How to Boost Traffic by Writing (and Submitting) Good Articles

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We don’t want to focus on problems with other content creator software too much, but it’s important to point out that there is a huge difference between Mass Article Creator and the kind of article spinning software that tries to spin an article from keywords.

That’s not how Mass Article Creator works. It doesn’t write articles for you. It re-writes your articles intelligently, and can even use your own words to do that.


Article Writing Mistakes – 7 To Avoid

Making your articles available for reprints by other ezine publishers and webmasters is the cornerstone strategy in building an avalanche of pre-qualified visitors to your website.

If you want your articles to be picked up and massively distributed by others, here are 7 common mistakes to avoid:

Article Mistake #1
Too many grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.

In addition to having your article proofed by others, you may also want to be sure that you have clearly defined paragraphs. Nothing is worse than a big blob of text with 20 run-on sentences.

Readers no longer read articles in depth and often only ‘scan’ your article. They want small bites of information that can be easily digested… also known as “info-snacking.”

Keep your “voice” in the same person throughout the entire article. If you are using the first person voice (I, me) or the second person (you, we, us) or the third person (they, them, he, she)…be consistent by staying in one voice for the entire article.

Article Mistake #2
Too much hype, bragging and self-promotion.

If you are as good as you know you are, there is no reason to fill the body of the article with hype, gratuitous links to your site or blatant self-promotion. Readers are smart and will see right through your “hype-veil.”

Better to only sell or pitch your company in the RESOURCE BOX below the body of the article. Research I’ve done indicates that the resource box often gets a 3% CTR (Click Through Rate). Be sure you take advantage of that by not selling hard in the body of the article.

Article Mistake #3
Content based on what you need to learn, not what your reader needs.

Put yourself in your reader’s shoes and ask yourself, “What does this article offer me?” Research what your reader wants to read by doing survey’s with your own audience or do keyword search engine research to find what people are looking for.

Article Mistake #4
Making your article broad or superficial in content.

It’s better to go in-depth on a narrow topic. Define it. Explain it. Relate to it. Use bullet points or numbered lists. Offer a secret or expertise that you have around the topic. Be original in covering your topic as narrowly as possible in a way that has not been done by others. Brevity is golden.

Article Mistake #5
Headline and article summary does not grab readers’ attention.

The headline is often ~95% of the initial reason why someone might read your article or pass it over for another article. Don’t bore your audience out of the gate with a dull headline or worse, a boring introduction to the article.

If you have to use two sentences to make your headline, you’re thinking too hard. Keep it simple and make it brief. Use keyword research tools to optimize your article title.

Article Mistake #6
Plagiarizing or ‘buying articles’…

It’s ok to research the Internet for article ideas, but it’s not ok to copy word-for-word of any article. Paraphrasing can also be classified as plagiarism. Be original. Let the words flow from your mind into your article. You will sleep better at night and your articles will have a higher value in the marketplace.

Buying articles is not a great idea…especially if you do not get an exclusive license to use them. What good is the same article if thousands of people call it their own? If you do outsource your article writing to ghost writers, make sure you have an exclusive right or license to the works.

Article Mistake #7
Don’t burn out the RESOURCE BOX by overloading it.

The RESOURCE BOX is your pay-off for giving your article up for free reprints, but don’t abuse the welcome mat by including a dozen website addresses. Stick with one website URL or two at the most and you’ll find your article may find a higher distribution rate.

If you want to be really tacky, include an affiliate link in the RESOURCE BOX. A better strategy is to have a domain name registered for every affiliate program that you pitch and include the domain name that rewrites or refreshes to your affiliate link. This is much less tacky and looks more professional.

