I thought this might be of interest to some people as Jimmy D. Brown is a well known, successful marketer

How to Use Incentives to Get Extra Sales

By Jimmy D. Brown of iBusiness Owner

The vast majority of your prospects aren’t all that passionate about your offer.

Truth is, they’re kind of lukewarm. They’re interested, but they’re not taking their credit card out. Instead of making a buying decision, they decide to “think about it.”

Of course you know what happens: They forget about your offer. They don’t return to your store or sales page. Some of them may even make the conscious decision to NOT buy your product.

So what can you do to get your prospects to get excited and take action NOW?

Simple: Offer them an incentive if they order now. Do it right, and you’re virtually guaranteed to make more sales!

Generally, an incentive can take two forms:

1. You offer a discount. One idea is the straightforward discount, such as offering a percent-off. Another ideas is to offer a discount on the overall package, such as by offering free shipping.

Tip: You can even make it a limited-time discount so that your prospects feel a sense of urgency.

2. You offer one or more bonus products. Again, you can even make the bonus offer limited to increase the sense of urgency.

Offering a discount is a pretty straightforward incentive. So let’s talk about how to offer a bonus as a buying incentive.

Here then are the seven keys to offering bonuses that generate extra sales:

• Make sure the bonus is desirable. Point is, if your prospects don’t care about the bonus product, then it won’t help you generate any sales. So make sure it’s something that your prospects already want. Something that gets them excited!

• Create a valuable bonus. Just because you’re giving the product away for free with a purchase doesn’t mean this bonus should be worth little to no money. Quite the contrary – it should have a high perceived value in the prospect’s mind.

• Choose bonuses that are easy to deliver. This is particularly true if you’re selling downloadable products online, such as software or information. Point is, you want to be able to deliver the bonus instantly – right alongside the main product – without you having to manually deliver the bonus.

• Supply an exclusive bonus, whenever possible. If the prospect can get the bonus somewhere else, he might just do that. So try to offer exclusive bonuses to help make the buying decision easy.

• Offer a bonus that compliments the main product. For example, let’s say you’re selling a book about retirement planning. Offering retirement-planning worksheets and software as a bonus would be a great incentive.

• Sell the bonus. If you’re selling via a sales page, don’t just list the bonus. Instead, sell it just the way you’re selling the main product, meaning you should list the benefits of this bonus product or service.

• Remember that you can offer products OR services. Let’s say you’re selling exterior landscaping supplies and information. As a bonus you can offer a free consultation where you provide specific landscaping ideas for buyers. Or if you’re selling a copywriting product, you can offer a sales letter critique.

Conclusion

Offering an incentive is a simple, yet highly effective way to generate more sales and grow your business. To discover still more ways to grow your business, visit this website   – you may just learn strategies you never even knew existed!”

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3 Free Resources To Skyrocket Your Profit
By Jimmy D. Brown

I read this by Jimmy D Brown and thought perhaps someone else might be interested.

Sound advice indeed ! I hope Jimmy doesn’t mind but this needs sharing.

“Dear iBusiness Owner,

Everywhere you turn you’ll find people offering some kind of magic potion for starting or growing an Internet business.

Fast results. Easy steps. Big money. These are the claims that are made over and over again. Yet the overwhelming majority of people who buy into these potions never see those claims realized.

There must be a reason for that.

What I want to share with you today isn’t a magic potion. It’s not even a lucky horse shoe or a four leaf clover. They are simple three resources that anyone can tap into to see a big spike in profit.

If you’re looking for a genie in a bottle, look elsewhere. If you’re looking for something real, this is for you…

1. MASTERY. The first “resource” that I highly recommend is the “mastery” of a singular method of generating profit. There is amazing productivity and progress when you strip away all of the distractions and focus on one thing that you can become very good at.

One of the problems that trips up most would-be iBusiness Owners is the attempt to do many different things. They dabble at affiliate marketing. Try a little eBay. Then they work with PLR. Or create their own ebooks. Or…

They spread themselves too thin. No one has the time to learn and implement all of of the different components of running an Internet business. In most cases nothing gets done.

I’m a big believer in becoming a “master” at something. Find ONE way to make money online – just ONE model – and become fluent in it. Don’t try this and that. Just try one thing and stick with it until you are world class at it. Resist the urge to chase after the next shiny thing that comes along.

You can add in other options LATER … after you have been successful in your initial, focused pursuit.

