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Discover how to Sell on Internet and become a Millionaire Only with your email address!
EVANG. KINGSLEY ASIAN
A common question I get from website visitors is "do I have to have a website to run an online business?” The answer is a resounding "no ... but it's easier if you do". If you're absolutely surprise at the idea of creating and running your own website, not to worry. Here's how you can create, run and market an online business using nothing but your email address.
YOUR PRODUCT
The first thing you need is a product that can be promoted and/or distributed online in a text-based environment, i.e. email. Don't have a product of your own? Then start out by promoting affiliate programs or if you need a product to resell with resell right dont hesitate to mail me on jide@endwellpartners.com If you're new to online marketing and don't know what affiliate programs are, read this article.
Many affiliate programs will include a free website that you can promote without having to do anything to create it or maintain it. All you do is sign up for the affiliate program(s) of your choice and direct your prospects to your affiliate website which then does the selling for you. Other programs just have you direct prospects to the product owner's website using a website address that includes special coding so that prospect is identified as having been referred by you and you get the commission on the sale. If you want to see what affiliate programs are working for me, click on the site below and sign up as an affiliate http://www.cashcards.net
Of course, there's nothing to stop you creating a product of your own. Information products are huge sellers on the 'net. Create your own e-Book, write your own software. Make sure it's something that can be adequately described and communicated in email, though. It's no good starting out wanting to promote something exclusively via email when you really need a website so people can "see" what you're talking about.
OK, so let's assume you have something you're ready to promote online. Let's look at how you can use email to run your business and get those sales.
DEVELOP YOUR OWN "LIST"
The very first thing you need to do is to get set up to build a list of your email contacts. This is kind of like pulling yourself up by your bootstraps when you're first starting out since how do you build a list when you don't have any email addresses to add to it yet? The answer, by the way, is NOT to send unsolicited email to every email address you can find. Not only is that a colossal waste of time, your ISP will soon start receiving complaints and you'll find your fledgling online business is grounded before it even has the chance to leave the nest.
By implementing the techniques described below, you'll soon start generating interest in your product/service. When you start receiving email from people asking for more information, add their address to your list of email contacts. NO ONE should be added to your list that hasn't first made contact with you. Anyone who later asks to be removed from your list must be removed immediately and without question.
CREATE YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER
An excellent way of building a list of email addresses is to offer something in exchange for other people's email addresses. The single most effective method out there at this time is to publish your own newsletter on a subject or theme relevant to the product or service you are selling. If you're selling an informational product on Internet marketing, then your newsletter should be related to Internet marketing. Beware, however, that "internet marketing" is an extremely crowded market and, to be blunt, they all look pretty much the same to me. To effectively compete in this particular market you really need to be able to offer something different from the same-old, same-old. And if you're just starting out, that may be a tough assignment.
So, try and stick to what you know both for the subject matter of your newsletter and your product or service as well. Nothing sells as well as someone who knows what they're talking about and can back it up with solid experience and know-how. Believe me, you'll save yourself a lot of time, money and grief if you don't try and reinvent the wheel. If you're a CPA, create a product or service (or promote someone else's) related to your field of expertise. Same thing if you're an at-home mom. There are plenty of others in exactly the same position who would love to hear your words of wisdom.
PLACE CLASSIFIED ADS
Placing classified ads will be one of your marketing staples. The best place to advertise is on TV, Radio stations, Newspaper e.g. Guardian, pasting postal, Handbill etc. You can also place classified adverts on this website by send an email to kfasian@yahoo.com
WORKING YOUR LIST
Finally, after implementing all of the above strategies, you will start accumulating a sizeable list of email addresses of people who have requested, in one form of another, information from you. This is your "list". Once you have a list, you have a ready-made pool of targeted prospects for your product or service.
So, at the same time as you're continuing to implement the above strategies (this never ends, by the way), you should also direct mail your list. Don't abuse the privilege, however. Start emailing your list every week and you'll soon find that your list members start leaving in droves (you should always include a way for members to be removed from your list in every mailing you send). So be judicious in not only what you send to your list but when and how often.
When people start buying from you, put their names in a separate, second list (as well as leaving it in the original list). This second list is your list of buyers. Once someone has bought from you once, they are MUCH more likely to do so again. So take special care of this group. Make special offers to them to reward them for their previous custom and loyalty.
So, there you have it, a handful of ways to run and market an online business without a website. It most definitely can be done, but don't write off the idea of creating your own website down the track to leverage your marketing efforts. Click for a comprehensive and step-by-step EMAIL MARKETING MANUAL .
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