How To Profit By Giving Away Your Products An Insider Guide To The Strategy Of Giving Gifts

Writen by Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian

FREE!

It's one of the most powerful words in advertising and marketing. Grabs your attention. Gets you curious. Stimulates your desire.

Even if you were NOT interested to start with!

Just think about it. How many pieces of software, ebooks and reports clutter up your hard drive. And you only ever downloaded it because it came at no cost - as a gift.

So why do marketers give away stuff? And how can you profit from giving away things too? You'll learn exactly why, how and when to use gift give-aways to grow your business - and make new friends.

Always Give Value - Always

We live in a cynical world - especially on the Internet. People are critical. They demand high value.

Offer it - and you become their trusted friend, ally, go-to person. Fail to, and you'll do yourself great harm.

So if you plan to give something away as a gift, make sure it has high value. A simple rule of thumb is - If you can't sell it, don't try gifting it away.

Why does this matter? Look, one of the major reasons for gift-giving as a business building and marketing tactic is to lay the foundation for a trusting, lasting relationship with your prospects.

Their perception of you, your business and your brand begins with your gift. You don't get a second chance to make a good first impression. So make it your best - by giving high quality gifts.

Sell Them - Even If You're Giving It Away

A big mistake beginners make is to assume that just because you're giving it away, folks will fall over themselves to grab it.

Wrong.

You need to sell them on the value... and then let them have it at no cost.

Highlight the effort you put into creating it. How many hours of research went into it? How much money did you spend? How many people were involved? What were their skills, qualifications, efforts?

Tell them how they will benefit from it. What will the product do for your prospects? How will their lives be better by using/reading/applying what you're giving away?

Show them just how valuable it is - and then give it away. That packs a powerful punch!

But why give stuff away in the first place?

Profit Strategies From Gift Giving

There are many ways you, as the gift-giver, can profit from your efforts apart from the intangible benefits like gaining goodwill and building positive buzz around your brand.

* Make the gift a pre-selling tool for your main product. It can educate your prospect about the value of your primary product or service. It can offer a sample, a trial or a glimpse of the power of what you are selling. It can raise hopes, open avenues of possibility, reveal potential advantages - and bring prospects back to do business with you.

* Make 'in-context' offers. A short report about avoiding the pitfalls of cheap web hosting can recommend a specific web host. A guide explaining how a particular tactic is executed can mention a software or service that makes the process simple or faster.

* Build in 'back-ends'. You could give away a complete product - and sell them more of it, for a longer period, or another related product that enhances the value of what you gave them. Or you could give away a basic version - and offer to sell a deluxe or premium.

* Make it viral. By giving away high quality gifts - and offering recepients an incentive to pass it along - you'll grow a monstrous marketing machine that will explode your business and profits as it keeps growing and growing.

* Go wide and far. Recruit others to help you give away stuff. Find affiliates and joint venture partners. Make it attractive for them to participate in giving away YOUR gifts.

As long as you have a mechanism in place to identify and follow up with recepients of your gift, you can expand your efforts extensively - and the more you give away, the more you will benefit in the long run.

I hope this short article has given you some ideas to use when you plan the next give-away. And please let me know about it - I LOVE gifts :)

Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian is webmaster of Opti-Biz.com Join his 'Early Christmas' gift give-away and get FIVE cool products that currently sell on his websites for $156.38. You get it all free - no strings attached!

Download them from: http://www.Opti-Biz.com/early-christmas.htm

Or send any email to: mailto:drmani-gifts05@aweber.com

How To Choose The Right Online Business Part 3

Writen by Tim Brocklehurst

In parts 1 and 2 of this series we assessed whether you had an aptitude for pursuing a business online. Now that you've reached part 3 you deserve some congratulations. You have passed through the assessment, know what your strengths are, and now you're ready to decide on which type of business to throw yourself.

So lets see now - what are the various methods of earning an income online?

MLM programs. (Multi-Level-Marketing)
Your own product on your own site.
Survey filling / email responding
Adsense content sites

MLM (Multi-Level-Marketing) programs come in a wide variety of types and forms but all have one common characteristic: You buy yourself into the scheme, sell it to as many others as you can, and take out a percentage of the payments made from those in your downline. Some MLM schemes let you join free, but the only way any of its members makes any money is if those underneath them (in their downline) make a payment at some stage. In what ever form they are packaged and sold, they are all as simple as that when it comes down to it.

