Client Potion Number 9 (Or, 9 Ways to Attract Only The Clients You'll Love)

Written by Tatiana Velitchkov


The more I stay inrepparttar Internet marketing industry,repparttar 121338 more I realize that running a business isn't really very different from dating:

- First you try to attract a lot of different people. - Then you convince them to enter into a relationship with you. - And finally you nourish those relationships which you know will grow stronger and last longer... maybe even go on forever.

As business owners, of course, we haverepparttar 121339 chance to stay in as many long-term relationships as we choose -- something that could be disastrous in romantic dating.

But whether it's for business or for pleasure, there's a common rule of thumb that could determine your swift success:

If you attract ONLYrepparttar 121340 people you know you'll love, then dealing with them (on a long term basis) wouldn't feel like work at all!

Although there's no magic potion that will guarantee you this kind of consistent result (yet!), here are 9 strategies YOU CAN DO NOW to find those clients you can almost call your "soul mates:"

3 Ways to Find Mr. & Ms. Right, Inc. -------------------------------------

Inrepparttar 121341 same way that random bar hopping often never results in meaningful liaisons, a poorly-planned marketing campaign will also produce nothing but expenses & frustrations.

So takerepparttar 121342 time to thoroughly discover your ideal customer's age, gender, social habits and favorite hobbies -- then make sure they'll notice you just as they're passing through.

1) MAKE WAVES IN MESSAGE BOARDS ....Especially in those online forums that cater to your ideal client's industry & needs.

Although both chat rooms and message boards are great venues for meeting people with common interests, message boards are more often used as real sources of information, and can help you establish your authority & availability in your specialized field.

2) PULL OUT THE PERSONALS Ads have always worked in bringing people together, and this is equally true both for personal and business ads.

Again, keep a clear enough picture of your ideal client's profile & mindset, and target your ads well so they'll find what they're looking for in YOU.

3) GET HIT ON WITH TARGETED TRAFFIC Another option, of course, is to find a way to accurately predict allrepparttar 121343 web sites & pages that your ideal client would normally visit in any given day...

....and actually position yourself right beside those pages, so all you have to do is wait for your ideal client to notice you, come over, and say "Hi. Haven't I seen you somewhere before?"

You think this is "impossible," that NO SERVICE could possibly do this?

Well, it IS possible and it's already BEING DONE. And if you don't believe me (or if you just want to find out more) you can visit my site at www.Guaranteed-Hits.Com for actual demonstrations & details. =)

3 Ways to Send The Right Signals --------------------------------

So let's assume you've now found a way to be inrepparttar 121344 right place, atrepparttar 121345 right time, face to face withrepparttar 121346 right kind of prospective client.

Now how do you convince Mr. Right Client that you are Ms. Right Merchant, offering justrepparttar 121347 perfect (and right!) product?

4) WATCH YOUR WORDS Words arerepparttar 121348 cornerstone of every form of internet marketing, and if you make them powerful enough, they'll haverepparttar 121349 potential to impact billions of surfers worldwide!

Time Saving Tips for Harried Website Owners (or, Going Online While Simplifying Your Life)

Written by Tatiana Velitchkov


It's a situation many entrepreneurs inevitably find themselves in, afterrepparttar first few months of doing business online.

First they build a website designed to attractrepparttar 121337 attention of millions of people. But whenrepparttar 121338 first ofrepparttar 121339 millions start coming in, these same business owners often feel like turning them away.

And it's not that they don't want new business.

It's just that they have a difficult time meetingrepparttar 121340 demands of existing clients, responding torepparttar 121341 inquiries of potential customers, AND keeping their website as updated as they promised, all atrepparttar 121342 same time.

If you're one of these entrepreneurs, don't pull your hair out just yet.

Here are 4 time saving options you can use to keep old business alive, attract new ones regularly - and still keep looking good on & offrepparttar 121343 web.

1) Outsource or Delegate

If you find that online activities are taking up too much of your time - time you feel you could better use for other aspects of your business - then you should decide to either hire a skilled employee, or outsourcerepparttar 121344 tasks torepparttar 121345 experts.

The most common - and most time-consuming - web-related activities that most business owners have to attend to are:

- reading & responding to email - creating & uploading new content for your website, and - managing & moderating your mailing lists

The good news is that these things can be performed by anyone with a computer & internet access, and therefore CAN be delegated to people withrepparttar 121346 proper skills.

In fact, many skilled editorial, administrative, and web development professionals are already offering their services onrepparttar 121347 web. To find them online, just go to any search engine and userepparttar 121348 following key words:

- editorial services - ghostwriting - virtual secretary, and - web development

2) Plan for A Low-Maintenance Website

Not all websites are created forrepparttar 121349 same purpose; it only follows that different websites would need different amounts of maintenance.

The following 3 website types arerepparttar 121350 ones that requirerepparttar 121351 least:

a) The Press Kit

Designed to encouragerepparttar 121352 press to write (good) stories about you & your company, this type only needs a few regular pages to do its job:

- your latest press release - background information on you & your company - biographies of key members of your staff - downloadable photographs of your people & products - downloadable & printable brochure - magazine articles written by you or about you & your company - downloadable video & audio files of your interviews - downloadable promotional items or product samples

The only time you need to update this kind of site is when you have a new press release out for distribution (monthly), or if any major changes have happened among your staff or company that need to be included inrepparttar 121353 background information (quarterly).

b) The Catalog

This site shows offrepparttar 121354 different products & services you have to offer, andrepparttar 121355 only things you really need to update here arerepparttar 121356 price tags - which are easily manageable on a quarterly basis.

c) The Brochure

Likerepparttar 121357 catalog site,repparttar 121358 brochure site showcases everything you have to offer... except that you don't revealrepparttar 121359 prices just yet.

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