Example: If you choose to make money as an “affiliate marketer” then make that your primary pursuit until you have mastered it and are making a sustainable income from it. Then, once that has been established, start creating your own products. Or buy licensing to other people’s products. Or rewrite PLR materials.

The point is to become a master at something before attempting other things. This one shift in your thinking can be extremely impactful upon your business. Oftentimes it is the difference between success and failure.

2. MOMENTUM. Once you have decided a path to pursue, stick to it! I have used the illustration of pushing a car in the past. If a car is parked and you start pushing it, at first it doesn’t budge. Then it moves slightly. Then it ever-so-slowly begins to move. Then it moves a little faster. After a while you are pushing the car at a steady speed. If you quit anytime before it arrives at “steady speed” then things will come to a grinding halt.

The same can be said of your business. There are a lot of “starters” in business, but not a lot of “finishers”. Many people get started pushing but don’t see immediate results, so they stop. They look for another car and push it. Nothing happens, so they stop. They push another car. And they never get MOMENTUM.

Let me assure you of this one thing: if you quit too soon your business will come to a grinding halt. You must commit to continuing on until you have arrived at your successful destination.

The question is … how?

How does one keep pushing when results are not noticeable? How does one keep pushing when another shiny car is set beside them and it looks like it might be easier to push? How does one keep pushing when they aren’t getting results as quickly as they’d like?

Here’s the final resource you need…

3. MOTIVATION. A powerful mechanism for sticking to it is your motivation. Those who successfully lose weight usually do so because they are motivated. Those who stop drinking or smoking usually do so because they are motivated. Those who succeed in business usually do so because they are motivated.

When I say “motivated” I don’t mean that they possess some kind of super powers that mere mortals don’t have. Nothing like that. What they possess is simple: there’s something that drives them to stick with it. There’s something in their lives – or something they want in their lives – that is so strong that it compels them to never give up until they obtain it.

Maybe that’s a desire to be rid of the bondage of debt. It could be a desire to better provide for your family. Perhaps it’s a desire to travel, buy something, free up your time or send your kids to college. It could be anything. As long as it’s a powerful presence in your life.

Ask yourself why you really want to succeed. It might be to benefit others or it might be something completely about you. Whatever it is, let it fuel you to stick to it. Think about how great it will feel to be free of that debt, or what you’l be able to do with your extra time, or what the seats of that new car will smell like or your children getting that college education.

Conclusion

There are a lot of “magic potions” being sold. But there is no magic. Those that succeed in business don’t do so because they have the aid of a genie or elves or a rabbitt’s foot. They succeed because of mastery, momentum and motivation.

If you’ll choose a model for generating profit and stick to it because you are passionate about someone or something, sooner or later you’ll see your profit skyrocket.

God bless,

Jimmy D. Brown”

http://www.imstitute.com/

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John Thornhills One Month Mentor Program

Are you spinning your wheels, wondering if you will ever get your online business up and running? Wondering where to start?

It can seem frightening starting your own business, especially online with so many choices. Many newer marketers can fail quite quickly as it can seem so intimidating and confusing, and they eventually give up all together on their hopes of having their own online business up and running.

In fact if you are feeling like this, it isn’t your fault, most of us have been in the same situation. Yes, even the gurus at one time.

Many newer marketers give up because they get caught up with the constant bombardment of latest and greatest shiny objects, buying numerous products which always promise instant online riches. This means they eventually find themselves suffering from information overload and simply don’t know where to turn next.

One of the most common questions asked in forums, email inboxes, blog comments and so on is ‘How do I get started online and get my business up and running’. Whilst the answer to this question varies for everyone, 99% of the time these newer marketers simply need a mentor – someone to guide them and show them the right way.

A good mentor is someone who has been there, done it all and is successful at internet marketing. This mentor will pass on the benefits of his or her experiences which will save you both time and money.

To use a slightly overworked phrase you need to “stand on the shoulders of giants”.

This short(1.33) video by Tony Robbins today which very briefly sums it up and which is called “Get The Best Tools”.

Having a mentor would allow you to keep focused on one task at a time and once this task is finished move you on to the next task remaining focussed on building your online business.

This mentor will also guide you through the scams, hype-filled products etc.which will prevent you and your online business becoming flooded by the endless flow of information coming at you from the internet.