About The Author:

Christopher M. Knight invites you to submit your best quality original articles for massive exposure to the high-traffic http://EzineArticles.com/ expert author community. When you submit your articles to EzineArticles.com, your articles will be picked up by ezine publishers who will reprint your articles with your content and links intact giving you traffic surges to help you increase your sales. To submit your article, setup a membership account today: http://EzineArticles.com/submit/

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How to Store and Distribute Your Videos

August 11, 2009 by Admin  
Filed under Entrepreneurs, Millionaire Tactics

Creating, discovering, searching, sharing, storing etc for videos

  1. BigContact : social podcasting/videocasting (#,a-b)
  2. blinkx : tv / video / podcast search (#,a-b)
  3. blip.tv : video/podcasting sharing service (#,a-b)
  4. Bolt : video/photo/music sharing service (#,a-b)
  5. Boltfolio : video sharing service (#,a-b)
  6. BroadbandSports.com : sports video portal (#,a-b)
  7. BroadSnatch : podcasts/v-logs (#,a-b)
  8. Castpost : social video hosting / sharing (c-d)
  9. Clipshack : social video sharing (c-d)
  10. Dailymotion : video sharing (c-d)
  11. DiviCast : social podcasting/videocasting (c-d)
  12. Dropshots : social video sharing (c-d)
  13. EveryBit : search multimedia web content (e-f)
  14. EyeSpot : simple video mixing and sharing (e-f)
  15. FireAnt.tv : social video sharing (e-f)
  16. Flukiest : music/photo/video sharing (e-f)
  17. Freevlog : video logging tutorial (e-f)
  18. GetDemocracy : internet television (g-h)
  19. GlideDigital : social photo/music/video/file/etc sharing (g-h)
  20. Grinvi : social video sharing (spanish) (g-h)
  21. Grouper : social video sharing (g-h)
  22. Kolablog : multimedia blogging service; free (k-l)
  23. LifeBlogger : free blogging service (k-l)
  24. Loomia : podcast/video search engine (k-l)
  25. Magnoto : free modular blogging service (m-n)
  26. MediaMax : online media / file storage ; free (25 gb) and paid accounts (m-n)
  27. MediaTurner : rich media player service (m-n)
  28. mefeedia : social video sharing (m-n)
  29. MetaCafe : social video sharing (m-n)
  30. MyVideoKaraoke : social karaoke video sharing (m-n)
  31. Openvlog : video recording and sharing (o-p)
  32. Orb : secure access to media (music/photo/video) (o-p)
  33. Ourmedia : online storage (o-p)
  34. Phanfare : social photo / video sharing (o-p)
  35. PicPix : photo/video sharing/tag/organization application (o-p)
  36. PiXPO : video sharing service (o-p)
  37. poddater : video personals with tags (o-p)
  38. Podesk : video podcast/blog software (o-p)
  39. Pooxi : video search engine (french) (o-p)
  40. Popcast : social video braodcasting (o-p)
  41. Revver : social video sharing (q-r)
  42. SelfCastTV : social video sharing (s-t)
  43. SevenLoad : social video sharing (s-t)
  44. Sharkle : social video sharing (s-t)
  45. ShoZu : social photo / video / text mobile sharing (s-t)
  46. Stickam : social media sharing (s-t)
  47. Stridr / swapzies : social media storage (s-t)
  48. Strmz : videos from TV channels (s-t)
  49. Trueveo : video search engine (s-t)
  50. TurnHere : film of the day (s-t)
  51. VideoBomb : social video hosting / sharing (u-v)
  52. VideoEgg : video publishing (u-v)
  53. VideoSift : social video sharing (u-v)
  54. VidiLife : social video sharing (u-v)
  55. Vimeo : social video sharing (u-v)
  56. vlogmap : video blogs on google maps (u-v)
  57. vMix : social video sharing (u-v)
  58. Vongo : high-quality full screen video plugin software (u-v)
  59. vSocial : social video sharing (u-v)
  60. woomu : social video sharing with user tags and votes (w-x)
  61. YouTube : social video sharing (y-z)
  62. Zippyvideos : social video sharing (y-z)

How To Become a Self-Made Internet Millionaire

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From the Desk of John Kumpunen: Going from Networking to Webworking:

How to become a self-made millionaire working from the comfort of your home

Not only is it possible, it being done every day by ordinary Joe Blows!

It used to be networking: “Who You Know”

Now it’s webworking: “Who Knows You”

  • Webworking, as opposed to networking, is a radical mind-shift in sales. It’s thinking beyond business as we learned it … passing out business cards in weekly meetings … sending out sales letters and handing out brochures in trade shows.
  • Now it’s all different: It’s going from “who-you-know” to “who-knows-you”. Webworking with millions gives you an instant market expansion like never in the history of mankind. Selling on the web to a billion-and-a-half people each buying hundreds of products a year — most of us just don’t understand the enormity of it.
  • Forget the passive prospects who don’t want to speak to you … forget cold calling, forget dealing with unresponsive people.

