================================================= My Own Ezine ================================================= January 28, 2003 Issue 37 Terri Seymour, Publisher http://www.myownezine.com mailto:ter02@newnorth.net © 2002 - 2003 All Rights reserved ================================================= Top Sponsor Ads ================================================= GROW YOUR BUSINESS TELESEMINAR - Thursday, January 30 Mark LeBlanc, CEO of Small Business Success, is hosting a Teleseminar titled "Growing Your Business!" -- a full 90 minutes of practical business advice. You'll learn specific strategies to: 1. Get more focused. 2. Attract more prospects. 3. Stimulate more referrals. You can shave years off your learning curve in just 90 minutes. A "Don't Miss" opportunity to get geared for business growth. Click http://www.MaryGoulet.net/register.html for more information! http://www.InternetBasedMoms.com Do you already have an online business? Are you looking for ways to start? 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No set-up fees, 333mb of space, $5 per month, plus numerous features! http://hop.clickbank.net/?webcentral/icdsoft ================================================= In This Issue ================================================= ==> ScuttleButt ==> Site Seeing ==> Breakin' It Down by Cathy Bryant ==> Fr~ebies For You ==> Business Resources & Helpers ==> Fr~e Ezines ==> 10 Power-Packed Promotion Strategies © 2003 Terri Seymour ==> Feedback ==> Quick Tips ==> Internet Resource of the Day ==> Potpourri - Little bit of everything! ==> Subscription Management & Contact Info ================================================= This Week's ScuttleButt ================================================= Welcome to My Own Ezine and thank you for subscribing. The purpose of this ezine is to help you get started with your own ezine as well as learn other aspects of Internet marketing. I value all my subscribers and welcome all opinions, comments and questions. 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Visit today! http://www.prelaunch-buycard.com/sp/newdebit Please send your url along with a one or two line description to be included in Site Seeing, to: mailto:ter02@newnorth.net?subject=sites ================================================= Guest Article ================================================= Breakin' It Down by Cathy Bryant Copyright 2003 I've recently begun working with individuals one-on-one who are truly interested in earning an income from the Internet in the comfort of their own home. A common complaint I hear from them is that they are constantly overwhelmed by the enormous amount of information that they are bombarded with each and every day. This is understandable; everyone has faced it. Those who have been successful online, however, have done so because of a simple process - narrowing their focus. In any business, this is necessary. But online, it is critical for success. There are a lot of people who are working from home, and not all of them are earning their income solely from the Internet. Some have businesses that are run completely offline, and many have both online and offline components. For purposes of this article, however, I'd like to address those whose goal it is to work completely online, since that seems to be ideally what most people wish to do. So what works best? Many things, but I believe that the vast majority of truly successful online businesses fall into one of three groups: Network Marketing Information Products Affiliate Program Promotion Some successful entrepreneurs have incorporated two and sometimes all three into their businesses. Why did I single these three out? Simple. The great majority of home-based online entrepreneurs I've ever read about, heard of or communicated with has achieved their success through at least one of these three methods. Let's break it down further - Network Marketing - with all its bad press, network marketing is indeed a viable business model. The power of the Internet to disperse information quickly and efficiently is ideal for those who enjoy working with others one-on-one. But that is key, for network marketing is still a person to person business, any way you look at it. The Internet simply makes it easier and more cost efficient. The key to network marketing success is to choose wisely. Rather than join the latest and greatest matrix program being touted as the fastest way to Internet riches, look for a company whose products truly fill a need and who has been in business for at least five years. There are a lot of companies who have been in business for many years and who are now offering an Internet presence for their distributors and customers. Information Products - The Internet is all about information. We all know that some individuals over the years have amassed small fortunes selling information to highly targeted groups. It is only natural that this type of business would move seamlessly to the online world. Even more significant for those in the information business is the fact that they can operate online at significantly reduced operating costs, thereby increasing their profits. To be successful in the information business, one doesn't have to have a college degree in English or be a published writer. Everyone has specialized knowledge; if you can put it together in a way that is easily understood by others, you will have a ready-made market for those who want and need your information. No matter how obscure you may think your information is, you can be sure that there are people out there looking for it! Affiliate Program Promotion - Although I see many of the so-called "gurus" telling everyone that the only real way to make money online is to have your own product, I have to respectfully disagree. There are a whole lot of people quietly working at home, out of the spotlight, who are earning significant incomes promoting the