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Recession-Proof Your Online Biz

      – by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
    http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Ok, unless you live under a rock and get you news by carrier
pigeon, most people know the USA currently teeters on the
brink of recession.

Though I maintain my own opinions about what this will
actually mean to the average person, there’s no denying that
the economy may slow down and sales may slack off a bit.

So, in order to prevent this possible downshift in the
economic engine from affecting you, I offer the following
advice to help recession-proof your online business.

*See It To Believe It*

No matter what you sell, you can use video to demonstrate
either what you sell or the results customers should expect.

Product, service, software – it doesn’t matter. You can
either use full motion video or screen capture video to
"show and tell" people why and how your offering helps them.

In a down economy people try to make every dollar count.
Thus, consumers will spend more time on research and
comparison before buying just about everything.

Use video to set your business apart as every online playing
field gets more competitive.

*ASK What They Want*

Ask the people who buy from you, or are considering buying
from you, what they want most right now – then figure out a
way to sell it to them!

Too many online businesses assume they know what their
customers want and need. But in a down economy you must
maximize the value of every customer for your business.

You can do this quickly and easily with a survey via email
where you ask them about what they need and want as it
relates to your area of business. I personally use
www.OneMinutePoll.com to conduct my surveys.

*Become Invaluable*

Find a way to go beyond just selling a product, service, or
software.

Become invaluable to your customers. Become the last thing
they would ever throw overboard if their economic ship
started to sink.

You can often do this by combining whatever you sell with
information and news they can’t easily obtain elsewhere.

The easiest way to do this is to include special reports,
ebooks, videos, or articles on your website, with purchases,
or in an email newsletter.

If you sell the same thing everyone else does, you’re just a
commodity judged on price.

If you provide added, demonstrable value to your customers,
you transform into a "resource" they can’t let go.

*Stuck In Traffic?*

Most online businesses lapse into one or two main sources of
online traffic generation (no, this doesn’t include "hoping"
for traffic).

Whether using pay-per-click, banners, email or some other
method, we all tend to gravitate towards what "worked in the
past."

Unfortunately, in a down economy, those traffic sources may
dry up, increase in cost, or stop converting (or all of the
above). But, as the saying goes, when one door closes,
another opens somewhere else.

You must constantly look for and test new sources of traffic
because you might just find one that could revolutionize (or
save) your business.

Make it a priority to find and test at least one new source
of traffic per month.

Recession-proofing your online business is easier than you
think.

It simply comes down to discovering what enough people want,
effectively demonstrating you provide it, and making
yourself an indispensable part of their lives.

–
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites…

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Jim Edwards with a free LIVE webinar invitation for you…

This Thursday (January 17th) I’m grilling Internet Marketing
and Online Business expert, Armand Morin, on how to build an
incredibly profitable online business (or expand an existing
business) faster than you ever dreamed possible!

REGISTER NOW:
=> http://WebinarKing.com/internet-marketing-explained.html

Armand’s common sense, real-world approach is a refreshing
change from all the latest "flavor-of-the-month" gurus –
who’ve never sold a thing online in their lives — coming
out of nowhere with the latest "get-rich-quick-online"
schemes that don’t work.

I’ll be grilling Armand for all the *specifics* on:

- If he lost everything and had to start all over again…
  what would he do differently to become even more
  successful FASTER… and how YOU learn from his mistakes
  to beat the rest of the pack to the punch just by knowing
  this information!

- 3 things he would do completely different to eliminate
  roadblocks in the success process…

- 3 things he would do the same again, only do them sooner
  this time…

- 6 Specific Strategies to build an online business from
  scratch and turn it into an online powerhouse that leaves
  your competitors eating dust (regardless of your niche
  market)…

- The next BIG "Make-or-Break" Trends that will dictate your
  success or failure in Internet Marketing – no matter what
  you sell!…
 
… and Much, Much More!

REGISTER NOW:
=> http://WebinarKing.com/internet-marketing-explained.html

This is, to my knowledge, the FIRST time Armand has
actually revealed ALL of this information before,
especially on a LIVE webinar with me badgering him to
give up every valuable drop of knowledge you need!

Now, the webinar is gratis, but seating is *limited*
(only 500 slots, of which Armand and I take up 2) and the
clock is ticking!

Grab your spot now!

=> http://WebinarKing.com/internet-marketing-explained.html

Jim

PS – If you don’t know Armand’s personal story, it’s worth
showing up to the Webinar just for that!…

This guy was selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door for
5 1/2 years when he had a crazy idea to make a few bucks
online with a membership site.

The site went gangbusters and in 1996 he generated over a
million dollars in just 12 weeks!

But before he could celebrate, there was a knock on his door
from a private investigator accusing him of money
laundering. Find out what happened next on the webinar…

Register Now:
http://WebinarKing.com/internet-marketing-explained.html

 

I’m going to get straight to the point today…

Traditional "goal setting" is a giant load of BS and the
movie ‘The Secret’ was over-hyped and only gave half the
story!