    Instead of networking with a few, the internet gives an opportunity to webworking with millions and millions.

    But only 1 in 50 business people will
    ever understand this…

    You must sell to customers who CAN buy and buy BIG. In the past, it meant getting into the Fortune 1000 companies, jumping through hoops, fighting gatekeepers with blackbelt in martial linguistics, and then waiting 90 days to get paid.

    Work smarter… instead losing your cool with corporate mazes, why not use the H&R Block, Wal-Mart, Microsoft model combined with the internet, little bit here and a little bit there from a huge customer base.

    Make the internet your MAJOR account:

    You’re not dependent on ONE key customer who pulls the plug and forces you to fire good people on your team. With the internet, your business risk is spread over thousands if not millions of customers. Instead of networking with a few, you move up to “webworking” with thousands, maybe millions!

    Just think of the staggering market size: There are over 1.5 billion internet users out there (2 billion in 2010). We humans don’t even comprehend large numbers like that:

    Think of it this way: if it takes you 100 days to count to million, it will take you 323 years to count to billion. The internet is about very large numbers — even if you only cut a small fraction of the billions and billions of daily transactions (and the internet has barely started—it will be bigger and better than television, radio, newspapers, magazines combined). The Digital Gold Rush.

    CASE HISTORY: One manufacturer sold to the local market of about 4 million people mainly through newspaper ads, trade shows, and referrals. Then we created a 24-hour Salesman and put them in top positions on Google, Yahoo and MSN. They now regularly sell more in a single day than they sold in a week before. One Monday, they call it the “Magic Monday”, they sold more than a month’s worth of product in a single day!

    But internet marketing really isn’t “magic”, it’s mathematics: Instead of the local market of about 4 million people, they now sell to 300 million people. Their sales are growing bigger every day as more and more people discover their web site.The staggering size of the internet market can change your business in a few months. Not only is it possible, it’s being done every day.

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    How One Hour of Clear Thinking is Better than 40 Hours of Confusion

    How To Market Like a Pro
    Now’s The Time for A Step-By-Step Re-Assessment of Your Marketing


    “One hour of clear thinking is better than 40 hours of confusion.”

    By John Kumpunen, M.A.
    President and CEO of SumHow.com

    In Real-Life 101 we learned that only a super-small percentage of products rise to the hotcake status of “they sell themselves” — the top 1% of products (probably more like 1 out of 1,000,000 products) become the fads (Elmo, Crazy Wall-Walkers), the cool stuff (iPods, Wii, Blackberry, iPhone) that everyone MUST have. The rest need work: 99.9% of products and services have to be marketed when there is no organic demand for them.

    4 Un-Reasons for Marketing:

    1) Product is unknown, new to the market, or needs to be re-positioned. This is a task of increasing awareness (and differentiating) through hundreds of tactics like press releases, publicity, advertising, case histories, CNN, Oprah spot, even Twitter links. Remember this: To attract the mice, you gotta make noises like cheese.

    2) Product is undifferentiated. The affluent markets are inundated with all sorts of products …do we really need 437 mp3 players? Or 20,000 brands of beer? Probably not. But marketing comes into play when there isn’t enough demand because buyers cannot tell your products apart from the many competitors. This is a task of educating the buyers to understand the differences between products and why these differences are important. Marketers throw around concepts like USP unique selling proposition, PBTs personal buying triggers, tested selling sentences, and Ries and Trout concept of ‘positioning’. Remember this: Failure to market is largely a failure to stand out in the mind of the buyer.

    3) Product is unremarkable. Design is ho-hum. People who run the business are burned-out. Product quality isn’t quite there. Corners were cut in manufacturing and raw materials; it might be the Chinese bargain, cheap but … you get the idea. If your service is ho-hum, there are very specific steps you can take to improve the perceived quality in the market place. Remember this: Sure, glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

    4) Product is unsupported by the market for these reasons: Not enough buyers, Not enough money, Not enough interest. Common problem is that the market you are talking to is just too small in size to give you the number of sales you need. They may be small in money and cannot afford the product (selling Mercedes 500 SL cars in rural Uganda). Remember this: Find a parade and march in front of it. Go where the fish swim.

