|
Let a Web Professional Guide |
|
Self-Starters Weekly Tips
================================
1)
From the Desk of Lynn Terry
=========================
Looking
back on my ‘start-up days’, I would attribute the success
of both of my businesses to focus and determination – and
a fair share of hard work! There were months spent perfecting the
business plan, an entire lifestyle change as the finances were adjusted
to afford the business expenses, as well as many long days that
ran into nights as I put everything that I had into building my
future. I wish
you much success as you start your own ventures, and follow the
seasons of change with your business. As always, feel free to contact
me if you need guidance and advice, or would like to ‘brainstorm’
about your business ideas and long-term goals. Happy
Monday! Lynn
Terry, owner ===================================== Nothing
boosts sales faster than effectively introducing a great new product
or service. If you
do it right, the move can stir up excitement and sales for months
to come. 1. Point your marketing to prospects who
are sitting on the fence.
Don't worry about people who you know will be jumping up
and down to buy your new product the moment it comes out.
Also don't waste time on those who have zero interest. Instead, go after that huge and fascinating
audience that could fall in love with your new offer if only they
were told why they should. 2. Show confidence and enthusiasm in what
makes your product or service an improvement over what customers
have been buying. 3. Use quotes from the first few people who
venture to buy. Also try to line up testimonials from known industry
insiders who can show that your product is accepted by people in
your field. 4. Finally, spend half your marketing budget
in the first three months.
You want to send off your new development with plenty of
marketing. Then spend 50 percent of your budget keeping
your marketing visible for the rest of the year.
=================================== Below
are some excellent examples of Home Business Owners that are making
use of the huge advertising forum that we call eBay.
Glean some ideas from their auction listings, view their About Me
pages, and do some research! Getting an eBay
account to buy or sell products is absolutely free! * Click Here to sign
up for a FREE eBay Account!
* * Mary
Goulet, Radio Show Host at wsRadio * Cheryl
Demas, owner of WAHM.com
Let
Your Life Speak If you let your life speak what
would it say? Are you aware of your dormant talents
and interests and promising yourself that one-day you will begin
them? What is it that is unexpressed? Are you an artist waiting
for the kids to start school before you apply your craft? Are you
a cook with no time to plan that great meal? Or are you a writer,
golfer, inventor, comedian or musician? It doesn’t matter
what it is, though it does matter that you seek it out and follow
it. Live
an Inspired Life Why is inspiration important? Inspiration
ignites our potential, identifies a place deep within us and calls
us into action. Have you ever heard a song you love or watched an
athlete perform at their peak and walked away energized? That’s
inspiration. Most of us do not follow through with that energy and
see where it might lead us. Sometimes we might jot down a few thoughts
in our journal or strum a few chords on an oft-neglected guitar,
that’s a start yet the key is we need to continually seek
out inspiration and follow through with the energy until we become
an inspiration to others. Why is following through with inspiring
moments important? Sometimes that feeling is all we have to identify
our passion in life. Observing someone else’s passion will
give us a clue about our own. When we are inspired and act on it
we become better parents, friends, co-workers and strangers because
we are not letting life pass us by we are doing our part in the
world and it feels right. I have a list of people that inspire
me. I realized the importance of my mentors when I watched the movie
‘As Good As It Gets’ with Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson.
One memorable scene that illustrates the impact we can have on others
is when Hunt’s character asks Nicholson to pay her a compliment.
Unexpectedly he says, “You make me want to be a better man.”
Now that’s inspiration. Who in your life inspires you? The
people that inspire me into action range from an acquaintance to
a close friend and the more obvious actor and musician. There are
no specific profiles per say to my mentors. I believe they possess
a quality I admire or possibly a finely tuned and expressed talent.
It’s personal to me as your inspirational mentors will be
personal to you. The key: do they make you want to be a better you?
5 Keys
to a Fulfilling Life: 1.) Be inspired.
Be passionate. Let your life speak and be of service on this planet.
This is not to mean just an altruistic service, it means doing in
life what you are best at doing. There is a reason that you have
certain talents. Be curious. Identify your true talents. Think deeply
about them; identify them clearly; then find out how to use them.
It’s never too late to use the gifts God gave you. Seek out
inspiration. Recognize whom it is that inspires passion within you.
Sometimes we need to be inspired to motivate us to use our talents.
How do you identify your passion? Begin with your interests. List
everything that interests you. Everything you have a propensity
for and anything you studied when you were young. You’ll recognize
something. 2.) Be disciplined.
Stop doing what you should not be doing. