Happy Groundhog Day

Studies show that it costs from four to TEN TIMES MORE to create a new client than it does to keep an existing client.  Yet one look at most marketing plans quickly reveals that companies spend most of their time, money and effort to make new customers!

The key to long term profits is in the repeat, or “backend”sales we make to existing clients. No money need be spent to find, capture and convince these people because they already like and trust us!

And when people like and trust you the odds of them buying on your recommendation are much higher than if they don’t know you.

Simple really. We buy from those we trust.

But how do we cause clients to buy from us again and again without falling into the “new launch of the week” syndrome where we are always pitching for them to buy? How can we use the Internet to build relationship and deepen trust?

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The Truth About Traffic

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The #1 Marketing Mistake

 

Holiday Gift #1

Tis the season for giving and for saying thanks! In that spirit I’d like to give you a complimentary copy of my book BIG Profits from a small Mailing List.

As I look back over my 10 + years online I realize there are a few things that have helped me succeed online. Committing to quality. Committing to excellent customer support. Creating products people want and need. And building a relationship with the people on my mailing list … no matter what size that list was.

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Is a 42% click through rate good?

I find this fascinating. I just checked my Aweber stats for the first email I sent out about Follow Up Selling Systems reopening and was very surprised (and thankful) to find that we had a 42% click through rate.

Here’s what I mean by click through in case you don’t know that term. To me, click through rate is best measured when you divide the number of people who click the link in your email by the number of people who open your email.

Of the emails I sent that day (I sent to a sub list of 39,000) only 3267 were opened. I was a bit disappointed as that is only a 8.2% open rate, which is quite low for my lists.

My mistake because I sent the thing on a Friday night, and people have better things to do than read email from me on a Friday night! At least I hope they do! :-)

But here was the redeeming part.

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The Fatal Internet Marketing Mistake

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There is a gut wrenching mistake that many people who are wanting to succeed online are making.

I made this mistake for years before I discovered how easy it was to correct.

I can’t imagine how much money I left on the table during those lean years. Ironic because I really needed to make money back then! I was so busy trying this and trying that I ended up overlooking what would have solved my problem! Live and learn.

If any of these descriptions fit you then you may be making this mistake right now. If you are I will share with you how to fix the mistake in this very article. [Read more...]

Five Ways To Earn More Now Using Email

It’s all too easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and forget to do those basic things that create real results in our lives.

While posting video and Twittering are all fine and good, we MUST use the basic and proven methods of marketing if we want to survive and thrive.

And email marketing is one of those basics, one you might be overlooking right now.

It is undeniable that the MOST powerful form of marketing online today is email marketing.

If you look at any major product launch you will see they are done with email marketing. Even these silly “email is dead” desktop delivery products are sold using the medium they claim to be replacing … email!

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Ten Ways To Use Follow Up Email Marketing

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Five Ways To Earn More Now Using Email

You really can make money online with ethical email marketing

It’s all too easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and forget to do those basic things that create real results in our lives.

While posting video and Twittering are all fine and good, we MUST use the basic and proven methods of marketing if we want to survive and thrive.

And email marketing is one of those basics, one you might be overlooking right now. [Read more...]