Here’s what I mean…

Every New Year’s Eve we’ve been told to set our goals for
the coming year, and it goes like this…

    * Write out a "wish" list on December 31…
    * Toast it with champagne at 11:59 p.m….
    * Forget all about it by noon January 2nd…
    * Life is back to "normal" by January 3rd…

Sound familiar?

I followed this "wishing" strategy my whole adult life and
all it did was land me in a trailer park, lead me to the
"poor house" and — ultimately — into a permanent heart
condition.

BUT… once I discovered how the "Law Of Attraction" really
works — and WHY we REALLY get what we want from life — my
life changed instantly for the better…

In fact, in the space of just 9 months, I used what I
learned to go from bankrupt and living in a trailer park to
owning my own home and earning a 6-figure income…in less
than 24 months I paid off my house…in less than 36 months
my wife quit her job and came to work with me full time…

…and in less than 48 months I had my life and finances
arranged so that I never have to work another day in my
life if I don’t want to…and in less than 72 months I
built not one, but TWO new houses for cash (one on 1,000
feet of water front).

Are you curious what strategies enabled me to do this (and
more importantly if it’s possible for you to make the same
incredible changes in your own life)?

You should be!

That’s why if you want to change your life for the better
in 2008, then clear your calendar right now for my special
webinar event happening this Thursday, January 10, 2008 at
7:00 pm (ET).  Because I’m pulling back the curtain to
teach you how YOU can do this in your own life (and a whole
lot more!)

These are action steps and simple REAL WORLD techniques
I’ve never talked about before and they come from my last
10 years "in the trenches" actually DOING what I’ll be
teaching you.

I didn’t want to risk all of the details getting trapped in
a spam filter, so I’ve posted the full story for you on
this page:

http://TheNetReporter.com/real-world-success-webinar.html

Right now there are only 498 spaces remaining — and if
this webinar plays out like the last ones, it will be
totally ‘sold out’ in no time flat.  So head over and grab
your spot (and special $97 bonus surprise) while you can!

Talk to you soon,

Jim

P.S. – Remember ths LIVE webinar happening THIS Thursday
will teach you what ‘The Secret’ didn’t tell you about how
to finally reach your goals.  You’ll discover the simple
action steps and real-world, proven techniques that will
make 2008 your best year ever!

Go here now for the full story:
http://TheNetReporter.com/real-world-success-webinar.html

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Make Your Website More Mobi-Friendly

      – by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
    http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Ok! Tis the season to make startling predictions about where the web will head this year and what rates your attention in the world of ecommerce.

I’ll say I’ve seen some great predictions by others this year, including some of my friends who say the "newbie" market and the Asian markets will explode this year.

However, I want to talk about something that most of the "geek" set take for granted, but none of us fully understand the impact of just yet: mobile surfing.

No, I’m not talking about hauling your laptop around to find the nearest free hotspot, I’m talking about the tens-of-millions (if not hundreds-of-millions) of cell phones, iPods and other mobile devices built to surf the Web while on the go.

With so much surfing power now in the hands (literally) of millions of people, anyone with an online business can no longer ignore the importance of this growing audience.

So what caused this great epiphany about the rights of the mobile surfing masses? Simple!

I got an iPod Touch for my birthday (the iPhone without the phone part) this past month and realized I could surf the Web through any available wireless network, order music, and watch YouTube videos without my computer.

Sure, everyone in my family carries a cell phone, but the power of this mobile Internet access didn’t come home to me fully until I was sitting in my easy chair laughing at online "Gumby" videos downloaded directly to my iPod.

In my opinion, there’s an expanding world of mobile users out there that most online business owners (myself included) neglect.

However, the great news is that you can start catering to the mobile market now more easily than ever.

The following tips should help anyone who sells online (or wants to sell online) make their sites more "mobile-friendly":

- If your website depends on surfers seeing your layout at a certain browser size, consider creating a mobile-friendly version of your site and put a link at the top that says "Mobile Users Click Here".

- Keep your html code simple and avoid using numerous graphics or depending on a fixed width to display text properly.

- Use a single table to display text and graphics so the mobile device’s browser can "squish" your site horizontally to make it fit on the small screen.

- Keep navigation on your mobile-friendly site down to two or three links at the top to minimize choices and cut down on load times.

- Since mobile devices load web pages in chunks, put your most important information toward the top of the page so you don’t force surfers to scroll too much.

- Test your site on at least one mobile device to see how it looks.

- Test your site on the Opera Browser (one of the most popular mobile browsers). Download it free from www.Opera.com/download/, pull up your site in the browser, hit SHIFT+F11, and preview how your site looks to a mobile user.

By the way, anyone who understands web design realizes that I just described how to build a site for the Web back in 1996!

If you wan to hit the emerging mobile surfing market, the first step is to realize they exist.

The second step is simply to make a few allowances in your design to allow them access to your site’s information.

The final step is to keep your eye on this emerging user-base and look for opportunities to serve them.

–
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites…

-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
"Finally! A Quick and Easy Way For YOU to Painlessly Set Up
Your OWN Moneymaking ‘Mini’ Websites… Without Being a
Computer Geek, Buying Expensive Software, or Paying
Outrageous Fees To A Webmaster!"

Click Here => http://www.MiniSiteCreator.com
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