MLM's represent the most basic form of leveraged volume on the Internet. It incorporates the concept of 'viral' marketing. The notion is that no sooner have you sold someone into the program than they set about selling someone else into it and so on. Many call the structure of such a downline a 'matrix' but really this is a euphemism for 'pyramid'. And that is all they are. You can make money with these schemes but they require a lot more effort than you're ever told at the start. Your positive outlook and self-discipline will help here, especially since 95% of the people you get to join under you won't sell it any further.

Before you join any form of MLM - if indeed you decide that you are prepared to take on the level of work it requires - be absolutely sure that you like, and are happy selling the product that comes with it. Some provide herbal health products, some digital information courses, and some provide nothing at all, just the dubious promise of eternally growing monthly payments.

No matter what business you end up doing online, you will probably join one or two MLM schemes - maybe more. But my advice is, don't let them distract you from your main purpose. You can spend hours every day promoting your affiliate links in these schemes to no avail, and that time could be so much better spend pursuing something with more promise, and more material gain.

Your own Product on your Own Site

Creating your own product for sale on the Internet is not nearly as difficult as it sounds. Whatever you have an interest in, you can be sure there is a whole community of others that share that interest. The secret formula is this: 1. identify a niche, make it as tight as you can. 2.check what products exist in it, what they're priced at and how good/bad they are 3. create a product (typically an ebook) that fills a gap 4. Create a website to sell it with and 5. promote the website.

All the detail of this process is explained in full at thefreedomlist.com

Survey filling / email responding

There are numerous schemes available now that involve remote administration of some form. If you join one of these, you will be paid directly in accordance with how much you write. Whether it's filling in surveys or replying to emails, you'll earn an agreed amount for each unit you submit. If you throw yourself into this chore you can earn a good income over a period of time and like most menial tasks, the more you do, the quicker you get, and thus the greater your income potential.

In part 4 of the series we will look at Adsense, a phenomenal success story for Google and for thousands who have ridden the adsense bubble to passive online wealth.

This article may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any e-zine, newsletter, blog, or website. The authors name, bio and website links must remain intact and be included with every reproduction.

Tim Brocklehurst is founder and CEO of The Freedom List http://www.thefreedomlist.com, a resource for making money online featuring his exclusive free ecourse, 5 Days to Freedom. A Step-by-step course in setting up your own product and your own profit site.

Internet Marketing Fact Or Fiction

Writen by Adam Buhler

I'm sure you've seen it before, your inbox overflowing with promises of making millions in the span of a few weeks. If your like me you have these "opportunities" safely tucked away in your recycle bin faster than you can say "Spam",

but all the while in the back of your mind is that ever-present question, "What if?".

What if hidden among the tidalwave of "Get Rich Quick" hype is the one chance for you to turn your life around and take control of your future?

I won't lie to you, almost all of the garbage floating around the internet today is just that....trash!

I must inform you however, you CAN make your living online if you are willing to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty.

There are two main factors in the the prejudice of internet marketing,

[Lack of effort] This is the number one killer of the american dream. Society as a whole would like to believe that success can be achieved with little or no effort on their part and that running a home business consists of firing up their computers and laying around all day!

[Bad experiences] Another large contributing factor in the fear of internet marketing is people who have had less than desirable results from their own efforts. one thing holds true and that is that bad news travels twice as fast and twice as far as good. While a good deed is forgotten a bad experience never is.

If you are serious about going into business for yourself, you CAN be successful.

I know because I've been doing it for two years now and quite frankly I am disgusted with the dark cloud that looms over the phrase "Internet Marketing". This reputation is largely derived from the many scams out there, these are your everyday "Get Rich Quick" schemes claiming to make you millions with little or no effort on your part.

Sadly, many people fall victim to these scams due to their desire To make money with no effort on their part.

I recently had the opportunity to talk via email with one of my visitors, And when asked what she was looking to gain from my services she stated That she wanted to find something where she could make money while doing very little work.

It all comes down to one final truth….You will get from Internet Marketing What you are willing to put into it. If you dedicate your time and efforts you can reap huge rewards however, If you come into it with the mindset of getting something for nothing All you will end up with are regrets.

About The Author

Adam Buhler is the owner of Affiliate Programs Directory: http://www.smokesoft.net Adam is the author of the weekly newsletter "Affiliate Secrets". He is offering a free copy of the ebook "Internet Cash Machines" For a limited time to anyone who subscribes at: http://www.smokesoft.net/newsletter.html

smoke@dwave.net

Setting Your Online Business Up For Success

Writen by Susan Truett

There is a common misconception that an "online business" requires no investment...that you can make money online without spending any.