Further to that, a mentor is someone that you can to make yourself accountable to. By working to a self imposed deadline and being gently kept to that timeline by your mentor means that you will keep moving forward and help you to meet your deadlines.
Meeting deadlines and time keeping is an important skill to learn when first starting out online and also throughout your time on the internet.

However, it is often the case that even some of the better mentors assume that you know the basics already, where the reality is that most people new to this business want a course that starts right at the very beginning and then proceeds to show you, over the shoulder, step by baby step, how it is done!
This needs to be done in such a way that even the computer illiterate person or newbie can understand it.

So, where do I find this mentor that is going to guide me through the maze?

John Thornhill has an enviable reputation as one of the better, honest, straight-up marketers, and I know from personal experience with his Masterclass a few years ago, that he teaches in the step by step, straight forward, over the shoulder way that I mentioned above.

John recently ran a 31 Day Intensive Coaching Program (John Thornhills One Month Mentor Program) which was very successful and as this is finished he is now opening the doors again. This will be limited by the number of people who join as he gives total support and even personal direct contact, both through the duration of the course – and after.

So, if it is what you need to finally get to where you need to go in internet marketing then I thoroughly recommend John Thornhill as a mentor.

You can find out more details about this Coaching Program from here:

John Thornhills One Month Mentor Program

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Google Wonder Wheel is a graphical wheel display of relevant search terms which shows related search terms to the current searched query.

This tool is in fact a built in mind mapper which searches out results in a logical way of relevancy creating a visual wheel of terms that can make your searching much easier and quicker.

Or to put it more plainly, this is a wheel which shows the main search term in a central hub with related terms like the spokes of a wheel.

Click on one of the related search terms and a new wheel will be created around that term. You can then click on a related term in that wheel and a further wheel is created … and so on.

This enables you to explore relevant search terms which might be the ones you originally wanted to search for, or simply give you more options to gain more information.

How To Use The Google Wonder Wheel

For the purposes of this example we shall search for Solar panels.

First you enter your search term (solar panels) in the normal way.

You will notice in the left sidebar “All Results” and under this “Wonder Wheel”.

Click on “Wonder Wheel” and the wheel for this search term appears:

This will show a sun shaped circle of terms all related to your original query (solar panels). Note that on the right side Google will show their search results.

By clicking on one of the search terms in the wheel (how to make solar panels), another wheel will open up with that term now in the middle with a new circle of terms related to the term in the middle:

You will also see on the right hand side the Google search results for that term (how to make solar panels). These are not Adwords ads but actual search results.

Now the fun starts as you can then click on the various terms to create new wheels and dig deeper and deeper, for example we can now click on solar panel kits and the wheels expand further.

You can use the Google Wonder Wheel to get ideas for blog posts or articles, long tail keywords, long tail phrases, targeted keyword phrases or come up with new ideas and explore new niche markets.

Use it as part of your search engine optimization efforts.

You can watch a video of the process here:

Be warned! This can be addictive!

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Like many people I have a hard drive full of PLR products and the reason most of them stay on my hard drive is because for the most part they are badly written and quite frankly are junk!

PLR in itself is an excellent way to create your own product, without doing any research work and writing, and which you can use as if it was your own by rewriting, editing,putting your name to it, adding to other PLR – in fact doing what you like with it!

However, as mentioned above so much of the PLR on the internet is extremely bad and not something you would want to use in your name.

But now there is a new PLR membership site just started and I have to say that after joining that the quality is excellent.

All the articles are written by the husband and wife team of Martin and Delia Avis – one a full time internet marketer and the other an experienced English teacher – so the research and writing is first class.

Martin is takes the quality of his articles very seriously because as Martin is a real Internet Marketer he knows what works!

Check it out here …

He has written his own very good newsletter for many years and he knows how important it is to connect with his readers, which is why he is taking a lot of trouble to produce a very high quality product.

Not only is he producing great articles he is also providing keyword research for those articles as you can see  a copy of the current membership articles:

Check it out here …

The membership is also providing on site software which is shown below:

Software

• Article Repager – Input the text of any KickstartPLR article, follow the on-screen prompts, and KickstartPLR Article Repager will instantly convert it into a fully W3C-compliant HTML page with embedded CSS.

• Article Rewriter – Input any KickstartPLR article and easily rewrite it. You can make small or large changes – even create entirely new articles – quickly and with ease.

