your host having back-ups, you want to make certain you have back-ups of all important data. Store this data on a disk. On the disk have copies of your web pages, your customer data, your email lists, your scripts, etc.. Should your host ever loose your data or go down for an extended period, you will be able put up your site elsewhere without difficulty. You'll only be able to accomplish this business saving step, however, if you have complete back-ups. You also want to safeguard your login information to your host. Do not give out your password or grant others access to your host without thoroughly knowing them. Lastly you may want to consider redundancy. What would you do if one of your providers has a problem? For instance what would you have done if you used Authorize.net to process your orders? If you use PayPal to process payments, they too experienced technical problem for several days in mid-October. Merchants couldn't collect payments as needed during the down time. Only those ecommerce sites, with multiple payment options would have been able to reduce the damage. If you only use PayPal on your site, you might want to set-up with a crëdit card processor like Authorize.net. Or if you use Authorize.net, you might also want to offer PayPal as a second option. Whatever payment processor you do use, consider offering another option. It's unlikely both providers will have problems simultaneously. Similarly, if you can not afford to have your ecommerce presence out for any length of time you may want to have 2 different hosts. Having the same site, housed under 2 different domains at 2 different hosts gives you options. Should one host go down you can refer customers to your other site. Plus, you'll have the ability to update your domain to point to the other site during the emergency. Take time to think through your disaster plan and your businesses' security so you can prepare. Small online businesses are being targeted, so you need to take action. Don't wait until tragedy strikes.

Seven Secrets For A Better Website

Have you ever wondered why it is that some web sites enjoy super success while many others fail miserably? Below are seven secrets to help you make YOUR site one of the winners!

1. SPEED

Several studies indicate, that you have only 10 to 30 seconds to capture
visitor's attention. If your site is slow to open, your customer will likely
lose patience and close the window. And that means bye.. bye..to your site!
Worse..no sale.
Solution: Avoid having too much animation in your site.
Compress the image files and host your site with a good hosting company.

2. Website Design
Remember you have only 10 to 30 seconds to capture visitor's attention. So
website design is very important. Most people judge something on their first
look! When visitors come to your site, they will see the reflection of YOU. Be
certain they will like what they see.
Make your site comfortable to look at.
Be consistent with the feel and design. Don't use bright colors that jolt the
eye and senses. Use a text that is easy to read. Better yet, put a really great
picture of yourself on your site. Let your visitors know who they are dealing
with, and show them that there is a real human behind the website!
Did my picture capture your attention the first time you visited my website? I hope so.
I hope you could see that I was a real, geniune, caring person that you would
feel comfortable doing business with. :-)

3. Focus Your Site
Make sure to focus your website on the intended goal. This will help you to target your market easily. For example, if you are interested in a car selling business, most of the contents of your site will naturally be about cars. For instance, your topics could be; My Car Collection, Tips for Buying A Good Car, Millenium Cars, The Secrets of Washing a Car, etc..! :-)
Car Lovers will enjoy visiting your site, because you give them exciting information about a topic they are personally interested in.
When you have laser focus, and great contents, this will create happy customers coming back to your site again and again. This makes it possible for you to repeatedly offer them new sales items to purchase from your site!
Don't clutter your site with too many unrelated products. When you have more than one or two unrelated products, make a unique page for each instead of putting them all on the same page. And do it with some style and thought. Your customers will not appreciate feeling that they have been tricked with an unworthy product.

4. Keywords Density
Many site owners ignore or are ignorant about the importance of Keywords. I have found sites which don't have any keywords at all. This is death for a website! A Good keyword density will help your site listing in search engines!
Remember, 90% of web surfers find what they want by typing in the search engines. So design your site to maximize the placement. Focus on your keywords. Utilize the meta tags keywords, description and title.
If you have no idea what I am talking about or if you don't know how to use HTML code, please, find someone who does or purchase a few good books (I can suggest one or two). I know this may sound terribly confusing but it is one of the most crucial things needed to build a better more successful website.

5. Simple Navigation
Make your site navigation easy. If the customers find it hard navigating your site to find what they want, they will go elsewhere. So, limit the choices, and make the sales process uncomplicated.

6. Make Payment Easy
If you sell a product, offer your customer a variety of payment methods. If your site does not offer a credit card, you are hurting your business...get one right now. You can set up a merchant account such as ClickBank, or use one of the many credit card clearing companies. Take checks online. Provide an address for those who prefer to pay by cash, check, or money order. and provide them with a guarantee.
Make the payment process obvious, easy to access and intuitive to use.

7. Credibility Is Vital
Your professional website design will not sell, if the customers don't trust you! So, provide legitimate contact information online. Your email address, mailing address, phone number and a fax number, if applicable. If you are reluctant to give this information to your customers, why should they trust, or buy from you?
Having your own domain name is also very vital for your credibilty. It will make you look more professional. Choose a domain name that easy to remember and suitable for your business.
Putting testimonials from happy customers is one of the best way to improve your credibilty. When the customer can read what other people say about your service, they will be more inclined to trust you!Applying the seven secrets above probably will not make your site become as famous as Amazon or Yahoo overnight! But..If they are applied correctly and included into an overall website design and marketing campaign, you will see great improvement to your site's traffic and sales!

