Blogging for business

If you are a company large or small - you are at an advantage to your competitors if you can include a blog on your site. Consider inviting guest bloggers to write articles, if you feel you can not provide enough original content to your site on a regular basis. Short blogging articles also work. Master of this is legendary blogger and permission based marketing expert Seth Godin. He creates very short short articles and emails them to you once you have signed up to his daily blog alerts. The articles are usually associated with his area of expertise.

The Magic of Metaphors

If you have ever visited a hypnotherapist or listened to a surmon, a great speaker or an unforgettable advert, you may not realise that there were two distinct strategies for helping people encourage their unconscious minds to change behaviours. There is the use of direct suggestion - telling them what's wrong, why and what the alternatives are, or secondly, by the use of indirect suggestions, which include the use of storytelling, also known as metaphors. Metaphors have a way of slipping past the conscious mind and relentlessly sticking in your head wanting to find meaning, expression and value - even when it's completely illogical and meaningless! Psychologist and literary writers call this the 'Power of the Narrative'. We are all conditioned to look for 'the meaning', 'the happy ending' or 'the resolve' in a story. How does it all end?

As a hypnotherapist myself, I favoured direct suggestion, however, for many clients the use of a nonsensicle or unrelated story, would often work like magic on their unconscious minds. It just stops their anxious train of thoughts, in their tracks!

Therefore, if you want to increase your influence and persuasion skills, increase the amount of stories and metaphors you use in your everyday interactions, in social media, your marketing and in your selling process.

David Lee's program is derived by an American hypnotherapist, Joel Bauer, who has sold best selling books on persuasion and influence techniques, and the Passion2Profit weekend touches on story telling, client testimonials and persuasion techniques.

Get to David Lee's Passion2Profit event this year!

To attend David Lee's weekend event and learn to profit from your passion with his techniques, visit his website and purchase his book, which will pay for your access to his event. The next event is due in October 2014 and I would encourage you to attended and enjoy yourself! Take a long weekend off and pamper yourself in a superb location by booking into the hotel too!

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Brian Tracy, top business coach outlines the importance of creating a projected budget for your business whether it is online or ofline. Your budget and income projections need to be based on predicting annual trends, seasonal trends, expenses and production costs. He explains the importance of keeping a written record of your financial projections which are created in line with your market research, market analysis and experience. Whether you have an online or offline business, create a 12 - 24 month projection for your business. If you don't do this, you may find yourself vulnerable to impulsive purchases or large and unplanned for expenses.

Of course financial control methods is only one aspect of managing a business or a business project. Brian Tracy is a well respected world renowned business coach who has written several business books and audio CD's. He specialises in personal development. You can find several of his programs and development tools at his website.

It’s always refreshing to see new strategies to make money online. However, the majority of the time I’m pretty disappointed with the results.

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When I was recommended to buy Google Sniper 2.0, I thought it would be another system that just left me disappointed, but the proof and success stories tipped me to buy it. A quick Google search for testimonials and by watching the sales video it was clear that this system has worked wonders for other people, and it’s actually generated the most online success stories than any other system/course to date. It was a no brainer to give it a shot personally.

At the time in my Internet marketing journey, I was pretty lost as to what road to head down. Google Sniper 2.0 really outlays the basics, from picking a niche, choosing keywords, buying a domain to setting up a wordpress website which will generate passive income online. It’s an extensive guide, but it’s easy to pick up (the walkthrough videos by George help also).

I studied the strategy pretty extensively to start with, and created my first “Sniper” site the next day. I was pretty excited due to the success stories, but still had that common doubt that it would be another blowout. I made my first bit of commission two weeks later after setting up the site completely. It wasn’t a huge amount but it was something, and that was the trigger to skim through the course once more to see if I could improve my site in anyway. The site in question started to generate me a tidy amount of commission, and still generates on average $375 a month (on autopilot).
As I’ve been recommended many times before, “if something works duplicate it...” And that’s what I did. I now have about 10 sniper sites, all generating commission each month. Each site differs in the amount of money I’m making, but I can’t squabble as I’m on the hunt for more...

The best thing about this course is alongside earning a nice income each month from this system on autopilot with no traffic generation, it’s also an extensive guide into niche research, finding products to promote and how to set up your own website. Yes, it may need to be read through a few times, but believe me... It’s worth it.