    If MARKETING is “Whatever it takes to make profitable sales”, then ask yourself these questions

    What is the overall communication objective of your marketing — is it to increase awareness, to differentiate, or to improve the perception in the marketplace? Action Step: Write one sentence: What communication OBJECTIVE is the most valuable to your clients and you right now, which singular message do you need to bring into the minds of prospects? What message are you going to yell out standing on a soap box in Central Park? What would impress your prospects?

    DON’T USE UNHEARABLES … words and concepts that you’ve heard a million times before. It has to be FRESH, innovative, provocative, and action-stirring. What specific ACTION do we want them to take after they have viewed the presentation? Reality is there is no money if they don’t take the action. Aim all your communication to that first step: Mr. Prospect Take This Action Now.

    60-second rule: What do you want them to do in the next 60 seconds after they have viewed the presentation? For example, do they call, fill out a form, place an order, arrange an interview, explore the web site, etc. What action do they need to take at the end of the presentation?

    LONG-TERM: What do you want them to REMEMBER 12 months from now? We humans see great commercials and have no idea what the product was. We listen to seminars and forget most of it within 24 hours. Now, what ONE concept, idea, slogan do we want them to remember for the rest of their lives? Some action slogans seem to stay with us forever: How do you spell RELIEF? R-O-L-A-I-D-S (This campaign slogan was so powerful that one half of the southern school kids spelled relief … you guessed it … R-O-L-A-I-D-S).

    Who is this communication for — dealers, distributors, staff, prospects, existing clients — what is their familiarity with the company and the products? If known, what are the target audience psychographics (lifestyle, attitudes, religion, politics), demographics (age, sex, income, geographical factors), and ethnographics (race, ethnic background, etc.)?
    Hoover vacuum salesmen worked with typical persona of a buyer. I forget what Mr. and Mrs. Consumer were called, but it might help to apply the Pareto rule and see which 20% of your customers are giving you 80% of your business.

    Problem-Agitation-Solution (PAS) Model of Selling: We like to work with the PAS model of selling because of its beauty of simplicity: Three components: Problem that your service or product solves, emotional Agitation of that problem to the degree where the prospect realizes that change is absolutely necessary, and the Solution you offer.

    What is the PROBLEM you solve? How does the problem manifest in their lives? How does this problem show up in their daily lives? Is the problem large enough to justify action? How much does this problem cost in terms of lost revenue, lost speed, lost productivity?

    What is the Agitation we can provide? The majority of sales fail because the buy-now solution is introduced too early. Presenting a solution before the buyer is emotionally engaged, before he is ready to buy, will result in low conversions. We need to drive the motivation-to-buy deeper, ideally to the level of emotion that purchase is the only logical (and emotional) solution. How can we make his problem worse, how can we introduce ideas that lead HIM to believe that he needs to make a change?

    THE MOST CRUCIAL STEP: What is the Solution’s Unique Selling Positioning (USP) AND ITS EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS (We buy on emotion and justify with logic)? Compare yourself to your competitors. What does your company provide that is truly UNIQUE (no competitor offers it), that is important to SELLING (a differentiator important enough to make or break the sale) and can take the top-of-mind POSITION in the decision matrix of the buyer. 99% of purchase decisions are made with a fewer than six variables; often one single differentiator makes the sale (and becomes a “tested selling concept”).

    We need to enter into the buyer’s mind and eliminate all other alternatives (“kill” competitors) and to direct the buyer’s attention and interest to your company’s unique solutions. What are the hard differentiators (objectively measurable: price, size, weight, speed, compatibility) and soft differentiators (matters of judgement: quality, responsiveness, standards of service). What is truly unique about you? What makes the sale? What factoid can rise to the top-of-mind?

    What are the 3 reasons why prospect should buy this product / service?
    What are the 3 reasons why prospect should buy this from you rather than competitors?
    What are the 3 reasons why prospect should buy now?

    Selling by education (you educate the customer to the important features and benefits of your products; e.g., via newsletter, white paper, online video, DVD) has incredible ROI (one manufacturer got $81 in sales for every $1 spent). What can you teach? What is the insider’s angle? You and your staff probably know more about the product, its application, and its performance than 99.99% of the population ever will. What can you teach the audience?