By Anne Ahira

How NOT to Design an Email Campaign

1. WRITE IN ALL CAPITALS. People love getting yelled at. They never get enough verbal abuse from their family, coworkers, and fellow commuters. So, go ahead SHOUT AT THEM. Hey, if you're lucky, maybe they'll return the favor.
2. Include your URL (website address) from the very beginning. While you're at it, go ahead and tell them what they're getting for Christmas and how all the magic tricks are done. No one likes surprises or suspense. Don't give them any mystery or let any excitement build. What do you think this is supposed to be, interesting or something??
3. Write long, wordy paragraphs. You want to tell them everything you possibly can and it should all be in one looooong paragraph. This is the same principle that applies to first dates. Tell them everything about you all in one breath. No letting little things come out over time. No surprises or explanations. Bonus points if you can get them to go cross eyed while trying to read it.
4. Overdo the personalization feature. Everyone loves to hear their own name. Make sure you include it in every sentence. This way, they know it was done manually and not by a computer program. Because surely those computer programs have limits of say 20 or 30 names throughout the email.
5. Focus on yourself and not your prospect. Let them know your wants, needs, and desires. Who cares about them? I mean, jeez, wasn't putting their name in the email enough! Selfish, selfish, selfish….
6. Stop Emailing them if you get no response. Six or seven emails is plenty to send to someone. Just because you still have their address and they haven't opted out yet, they're obviously not interested. Besides, you don't have time to email them. You're going to get that new computer you've been getting info on for about a year now. You've finally decided to buy it. There seems to be some irony here but you just can't put your finger on it.
7. Don't have a sense of humor. No laughs, no stress relief measures, no wedgies. This is a business. Imagine what would happen if you allowed it to be fun!

Written by: Anne Ahira

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5 Reasons Why the Financial Freedom Society Membership is Such a Great Service to Sell

Reason #1
Society Membership Serves A Vast Market - and is ideal for:
Hundreds of millions of individuals around the world who desire to achieve financial freedom much earlier than normal
Untold millions who suffer with debt problems and poor financial health
An employee benefit program
A business enhancement package for small business owners
Financial Advisors to sell to their clients and to the employees of their business clients
Anyone who feels responsible for being a good steward of money and time
A fundraiser for charities and non-profit organizations
All of the above for people anywhere in the world who speak and read English.

Reason #2
Society Membership Immediately Saves More Than it Costs
Services that immediately save more than they cost are rare, and they provide the very greatest business advantage.
Rare consumer values, like a Financial Freedom Society Membership, are like standing on the street corner and saying to people who pass by, "Will you pay $29.95 a month for a membership that includes the following wonderful benefits? Oh, by the way it can also save you more than the $29.95 a month you pay for those wonderful benefits".

Reason #3
Society Membership Is Often Tax Deductible
A Financial Freedom Society membership can be purchased by almost any business and then used for valid business purposes. This special feature gives our Reps a tremendous business advantage, because the government will often help our customers pay for their Society membership dues by giving the businesses a legitimate tax deduction.
For Reps and business customers in the US, and in some other countries as well, a valid tax deduction could possibly reduce the actual cost of Society membership by as much as 40% or more.
For reps, this would also apply to the $10 monthly cost for their Rep Tools.NOTE: Always check with your tax advisor to insure the deductions apply to your personal situation and your country.

Reason #4
Society Membership Is Simple to Understand and Easy to Sell
In the home business industry, most people are part-time. If you desire to build a sales team, it is a huge advantage for you when you sell only ONE quality, easy to understand service.

Reason #5
Selling Society Memberships Is Ideal For Producing Passive Income
Passive income is the type of income that enables you to stop working for a living.
When your customers keep purchasing their membership month after month, even after you stop actively working your business, you continue to receive income.
Customers will usually continue purchasing their Financial Freedom Society memberships even in hard times, because their Society memberships actually improves their budgets every month.

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http://www.FFSI.com/65577

Prospect’s questions: I have a low income, How Can I Start My Own Business

If you meet prospects that have a problem with their monthly income, and it will take them a long time to consider joining your online business, here is the tips for you:

1. Let them know that to get the initial investment for online business is from their SAVING, not from their monthly INCOME. Most of the time I always mention to my teammates “It doesn’t matter how much money you can earn, but the most important thing is how much money you can save from your INCOME”. So, its worth to have $2000 as your monthly but you can save $500 monthly, compare to have $5000 monthly income, but your monthly expenses are also $5000.
2. Convince your prospects that as their up line, you will help them. If your prospect said to you “OK, I will use my saving as the Initial Investment, but I only have several hundreds dollar which is only enough for my 6 months investment in online business; what if after 6 months I still do not get my down line, then what should I do?” It means that you as their Up line, you have to pay extra attention to them so that within the shortest time, they will be able to get their bonus that can cover their monthly online business expenses. But again, if you have prospects afraid that their saving will running out before they success, then here is my tips: tell them “As your up line, I can not promise you anything, but I will help you as far as I can so that you will be able to get your bonus that can cover up your monthly online business expenses.
3. If the prospect have a very minimum saving, or even do not have saving, ask them to start saving their money, so that they will be able to have a minimum investment to start your online business. If they really do not have saving and not intend to save, just forget them and move to your other prospects. But if they do have intention to save, encourage them again and again, probably in a couple of weeks or months, they will be able to have an enough saving to start your online business. What will you do if you want to open a cafeteria that need $ 550 as the initial investment meanwhile you do not have money now? Of course you will start to save right? If it is necessary you will try to get a loan. It is the same with your online business. If your prospects have a minimum income and minimum saving, keep motivate them to save their income, so they will have enough saving to start online business. It doesn’t matter how much money your income is, but it is really matter how much money you can save from your income.