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Now, I would like to invest in a better camera but being resourceful in the internet marketing challenge means I have looked at other means first. My mobile phone has a great camera facility within it as do many mobile phone. In order to transfer the video from the phone to the computer I will need to re-establish my wi-fi connection, which I haven't used for a while, so once done, I hope to bring you a few clearer and audible videos. See you then ... :)

This year the internet started to pay me for my contribution to the community. Watch the video to learn how.

I have been learning internet marketing for a few years and remained frustrated at the lack of rewards for my hard work, long hours and sacrifices. Then last year in Decemer 2012, as I considered quitting, I had an interaction which lead me to finally tapping into a small but satisfying stream of income.

I had realised that I have 'lost' that income throughout the year previous due to a small ommission.

As the weeks progress, I intend to blog or video my progress on how I intend to grow my small acorns. You can join me and follow along. Subscribe to the channel, the blog and submit your details to remain updated.

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iZettle Card Payment System Review : IZettle is a card payment system which can be used by business owners or the self employed, such as therapists, hypnotherapists, plumbers, decorators and electricians who need secure payment devices which allow customers to pay by card and allow business to send a reciept via email as they develop a database of customer emails, enabling them to offer further infomation, offers and services.

It cost just £20 from http://www.izettle.com and can be used with android phones, iphones and ipads. You will also recieve a coupon to redeem your £20 with your transactions. There are no ongoing cost, just a fee of approximately 2.74% per transaction. It is ideal for small businesses who want to keep there costs low and has the advantage that it is also a small portable detachable device that can be carried when you visit you customers or clients.

There is no monthly fee to pay, instead there is a fee of 2.74% approximatley for each transaction. This is ideal if your clients only make occasional payments via card or your sales prices or fees are generally low and you can therefore find it difficult to justify the regular monthly payments charged by other card processing companies.

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So you think you need your own website? Where do you start and what will you need? Over a short series of articles I will tell you about the very basic of equipment and services you will need to begin your online business - or to get you current offline business online.

But I shall come back to the question 'Do you need a website?' later. In the meantime, if you think the answer is 'yes', proceed.

Register your business name

If you already have a business and you operate under a business name, you will need to check if you busines name is free and available for your use as a domain name. In order to do this go to godaddy for example and type in your business name to check it's availability. If you are American you can go with a ".com" or if you are english you may prefer to use a".co.uk". They help to identify where your company is based. Charities tend to go for ".org" or ".org.uk" but more details are on the godaddy website where several other suffixs are available. 

Alternatively you can register your own name as the webpage. It helps if you have an unusual or distinctive name.

Are you local, national or international?

• Local business

You will of course need a reliable computer. It doesn't have to be equipped with all the latest gadgets, but that may help, especially where speed is concerned. If your strategy is to create a simple website and then market your local business offline with leaflets then a basic site providing information on your services, qualifications, skills and contact details may be all that you require. There is no need to overcomplicate your site if you are only able to service your clients locally.

• National and International

If however, you are in a business that requires national or international exposure, then the demands of your time, energy, financial resources and the expectations of your potential customers may be far greater, from your website and your internet marketing activities. Why?
Because your website is their to validate you and your position in the market. Clients/customers will proactively search on line to find out about you and your business. they will actively seek out a website and look for reviews if applicable, of your products and services.

Hosting sites

Of course, domain name registrars will expect and encourage you to buy hosting for your website. If you are experienced in using hosting sites, then go ahead. However, this site is created by a site which provides simple drag and drop facilities, templates and instruction videos, which I feel more comfortable using. You can forward your details via the contact for if you would like further details.

Content is King. Focus on your CONTENT

In addition to a name for your site and a reliable computer, you will need an internet connection (broadband) and either a notepad and pen or Word on your computer. Why? Because content is where you start. Content is why visitors come, and content is what will keep them coming. Content, as they say, is King! and brainstorming is your next activity.

• Brainstorming

Get your ideas on paper or on a word document.  Go to the article on finding a niche. Begin exploring what assets you have that you can or want to promote or use - be they tangible or intangible.

1. What skills do you have that you can make more profitable use of?
2. What items are hiding in your cupboards waiting for you to use productively?
3. Do you have objects that you can sell on to someone else?
4. Do you have knowledge that you can sell as an ebook, video or audio course?

Brainstorm - and feel free to share it in the comments box below. Like this on Facebook if you know someone who will benefit from this.

http://www.mindtools.com/brainstm.html
Asset - tangible and intangible
Brainstorming