7 Pitfalls of Using Email to Sell
* Are you sending e-mails to prospects instead of calling them?* Is e-mail your selling medium of choice because it lets you avoid the rejection that you dread when you make real cold calls?* Do you wait and wait for return e-mails from prospects that will give you the green light to move the sales ...
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Investing in Real Estate Profitably: Financing Options for Purchase of Rental Houses, Part 1.
This is not an article about tricks for 100% (no money down) financing. Even if you do take advantage of various no money down strategies from time to time, these strategies are not generally applicable when you begin investing systematically in multiple rental homes with the goal of making ...
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Questions and Affirmations - The Art (and Science) Of Talking To Yourself
I Hear VoicesThis is not a statement of paranormal; it is a statement of truth. Yes, we all have an inner voiceIs yours an ally or an enemy? Do you realize you say things to yourself you would never let anyone else say to you? Dont let your inner voice tear you down and strip away your ...
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Online Advertising Versus Traditional Media Advertising
Before I compare today's online advertising with traditional media advertising I will make an analogy.If you've been on the Internet for as long as I have, you probably noticed that things have changed dramatically. About 6, 7 years if you were using online dating sites it was a lot easier to ...
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Time Management: How To Get More Done
If you can regularly ask yourself "Am I regularly and consistently working on those items that will move me towards my clearly defined goals?" and honestly answer "Yes" then you are probably doing ok.If not, here are a few time wasters to be aware of and some strategies for protecting your time ...
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10 Tips for Aspiring Freelance Copywriters
Every week I receive a couple of emails from people seeking advice on how to get into freelance copywriting. While theres no simple answer, and no answer which applies to everyone, there are a few tips which I believe will help most people make the move into freelance copywriting, and survive the ...
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Learn How You Can Repair Your Credit & Get Out Of Debt Faster Before Buying Your New House!
Most people think mistakenly that if you have credit problems, you have to wait 7 years for them to go away.
Well, that's not always true.Credit repair can help you...once you know how to do it.
The time to clean up your credit and pay off your debts is RIGHT NOW, before you start looking for ...
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Are You Missing Out On Sales Through Fear of Pain? Improve the Persuasive Power of Your Words!
Education plus Motivation is a powerful formula. But how do you ensure the motivation level in your prospective customers or yourself, for that matter, is really as high as it could be? Easy. You make sure to build pain into your motivation strategy. Our basic survival instincts mean that given a ...
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Value Proposition Writing - Brand Identity Guru
Your Value Proposition, or as I usually call it, your Core Marketing Message, is still misunderstood by most professionals. It's not just a tagline, sound bite or even an "Audio Logo." It goes way beyond that.It really is the expression of the essence of your business. It's the foundation of all ...
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How To Create A House Buying 'Wish List' For Your Dream Home
Buying a house is one of the most exciting things you will ever do. But there are LOTS of little details involved details which can be very costly if they are overlooked.Unfortunately, I made all 10 of these mistakes when buying my first house. Even though I thought I was very prepared. But with ...
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MORAL ARMOR'S Economic Warning for Americans
For years weve suffered under recession, prompting us to ask, When will it end? My answer is, Its only the beginning.Historically, recessions are the result of high interest rates, pushed up as the result of loose money policies. Recovery comes when citizens begin to spend more wisely, save money ...
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Advertising Headlines and How to Write Them
1. Attract prospects with your headline
Use your headline as a flag to attract readers who are interested in your product. If you are selling a solution to premature hair loss, put PREMATURE HAIR LOSS in your headline. Your headline will catch the eye of everyone who suffers from this predicament. ...
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Back To The Future - Big Changes Are Coming, Get Ready Now
The comments below are quoted from a recent speech by Ben Bernanke, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors..."Looking forward, I am sure that the Committee will continue to watch the oil
situation carefully. However, future monetary-policy choices will not be closely linked to the ...
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What Do You REALLY Want to Devote the Rest of Your Life To?
Bzz. Bzz. Bzz. That's the sound of your alarm clock going off again.You open one eye, peer at it. Ugh. You look at the clock again. Yep. 6.00am. You can't believe it. It hardly seems like you just laid your head on the pillow. You stretch, yawn, contemplate calling into work "sick" like you do ...
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