    What can you tell him that makes his eyes light up? What makes him say, “Wow, I didn’t know that”? What can you tell them that makes a huge difference? How can you educate them? What is the “insider’s angle”? What “secret” knowledge will surprise them? One maxim that applies here is: “Be Interesting or Be Invisible”.

    Tested Selling Sentences. Many companies have script books—specific words and sentences that sell. What are the buying triggers, what are the concepts, ideas, words that “click” in the mind of the buyer? These are often mental concepts that bring a near-close prospect to a close and a purchase decision. What is your ultimate closing statement?

    What 6 specific irrefutable facts can you say and get him to agree with you without hesitation? What are the 6 minor “yesses”. As we build the ‘framework’ for a sale, we want the prospect to engage emotionally and agree with us before we attempt bring him into a close. In your industry / product line what are the minor yesses he cannot disagree with? Use industry metalanguage or industry lingo if possible. Example: High-altitude towing is harder on the engine because of thinner air. Thin-air power loss can be as much as 30%. An RV-trailer tow vehicle with that extra 70 horsepower can handle high-altitude Kentucky hills better.

    Your vision of the presentation: What absolutely needs to be shown and explained in the presentation? Describe what you see happening in your mind’s eye — from start to finish.

    Closing: Here you can talk about TakeAwayClose, what will the prospect lose if he does not make a decision now, timed offers; CalamityClose—what if he does not buy and calamity strikes, what are the costs of indecision; HitstheFanClose — what are the costs of litigation if company set up done poorly (esp. franchises, ventures, stock promotion, offshore deals).

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    Search terms: What are the typical search engine terms your target audience might use to seek your type of services or products? Think of as many words and phrases as you can. Trade journals, magazines, portal web sites: What does the industry read? What are the industry forums?

    MORE IMPORTANTLY– it is nearly impossible to get first page placement in competitive markets (Search Engine Page Returns > 1,000,000+). There are just too many competitors and to organically rank in the first 10 is tough. Very tough in competitive markets — you’ll just waste a ton of time. Instead aim for the words that trigger sales, not the tire-kickers and lookie-lous. Long-Tail. Instead of Chevrolet Trucks, you look for phrases that a proud buyer would describe his Chevy Truck purchase: Three-quarter-ton Chevy with extended cab and double rims at the back. Okay, that may be an exaggeration, but you get the idea of long-tailing.

    Name and Describe your major competitors: Who are they? Web site URLs? What are their estimated sales volumes, market shares? Are they private or public companies? Do they publish annual reports? Where can we gather competitive intelligence on them, e.g., trade journal article?

    Post-sale cognitive dissonance: Research shows that car buyers actually read MORE car brochures AFTER they bought their car than before. Once a sale is consummated, the buyer often enters a cognitive dissonance phase—Did I make the right decision? What communication can we make available to him immediately after the sale to abate the discomfort of decision making. What can we communicate to him that tells 1. He made the right decision, 2. His decision is perfectly timed, 3. There are thousands of other people who made the same decision and happy with their decision.

    Opinion Leaders, word-of-mouth, affiliates, partnerships: When a buyer is happy with the outcome of the sale, has moved past the cognitive dissonance phase, he can often become your best salesman as an Opinion Leader — especially important in group settings, regional sales, vertical industry sales. Opinion Leaders influence and shape the attitudes of their peers. He can become a powerful testimonial by word of mouth, an affiliate, as an influencer. The higher his “source credibility” is the more powerful his influence—cf., Insider tutoring on Manhattan real-estate transactions: Donald Trump vs. Richard Simmons? What “weight” do your buyers carry in the industry, region—and how can we solicit their help in further sales?

    For further information, please contact
    John Kumpunen, M.A.
    1-800-535-4999
    john@sumhow.com
    .

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    3 Tips To End Overwhelm in Business

    Christine Comaford's Result's Now Webinar will show you where to begin!

    If you’re like most entrepreneurs I talk to,
    one of your biggest challenges is having
    a lack of focus and getting overwhelmed.

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    Accelerate your business with results now.

