10 Profitable Reasons To Add A Chat Room
10 Profitable Reasons To Add A Discussion
Board Or Chat Room To Your Web Site
By: Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com-19755
1. You’ll be able to communicate with your visitors.
They’ll begin to trust you and get to know you on a
more personal level. People will purchase products
quicker from somebody they already know and trust.
2. People will revisit your web site to participate on
your discussion board or chat room. They will meet
other people with similar interests and your web site
will become a hang out were they can chat.
3. You can learn important information about your
visitors by reading the conversations they have. They
may chat about your web site or products. With this
information you could learn to market your products
more effectively.
4. You could answer the questions your visitors ask
in your online communities. You’ll become known as
an expert by giving the answers to their questions.
This will give you and your business more credibility.
5. You could teach a free online class using your chat
room. This will give you an expert status and increase
traffic to your web site by offering the free class.
6. When your discussion board or chat room becomes
popular, you could sell advertising space on them. This
will give you an extra income stream for your web site.
7. You can network with other businesses by having
a chat room or discussion board. You could exchange
business ideas, leads, advertising, etc.
8. You could allow other web sites who don’t have
a discussion board or chat room to use yours. You
will get free advertising by allowing them to link to
your online community.
9. When you have a discussion board or chat room
you can get free advertising by listing them in online
community directories. You can also join web rings
with similar discussion topics.
10. You can make money by advertising your own
products and services on your discussion board or
chat room. You could also join other people’s affiliate
programs and make commissions advertising them.
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10 Ways To Improve Your Customer Service
10 Ways To Improve Your Customer Service
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. Stay in contact with customers on a regular basis. Offer
them a free e-zine subscription. Ask customers if they
want to be updated by e-mail when you make changes to
your Web site. After every sale, follow-up with the
customer to see if they are satisfied with their purchase.
2. Create a customer focus group. Invite ten to twenty of
your most loyal customers to meet regularly. They will give
you ideas and input on how to improve your customer
service. You could pay them, take them out to dinner or
give them free products.
3. Make it easy for your customers to navigate on your
web site. Have a “FAQ” page on your Web site to explain
anything that might confuse your customers. Ask them to
fill out an electronic survey to find out how make your web
site more customer friendly.
4. Resolve your customers complaints quickly and
successfully. Answer all e-mail and phone calls within an
hour. If possible, you the owner of the business, personally
take care of the problem. This will show your customers
you really care about them.
5. Make it easy for your customers to contact you.
Offer as many contact methods as possible. Allow
customers to contact you by e-mail. Hyperlink your e-mail
address so customers won’t have to type it. Offer toll free
numbers for phone and fax contacts.
6. Make sure employees know and use your customer
service policy. Give your employees bonuses or incentives
to practice excellent customer service. Tell employees to
be flexible with each individual customer, each one has
different concerns, needs and wants.
7. Give your customers more than they expect. Send thank
you gifts to lifetime customers. E-mail them online greeting
cards on holidays or birthdays. Award bonuses to your
customers who make a big purchase.
8. Always be polite to your customers. Use the words
your welcome, please, and thank you. Be polite to your
customers even if they are being irate with you. Always
apologize to your customers should you make a mistake.
Admit your mistakes quickly and make it up to them in a
big way.
9. Reward customers a point for every one dollar they
spend. Let’s say customers can get a free computer for 300
points. That means customers will spend $300 dollars on
your products and services to get enough points to get the
free computer.
10. Build strong relationships with your customers. Invite
them to company meetings, luncheons, workshops or
seminars. Create special events for your customers like
parties, barbecue’s, dances etc. This will make them feel
important when you include them in regular business
operations and special events.
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10 Power Packed Ways To Boost Your Profits
10 Power Packed Ways To Boost Your Profits
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. Sell a few back end products that are not related
to your main product but are needed by all humans.
Every customer that buys from you is human.
2. Take on as many of your business’ chores as you
can handle; outsource what you can’t. Only you can
determine how your business is operated.
3. Try out new business opportunities. You could
combine them with your current business. It could
add an extra profit stream to your web site.
4. Create an alliance with 3 or 4 web sites. Include
each of your ads or banners on the other web sites.
You will all share targeted traffic from each other.
5. Create a free e-zine directory. You’ll attract a lot
of traffic from ezine publishers and people that want
to subscribe to the e-zines.
6. When you offer a freebie from your site, submit
it to free stuff sites. They provide target categories
which means targeted traffic.
7. Make your visitors curious about your product
by telling them they need to sign-up to get into a
password protected site to read the rest of the ad.
8. Remember the little things about your web pages
really count. Include the title of your site at the top
right corner, a description about of your site, etc.
9. When you ask someone to sign-up to receive a
freebie, don’t ask for really personal information.
This is a fast way to lose a potential prospect.
