So you want to start an online business but are confused as to what you should be selling. The easiest thing to sell would be a product or service of your own. But what if you don't have one what can one do? Well here are a few places one can search to find a product for their dream business.
Joint Venture Deals - Contact other business owners and ask them if you can sell their products or services. The products or services should be related to your target audience. You could set up a deal to just market them and receive a percentage of the profits.
Affiliate Programs - Join another businesses affiliate program. You just sign-up at their web site and they give you a link that tracks all your sales. Every time someone orders or clicks through your link you receive a commission.
Wholesalers - You can buy products at a large discount through a wholesaler. Just order the products from your wholesaler of choice. When you receive the products mark-up the price to the amount you want to sell them for.
Reprint/Duplication Rights - Some businesses offer you the right to buy licenses to reprint or duplicate their products. You pay for the license and then you can reproduce the product and keep all the profits. The license stipulations may vary from business to business.
Drop Shippers - You can sign-up to a drop shipper program from another business or wholesaler. When someone orders the product, you keep a percentage of the sale and send the rest of the order to the drop shipper. The drop shipper will then ship the product to your customer.
These are just five suggestions. Look around, both online and off to find opportunities that excite you. The sky's the limit and it all depends upon your attitude.
Come back next time for more tips, tricks and techniques to assist you in your marketing and sales efforts. Remember we're all in this together and I'm pulling for you.
Mahalo.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
How To Successfully Joint Venture Your Online Business With Offline Businesses
Too many times we in the online world forget there is a whole other world just outside our domains. Yes I am talking about the old style brick and mortar “Offline Businesses”. Believe it or not they can be very useful partner in a joint venture with you and your online business.
There are many advantages joint venturing with offline businesses. You could increase your target market by reaching audiences you couldn't advertise to before. You could get referrals from the offline businesses you joint venture with.
The key to joint venturing with offline businesses is to find ones that have the same target audience. If you're selling business software, you wouldn't want to joint venture with a store that sells candy. You won't be very successful. You would want to joint venture with an office supply or computer store.
Below are three possible joint venture deals you could set up:
1. Write a tip booklet that is related to your business. Make a deal with an offline store where they giveaway your tip booklet to their shoppers with each purchase. The store you pick should attract your target audience. The store could have something free to giveaway to attract shoppers and you could have your web site ad in the tip booklet.
2. Design a printed flyer for your online business. The flyer should include a description of your web site, e-mail address, web address and any other important information. Make a deal with an offline store to have them include the flyer in each bag of products they sell in exchange for free advertising on your web site.
3. Make a deal with a computer store to have them display your web site on the computers they display in their store in exchange for free advertising on your web site or in your e-mail newsletter.
Once you find a targeted offline business, contact them and present your joint venture proposal. Tell the business owner the benefits of the joint venture. Tell him or her why it would be a win/win situation for both of your businesses. Give them a lot of compliments about their business, products and services. Using all three methods above will greater your chance of having a profitable and successful offline joint venture.
Come back next time for more tips, tricks and techniques to assist you in your marketing and sales efforts. Remember we're all in this together and I'm pulling for you.
Mahalo.
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For environmentally smart resources to help you with your Online Business check out
http://www.renspubhouse.cz.cc/products.html
Fast easy resources to help you with your marketing, save a tree by not wasting paper, be environmentally correct and have some fun and learn something to boot!
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There are many advantages joint venturing with offline businesses. You could increase your target market by reaching audiences you couldn't advertise to before. You could get referrals from the offline businesses you joint venture with.
The key to joint venturing with offline businesses is to find ones that have the same target audience. If you're selling business software, you wouldn't want to joint venture with a store that sells candy. You won't be very successful. You would want to joint venture with an office supply or computer store.
Below are three possible joint venture deals you could set up:
1. Write a tip booklet that is related to your business. Make a deal with an offline store where they giveaway your tip booklet to their shoppers with each purchase. The store you pick should attract your target audience. The store could have something free to giveaway to attract shoppers and you could have your web site ad in the tip booklet.
