My Power Mall is different!  It is FREE!  Free to join, Free to use. It doesn’t cost you anything!  My Power Mall is a shopping rebate site, with a twist. Sign up for a personal mall, and you get large rebates on all your online shopping. Sign up for a Business Mall, and you can build a team and earn even more money.  Then all you do is shop, and invite others to shop at My Power Mall. 

Now you are probably thinking that you have to pay inflated prices at stores you’ve never heard of.  But you would be wrong!  Here’s a list at just some of the stores you can shop at. Sears, Target, Kohls, Overstock.com., Gap, Circuit City, Starbucks, Ralph Lauren, Linens ‘n Things,  Office Max, Macy’s… the list goes on and on.  The prices are the same as if you went to the online store directly.

Now here is the deal…

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Remember, it costs nothing to sign up. There are no quotas, no meetings, no marketing materials you need to buy. You can create your own team, or just shop for yourself. Either way you earn rebates.

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I haven’t found it yet.

I’ve been wondering how many people actually are making money with a solely web-based business.  Does affiliate marketing work?  How about Adsense and other advertising programs? In  this research I found one site particularly helpful. It is SitePoint.com. They have a marketplace section where people can buy and sell established websites.  In doing so, the sellers disclose how much money they are making from the site.

There are lots of sites that are don’t have much content, that are really just trying to get people in to click on the ads. For the  most part, they were not making enough to cover the hosting fees.  The sites that did do well offered real products, or real information.  A site that people would want to go to. 

I have to go work on my content…..

There are advantages and disadvantages of forum posting. The advantage is that if done correctly, you can get targeted traffic to your website. If done wrong, you will waste precious time chatting and getting zero result when you can be building your business.

If you want to maximize your results with forum posting, here are some rules you need to take into consideration to make forum marketing the most profitable for you.

1. Find a forum with high traffic.

Obviously you do NOT want to post in forums with very low traffic. If you do, your exposure isn’t great. You need to find a forum that has millions of page views per month. You can easily check that out by going to www.alexa.com and finding out the traffic details.

This increases the odds of you exposing yourself to the right people. However, there is a big exception. Make sure the forum you are posting to are moderated, otherwise it will probably be filled with SPAM, which is going to be a total waste of time for you.

2. Let people know who you are.

The internet is cold and anonymous enough. Forums are like a community and letting people know who you really are makes the forum seem more personal and less cold. If you are trying to build business relationships, don’t you want to gain the trust (and business) of your potential customers?

Instead of using some cute name like “StudMuffin629” it’s better to use your own name and even posting your photo or logo if it is allowed. This is a great way to start branding you and your brand.

Besides, posting your photo has been proven to increase responsiveness to your posts. In the cold anonymous world of the internet, they make you seem more real to others who read your post and that allows them to have more of a connection.

You allow them to feel that they talking to a real person. And remember, relationships are extremely important to your internet marketing success.

3. Post a signature file and include a link to your site.

This is a no brainer. This is free advertisement that you are allowed when you make a contribution to the forums. This allows other viewers of the forum to know how to get into contact with you.

Don’t be shy with it, some strange people think that having a signature link is unethical. There is nothing wrong with it. Think about it this way, when someone gave an insightful answer for you, don’t you want to know how to contact this person?

Besides, most people in forums are there to network and in business anyway so why not take advantage of it? In my view you are doing a disservice to those who want to know more about you if you don’t post a signature file.

Alan Quan is a certified Internet Coaching Empire coach and specializes in helping people build their own successful internet marketing business. Visit his website at http://e-bizcoachalan.com and find out how he can help you to quickly accomplish your goals and boost your internet profits.

When writing a sales letter, it’s important to place special focus on creating an impressive and attention-grabbing start with your opening sentence or paragraph. If you don’t start it correctly, it’s highly unlikely that your readers will get past the first paragraph before deleting your email…and categorizing it as SPAM!

REFERRING TO A CURRENT EVENT – If you are selling security systems, you can open your sales letter by referring to the Virginia Tech massacre and pointing out the seemingly inadequate security system of the university. From there, you can then proceed to emphasizing what using your products could to in increasing the safety of your reader and his family.

Current events stick to mind because they’re events that actually did happen in the real world and they could happen to you, too. Current events present real threats and promises – either of which you could use to emphasize the need for the products or services you’re selling through your sales letter.

USING STATISTICS – Statistics always exercise great influence on a person’s opinion because they can reflect the majority of the public’s opinion and they’re a product of careful study and research. By using statistics as an opening in your sales letter, you’re able to immediately establish credibility for your company. It not only gives them a reason to read more of your sales letter but it also convinces them to believe in you as well.

The statistics you’ll use in your sales letter must be easily understandable and can immediately convey your message. It must be directly related to your products and services. The facts and figures from these statistical reports must also have been professionally computed by experts. Be sure to provide proper credits so your readers can confirm their validity and reliability right away.

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS – Think of the number one problem that your target market is suffering from and something that your products or services could immediately solve. Summarize it in one to two sentences and your readers are sure to be hooked.

Say you’re selling portable sewing machines. If your target market is those who sew for recreational purposes, you can start by addressing the problem of space. Sewing machines generally require you to use a certain amount of space for them, but that’s not going to be a problem with portable sewing machines. With such an item, your reader will be able to sew right in the comfort of their bedroom without having to rearrange the furniture.

ASK A QUESTION – Another great way of opening your sales letter is by asking a question. Asking a question allows you to directly and immediately address your reader and catch his attention. But the question can’t just be any question obviously. It has to be related to the topic of your sales letter, but more importantly than that, it must be a question that will make the reader wish to know more.

Say you’re selling office software and your target market is composed of home-based professionals and business owners. Your question could be something like “Is getting your numbers straight the hardest part of managing your home based business?” Math is something many people find notoriously hard but your office software could solve that particular problem.

EMPHASIZE THE BENEFIT – Items that are considered necessities would benefit with a problem-and-solution type of opening but for items considered as frivolities or those that merely satisfy wants rather than needs, they might have no problems to solve. What they do have however are benefits, and that’s what you can use when opening your sales letter.

If you are selling gourmet pet food, you could start your sales letter by stating how your food products could forge a stronger bond between you and your pet. Gourmet pet food may not be a necessity, but it can make your pet feel good and appreciated in no way that ordinary pet food could achieve.

BE DESCRIPTIVE – Lastly, you can use the power of imagery to effectively start your sales letter. This works especially well when aesthetics is a major factor of your product. Examples of such products and services are travel packages, jewelries, and clothes. While you don’t need to write an elaborate and overly long description, the words you do use should all create a stunning image that will reinforce the need to buy what you’re selling.

Mario is a freelance author and has many articles on various subjects.

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