affiliate programs of others. The key to success in profiting from affiliate programs is by building a theme-based website targeting a very specific market and promoting only those programs whose products meet the needs of its visitors. Critical to this type of business is ongoing communication with customers and visitors, usually through newsletters and updates on new products and information that is available on the site. Joining affiliate programs helter-skelter and trying to promote them individually via inefficient means such as classified ads, safelists, and other forms of ineffective advertising is an exercise in futility. It is this method of promotion that is often used by the newcomer online and results in their frustration and belief that earning an income with these programs is impossible. You may be a beginner to the world of online marketing. Or perhaps you're a victim of information overload that has hampered your forward progress. In either case, your best chance for success in your own business is to first choose from one of these three business models. When you have done that, then you can move forward. Decide which resources you need to get your own business up and running. This will make it much easier to hit the "delete" key when your email is filled with those products and opportunities that you simply don't need. Stay focused on what YOU want to accomplish, and avoid the confusion of going in too many different directions. 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If you have any questions about the methods I have talked about, please feel fr~e to contact me. ;-) ****************** Terri Seymour owns and operates MyOwnEzine.com Learn to publish and promote your own ezine. mailto:subscribe@myownezine.com Sign-up for the FR~E MOE Ezine Publishing Ecourse mailto:moe-mini-course@getresponse.com You can contact Terri at mailto:ter02@newnorth.net ******************* Be sure to be here next week for over 100 resources to help your online business! If you would be interested in more of my articles for reprint or reference, please send any email to: mailto:myownezine-index@getresponse.com or visit http://www.myownezine.com/articles.shtml for a complete list. Also, if you would like to be added to my personal mailing list for articles only, contact me at: mailto:ter02@newnorth.net?subject=mailing_list Please include the address you wish to be added to the list. Thank you. ================================================ Feedback ================================================ Please send your feedback, thoughts, comments or questions to mailto:ter02@newnorth.net?subject=feedback Thank you ~*~*~*~*~ Terri, Thank you for your welcome. I enjoy your website and am a subscriber to your ezine. Your resources and tips are very helpful for anyone starting an ezine. Keep up the good work! Regards, -- Melanie McIntosh, Retail Consultant http://www.inspire.bc.ca mailto:retailtips-subscribe@topica.com ~*~*~*~*~ Hello Terri, I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the Jan 21st issue of MOE. The articles by Ginger Douglas-Geracitano and Angela Booth were very helpful and informative. Thank you for always putting out a quality publication. Sincerely, Sharon Bray-McPherson http://www.thatmlmsite.com ~*~*~*~*~ Hello again, Terri. I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am that I came upon your ezine, MOE, as I was starting out. A picture says a thousand words, but I don't know how to put a picture of an Angel in this message...but that is what you have been for me. THANKS! Your friend in the Lord, Tommy Sessions. http://www.pollokautorepair.com ~*~*~*~*~ Hi Terri! But I wanted to tell you that after finding your ezine, and contacting you I discovered the one ebook I first downloaded, and was a true inspiration to me was YOURS!! Could have knocked me over with a feather. I've reread it several times, but not until the last time did I notice the author! Thank You!! Thanks a bunch for the great book! Libby Greenwood ~*~*~*~*~ Terri, Great article in DEMC today. I like the way you get right to the point in your article and provide lots of resources for the reader to access. Charlie Page http://www.directoryofezines.com ~*~*~*~*~ Thank you all for the wonderful feedback. I do appreciate it! ;-) ================================================= Quick and Easy Promotion Tips ================================================= Send in your quick tips for publication. Please include your 3 or 4 line resource box. Send to: mailto:ter02@newnorth.net?subject=tips Publishers....you could profit from 'bounces' too! This is it... GREATEST HEADLINES (Repeated on Demand) Got You, Didn't I? That's what your headline should do. Turn Heads...towards you. HOW you do it is an evolutionary process that combines a little learning with a lot of self-realisation. Did I say self-realisation? Yes! I Did! For ultimately you are selling yourself through showing yourself. Your Opp tells what choices you are capable of, how discerning you are, how real you are. Your words tell how much wisdom and laughter is in you, and how the laughter is so gracefully high-lighted with the necessary sadness. Your follow up tells if you are a TRYER or if you are just taking a try at trying! 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You have to have an engine anylizer with the ABS adapter just to bleed them. So, if the *ABS* light comes on in your dash, better take it to a reputable repair shop, or the dealer :-( . Just trying to save you some headaches and money. Tommy Sessions has been in auto repair since 1970. He owns and operates Pollok Auto Repair. Sign up for Bad Car Again Ezine at mailto:83449-subscribe@zinester.com ================================================= Subscription Management ================================================= Subscriptions to this weekly e-zine are fr~e. 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