"5 Surefire Ways To Drive Your Competition Crazy"

Written by "Dangerous" Debbie Jenkins


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Another way of patronising your competitors is to actually give them your patronage. That is buy something that they've got in order to really check out how good or bad they are. And if you're feeling really mean becomerepparttar customer from hell and complain tirelessly.

5. Steal Their Customers ------------------------------------------- Nothing works better than this for causing trouble. If your competitors are worthy then you'll have trouble coercing their best customers away but it's still possible. Even if they're doing a bad job, people will need a pretty good reason (ie they mess up or you offer something much better) to do something different.

So a stealthy approach would be to seduce a member of their team (preferably with a customer-facing/sales role) over to your company. Ifrepparttar 120394 person you head-hunt has good customer relationships, then customers will follow them as if by magic. If you think this approach is unethical then it probably is - don't do it. I don't believe I'm in a position to judge your morals or ethics so I include this tactic so that you can decide for yourself.

Another trick that works is to set up Free trials/audits designed to point out flaws inrepparttar 120395 work of your competitors without ever naming them. Then, once you've scaredrepparttar 120396 customer enough, they'll be more inclined to considerrepparttar 120397 better alternative - ie you.

A Final Word Of Warning ------------------------------------------- As you can imagine, these dangerous tips can quite easily cause a war with your competitors - which is almost always destructive. So take my advice; only use my dangerous tips if you're attacked first and when you've struck a telling blow, let it go and get on with being your best.

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5 Things About Offshore Asset Protection Every Internet Marketer Should Know

Written by James Allen


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Most companies that offer offshore incorporation will also help you set up an offshore bank account. Choose a country where information privacy laws are respected and enforced, and preferably keeprepparttar account in non-US funds. The acccounts are usually offered with an international debit card, so you can access your funds from ATMs aroundrepparttar 120393 globe.

4. Offshore Merchant Accounts

Of particular interest to those who create their income online isrepparttar 120394 option of establishing an offshore merchant account for handling all of your credit card transactions.

Besides addressing privacy issues, an offshore merchant account may be more suitable for those offering items, information, or subscriptions for sale online that are more difficult to procure a domestic merchant account for. These include higher risk services such as you might find inrepparttar 120395 adult website or online gambling arenas.

5. Offshore Webhosting

Although often considered home torepparttar 120396 worst internet has to offer, such as spammers and hackers, offshore webhosting certainly has its place for legitimate online marketers and should not be dismissed outright.

Few would disagree that new internet laws, especially those related to spam are having an adverse affect on those it should least be harming. On top of that,repparttar 120397 privacy invasion allowed by legislation such asrepparttar 120398 Patriot Act further increaserepparttar 120399 need for protecting your online information outsiderepparttar 120400 borders ofrepparttar 120401 USA.

Yes there are plenty of scam artists inrepparttar 120402 offshore webhosting arena. Do your research though, and you will find secure, well-staffed offshore webhosting operations with high-uptime, fast connections, good support and reasonable prices to suit your needs.

With allrepparttar 120403 new laws that allow for invasion of your privacy, including your financial information, combined withrepparttar 120404 fact thatrepparttar 120405 USA is one ofrepparttar 120406 most lawsuit prone countries inrepparttar 120407 world, every internet marketer and individual doing business online owes it to themselves to at least consider how going offshore can benefit you and your business.

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This article is shareware. Give this article away for free on your site, or include it as part of any paid package as long asrepparttar 120408 entire article is left intact including this notice. Copyright © 2004 James Allen.



James Allen is the creator of GatesToWealth.com, a website which introduces tools of offshore asset protection and wealth generation. To learn more about going offshore and to subscribe to "Mind the Beach" the newsletter of offshore living and lifestyles, swing on by:

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