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Designing Choice Shop - Digital products to help you work smart and not hard - Okay, so we all have to earn a living. Websites cost money to run, time to promote, and hey, we've got bills to pay. So while we do offfer loads of free good information, (like the free downloads further down this page), we have to sell some products as well - BUT, we want you to feel that you are getting a good deal, so you'll never ask for more than £5 - the cost of a couple of coffees.
One Page Marketing Cheat Sheets - Eight PDFs to print out to fix to your wall (or pin to your desktop), to remind you how to be more effective, and make the most of the customers you have, and bring in new fresh customers to build your business up faster ...
Multiple Streams of Income by Robert Allen - Robert Allen, Multiple Streams of Income. Robert Allen teaches you how to achieve financial freedom using three wealth creation techniques, investing, real estate, and marketing ...
Magnetic Salesletters by Michael Kimble - Learn copywriting from proven salesletter examples, MAGNETIC SALESLETTERS, the Ultimate Collection of Winning Ads and Salesletters by Michael Kimble. Take from some of the top copywriters for your own salesletters and website copy to boost your response and sales rates. ...
301 Direct mail Tips by Bill Myers - Did you know that even today, direct mail gets more responses than email marketing? Forbes magazine reported that the US Direct Marketers Association found that direct mail response rates are actually anywhere from 10 to 30 times higher than that of digital response rates ...
The Magic Story by Frederick van Rensselaer Dey - This book created a sensation when first published way back in 1900 in 'Success Magazine'. A story that some might not be at the right time in their lives for; or others a source of inspiration and motivation.
Book Yourself Solid, Michael Port - Part of the Book Yourself Solid, The 7 Keys To Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even If You Hate Marketing And Selling. An e-course by Michael Port - who has kindly let us reprint the first keys to your selling success.
How to Increase Affiliate Commissions - Jim Daniels explains how he worked to increase his affiliate commissions, and explains those clear strategies with you ...
Clean Your Website Design - Is your slow and hard to navigate website destroying your business? Here are some free tools to help you clean up your website act ...
Ten Breakthrough Marketing Ideas - Larry Dotson goes through ten simple strategies to boost your marketing efforts, and get your services or products out to wider audience ...
Write a Best Selling eBook - Why do some ebooks sell off the charts, while other ones can barely get off the ground, you'd be surprised. The other day, I was having breakfast with a friend who is a world-famous, best-selling bookstore book author ...
UK Market Research Tools - Market Research Tools. Thanks to the internet, most of the tools you need to do any market research are readily available – if you know where to look. In this briefing, we’ll point out some of the best ones ...
How to be Rich - Millionaire Mind - The late J. Paul Getty's rules for accumulating wealth are simple and to the point. In fact, it is so simple that most people who read them either dismiss them as sweeping generalities or falsely believe they have known and used them most of their lives ...
UK Business Start-up Advice - There are so many things to look at and understand when you are considering a business start up. From the law of the land, accounts and bookkeeping, to the practicalities of where to get the best value office supplies and where to get support from like minded business people ...
Product Development by Neil Tennant - Well, first of all, what I actually said was product development was simple, not easy! And simple it is, however, if it was easy everyone would be doing it. I’ve always said product development does take a bit of work and effort but the rewards are tremendous ...
Female Entrepreneurs Seminars Veronica Lim - Veronica Lim,the founder of Millionaire Thinking Creating Lifetime Wealth, draws on her personal experience to coach and share the principles and tools of successful female entrepreneurship in the Millionaire Thinking for Women seminars.
Creating your Niche - Creating Your Niche In The World by William Wild Bill Montgomery. Know what business you are in and what product you sell. To have an edge over your competitors you must know your market, who's going to buy your product and the strategy you will use to get them to do so.
Should I work from Home? - Many people are asking themselves should I work from home, will it work for me. Working from home might sound great, but it does present specific challenges that you have to overcome if you want to a home business a success. Stone Evans goes some basic requirements in his article: Is a Home Business Right For You?
UK Franchising - If you have never been in business for yourself before, the first thing you need to evaluate is yourself. Finding a franchise that offers genuine interest to you (rather than just a means to make money, or 'work for yourself') will go along way to helping you find the enthusiasm you will need ...
Use PLR to Start a Business - Some of the best advice I've ever been given is to get out of business opportunities. I'm still promote affiliations, if in my opinion they're still worthy, and in demand. Most of my income is made now from promoting my own products ...
Subscription Website Ideas - If you're a writer, researcher, subject matter expert, enthusiastic hobbyist, or an authority on almost any topic, there has never been a better time to start your own subscription website or online newsletter ...
