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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Treating Your Affiliates Like They're Special

I love it! I just got a handwritten thank you note for the website builder companies I sell for saying thanks for doing such a great job and congratulating me for my search engine rankings. They also tucked in couple movie tickets into the card (How did they know I'm a complete movie freak?!).

At Christmas, they sent a card and a Starbucks gift certificate.

They're just small tokens that make me feel appreciated -- but it also makes me want to work a little harder. Of course, I can buy my own Starbucks or take myself to the movies...but these are gestures that most companies don't make.

If you have affiliates, do you treat them special? Do you give rewards to your best performers? It doesn't even have to cost money to do. I love Jason Potash's (EzineAnnouncer) little notes on his check envelopes that say things like, "Alice, you rock!" Forget the cash, I just like to read what Jason's envelopes say. ;-)

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Why Are You Always Trying to Sell Me Something?

I’m not sure why I’m writing this blog entry because I know most people who read this will understand what I’m saying…and I’ll be preaching to the choir. But you know, something has been bothering me lately and I’d like to share it with you.

I’ve seen a lot of people on a number of different forums complaining that all they receive are sales pitches from various marketing newsletters. Agreed – a weekly email that says, “Go buy this product” and that’s it - is not good information.

I guess I’m taking some of these criticisms to heart because I came under fire personally on a forum because a couple people said that I was guilty of this. This surprised me A LOT because as soon as each of my newsletters go out, I receive a flurry of email saying thank you for the information, for the freebies and encouragement to keep it up.

I guess that should make me happy, but see I’m a bit sensitive and it bothers me when I’m criticized. Call me human. ;-) But regardless of my sensitivity, that’s not really the reason I’m writing this blog entry. It’s not to have my ego stroked or to have you tell me not to listen to these naysayers.

Education is so important to me and I’ve been a teacher in some form or another for much of my life. Whether it was tutoring other kids at school, training employees at former workplaces or teaching English as a second language, I have always wanted people to have the best education possible.

However, some people have trouble seeing when they’re being given good information – instead, they just think they’re being sold products. This concerns me twofold:

- These people are missing out on their free education.
- The people are trying to learn marketing, but fail to see the valuable lessons using information to market products.

You see, just because you receive a free preview of an ebook or you have access to a free interview with a highly-skilled marketer, doesn’t mean you have to buy the product. Those resources are your no-strings opportunity to further your education, so use them to their fullest.

Like my friend Lynn Terry recently said about the free webcast with Craig Perrine, creator of List Profit Secrets:

“Anyone who has done the research and taken the time to develop a thousand-dollar-course is worth listening to...especially when there's no cost involved!”

Ahh, there’s a reason why I’ve always thought Lynn is a brilliant Internet marketer. :)

But further to that, if you take off your “I’m a marketer and I don’t like to be marketed to hat,” you can see how these people turn their free information into sales for their products. Whether you sell candles or copywriting services or photocopiers…it’s a valuable lesson in how to market your products to other people. See, those people who provide the best information for free, will always win the sales game.

So, if you don’t want to take out your wallet, please don’t. I just sincerely hope you’ll take advantage of the learning opportunities with which you’re presented and continue to grow your business.

Friday, April 15, 2005

But I Need to Make Money NOW!

I was just preparing my article for next week's InternetBasedMoms.com newsletter and thought I'd share it with you before the next issue is published. I can't tell you how many emails I receive from all kinds of people who tell me they need to start making money from home right now. I totally understand...I was in the same boat when I first start working online. We have bills to pay, families to support and lives to live. The problem is, a business takes some time to build and money is very rarely instant.

Still, there are ways to earn a good income from home, relatively quickly. It's not an easy road...but getting paid for your hard work is always a good feeling.

==> Click here for ideas on how to start making money now.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Quick BigSeminar Update & Pics

Hey there...I'm just stopping in quickly to show you a few pics from the BigSeminar that took place in Atlanta this weekend. I had a blast and have lots of great projects coming as a result (make sure you signed up for my newsletter because you'll want to know about these). I'm just soooo busy at the moment, I barely have time to stop in at my blog...but this kind of busy is a good thing! ;)

Here's the guy responsible for all this:



Thanks Armand Morin. Click here for more pics.

Thursday, April 7, 2005

Preview Joel Comm's Adsense Ebook for Free

Joel Comm (Author of What Google Never Told You About Making Money with Adsense) has been snooping around my blog. Hee hee. He saw that I applied some of his techniques and started making an extra $50+ per day with Adsense. So, he asked if I could share a free preview of his ebook and I said sure, why not? :)

Here's 17 pages from Joel's ebook for free:
==> Click here to download it (PDF)

Enjoy.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005

This Guy Changed My Life

Today you will no doubt receive a bunch of people emailing you about this guy named John Reese who has this great course that you should buy...BUT...

I have a special free gift for you that doesn't require to buy anything.

My life has literally been changed by John's "Traffic Secrets" course. I have multiplied my business, I work LESS to make MORE and I have been able to provide a great life for my family.
I recently talked to John about how I was able to build my business because of the things he teaches. I've placed the juicy details of this conversation into an information-packed FREE PDF file for you. Download it, print and start applying the great tips in this interview right now.

Get it here:
http://www.aliceseba.com/traffic-secrets/

Monday, April 4, 2005

Did I REALLY Have the Reebook High Tops & Slouch Socks?

Hee hee...Petite Mommy, I am no amateur. Here's your answer. :)