By way this same adage applies to those of you who WHINE and CRY about NOT making a million bucks after a week. "Oh well I can't do this anymore, it's not making me any money"! "Oh I don't want to do follow ups, that's too much work"! And, "why can't you just GIVE me some sales, you can afford it because you're making thousands of dollars a month". Heck, even my 3 year old son realizes that with WORK there comes a reward for his efforts.

I for one have NEVER had anyone GIVE me a free hand out, so WHY should I give you one? What makes YOU think that you are so deserving of a "hand out" that I didn't get? Are you that MORE special than I am, so I should just give you one? Who are you tell me that you have more grief and problems than I do? Do you know that for a fact? I doubt it!

Just because we are conducting business online, does not mean you don't have to WORK for your money. And you'd probably feel 100 times better knowing that YOU really did work for your money, rather than having someone just hand it to you on a silver platter. If you want to be treated and called a "Professional", then maybe you should really START acting like one. And it goes without saying, "do unto others, as YOU would have done unto YOU.

The biggest single impediment to international trade is language. All over World there are literally thousands of different languages being spoken and written. If you want to sell to a wide range of people then ensuring that people can read your web site is vital. To do this your web site needs to present information in a variety of languages.

Because internet developed in United States it started in English. And many people assume that English is a global language. The reality is quite opposite. English is a national language of only a small number of countries, including; US, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Eire. And of course number of internet users in these countries are huge. But did you know that there are now reputed to be more internet users in China than US?

Thus how can you widen market of your web site to include non-English readers? It’s simple! Present your web site in multiple languages. And for most web sites it isn’t expensive. Most web sites cost a few hundred dollars for each language presented. Equivalent to cost of a small number of sales. investment in language transaltion pays for itself many times over.

To make people feel comfortable enough to buy from you, speak in their language. For more information about making web sites available to non-English speaking world, click to www.translateme.co.nz. In our knowledge base you will find a wide resource of information about language translation specific to web sites and software.

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