10. Remember newsgroups are still pretty popular.
You could post your ad in ones that allow it or you
can leave messages with your sig file include.
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10 Killer Ways To Jump Start Your Profits
10 Killer Ways To Jump Start Your Profits
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. Offer to write exclusive articles (that means you
only submit them to one place) for high traffic web
sites in exchange for a link back to your site.
2. Create a positive online image. Tell your visitors
about fundraisers you have sponsored or that you
donate a part of your profits to charity.
3. Improve your customer service on a regular
basis. Try out new technologies that make it easier
to communicate with your customers over the net.
4. Ask your customers what they would like to see
offered by your business in the future. This type of
information can boost your sales.
5. Make sure your web host isn’t losing your sales.
If you get an e-mail from someone that told you that
they couldn’t access your site, it might be your host.
6. Allow your visitors experience to be an enjoyable
one at your web site. Provide easy navigation, good
content, fast loading graphics, search options, etc.
7. Keep changing or adding freebies to your web
site. If people see the same freebie in your ads they
will say to themselves, “been there done that”.
8. Add a directory to your web site. When visitors
submit their web site, e-mail them confirming their
link has been added and remind them to revisit.
9. Organize your marketing and advertising into a
plan. Create a list of daily, weekly, monthly and all
other future promotional plans.
10. Trade links only with web sites that your target
audience or yourself would visit. They should offer
their visitors valuable content or freebies.
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8 Ways To Increase The Perceived Value Of Your Freebies
8 Ways To Increase The Perceived Value Of Your Freebies
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
Almost everyone is giving away a freebie so they can
attract people to their web site. They are giving away
free e-zines, ebooks, services, etc. What’s happening
to all this free stuff? It’s loosing it’s perceived value.
Every time you surf the internet or check your e-mail
you see at least 20 to 50 freebies offers.
Don’t get me wrong freebies do increase traffic, but
not like they did when the internet was new. The key
is to increase the perceived value of your freebies so
they will be more attractive to your audience. How
do you do this? Well, here are eight ways:
1. You could tell them what the freebie is worth with
a dollar amount. For example, “Subscribe to my free
e-zine! A $199 value!”
2. You could add other freebies to your freebie that
will increase the value. For example, “Subscribe to
my free e-zine and get free access to our “subscribers
only” private web site!”
3. You could tell them the freebie is only available for
a limited time. For example, ” Download our free
ebook, this free offer will only be available until May
30, 2000.”
4. You could tell them the freebie is only available to
a limited number of people. For example, ” Our free
software will only be available for the next 100 people
that download it.
5. You could give more details about the freebie.
List the benefits, features, what problems the freebie
will solve, etc.
6. You could describe your freebie to sound more
attractive. For example, instead of “free report” you
could say “free never released top secret document”
7. You could list testimonials for your freebie. Most
businesses don’t give testimonials for their freebies.
This would defiantly increase your freebies value.
8. You could tell people how many people have
already receive your freebie. For example, “15,000
people have already subscribed to my free e-zine!
Can they all be wrong?
These are only a few ways you can add value to your
freebies. You could be creative and think up some
other ways to increase the perceived value of your
freebies. Also test each idea to see which one draws
the most traffic to your web site.
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10 Killer Ways To Jump Start Your Profits
10 Killer Ways To Jump Start Your Profits
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. Offer to write exclusive articles (that means you
only submit them to one place) for high traffic web
sites in exchange for a link back to your site.
2. Create a positive online image. Tell your visitors
about fundraisers you have sponsored or that you
donate a part of your profits to charity.
3. Improve your customer service on a regular
basis. Try out new technologies that make it easier
to communicate with your customers over the net.
4. Ask your customers what they would like to see
offered by your business in the future. This type of
information can boost your sales.
5. Make sure your web host isn’t losing your sales.
If you get an e-mail from someone that told you that
they couldn’t access your site, it might be your host.
6. Allow your visitors experience to be an enjoyable
one at your web site. Provide easy navigation, good
content, fast loading graphics, search options, etc.
7. Keep changing or adding freebies to your web
site. If people see the same freebie in your ads they
will say to themselves, “been there done that”.
8. Add a directory to your web site. When visitors
submit their web site, e-mail them confirming their
link has been added and remind them to revisit.
9. Organize your marketing and advertising into a
plan. Create a list of daily, weekly, monthly and all
other future promotional plans.
10. Trade links only with web sites that your target
audience or yourself would visit. They should offer
their visitors valuable content or freebies.
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8 Benefits Of Helping An Online Business Newbie
8 Benefits Of Helping An Online Business Newbie
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
Do your remember when you first ventured out in the
online business world? You probably had questions
and problems along the way. Wouldn’t it have been
easier if you had help? When a newbie asks for your
advice, educate them; answer their questions and help
them solve their online business problems. If you do
not have the knowledge to help them out, point them
in the right direction.