When we hear this from people who are desparately trying to build a successful online business it makes us angry!

We believe the misconception is primarily due to all of the hype and false promises that arrive daily in our inboxes. Emails promising us that we can make millions of dollars with no financial output while we sit at home and do nothing. It's insane and it's not the truth.

The truth is that you must treat an online business just as you would a business in the conventional world. You must plan on investing time, money and effort to ensure your success. The good news is that your investment in an online business will be MUCH, MUCH less than that of a business in the conventional world.

With an online business, there are essentials that you must have in order for your business to run smoothly and become successful. You can literally run an effective online business for $100-$200 a month. Later in this article, we will show you how you can access many of these essentials in one place for less that $10.00 a month!

But first...

Here are six essentials that you MUST have to run your online business.

1. Your Own Website

This includes a domain name and web hosting for your site. You must have a central place to send your customers, even if you are selling multiple products or services.

2. A Professional Autoresponder

An absolute MUST for any online business. If you're not using an autoresponder, you're losing money! That's the bottom line. Your autoresponder should have the ability to create subscriptions via email and web form and should be a professional one with no ads! Fr~e autoresponders look unprofessional and they are not reliable.

3. Ad Tracker

This is probably the most underused tool that we know of. Consider this - most people who are NOT making money on the Net have never used an Ad Tracker. Yet, ALL of the people that we know who ARE making money on the Net - use one daily. It makes no sense to spend money and time on advertising if you're not going to be able to determine which ads are producing and which ones are not. An Ad Tracker will solve this problem and save you time and money in the long run.

4. Products or Services

You must have something to sell! This can be a service such as web or graphic design, an mlm/affiliate program or products, tangible or digital. If you don't have a specific product or service in mind, there are thousands of profitable digital products that come with resell rights. This means you can resell them and keep 100% of the profit!

5. You must know HOW and WHERE to advertise to bring targeted prospects to your Website!

You can save yourself a tremendous amount of time, money and frustration by learning the effective advertising methods that are available online. There are countless worthless ones that are simply a waste of time. If you're new online, you won't know this unless you find someone who is successful online and follow their lead. Find a mentor or a membership site that offers step by step Tutorials on online promotion. Make sure that the tutorials are updated frequently to keep up with the changing times of the Internet!

6. Leads

The lifeline of any online business! Just because you have a website and products to sell, that doesn't mean you're going to make money! To make money, you must drive targeted visitors to your website. There are THOUSANDS of companies on the web that sell Leads but if you just pick one out of the blue, it's trial and error. Do some research and find a good source for leads. Again, you can achieve this by finding someone who is succcessful and following their lead. Or join a membership site that includes Leads as a part of their package.

We promised we'd tell you about a membership site that includes many of these essential items in one place. Have a look at http://www.viralprofits.com With your membership, you get a professional autoresponder, ad tracking, Leads, Digital Products with resell rights, step by step training tutorials AND you can earn money by referring others to the site. The tutorials are updated frequently and NEW products are added each month so that you always have something new to offer your customers!

So there you have it. With these six essentials, you've got the foundation for a successful online business. Without them, it's going to be a tough road ahead. Use them as a "checklist" and make sure your online business is armed for success!

Charles & Susan Truett are experienced internet marketers who have built a successful online business and are now teaching others how to achieve the same success. For more more info on how to make money at home visit: http://www.partnersinsuccess.net

Internet Marketing Success

Writen by C. E. White

Information products are easily sold via the internet today in such forms as audio, video and ebooks.

In order to be successful on the internet super highway, you must first find a unique information product and find a target market.

Ebooks are much easier and much less expensive to create than a printed book. First, your customer can download the ebook immediately and secondly, there is no shipping cost as in a printed book.

Take action by gathering ideas from such places as magazine ads, tv commercials and searching for hot topics on the internet. Large companies spend large sums of money on print and tv advertising. You can bet they know their target market. So, why not let them help you find that target market.

After finding a niche market, it is time to test market your idea. You will make mistakes and try things that just don't work, but don't get discouraged. Learn from your mistakes. You will be amazed at the results that come from the school of hard knocks.

Having your own internet marketing business is exciting and very rewarding and you may even make lots of money. This is an exciting market and can be very rewarding.

Good luck and TAKE ACTION NOW!

Charles White is an Internet Marketer and you can learn more about internet marketing concepts at http://www.internetprofitmastermind.com where you will be among the first to be part of an awesome project.