    This usually happens because they (you) have not defined the critical few results that, when achieved, will allow your business to move forward more quickly.

    My good friend Christine Comaford calls these results “Needle Movers” because when you realize the result, you’re able to “move the needle” on the speed of your biz.

    Envision the accelerator needle on your car.

    Today I want to help you identify those few critical RESULTS that will open the doors to a bigger and better business.

    Tip 1 – Needle Movers Are *RESULTS*

    Needle movers differ from goals in one very important and specific way — goals do not necessarily have a business result attached to them.

    Here’s what I mean…

    You might have a goal to complete a proposal by a certain date and get it to your advisory board for review prior to submission. It’s possible that you have a deadline for this goal and you might even have a series of steps in place to ensure you achieve it.

    But what business *RESULT* will you get from completing the draft of your proposal?

    None.

    The result you’re aiming for is to land a new client and the proposal is simply one piece of the puzzle that will help make that happen. Make sense? Focus on the outcome, the end result, and then take the action steps to create your daily and weekly goals.

    Tip 2 – Needle Movers Are *SPECIFIC*

    goalsLike S.M.A.R.T. goals, in order to be truly effective, your needle movers must be very specific.

    “Increase sales” is not a specific needle moving result.

    “Close 7 New Sales By August 31, 2009″ is most definitely a very specific outcome.

    See the difference?

    One is kind of vague.  Of course, you want to increase sales – who doesn’t?  But by how much, and by when?

    Here’s another example:

    “Generate more marketing leads” although very important for every business is just not quite specific enough.

    I’d rewrite it like this:

    “Generate 1000 new targeted leads in the next 30 days.”

    That’s so much better!

    Tip 3 – *PRIORITIZE* Your Needle Movers

    prioritystickyIn business, there are always so many things that need to get done that it’s all too easy to get overwhelmed. Unfortunately, overwhelm usually causes us to focus on the seemingly “urgent” tasks and lose sight of the truly “important” ones. Let’s say that one of the outcomes you want to achieve is to increase your online sales by some specific amount.

    But your website is not currently set up to effectively support that outcome and needs a lot of work to get it ready.

    Your first Needle Mover for this quarter might be to get the website revisions completed, tested and online. That result will allow you to focus the next quarter on driving traffic to the site so you can achieve the result of increasing your web sales by a specific amount.

    Make sure that your Needle Movers are in the right order, otherwise you’ll find that it is even *MORE* difficult to achieve the results you’re looking for.

    Whew!

    I hope those tips help you understand how to set your needle movers so that they are truly supporting your business.

    Using these tips will help you get more clarity and focus, which in turn helps you build your business more quickly and with less frustration.

    Your Next Step

    How you actually create your Needle Movers and determine the actions required to achieve them is a little more difficult. Below you will see the template Christine uses to create her Needle Movers so that you can apply these tips. But if you want to get started right away, she covers needle movers in great detail in module 1 of her “Results Now” Webinar.

    Not only will you learn how to set your needle movers, you’ll get all of the supporting docs and resources Christine uses at Mighty Ventures
    to help stay on track and focused on achieving her own Needle Movers!

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    How To Create Needle Movers For Your Biz

    Once you’ve determined the specific *RESULT* and determined which Needle Movers you need to focus on first…

    – I recommend only working on 3 at a time –

    …now it’s time to write them out and put specific *ACTIONS* behind them, so you know exactly what you need to do in order to accomplish your objective.

    You’ve already determined your “Target” or the specific outcome you’d like to achieve, so now I want you to give yourself a REALLY big goal — and a little breathing room. You’ll do this by setting a “minimum” of your target as well as a “Mind Blower”!

    The minimum is the result that is slightly less than your actual target, but which is not the end of the world. (That way, if you don’t hit your target, but still hit your minimum, you can still count it as a win.)

    The Mind Blower is the really big target, that, if you hit it, will really ROCK your business! (Having a Mind Blower ensures you won’t get complacent when you realize that you’re on pace to hit your original target.)

    So, for each Needle Mover you’ll have:

    a) Target
    b) Minimum
    c) Mind Blower!

    Moving right along…

    On a sheet of paper, draw 4 vertical lines, splitting the page into 4 columns.