Become a Newsletter Publisher - The marketplace for newsletters has only increased with the internet, allowing publishers to much more easily reach a worldwide readership. To be successful as a newsletter publisher, you have to specialise ...
Subscription Website Models - Coming up with the right topic for a successful subscription website is usually the biggest stumbling block for those wanting to get into this business ...
Follow One Guru at a Time - Michael Green reminds you how to stay on track in developing your own internet business, creating products online, by simply following one guru's advice at a time in his article: Why You Should Only Follow One Guru At A Time! by Michael Green. If you are out there trying to make money via Internet Marketing then you are not by any means alone ...
Brand Marketing - How do people See You? Are you properly 'Brand Marketing' Yourself? Steven Van Yoder takes you through some simple steps to help you identify Your Brand in his article ...
Brand and Promote Your Business with a Booklet - Simple and effective way to brand and promote your business using booklets - either as a free give away, or profit centre. Unleash the Potential of Booklets to Promote Your Business by Paulette Ensign ...
Creating Brand Trust for your Business - Creating a trusted brand is one way to increase sales, but how do you do it? In this article by Jim Edwards, he goes through some steps: Increase Sales By Flying Under Your Prospects Radar Defenses. ...
The Big Secret - Internet Marketing - I started marketing on the internet before it was cool. Back in early 1996, the commercial internet was just beginning to fully emerge. Now that I've carved out a niche for myself ...
Is Your Slow Website Slowing Your Business? - Is your slow and hard to navigate website destroying your business? Here are some free tools to help you clean up your website act .
How to Choose a Web Host - The world of web hosting has changed dramatically over the years. But that hasn’t stopped lots of companies overcharging for inadequate services.
Build and Promote Your Website - Resources for the small home business to help build, promote and monetise their website. It all changes so quickly, the different demands of being online and with so many companies offering the perfect way to get online, it can be really confusing as to know what to do.
Need More Orders? Fix this - Need More Orders? Fix this by Jim Daniels. After 3 years online I found a mistake that instantly increased my orders by 20%. Last month I learned a few more valuable lessons about doing business online.
How to Get Client Testimonials - What convinces you to buy? The price? The quality? Or is it the testimonials? Business referrals in the form of testimonials are probably the most overlooked and under-appreciated form of marketing. People read sales pages different ways.
Choosing a Domain Name - Choosing a Domain Name. Choosing the right domain not only correctly identifies your business, but also has some efect on your search engine rankings. As one of the first things you have to decide on when creating your business, choosing a domain name can be one of the most challenging things to do.
Sales & Copywriting Cheat Sheet - 17 succinct, direct and proven copywriting cheats that will improve your copywriting, and responses ...
Write Attention Getting Advertisements - "Write attention getting advertisements: The most important aspect of any business is selling the product or service. Without sales, no business can exist for very long. All sales begin with some form of advertising. To build sales, this advertising must be seen or heard by potential buyers, and cause them to react to the advertising in some way.
Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins - Free download of the 1923 classic advertising book: Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins. Being written so long ago the reerences in this book refer to print advertising, and some of the technical terms won’t be familiar to you (that’s what dictionaries are for), BUT don’t let that put you off ...
Make it Easy to Buy - Do You Make Your Prospects and Customers Jump Through Hoops? Picture this: Your prospect has just learned about one of your products or services, and is now ready to buy from you. How you handle the next critical step can make or break the sale ...
How to Self-Publish Your Own Newsletters, Reports, Manuals or Books - How to Self-Publish Your Own Newsletters, Reports, Manuals or Books. You can promote your business and make money by writing and self-publishing your own material.
Targeted Website Traffic - Want Targeted Web Site Traffic? Armond Morrin tells you how to DRIVE targeted visitors to your web site in his article. I drive over 500,000 laser-targeted visitors to my sites each month. You can do something like this and the key part is that there is no experience necessary!
Check Your Website Statistics - Most website owners completely ignore a completely free tool that they all have that can be used to tweak your marketing for more enquiries and sales: Find a Hidden Fortune in Your Website Stats.
Writing Your Own Tips Booklet - Everyone has something they want the world to know about and a tips booklet is a great way to help position yourself as an expert. Here are some questions to get your tips (and cash) flowing. You can mine your own field of gold by looking ...
Simplest Way to Create an eBook - The Simplest Possible Way to Create Your Own Ebook. How To Create Your Own Profitable Information Product by Armand Morin. If you don’t have a product, here’s how you create one simply ...
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