• Content Researcher – Input your keyword and KickstartPLR Content Researcher will return sentences that relate to it from top-ranked websites.

• Keyword Revealer – Input your URL or article text and KickstartPLR Keyword Revealer will analyze and report on which keywords are most frequently found

• Meta Hacker – “Input a keyword and KickstartPLR Meta Hacker will display the on-page title, meta keywords list and meta description for each of the top ten Google search results.”

• Theme Surveyor – takes any keyword you input and analyzes the top results from Google to provide an invaluable list of theme, or LSI words for you to use in your articles and web pages.

Training

PLR Articles

• Why Use PLR Articles?
• 18 Ways to Profit With PLR Articles
• What’s in a name?
• All That Competition!

Article Writing

• A Bit Extra
• General
• Cakes and Jam
• Web Site Building

Check It Out Here …

Points to consider are:

• All the articles are fresh and written for the membership by Martin and Delia Avis,
• the articles are unique insomuch as they have never been seen or used anywhere else,
• the articles have not been spun,
• the articles are limited to the membership only
• and the article packs are limited to 400 members only …

Members get 3 packs of 10 articles every month so that means 30 articles plus keyword research, product suggestions and access the the above mentioned software.

How much does all this cost?

At the moment the launch price is $27 a month and will remain at that price as long as one is a member despite any future price increases.

Having been inside this membership I can strongly recommend joining if you want to make money from top quality PLR articles.

Click here now …

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In order to make good money on the internet you need your own product, where you will get 100% of the profits rather than 15 – 50% with affiliate marketing.
I’m sure you have heard this before!

However, perhaps you are not ready yet to create a website, or just don’t have the time and money.

In which case if you wish to get a product on the internet PLR could be the answer for you, .

What is PLR?

PLR or Private Label Rights is material that you can buy and use as if you created it yourself.

PLR usually comes in the form of eBooks but can also be audio, video,software or graphics.

When choosing your PLR you need to ensure that you are getting the source file, usually a Word or a text file, and all the  necessary sales material such as web site, graphics, sales copy etc.
This is usually provided automatically by reputable PLR providers.

The number of ways you can use PLR are varied and unlimited.
But first I think it is best to discuss where this PLR can be found.

You will find many ways to obtain PLR content but I would suggest that you use a membership site that provides good quality PLR for what is, usually a monthly membership fee.

You can get free PLR but as with all things in life, you get what you pay for.

There is a lot of PLR garbage out there and you will be joining thousands of other people downloading the same PLR content, and then you will find that your market is flooded.

This content is frequently poor quality, or it is very much out of date.

Membership sites restrict the number of downloads thus reducing the competition enormously, and you will usually get the source file, sales letters, thank you pages and graphics so that you can get a product online very quickly indeed.

So, what can you do with this content?

You can:

• Publish as it is. This is not really recommended as it is better to rewrite your PLR eBook and make it unique and an even better product.

Many people just put their name to a PLR product and upload it. You will make a profit but your profits will not be very high as you will have lots of competition.Use it in your newsletters by breaking down the content and using it as special reports.

• Use it in your newsletters by breaking down the content and using it as special reports.

• Turn it into an audio product or a video product.

• Change it into a physical book on Lulu.com or any of the other numerous book creating sites.

• Put it on CD and sell on EBay.

• Use the content for your blog or Squidoo etc (rewritten of course).

• Combine more than one PLR product with other PLR products (package them together) of the same related niche and use as suggested above.

• Use as content for a free training course spread over a number of days to build your list.

• Use for Giveaways or Adswaps to build your list.

• Edit the PLR, put your own stamp on it and sell as PLR.

• Use it as your front end product for a lead to your backend.

These are a few ideas of what you can do with PLR and get you started.

It is a fact that most people never do anything with their downloaded PLR.
Some get it for the content only, and there is nothing wrong with that, but others will just leave it on their hard drive.

If you take action you will be among the small minority of successful people online.

To learn more about resale rights products and how you can setup your own money-making profit funnel system in just seven days …..CLICK  HERE.

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I got the rights to this video called How To Create and Upload A Website Background Image

This is a great video.

It shows you how to create and add a background image to your web page using tools that are readily available for free!

It’s fun, it’s easy and it’s fast! I enjoyed it.

Just Click Here …

The product is totally unrestricted.

You can use it, sell it – give it away – whatever you’d like.

