11 Secrets to Direct Response Marketing

Written by Andrew Wroblewski


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Secret # 8: The One Question That Your Advertising And Marketing Must Instantly Answer, Or People Won't Respond! Everyone is totally self-absorbed and selfish. All they care about is themselves, and maybe their family. How about you? Do you care about us, or what we think...or are you reading this because of what YOU thought you could get out of it? Of course, you're no different from us, or anyone else. All we care about is ourselves. It's just human nature. So, when doing any marketing or advertising, there's one question that your prospects are going to ask, subconsciously, when they see your ads or whatever: "What's In It For Me?" This is a major point you have to understand. Ifrepparttar headlines and copy and reports and client newsletters you use answer this question, they will be moneymakers for you! If they talk about things that don't answer this question, they will not create responses!

Secret #9: The Most Important Emotion To Create If You Want People To Call You! What isrepparttar 120940 single most important element that leads to responses? Do you know what this amazing Secret is? Well, do you? Curiosity! (Yes, we are all nosy as hell, whether you want to admit it or not!) Think about why news and publishing media use teasers as their headlines. Is it because they feel they are "professional" statements? No, we don't think so. We think thatrepparttar 120941 reason they use them over and over and over is that they: Get responses like crazy! They know something that most advertisers and marketers have zero clue about. They know, if someone is curious,repparttar 120942 person will be compelled to take some action in an attempt to satisfy their lust for nosiness.

Secret #10: Solving ALL Your Sales Problems Simply Requires You Solve Your MARKETING Problems! See, “selling” inrepparttar 120943 sense that we all think of it is really a dead activity. Nobody wants to be “sold” anything anymore. They want to BUY products and services and think it was their idea. Trying to suck people into hard selling techniques like “closing”, “objection handling” or using any pressure is as successful as trying to push a string uphill! Here’srepparttar 120944 secret to solving sales problems: Solve your marketing problems and sales problems will go away! Using these techniques to get qualified, motivated and interested prospects into your marketing funnel exclusively, and makerepparttar 120945 right emotional connections with them…they will buy without anyone having to sell!

Secret # 11: Using The Right Media For Your Advertising That Delivers The Right Audience To You When The Prospects Are Receptive And Ready For Your Message…And That Can Be Tracked And Accounted For! Choosing where to place your now improved message that stimulates responses isrepparttar 120946 final step inrepparttar 120947 success system! As technology has progressed, and as society becomes more complicated, specialized and fragmented…you must look hard to findrepparttar 120948 best place to advertise. The two requirements are that: 1. You get torepparttar 120949 right people when they’re receptive to you, and 2. That you can track and monitor your results! See, even if you developrepparttar 120950 right advertising copy, and you findrepparttar 120951 right audience…it’s still not very useful if you can’t tell whether or not what you’re doing is working at a cost affordable level!

Now you knowrepparttar 120952 secrets. Think aboutrepparttar 120953 whole picture we’ve painted for you here. We’ve told you what advertising needs in order to be effective. We’ve told you about deliveringrepparttar 120954 right message and testing it to make sure it works before you spend even more. We’ve told you that targeting your audience so you match uprepparttar 120955 right message torepparttar 120956 right market is critical…and we’ve told you that you have to findrepparttar 120957 perfect location to advertise! Implement these secrets and you will truly Get More Business To Come To You In A Month Than Most Get All Year!

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Steve Robichaud and Andrew Wroblewski have been involved in direct sales and direct marketing since Moby Dick was a minnow.

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10 Tips For Getting More Traffic From Your Articles

Written by Michael Southon


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4. Create a 'New Articles' list for people who want to receive your latest articles. Put a sign-up form on your website and invite your visitors to join. When you submit articles torepparttar article announcement lists, includerepparttar 120939 email address for joining your 'New Articles' list.

5. Don't put a date in your article copyright - articles you wrote 2 years ago may still be relevant but ifrepparttar 120940 copyright says 2001, publishers will assumerepparttar 120941 information is out-of-date.

6. Create a zip file containing all your previous articles as text files - includerepparttar 120942 download link on your website, in your sig file, in your autoresponders, and in your Ezine 'Welcome Message'.

7. Check your articles with SpamAssassin by sending your article to this address with 'TEST' inrepparttar 120943 subject field: mailto:spamcheck-flash1@sitesell.net Then include a note that says "this article was checked by SpamAssassin and is spam-safe".

8. Write your Resource Box inrepparttar 120944 third person and not inrepparttar 120945 form an ad - Ezine Publishers may like your article but object to your Resource Box.

9. When you submit your articles torepparttar 120946 article lists, include URLs for your article and your photo: http://www.ezine-writer.com/article62.html http://www.ezine-writer.com/photo-ms.jpg

10. Likewise, include your article's autoresponder address: article62@ezine-writer.com

Well, that's it - allrepparttar 120947 info you need to get more traffic from your articles!

Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use this simple technique to build a successful online business. Free Mini Course: ept-subscribe@aweber.com Website: http://www.ezine-writer.com/


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