Sell Ice Cream On Hot Sunny Days!

Written by Ernie West


One ofrepparttar biggest mistakes that web marketers make online today is in coming up with a product/service first and then trying to find a market to promote it to. The other day I was out for a walk, enjoying a nice warm spring evening. I came across a local Dairy Queen and was astounded atrepparttar 121869 lineup stretching right outrepparttar 121870 door. Business was booming. Why? Because they were selling something people wanted at that particular time! This made me realize that you must takerepparttar 121871 time to find out what people want right now or inrepparttar 121872 future, and *then* develop something to market to them. What they wanted inrepparttar 121873 past is irrelevant. Targeted timing is everything. Trying to coast on an old idea is like trying to sell ice cream inrepparttar 121874 middle of winter. Don't try to squeeze a segment of repparttar 121875 Internet population into a concept to which you are emotionally attached. Business has no feelings. It runs purely on logic. If something isn't working, scrap it and try something else. Those who have been successful online so far have learned how to adapt and change their thinking on a moment's notice if need be. The challenge is in finding something that is or will be in great demand. This is whererepparttar 121876 work lies. Those who don't want to dorepparttar 121877 work will end up becomingrepparttar 121878 clients and consumers of those who do. It's your choice. You can berepparttar 121879 ice cream vendor or one ofrepparttar 121880 people standing in line. And if your ice cream is good enough, word will get around. "Relationship advertising" isrepparttar 121881 best and most economical. People can't help but talk about how professional you are, how good your prices are, how goodrepparttar 121882 ice cream tastes, etc. And they will come back for more, giving you back-end sales. The research that successful Internet marketers performed in order to find their product/service was obviously worthrepparttar 121883 time and effort. Yet most people look at where these gurus

Profits With Mini Sites

Written by Gauher Chaudhry


Gone arerepparttar days when marketers used to build monster 500 page web sites trying to sell almost everything imaginable. Surfers do not want to get lost in a maze of information or confused about which product to purchase.

Mini web sites are soon becomingrepparttar 121868 new marketing method to drive traffic and sales up for many Internet marketers.

What is a mini web site?

A mini web site is simply a direct sales letter (almost always one page) and an order form. No banners ads, or advertising links or multiple product selections. The mini site focuses on selling one product/service and one product/service only, directingrepparttar 121869 potential customer torepparttar 121870 order form.

The reason why mini sites are becoming so effective now is because they are "direct response sites" andrepparttar 121871 visitors are usually targeted individuals who have a genuine interest in what repparttar 121872 site has to offer.

They are easy to create and can take less than 30 minutes to build. Creating a monster marketing site takes months, costs more money, and could result in a variety of problems.

The great thing about mini sites is that evenrepparttar 121873 busiest person can find some time to create one and it requires almost zero maintenance.

Many new Internet marketers sometimes makerepparttar 121874 mistake of setting up massive web sites and try to keeprepparttar 121875 site updated with fresh content. However, they end up being so busy with maintaining their site that they have no time forrepparttar 121876 most important thing which is marketing!

The nice part about mini sites is that they are quick and to repparttar 121877 point. No messing around with fancy graphics or a gazillion of links. Simply a killer sales letter and an easy to follow order page. The ultimate goal of every marketer is to closerepparttar 121878 sale.

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