I’m passing the rights along to you. Once again there is no opt-in:

Just Click Here …

NB. The file is 37mb so it may take a few minutes to download depending on the speed of your connection.

Enjoy!

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Chris Farrell Membership is a site created by Chris Farrell for people who are serious about learning Internet marketing and making a significant ongoing online income.

Unlike many other so called marketing gurus, Chris is very down-to-earth and really wants to teach his students how to make money online and be successful.

He has a simple, easy to understand, ‘step-by-step’ teaching style.

Chris uploads tons of great content in his membership site, tons of free videos and webinars which give very easy-to- understand explanations, a very active and helpful forum plus unlimited free hosting, cloaked link software and much much more …

The following is just a small example of his more recent videos:

FTP -Explained -simply!

How to Find joint Venture Partners

Add On Domains – How To Create and Upload An AddOn Domain

How To Add Pre-Created Emails Into AWeber

CPanel – Your Complete Guide To Using CPanel

Duplicate Content Explained – simply!

How To Make A YouTube Video Autoplay

How To Upload An EBook

Three Tips To Good Onpage SEO

Understanding The Basics

How To Start with Article Marketing

……………… and much much more.

You can check out his videos by accessing his 26 FREE Videos titled “A Successful Web Business Explained….
Step-by-Step!”.

This is free and you do not need to optin to anything. You can also access the videos by Clicking Here.

Enjoy!

You can also get other opinions by checking the IMReport Card by clicking the link below:

http://www.imreportcard.com/services/chris-farrell-membership

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The general consensus today with regards to internet marketing is save yourself a lot of time and money and get a mentor.

Learn from the best, learn the shortcuts, have an expert to talk to – in fact to use a slightly overworked phrase you need to “stand on the shoulders of giants”

I came across this video by Tony Robbins today which very briefly sums it up and which is called “Get The Best Tools”.

I hope you gained something from this and this leads me again to talk about “Marketing With Alex 3.0″.

I’ll keep it short and just say that it is still possible to join his coaching and also, which may be important to some, he is going to let 100 places go for $397 – which is a 60% discount.
So, if you are on the fence and would really like to join up to Alex Jeffreys Coaching then I think you would need to do this right away before the 100 places are gone.

You can check it out here.

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Marketing with Alex 3.0 has launched and is well on it’s way to being sold out.

Click On Here Now to see the final video.

To recap, this will be Alex Jeffreys 3rd and final coaching.

Here is an overview of Marketing with Alex 3.0:

It is based on a time tested business model used by Alex himself which allowed him to earn over $750,000 last year (2009).

With this latest coaching he says that he will build your online business for you and that it is not a typical “business in a box” deal as training and support will be ongoing.

So, what do you get for your money?

You get:

• a list building machine which will work on automatic straight away,
• a Profit Pulling Platform,
• a back end sales funnel,
• an affiliate program,
• online support videos,
• online training videos
• live training.

Alex Jeffreys as a mentor, plus

• the full backing of his support team
• + more…

What does this mean?

List Building Machine will be:

• A video course to give away to build your list,
• an upsell where you will keep 100% of the profits,
• an Affiliate program,
• Alex Jeffreys high opt-in conversions

Profit Pulling Platform:

• Automated Product downloads
• an upsell area where you keep 100% of the profits
• Integration Marketing.

Backend Sales Funnel:

• a complete Sales Funnel,
• more products to sell where  you keep 100% of the profits,
• continuity or recurring income set up.

Your own Affiliate Program:

• will be designed in -house by Alex Jeffreys staff,
• Banners, Emails and other tools provided,
• split testing done for you.

Live Training which is:

• Weekly brainstorming sessions,
• a comprehensive Action Guide,
• VIP email support from Alex Jeffreys and support team,
• and access to the Marketing With You community where you will find previous students of MWA 1.0 and MWA 2.0 very active, and which is a place where you can get lots of help, JV partners, technical help … and more.

Bonuses will be.

• copies of all the Marketing With You 2.0 recordings (a different format),
• lifetime access to Membership Coaching,
• a 60 minute Product Creation course,
• live call with the famous Mr X of Outsource Secrets fame,
• 12 months free of the Marketing With Alex DVD Club of the Month,
• 2 tickets to the next live seminar ( last two held in Vegas!)

All this comes with a 60 days guarantee of your money back so nothing to lose.

Click On Here Now to see the final video.

Good Luck!!

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