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One of the speediest techniques of building your customer base is to seek out mutually-beneficial joint ventures. The key words here are’mutually-beneficial.’ Find marketers and business owners who’ve already got giant’responsive’ mailing lists and make them an offer they can’t refuse.

many of us have attempted using this strategy but have failed miserably. I should tell you why.

The problem with many folks is that they are only concentrated on what they can get out of the deal. You’ll never get it if that’s what your focus is on.

When you’re trying to form joint ventures, target the other party and ask,’What do they need? What am I able to offer them that’d be valuable to them?’

Sure, you can just offer the other person a cut of the profits if they accept to commend your product/service to their list, but that’s what everybody does! And nowadays, that is not alluring enough. How is your offer unique?

Apply the USP - the’twist.’ Be unique! Create price for them! Make it worth their while. Make them an offer they can’t refuse!

When I send out an offer for a collaboration JV I simply tell them I want to promote their product/business/service for them and not be paid for it. Rather than receiving forty percent commission as an affiliate I offer them to keep 70+% of the profit. All they have to do is let me use their service just once ( considering that they’re an ezine, newsletter or business with a giant opt in list ). I assure them that a unique page will be created and payments will be made right to the partner.

Think about it!

You will be giving the partner further exposure, higher profits and security of their business. In doing so, you also will be able to provide discount advertising/products/services to your members or visitors giving YOUR business more value. Because now, people will know to come to you for repayments on products and services they need!

With this concept in mind , go out there and seek for some firms who already have a massive list or some high traffic.

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Original article was written by Kevin Lam from www.TexasSEO.com - Texas SEO is a Dallas-based web marketing and consulting firm specializing in SEO & SEM, PPC, copywriting, web designing and more.

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“Virtual Real Estate Investing” is a relatively new concept. Everything from using the internet as an avenue to make more money in real estate to online games such as SecondLife seem to be included in the popular definition of this term.

In order to figure out the truth of the matter, I sought out Bryan Ellis, whose experience in the fledgling industry is truly impressive.

Ellis says he adopted the term “virtual real estate investing” sometime before Y2K after he realized that making money online is conceptually very similar to making money with physical real estate.

One example of the parallels between virtual and physical real estate Bryan Ellis cites is the similarity between the monetization of domain names versus physical property. “These types of assets - websites and physical real estate - can be monetized in very similar ways like buy lo/sell high, leasing/rental and advertising opportunities” he says.

The parallels really are obvious. Consider: A valuable piece of real estate is valuable largely due to the interest that other people have in that specific location. Likewise, if you own a desirable domain name, others will find value in it because it serves their purposes. So it doesn’t matter if you own physical real estate or virtual real estate - you’ll likely use similar strategies to turn them into money in your pocket.

In our next installment of this series on virtual real estate investing, Bryan Ellis will share the internet analogies to the physical concept of real estate development.

When dealing with your online marketing needs you should be aware of a few essential points. First of all none of the major seo tactics work without a few things for foundation.

You need to have a website to promote, you need good quality and unique content, and your site must fall within the search engine guidelines for content, i.e. content that doesn’t offend anyone or carry pornography.

Using search engine optimization is all about helping the search engines help you and to do that you must have a quality site to barter for good traffic to your site.

Once you’ve established that they you can go the next route which is to develop your site and off page optimization known as link popularity or back links.

If you’ve never heard the term “link Juice” before then you probably haven’t been diving into the world of seo marketing.

Link juice is a term used to describe getting back links to your site from authority sites, which makes them important to search engines. Link juice can also come from non authority sites but they generally won’t carry much weight with the search engines.

Search engine optimization requires you to have many links from many authority sites to give your site the appearance that everyone is going to your site from several other sites.

This is like someone at a major store telling its customers to go to your store.

Do you think promo items are silly? Think again!

Promotion items are not necessarily items that you throw away once you leave the trade show; they are items that publicize your company. Most promo items are stored in desks, put in pen holders, placed in staff rooms, or used in some manner. Be particular in what you choose for your promo item, make sure it connects with what you provide for the client.

Pens are wildly popular but if you have high end clients, then the pen should be a high end one with your logo tastefully engraved. After all, you want the client to use it in front of other clients. The best way to choose a promo item is to look at what the typical items they use on a regular basis may be. If you cannot think of anything, then choosing something for the general populace may be the best way to spend your money.