2. Design a printed flyer for your online business. The flyer should include a description of your web site, e-mail address, web address and any other important information. Make a deal with an offline store to have them include the flyer in each bag of products they sell in exchange for free advertising on your web site.
3. Make a deal with a computer store to have them display your web site on the computers they display in their store in exchange for free advertising on your web site or in your e-mail newsletter.
Once you find a targeted offline business, contact them and present your joint venture proposal. Tell the business owner the benefits of the joint venture. Tell him or her why it would be a win/win situation for both of your businesses. Give them a lot of compliments about their business, products and services. Using all three methods above will greater your chance of having a profitable and successful offline joint venture.
Come back next time for more tips, tricks and techniques to assist you in your marketing and sales efforts. Remember we're all in this together and I'm pulling for you.
Mahalo.
********************************************************************
For environmentally smart resources to help you with your Online Business check out
http://www.renspubhouse.cz.cc/products.html
Fast easy resources to help you with your marketing, save a tree by not wasting paper, be environmentally correct and have some fun and learn something to boot!
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A Few Killer Ways To Beat Your Competition
Competition is what makes the Free Enterprise system the best and sometimes the worst of the economic models. Without open competition most of us would never had been given the chance to follow our dreams and succeed in life. But of course there are others out there trying to beat us and to see us fail. Here are some quick ways to beat your competition:
1. Offer free original content. It's important to give your visitors information they can't find anywhere
else. If you're the only source, they'll visit your site.
2. Give people free software. Most people like to find good deals on software for their computers. If
the software is free, that is even better.
3. Hold free contests or sweepstakes. Most people like to win things. If you can fulfill that need, people
will stop by to visit.
4. Provide a free web directory. Create a directory of web sites on a popular topic that will attract your
target audience.
5. Offer a free e-zine. Most people love to get free information that's e-mailed to them regularly. This
saves them time and money.
6. Make your web site look professional. You want to have your own domain name, easy navigation,
attractive graphics, etc.
7. Let people read your ad before they get to your freebie. When you use free stuff to lure people to
your web site list it below your ad copy.
8. Attract the target audience that would buy your product or service. A simple way to do this is to
survey your existing customers.
9. Test and improve your ad copy. There are many people who write an ad and never change it. Make
sure you get the highest possible response rate.
10. Give people an urgency so they buy now. Many people are interested in your product but they put
off buying it until later and eventually forget about it.
Follow these tips in an ethical manner and you will keep ahead of the competition. Follow your bliss.
Mahalo
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STOP SEARCHING. YOU'VE FOUND IT.
Discover your web site's true potential.
My new book:
Inquisitive Explorer's Internet Marketing Primer,
shows you the way to online profits. Your choice. Do nothing or visit
http://www.renspubhouse.com/ieimp.html
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For more resources to help you with your Online Marketing check out
http://www.renspubhouse.com/business.html
Fast easy resources to help you with your marketing and have some fun to boot!
********************************************************************
1. Offer free original content. It's important to give your visitors information they can't find anywhere
else. If you're the only source, they'll visit your site.
2. Give people free software. Most people like to find good deals on software for their computers. If
the software is free, that is even better.
3. Hold free contests or sweepstakes. Most people like to win things. If you can fulfill that need, people
will stop by to visit.
4. Provide a free web directory. Create a directory of web sites on a popular topic that will attract your
target audience.
5. Offer a free e-zine. Most people love to get free information that's e-mailed to them regularly. This
saves them time and money.
6. Make your web site look professional. You want to have your own domain name, easy navigation,
attractive graphics, etc.
7. Let people read your ad before they get to your freebie. When you use free stuff to lure people to
your web site list it below your ad copy.
8. Attract the target audience that would buy your product or service. A simple way to do this is to
survey your existing customers.
9. Test and improve your ad copy. There are many people who write an ad and never change it. Make
sure you get the highest possible response rate.
