Five Tips To Increase Your SalesWritten by Ed Hammen
1. You could end your ad copy with a discounted price. Just list your regular price and then offer a discounted price off order ‘right now’. You could also offer a rebate that takes effect instantly. For example, you could say, "Instead of paying $99, you could order now and get an instant rebate of $20 - you only pay $79!"2. You could end your ad copy with a free sample or trial of your product. If your ad didn't attract them to buy, maybe a free sample or trial would. If you were selling an e-book, you could give them a free sample at end of your ad copy. For example, you could say, "If you're still not sure about ordering, download a FREE sample chapter!" 3. Use a "P.S." at end of your ad copy. This is where you either want to repeat a strong benefit or use a strong close, like a free bonus. For example, "P.S. You can get (product), worth over ($), for low price of ($)!" Another example, "P.S. I can not guarantee (No.) bonuses will be here tomorrow!"
| | 5 Tips for Journaling Your Home Based Business PlanWritten by Barbara Carr Phillips
Publishing Guidelines: This article is available for free reprint provided that author bio is left intact and article is published complete and unaltered. If you are using this article on a website or e-book, please make sure that link in author bio is live or clickable.Email notice of intent to publish is requested: bcarrphillips@yahoo.com Word Count: 949 5 Tips for Journaling Your Home Based Business by Barbara Carr Phillips Journaling is an effective way to reach your goal of starting your own home-based business. Whether you want to be a freelance writer, a silk florist, an academic tutor – whatever your dream is, journaling your home based business plan is a way to realize it. Start with a small notebook dedicated to your business plan. Take it with you everywhere. Following are five journaling tips to home-based business success: Tip #1: Write About Your Big Idea. The first step to save business venture you have splashing around your head is to throw it a life preserver. What type of business do you want to start? Write your big idea in permanent ink. Write about advantages to this type of business, as well as disadvantages. Write about characteristics you possess that make you perfect person to operate this type of business, and characteristics you need to strengthen. For example, if you want to lead summer reading workshops for children, ages 8 through 10, but you don't remember what it is like to be an 8-year-old, volunteer to teach 8-year-olds' class at church. If you anticipate downside of your business along with your weaknesses, you will be prepared to overcome them when they arise. Tip #2: Research. And Again I Say, Research. Go to library or bookstore and get two or three books about your business. Read a general book about launching home-based businesses as well. As you are reading, take notes in your journal. Interview a few people by phone or e-mail who are operating a similar business. Before you contact them, write interview questions in your journal. Also record their responses. When I started an academic tutoring business, I called three area tutors and asked them about their qualifications, fees and tutoring methods. This helped me decide how my qualifications compared and how I could better qualify myself. It also helped me to set a competitive fee, and plan activities for my students. Tip #3: Get Your Finances In Order. You will not focus on building your own business if you are worried about your utilities being disconnected. Sit down with your journal and list how you will get your finances in order. Do you have small bills you can pay off quickly? Are your income and expenses balanced? Draw your financial picture in black and white. Ideally, you need six months of living expenses in bank before your quit your day job. If you don't have that, hold a garage sale or sell items collecting dust in your attic in classified ads. Instead of working full-time, work part-time so you have a steady paycheck plus extra time to devote to building your business. List your financial goals in your journal and check them off as you achieve them. Write specifics about how your business will generate income to support yourself financially. For example, a freelance writer can diversify and tap into several income streams. The writer can write how-to articles for magazines, write a book, teach workshops, speak at events, write resumes and prepare content for newsletters.
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