In this script above you will put your text message in between quotes of what you want your alert box to say.

The user will then have two options: to press ok or cancel. If they press "cancel" then nothing happens and they stay on same page.

If they press "OK" they are then redirected to my sign up page where I can capture their email address. So in this script put link where you want person redirected to when they press "OK" in between quotes, which should be your sign up page.

Again you can visit link above to see how it works.

That's it! I copied and pasted one simple code on my site and more than doubled my opt in subscribers.

There are many different ways to use an alert box. The code I gave you above is a simple one. You can visit your favorite search engine and type "alert box scripts" to find a variety of alert box scripts and their functions.

Well... what are you waiting for? Start capturing some email addresses!

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Make More Money

Money is certainly a big motivating factor, and it may even be number 1 in your books. A lot of business owners start their businesses for different reasons in beginning, and learn to cherish other reasons later on.

Having links on your website is very important to offer your visitors alternative places to go, giving your site an authority feel to it, by offering choices to your customers. Also, it’s your trading post with other website owners, as you both reciprocate giving of links as a traffic builder. Lastly, many sites such as Google give much importance to number and quality of links in determining your ranking. The following site offers a free report containing step-by-step instructions as well as extensive links to articles and resources. http://www.linkingmatters.com

Convenience

Everyone has different motivational triggers, and for you idea, of starting work at noon and quitting at 4pm might be biggest draw. Or perhaps, you prefer to work only 3-4 days a week. and spend more time with family. By seeing how life can be different and of better quality, might be your answer to that drop in fear, and rush in confidence. Continuing with free ways to advertise, so money will be not be a hindrance to starting your own business, banners are another excellent way to get your message across to new potential customers. The banner site helps you to easily design your own banner with prepared templates, so you just add your own text, and does all administrative work at no cost to you. Visit largest banner exchange at: http://bcentral.com/products/bn/default.asp

Job Loss/Job Insecurity

As many as 2 ½ million Americans have lost their jobs since our economy started to weaken in 2000. And although this fear was not even thought of before 2000, I think it’s right up there now in top reasons for giving up on corporate world in favor of a home-based business.

Remember, some of best companies are founded during weak economic times, that's when people with a good idea begin, because they know business goes in cycles, and good times are just around corner. And by polishing your business in weak times, you’ll be ready to profit in stronger economy. Because of uncertain economy possibly effecting their job security, Rayand Cydi White were interested in self-preservation of their financial future, and started a very succesful real estate service company. “We couldn’t afford to be without income if something terrible happened, and started our business part-time to financially protect ourselves.” By starting part-time with 1-2 hours a week, working on your idea, if unfortunate should happen, you’ll have a back-up at least as a fall-back option to keep you afloat. The last method of free advertising is press release, and quite possible most effective way of reaching a mass audience at no cost. Just recently we have seen phenomenon of a new product called Segway, human transporter of future, as it was billed, receive a massive amount of free publicity, even getting corporate orders from U.S. Postal Service and Amazon.com For free press release distribution, visit: http://www.prweb.com

Getting Started

Now take your business idea on a search. Enter keywords of your business into Google, and visit top 30 websites. Look over websites making notes which designs you like, good content, great products or services to sell, and sign up for all newsletters they offer.

This is valuable intelligence you are gathering, and after you assimilate this information you will be ready to open doors to your own home business.