10. Give people an urgency so they buy now. Many people are interested in your product but they put
off buying it until later and eventually forget about it.
Follow these tips in an ethical manner and you will keep ahead of the competition. Follow your bliss.
Mahalo
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STOP SEARCHING. YOU'VE FOUND IT.
Discover your web site's true potential.
My new book:
Inquisitive Explorer's Internet Marketing Primer,
shows you the way to online profits. Your choice. Do nothing or visit
http://www.renspubhouse.com/ieimp.html
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For more resources to help you with your Online Marketing check out
http://www.renspubhouse.com/business.html
Fast easy resources to help you with your marketing and have some fun to boot!
********************************************************************
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Can't Do it Yourself? Here's 10 Reasons To Consider Outsourcing.
Outsourcing is when you hire outside professionals or services to take on part of your business workload. You may want to outsource part of your work because you don't have the room, you need an expert, you have periodic busy periods, or you need more production to get orders out on time, etc. The following are ten ways outsourcing can save your business time and money.
1. You won't have to take the time to train employees. This will allow you to spend more time working on your marketing and advertising campaign.
2. You won't have to do time consuming tasks like adding on new equipment or learning new software to complete certain tasks. This will allow you to spend more time testing your advertisements.
3. You won't have to interview employee candidates. This will allow you to spend more time improving your customer service, in return you will get more repeat purchases.
4. You won't have to fill out all the employee paper work like tax forms, scheduling, retirement plans, etc. This will allow you to spend more time developing new products.
5. You won't have to buy extra office or work space to complete certain tasks. You can use all the money you save on other business expenses.
6. You won't have spend money on employee costs like taxes, medical, vacation time, holidays, workers comp., unemployment costs, etc. (These may vary depending on which country you do business in.)
7. You can speed up you order and delivery system with the extra help. Your customers will appreciate the fast service and you'll have a higher chance that they will buy from you again.
8. You could expand your market share by becoming a middleman and offering your subcontractors products or services. This will increase your business profits and give you multiple income streams.
9. You can take on extra or large orders your business couldn't handle before. This will expand your market share and you could also offer to take the work your competition can't handle.
10. You could get end up receiving orders from your subcontractors. Your subcontractors may also tell other people about your business.
As with anything you need to be careful when choosing outsourcing partners. When you do find one, treat them right and they will treat you right.
Mahalo.
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For more resources to help you with your Online Marketing check out
http://www.renspubhouse.com/business.html
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1. You won't have to take the time to train employees. This will allow you to spend more time working on your marketing and advertising campaign.
2. You won't have to do time consuming tasks like adding on new equipment or learning new software to complete certain tasks. This will allow you to spend more time testing your advertisements.
3. You won't have to interview employee candidates. This will allow you to spend more time improving your customer service, in return you will get more repeat purchases.
4. You won't have to fill out all the employee paper work like tax forms, scheduling, retirement plans, etc. This will allow you to spend more time developing new products.
5. You won't have to buy extra office or work space to complete certain tasks. You can use all the money you save on other business expenses.
6. You won't have spend money on employee costs like taxes, medical, vacation time, holidays, workers comp., unemployment costs, etc. (These may vary depending on which country you do business in.)
7. You can speed up you order and delivery system with the extra help. Your customers will appreciate the fast service and you'll have a higher chance that they will buy from you again.
8. You could expand your market share by becoming a middleman and offering your subcontractors products or services. This will increase your business profits and give you multiple income streams.
9. You can take on extra or large orders your business couldn't handle before. This will expand your market share and you could also offer to take the work your competition can't handle.
10. You could get end up receiving orders from your subcontractors. Your subcontractors may also tell other people about your business.
As with anything you need to be careful when choosing outsourcing partners. When you do find one, treat them right and they will treat you right.
Mahalo.
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For more resources to help you with your Online Marketing check out
http://www.renspubhouse.com/business.html
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