    Label each column as follows:

    1. Needle Moving Result
    2. Actions
    3. Owner
    4. Resources

    Once you’ve determined the result you’d like (including minimum & Mind Blower), write out all of the steps that need to happen in order for this result to come about.

    These actions will drive your daily and weekly action list or “to do” list.

    Next, for each action, determine who is the owner of that action. Sometimes it will be you, but whenever you can outsource or delegate an action to someone else, do so!

    Finally, what resources will you need in order to accomplish each objective? Sometimes the resource will be a tool and in other cases it will be a person who is a subject matter expert.

    Regardless, write out all of the resources you think you’ll need to accomplish that action. This helps you identify resources that may not yet be in place, so that you can gather them as they are needed, instead of that being an excuse for missing your target.

    The final step is to get started completing the action items for each of your 3 Needle Movers. You and your team can then report on these actions weekly.

    If you want to get even more in depth training on how to create your Needle Movers, including a “Monthly Planning Template” you’ll find that and more in Module 1 of Results Now Webinar.

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    Plus, in subsequent modules of this powerful training, Christine reveals the exact system you can use to…

    …generate 1000+ leads in just 30 days (and every 30 days thereafter)…

    …to turn your knowledge and experience into a new stream of revenue…

    …close 7 (or more) new sales in the next month using “High Probability Selling” and her unique “Quota Busting” approach…

    …and much more.

    Get the full story here:

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    How to Make Cheap Telephone Calls

    July 14, 2009 by Admin  
    Filed under BUSINESS, Telephone & VOIP

    A long-distance plan for $30/year and call any number in North America — how can you beat that?

    What is ‘VoIP’?

    Simply put, VoIP refers to the carriage of voice signals over the Internet. PC to Phone VoIP refers to using your ‘Internet-connected’ computer to make calls to conventional telephones around the world. Whereas traditional telephone calls take place over fixed line ‘circuit switched’ networks, VoIP calls are routed through the Internet using a far more efficient method known as ‘packet switching’. Whilst carrying voice data more efficiently via the Internet is a benefit, the main advantage that VoIP has is one of cost. For example, a typical PC to Phone VoIP call to a telephone in the United States from anywhere in the world generally runs at just a few cents per minute. Keep in mind, the clarity/quality of PC to Phone calls is usually as good and in many cases better than that of a comparable Phone to Phone call.

    How can it be so cheap?

    Herein lies the beauty of PC to Phone calls. By using the Internet to route your calls, long-distance charges imposed upon you by the major telecommunications companies (Bell, Sprint, AT&T, etc) are all but eliminated. Furthermore, many of the governmental levies and fees associated with using the highly regulated ‘traditional’ telephone networks are also avoided. The result? Extremely cheap, long distance calling to conventional telephones around the world with little or no loss of call quality.

    So how does it work?

    In a typical PC to Phone call, your computer receives your voice input via a microphone and then translates your voice into a ‘data packet’. This packet of data is then transmitted via the Internet to as close as possible to the physical destination of the telephone you’re calling. Your voice ‘data packet’ is then switched to the conventional telephone network and routed to the phone that you are calling. All of this data transmission, translation and switching takes place transparently and extremely quickly. Chances are that the person whom you’re calling would have no idea that you’re talking to them using your computer.

    So what do you need?

    In order to start making long-distance telephone calls using your computer, you’ll need a computer that’s connected to the Internet, a microphone and speakers (a headset with a boom microphone is ideal). It’s worth mentioning that although there are several companies that support both the Linux and Macintosh platforms (e.g., www.skype.com), the vast majority of PC to Phone software is designed for use on Windows’ compatible PCs. As far as your Internet connection goes, the faster the better (e.g., high speed Cable or ADSL). However, PC to Phone does also work on dial-up Internet connections (the way I access the Internet).