You’ll get many benefits from helping online business
newbies. Below are eight possible benefits you could
receive:
1. You will feel good knowing that you had a part in
helping them build their business. You can sit back
and say “I had a part in their success.”
2. They may become one of your best friends. Most
people can use new friends, even business owners.
You may even become business partners and create
a totally new business together.
3. You could end up being strategic business allies
in the future. You could regularly do joint venture
and cross promotion deals with each other.
4. They may help you out with your business. Maybe
they will give you some testimonials or endorsements
for your products or services.
5. You might gain some valuable referrals from them.
They may also join your affiliate program and make
sales for your business.
6. They might offer you some free advertising space
on their web site or in their e-zine for your help. You
could also exchange advertising with them.
7. You both could end up developing a new product
or service together. The product or service could be
a combination of your current ones.
8. They might purchase the products you sell and
become one of your best customers. You could sell
them many back end products or services in the
future.
There are probably many other benefits you could get
from helping a new online business owner. Always
remember to help them out because it’s the nice thing
to do and not just to benefit your own business.
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10 Motivational Triggers That Make People Buy
10 Motivational Triggers That Make People Buy
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. People want to make more money. They may
want to start their own business, get a higher paying
job or invest in the stock market. This will make
them feel successful.
2. People want to save money. They may want to
invest for the future or save for a big purchase.
This will make them feel more secure.
3. People want to save time. They may want to
work less and spend time enjoying life’s pleasures.
This will make them feel more relaxed.
4. People want to look better. They may want to
lose weight, tone their body, or improve their facial
features. This will make them feel more attractive.
5. People want to learn something new. They may
want to learn how to change their car oil or build a
deck. This will make them feel more intelligent.
6. People want to live longer. They may want to
get in shape, eat better or gain extra energy. This
will make them feel healthier.
7. People want to be comfortable. They may want
to relive aches and pains or want to sleep in a more
comfortable bed. This will make them feel
relieved.
8. People want to be loved. They may not want to
be lonely anymore or want to start dating again.
This will make them feel wanted.
9. People want to be popular. They may want to
be a famous celebrity or be more popular in
school. This will make them feel praised and
admired.
10. People want to gain pleasure. They may want
satisfy their appetite or sexual desires. This will
make them feel more fulfilled.
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10 Mind Busting Ways To Gain More Orders
10 Mind Busting Ways To Gain More Orders
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. Automate your online business to save extra time
for marketing and advertising. You could use auto-
responders, time saving software, etc.
2. Host a free hall of fame or museum on your web
site. It should be related to your target audience. It
should attract people just like offline ones do.
3. Write your ideas on paper; bad and good ones.
Don’t get an idea and take the risk of forgetting it;
it could be your future income or success.
4. Design your ad copy to target your visitors goals,
dreams and desires. Allow your product to attract
their emotional and physical needs.
5. Create a small treasure hunt. Allow people to get
a discount on a product you sell if they find a certain
graphic somewhere on your site.
6. Have visitors sign-up to receive free promotional
merchandise. It can be hats, bumper stickers, cups,
or anything with your web site print on it.
7. Increase your traffic by creating other web sites
that relate to the latest new fad. You just advertise
your main web site on your fad web sites.
8. Load your site with a wide variety of content.
Your site will become known as an area of regular
reference for many of your visitors.
9. Interview famous people that your visitors want
to know more about. Publish the interview in article
or audio format on your web site.
10. Tell people the purpose of your web site. When
they visit a web site and have to figure out what it’s
about, they may get frustrated and leave soon.
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10 Mesmerizing Ways To Reinforce Your Profits
10 Mesmerizing Ways To Reinforce Your Profits
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-19755
1. Anticipate any objections your visitors may have
about your product offer. You must research your
target audience’s needs and wants.
2. Remember not to use outrageous or unbelievable
claims in your ad copy. People are too savvy online
and won’t believe you.
3. Pick a good name for your business and product.
Your names should be memorable and describe the
kind of product your offering.
4. Solve your customer complaints by being quick
and friendly. The faster you respond, the more your
customers feel you care about them.
5. Never think your customers are satisfied with
their purchase. You should be constantly finding
new ways to better your product and service.
6. Market yourself, as well as your product. You
could write articles, ebooks, do free consulting,
do speaking engagements, etc.
7. Find new target audiences for your products or
services. For example, if you’re selling coffee to
stores try to also sell it to coffee shops.
8. Use the phrase “invest in our product” instead of
the words buy or purchase. This makes prospects
feel they’re investing in their future if they buy.
9. Create offline affiliates to market your product.
Have people sign up at your web site to sell your
products through “house parties”.
10. Use logos and slogans for your business. They
make it easier for people to remember and identify
your business.
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