In my business, I choose to give books. Of course the books I give have been written or co-written by me as the expert. It does not have to be a book; it may be a white paper on something that may concern your “best client”. Flaunt your expertise with this type of promo item and follow it up with a gadget such as a bookmark, ruler, post-it notes or the like. What ever you choose make it so it is usable.

For consultants, you want to maintain a level of professionalism so choose wisely. Here are some tips on making that perfect selection:

• Determine the level of the individual with whom you will be interacting. A CEO promotional item may be far different from the Purchasing Agent or the Receptionist.
• Research the company to find any special dates that are important to the organization or to the contact. This includes anniversaries, birthdays, and so on. Then choose a promotional item that fits but be discrete with the logo, perhaps it should just be on the card that goes with this type of item.
• If you will be at a trade show have several items available. One for the general attendee to pick up and put in their bag with no questions asked and other items that you keep behind the table for those that make an appointment or buy from you.
• Thank you gifts for doing business with the client and another thank you gift to the referrer (if there was one) is important. Make sure you pick something that will be used and have your logo on it.
• Marketing items that can be easily enclosed in an envelope when you are soliciting new business. These items should be small but appreciated.

Do not choose something just because it is inexpensive. Promo items are like business cards, the cheaper they look and feel, the cheaper and more unprofessional you appear. This does not mean buying the most expensive items, it means spend your money wisely and getting the biggest recognition for your dollars.

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We wait with baited breath for the anticipated launch of
Google’s Gmail - a fre*e email account, capable of storing
50,000 short, text only messages. That was not a misprint.
Your inbox would be a full gigabyte (1000mb’s) of emails.

Hot on the heels are Google’s rivals: Yahoo www.yahoo.com
and Hotmail www.hotmail.com

Yahoo has increased the size of its fre*e email support to
100mb’s. Or, for $19.99 a year, your inbox can be 2 GB’s,
twice the size of Gmail.

Hotmail has increased its fre*e email to 250mb’s. And you’ll
soon be able to have 2 GB’s from them for $19.95 a year.

Now, on the one hand that’s great news for web-email users.
Loads of space for cramming trillions of little emails or a good
number of emails with massive attachments. Also, web-email
users won’t have to check their inboxes every five minutes,
and it will reduce the bounces, too.

Right, that’s good news then! But on the other hand, and this
is merely my opinion of course; if most of the other web-mail
suppliers follow suit, to capture or hold onto their corner of
the market, there will be a gazillion more megabytes of inbox
space for the spa*mm*ers. There will be thousands of emails
waiting to be read, with filters filtering the filtered.

Mixed-in with all those emails consisting of: private, friendly
and spa*mm*ers, will be the genuine marketer, entrepreneur,
small and large businesses, all vying for attention.

With all those emails waiting to be read, the likely outcome
is… they won’t be. Our emails will be deleted along with the
rest. That will of course do wonders for our business.

One question that needs to be answered is: how are service
suppliers, ISP’s etc, going to increase the anticipated
bandwidth that this upgrade will create. Especially when they
already claim their wires are bulging to the limits, now?

My crystal ball tells me; increase the cost of bandwidth,
charge legitimate businesses to send emails. Result - demand
will drop and everyone’s a winner. Uh! That is, except you and
me.

Twelve months ago somebody told me it wouldn’t be long in his
opinion before email marketers were a dying breed, unless radical
new technology was introduced. I laughed - I’m not laughing now!

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Just plain old every day english. Visit his web site or send a blank
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A good ORDER FORM for a fundraising or a direct sales letter must have the following 8 MINIMUM components:

1) A set of CHECK BOXES for alternative positive responses, followed by text that SUMMARIZES one more time the BENEFITS (both psychic and material) the donors/customers would be getting.

If you are thinking “but I’ve already detailed all those features and benefits within the body of my fundraising letter (or direct sales copy). Why should I repeat it again?” let me remind you an uncomfortable fact of direct mail business:

Most people will not read your copy beyond the main headline and perhaps the first few lines of the Front Page text.

But they’ll certainly read the Post Script (P.S.) note at the end of the letter.

And then they’ll read the ORDER FORM.

So make sure to use that precious form as yet another last-minute opportunity to “close the sale.”