    The next thing to do is choose a PC to Phone Service Provider. These are the companies that provide the software and infrastructure necessary for you to make calls to conventional telephones via the Internet. There are many Service Providers and each have their own benefits and rates so it’s a good idea to shop around. Almost all of them allow for pay-as-you-go usage (i.e., on a per minute basis) however some also offer unlimited calling plans to certain destinations for a low monthly fee. Some of the better known Providers include

    net2phone.com

    iconnecthere.com

    skype.com

    Once you’ve chosen a Service Provider, you’ll need to open an account and deposit funds into that account. If you’re reluctant to use your credit card online, many of the PC to Phone companies offer alternative forms of payment (e.g., PayPal, direct deposit, wire transfer, etc.). Next, you’ll need to download the ‘softphone’ application from your service provider. A softphone is merely the interface program through which you dial the number of the person you’re calling and usually only takes a few minutes to download on even the slowest ‘dial-up’ Internet connections. Softphones generally resemble the keypad on conventional telephones and work in much the same way. Depending on your service provider, the manner in which you ‘dial out’ will vary. Typically, the softphone will take into account where you are in the world and adjust the dialing settings accordingly. In other words, you’d dial the exact same series of numbers into the softphone that you would if you were using a conventional telephone.

    Once you’ve made a few calls to friends and family around the world using your computer, you’ll quickly realize the fantastic cost advantages of making ‘PC to Phone’ calls versus ‘Phone to Phone’ calls.

    So what’s the catch?

    Whilst PC to Phone is terrific, it isn’t perfect. There are some disadvantages that you should be aware of and these include:

    a) Quality: If you access the Internet via a ‘dial-up’ connection (i.e., through a normal telephone line), you may experience call quality degradation if you are surfing the web and talking to someone via PC to Phone at the same time. In other words, the ‘bandwidth’ or ‘capacity of your Internet connection’ may be limited and this could affect your calling ability.

    b) Echo: If you’re using computer speakers to hear the person you’re talking to, that person may hear an ‘echo’ of their own voice. This happens for reasons similar to that encountered with the ‘speakerphone’ function on conventional telephones. At the same time as you hear that person’s voice coming through your computer speakers, your microphone will also detect the voice and re-transmit the signal back to the person you’re talking to. This ‘echo’ can easily be avoided by using either a computer headset or by turning your speaker volume down so as to minimize the chance of your microphone picking up and retransmitting the incoming voice signals.

    c) Cost: If you’re calling relatively small and/or remote countries, you should check the rates of the PC to Phone Service Providers’ to those countries before signing up for their PC to Phone service. For example, calling a country like Fiji in the Pacific Ocean is almost as expensive using PC to Phone as it is using a conventional telephone. The reason for these high rates to certain countries is usually due to the PC to Phone Service Provider not having the necessary switching equipment (required for switching your call back to the traditional telephone network from the Internet) physically located in that country. In these scenarios, your calls are routed through the traditional telephone network for a good proportion of the distance they travel and as such they attract many of the long-distance charges that the traditional networks impose. If you’d like to call one country in particular, it’s definitely worth shopping around to find out whether prospective PC to Phone companies have the necessary switching equipment located in that country (and hence, can pass on the savings to you in the form of cheaper rates).

    So give PC to Phone a try. You’ve really nothing to lose and have the potential to save yourself a lot of money.

    Nathan Smith

    Nathan is the operator of http://www.netphonedirectory.com – a directory of PC to Phone and free PC to PC VoIP Service Providers. Nathan currently resides in New Brunswick, Canada


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    How to Get 30%-40% More Responses To Print Ads

    July 13, 2009 by Admin  
    Filed under FEATURED, Print Advertising

    MAKE PRINT ADS CLICKABLE !!!
    Print Ads, Yellow Pages, Directories, Newspaper Ads — increase your responses with these simple steps.

    Get 30%-40% More Responses From Your Print Ads

    Get 30%-40% More Responses From Your Print Ads

    Advertising IS expensive. Google Adwords is creeping up. Newspaper, directory, and magazine ads can add up to serious downdraft for a lot of small companies. So what to do? Can’t stop advertising. If you have their attention, create immediate interest by asking them to take the next action.

    Now, what if you were to extend or build the emotional involvement of the print ad? Make the print ad clickable? The idea of running a small display ad and offering another communication piece (catalog, brochure, booklet) is not new. Bingo cards are well-established tactics in trade magazines.

    But what if you were to add emotional multimedia links to the print ad. Instead of the logo, there’s a warm welcome from the president. Instead of picture of a product, you have a 60-second movie on the product. Each component of the ad is made into a more emotional appeal with multimedia. Read more on

    http://AdExtenders.com

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