Happy Halloween!

October 31st, 2011

All of us at PMI want to wish you a happy Halloween!

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Improve Your Sales And Make Money Online Through These Tips

October 7th, 2011

Being a successful Internet business owner does not happen in just one day after you started your biz or made your website active. It usually takes some time, but if you want to make money online faster and improve your sales as an online seller, there are several steps you should take and several pointers you should keep in mind. Here are some of the most vital:

An online business tip that you should not forget to follow is to make your site or your product listings look professional. For one, your copy or content should have correct grammar and spelling. Most people who see copies that have many spelling errors and grammar errors will think that you are a scammer or that you are not an expert in your niche, thus, they’ll decide to go to your competitors. To have a successful Internet business, all your site links should also be working properly and the web pages fast loading. These are some of the factors that will help you have a professional looking website so better follow them as they can help you make money online.

To improve your sales, you should think about the actual benefits that your items or your products give to your customers, and then include one or two main benefits in your headlines. For instance, if you are selling a shampoo that makes dry hair softer and smoother, an online business tip is to use this headline: ‘Get rid of dull and brittle hair with Shampoo A!” instead of just using: ‘Buy Shampoo A now for your hair!”. You’ll see that the first headline mentions the benefit or reason why you should buy the product, while the second headline doesn’t. The first example, therefore, can aid you in your goal to have a successful Internet business while the second headline won’t help you that much in your desire to make money online.

To start generating more sales, you should also bear in mind how important it is to drive a lot of traffic to your site or to your listings. To improve the amount of traffic, you should make use of various Internet marketing strategies such as optimizing your copies for the search engines aside from making copies that will catch the attention of potential customers; do list building; exchange and build links; and so on. Applying more than one Web marketing strategy is definitely a must do online business tip.

These are just a few of the many techniques that can help you improve your sales. Put them into practice in order to experience owning a successful Internet business and be able to find it easier to make money online.

Karen Winton is glad to help you boost sales. Learn the secrets of earning from Amazon. Check out: http://www.dp-db.com/selling-on-amazons-fba-program. Find out the steps of transferring from eBay to Amazon as a seller. See: http://www.dp-db.com/selling-on-the-river.

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PMI Coaching Client Feedback

September 12th, 2011

“I would like to say I’m at the 5 week mark and we’ve already launched our website and are optimizing it. The advisors are very helpful. My coach gives me plenty of time to explain my questions and he makes the hard parts of this relatively easy. The information in the course is very thorough and my coach sends personal emails that put the priority on the main goals. I highly recommend doing this program. I’ve built a website on my own before and I did a ton of stuff wrong. I’ve very excited about the future.” – Ken F.

 

** to respect the privacy of our employees this testimonial has been altered to remove coach name
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Critical Ingredient For Business Success

August 15th, 2011

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. – Nolan Bushnell

 

Are you taking action today? Are you a “do-er” or a “some day-er”? Success requires action on the part of the dreamer. Take action today!


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What is Kontera and should you use it on your website or blog?

June 23rd, 2011

You know those super annoying in-text ads that pop up and cover half the page if your mouse even so much as comes near the underlined text? These are called in-text advertisements and companies like Kontera make them happens.

The principle behind it is this: Kontera will search your website and automatically link specific keywords and phrases to related websites. When someone clicks on that link, you get paid. So if you include the term “real estate” in your post, it may include a link you want but it may include a link to something else. The link will definitely be related to real estate, but it won’t necessarily be something your readers are interested in.

So while it could potentially be a revenue source for your website or blog, it may do more harm than good. That being said, I would recommend against using products like Kontera – with a few exceptions. You must meet all the following criteria:

  • You must have a high-traffic blog. You’re only going to get a few cents each time someone clicks one of those links, so unless you’re getting thousands of clicks (from tens or hundreds of thousands of visitors) it won’t be worth your time.
  • You must not care about potentially losing customers or visitors over the poor aesthetics. Having these double-underlined links pop up an ad and cover a huge chunk of relevant text can be frustrating for a lot of people – people who may abandon your site because of it.
  • You must take context into consideration. If you’re writing a news or information blog and happen to mention that someone was using a weed wacker, unless you’re running a lawn care website most people won’t follow the weed wacker link. However, if you’re writing a cooking blog and mention  using egg beaters, that has a bit more contextual relevance.

There are plenty of ways to make money with your website other than just passive ad revenue. It may be a good fit for your website, but a service like Kontera won’t automatically work for everyone.

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