[cadance]

1. Find a strategic business partner. Look for ones
that have the same objective. You can trade leads,
share marketing info, sell package deals, etc.

2. Brand your name and business. You can easily
do this by just writing articles and submitting them
to e-zines or web sites for republishing.

3. Start an auction on your web site. The type of
auction could be related to the theme of your site.
You'll draw traffic from auctioneers and bidders.

4. Remember to take a little time out of your day
or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the
difference between success and failure.

5. Model other successful business or people. I'm
not saying out right copy them, but practice some
of the same habits that have made them succeed.

6. Take risks to improve your business. Sometimes
businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free,
sometimes you have to spend money to get results.

7. Include emotional words in your advertisements.
Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy,
satisfaction, fun, etc.

8. Ask people online to review your web site. You
can use the comments you get to improve your web
site or you may turn the reviewer into a customer.

9. Out source part of your workload. You'll save
on most employee costs. You could out source
your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc.

10. Combine a product and service together in a
package deal. It could increase your sales. If you're
selling a book, offer an hour of consulting with it.

[Kevin_ME]

Very useful informations. Will be benificial for those who are looking into start a new business or to jump their sales as you mentioned.

[semguru]

Great post. Wholly agreed with here... except maybe number 1 should be GET STARTED TODAY ;-)

[aleish]

Thanks for the information. They are very helpful..

[cadance]

semguru-I totally agree 100%. So often people are afraid to just jump in and do it!!!

[jesterx]

yeah i know alot of people out there with possibly million dollar ideas and just dont do anything about it....they just go back to work and the daily bump and grind of life.

some of the richest people in the world take action and thats the key to making money in the online world and offline world as well.

take action constantly and tests things for you particular market...what works for one market doesnt particularly work for another....so work at it and test and you will come up with winner all the time.

[cadance]

Absolutely! With these 3 you cannot go wrong.

1. Successful Mentor
2. Duplicatable System
3. MASSIVE ACTION!!!!!!!!

[zoobie]

Thanks for sharing this one. It rally is very useful and informative for striving young entrepreneurs like me.

[cadance]

Zoobie-You are most welcome!!

[Jenita]

Hi,

Hello everybody, I am new here. Your post on starting sales tips was very useful and informative.