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This is a little different take on converting sales into meaningful sales. We recently posted The Instant Guru Blueprint special sales page online. This was the first such solicitation not through email and of course our subscriber’s got a discounted subscriber only page though the PowerPlayPlus newsletter as promised. I should note the subscriber’s also received unannounced bonuses we like to do as a rule. We the results we better than expected. In one day both pages combined to sell out almost half of the allotments in total. One for the non-subscriber and one for the subscriber. (Hint you may want to check it out the non-subscriber link is at the bottom-Nyomi)

The conference call
TeamPowerPlay, Janet-Kiri-Tonya-Nyomi-myself and Rich Naran had our daily “whats up” call this morning. Now you have to understand we look at the business first and Rich looks at the world. In comparison our news wasn’t all that earthshaking compared to the Blockbuster Video franchise downsizing and news of the world hunger situation worsening.

There are a number of people starving worldwide
The World Food Program reports that more people are suffering from hunger. Overall donations both at the same time are at an extreme lowpoint. This is aggravated by world food prices staying high with no promise of coming down. That’s a double hit of the dollar being less and per dollar purchase yield is now less.

The other sales conversion
It’s no secret we are hanging here to make money. Part of our goal is to make a difference by helping those who are trying to make money as well. Of course our priority is online but in a few short years, 80% plus of all businesses will have have to conduct some part of their business online. Kiva is the international non-profit agency that converts donations to loans for third world countries. If you read their site some parts of North America also qualify in their guidelines. Rich registered and we picked the client all while on the call. You will now find the Kiva logo on our site. And for us that is just the tip of the iceberg of converting sales in meaningful sales.

Here is Rich’s post on this same event.

The links:

Kiva: Kiva.org

Check out The salespage and see for yourself

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Hello Tonya here

The linking game is an an essential to your traffic attracting strategy. There are tons of linking theories where people will tell you and sell you as the definitive answer. The real definitive answer to any claims of the “ultimate linking” or “ultimate traffic getting strategy” is that there is no such thing. As proof,  Jeff Johnson offers a free version of his “Traffic getting Wordpress blog plugin”. The plugin has been upgraded three times in the past two months. (You do have this plugin right? If not click here it’s free, it works, and you need to have it, so check it now!)

Why there are no definitive strategies
Google never plays kiss and tell. To make matters more complicated their master plan is constantly changing and the whole linking and traffic game is fluid. It’s kind of like the saying, “Just when I though I had all the answers, they changed the questions.” Google prides itself in keeping everyone a step behind.

The answer
Try different strategies. Even smarter is to apply different strategies within the same site. Avoid being set in your ways. Never give into the next highly touted “ultimate shortcut” theory. And finally don’t be afraid to go occasionally through in a little gray and black hat. A key to testing is to create free blog sites independent of you main cluster. You do this through your offshore email accounts as I like to call them and don’t ever connect them in anyway to you or your money sites even remotely. The rewards are worth the effort. Just as an aside one such site accidentally began to generate a profit for us and had to be taken mainstream. In turn it was flipped for a nice little sum. How disappointed can you be about generating an income by mistake? (Sorry, we won’t kiss and tell…at least about that one)

The money tip
Follow a successful set of specific Internet Marketing Gurus both by email and through Twitter. The great way is to set up a separate Twitter and email account for just that. You then only have to check them once a day. Don’t use those accounts for anything else and you will be virtually spam free. If you have business relationship with them conduct that in your normal email account only.

Comeback to get more on linking and traffic. You’ll be glad you did.

Kiri

You learn by doing and I have to tell you there are things that many beginning online entrepreneurs just resist doing. A lot of people are still going on line with the “If I build it they will come” mentality. If you live and die by what you think, then that kind of thinking will be the death of you.

A List Building Resource
There are companies that will help you to build a list. Many starting out especially in these times are working on a shoestring. So, with that In mind I began to look into opportunities that are out there on the net that you can take advantage of while not taking advantage of you. When researching anything it’s best to check with those who are established. Mike Filsaime is a well established and as trusted a resource as you can get in the Internet Marketing world. Being the sweetheart he is, Mike came up with List Hero.

About List Hero
I can tell you the service come highly recommended by not just Mike, Shawn Casey, Tellman Knudsen and more all have nothing but praise for this service in helping beginners start there list. It’s simple to start up a list with these people. In checking it out I found the step by step walk through newbie friendly and an easy guide anyone can follow.

A Lesson in List Building from Brian Terry co-founder of List Hero:

5.5 Tips That Boost Your
Subscriber Profits
By Brian Terry
Have you ever wondered how you can make the subscribers on your list
more responsive? Here’s what I mean… I’m sure you’ve done this
before, you send your subscribers one email after another full of
valuable, useful content, then you make a recommendation to a product
and virtually no one orders through your link. Sound familiar?
It took me many years of trial and error to create this list of 5 tips
that help you boost your subscriber profits.
Pay close attention to what I’m about to reveal because it can and will
increase your listbuilding profits.

Tip 1: Use double optin subscriptions
Getting people to confirm their subscription ensures you have people on
your list who definitely want to hear more from you. This is one of the
most important steps to take because it helps you to build a quality
subscriber list. Remember listbuilding is about quality not quantity.

Tip 2: Use personalization
It’s been proven time and time again that personalization significantly
increases the effectiveness of your communication with your
subscribers. By including your subscribers name in the emails you send
them gives the message a sense of it’s being sent just for them and
no-one else.

Tip 3: Train your subscribers
For every 2 emails you send out that are content orientated send out 1
email that’s an honest recommendation you make for a product you think
will help them. Train your list to expect to receive offers from you
that will be of use to them.

Tip 4: Regularly survey your subscribers
Find out what your lists wants, then give it to them. Simple. You could
ask them questions like what’s their biggest problem online as well as
ask other demographic style questions. This helps you to build a
profile of your subscriber and gives you great understanding as to how
you can help them better and what offers they’re more likely to respond
to.

Tip 5: Give your list special offers
It doesn’t matter if you own a product or are an affiliate, make your
list an offer only they’ll be getting. It could be for the next 48
hours you’re offering 20% discount on your product. Or you offer an
extra bonus but only if they order something through your affiliate
link.

Tip 5.5: Keep in regular contact with your subscribers
It’s when you email your list 2 times a month that they begin to forget
who you are. Stay in regular contact and people will begin to know,
like and trust you. Above all don’t forget this one golden rule of
listbuilding… the money is in your “relationship” with your list not
it’s size.
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About the Author
Brian Terry is the Co-founder of ListHero where he provides you with
the fastest, easiest way to build your list for free.

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