Here is a BAD example of a check box on an ORDER FORM:

” ___ $10″

Here is a GOOD example of a check box:

“___ $10 YES! Caroline, here is my Ten Dollars to help you send 60 more disadvantaged kids this summer to Camp Lake Three Pines, all expenses paid. Please send my FREE Bonus 1 (40 minute DVD of …..) and FREE Bonus 2 (45-page booklet …..) right away to my below address TODAY!”

I guarantee you the second check box will beat the first one each and every time.

2) Provide as many PAYMENT ALTERNATIVES as possible for your donors. Spell out such options as an easy to read list with CHECK BOXES.

Here is a suggested list:

All these options should again have a CHECK BOX right before them for the customers to confirm their choice.

3) If you are selling products, make sure there is a PRODUCT LIST with CHECK BOXES for all the products the customer can order, followed with their prices, and a TOTAL line at the bottom for them to calculate the total cost.

4) Print as a list with CHECK BOXES all the SHIPPING OPTIONS available (if applicable), together with their respective costs.

5) Provide AMPLE SPACE on the Order Form for the donors/customers to fill in their Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip, Phone Number, Fax Number (optional), e-mail address (optional), Credit Card Information.

6) Pay special attention to CREDIT CARD INFORMATION block.

Start with a CHECK BOX that reads “Please charge my credit card.”

Follow it with CHECK BOXES for each Credit Card you accept (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, Diners, etc.)

Then you should have “Credit Card No.” followed by 16 small squares for the customers to write in their card number.

This should be followed by Expiration Date (enough space for the MONTH and YEAR of expiration).

Optional: you can also ask for the three-digit Control Number that most credit cards have printed in the BACK.

The last entry should be a blank space for that all important SIGNATURE of the customer or donor, authorizing you for the billing.

7) Print your own Business Name, Address, Phone & Fax Numbers, web site URL, and e-mail address VERY CLEARLY on your Order Form.

If there is a FREE SHIPMENT offer (conditional or unconditional) or any other FREE offer(s) for those donating money or placing an order, make sure it is printed very prominently on the order form. Make that FREE offer jump right out of the form at first look.

If you pay attention to the above 8 points, your Order Form will become a potent tool in increasing your sales and/or donations instead of just another piece of paper heading straight for the thrash bin.

Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases. movie reviews and hi-tech documentation.

He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 companies for the last 7 years.

You can reach him at writer111@gmail.com for a FREE consultation on all your copywriting needs or visit his official web site http://www.writer111.com

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Every time you send an email or newsletter to your list, one of
two things happens.

1. Your email makes a positive impression, and your readers feel
you are worthy of their attention and continued interest. Or,

2. Your email is disappointing in some way, and your readers
view the next email you send with a little less enthusiasm.

Put another way, every email or newsletter you send will either
build on or diminish the relationship you have with your readers.

My guess is that most retailers and publishers don’t think like
this.

I have a feeling that most list-owners view their list as an
asset, to do with as they wish. There’s money to be made from
that list, and they’ll do what it takes to maximize revenues.

An email list is a very delicate thing…

It’s not the list that’s delicate, of course. It’s the attention
and respect of your readers.

You have likely experienced all I’m talking about from the
receiving end. You probably still receive emails and newsletters
from some companies and individuals - but simply don’t open them
any more. One day you’ll get around either to filtering them
into your junk folder or unsubscribing.

Why don’t you read them any more? What went wrong?

At some point you felt it just wasn’t worth it any more.

Maybe the content became repetitive. Maybe the sales pitches
became too relentless. Maybe you had learned all that those
particular people could teach you.

>> Pay very close attention to what you send to your readers…

I have seen one huge list become almost totally non-responsive
within a matter of weeks.

I have seen another list, with millions of subscribers, end up
with an open rate of around 4%.

In both cases this happened because the owners of the lists lost
sight of what a “list” really is.

A list is not a passive asset that can be milked for all it’s
worth.

A list is a large group of people who signed up because they
trusted you enough to share their email address.

The list is not “yours”. It is theirs…one name at a time.

As a result, you need to think very carefully about what you
send to that list, every single time.

It is understood by your readers that you will sometimes have
something you would like to sell them. It’s OK. But you have to
achieve a balance. You have to give more than you ask for. Your
readers have to feel that they have come out on top in some way.
Use articles or
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Concluding thoughts…

Before you send each promotional email or newsletter, pause for
a moment. Review the contents and make sure you have the balance
right.

Make sure there is enough value there.

Make sure the value of what you give outweighs the attention you
ask for in return.

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