This is quite different from investing in "opportunities" to make money.

Investing in yourself means you are building skills that you can use in your life. Within context of internet marketing, investing in yourself means spending money and time on materials that get you ducated on this business.

It may be marketing, site design, copy writing, email campaigns, search engines or any other topics. There's no shortage of information. In fact, I often say that information overload is our #1 occupational hazard.

Still, you can't stick your head in sand and expect to build skills necessary to succeed in this business.

Do you realise there`s only about 14 weeks between mid-September and mid-December? When you think of it that way, it`s understandable that everybody`s really starting to promote their stuff hard. Especially on web, because things tend to happen so fast online compared to in real life.

If you don`t get going there in time, you risk missing out. So whatever it is you`re marketing: Go for gold, pull out all stops, get best copy you possibly can, and promote, promote, promote!

We all want to make sales at this time of year, so that we`ve got money in our own pockets for Christmas. So how do you go about getting as many sales as possible?

First of all, take a good, long hard look at yourself. What IS it that makes you want to buy something? What makes you say "I`ve just got to have that!" Why do you want it? Is it price? Is it because it`s simple and easy to use? Does it solve a problem for you? Maybe it`s just because it`s outright fun?

Guess what you`ve just done? You`ve looked at yourself as your own prospective customer! You KNOW what draws you, and you KNOW you can`t possibly be only person on earth that get`s drawn by those things, so you now KNOW what buyers want.

There are a few proven methods to getting your customers to buy more from you once they`ve made that first purchase, such as offering a freebie with it. Giving them that little bit more than what they bought can really work wonders. Of course, something worthwhile, and preferrably related to what they ordered from you usually works best.

After-sales follow-up is also extremely important. Write them an email asking if they`re happy with their purchase, or ask if there`s anything they need explaining about product etc. Make sure you`re available to answer any questions they might have about products they`ve bought.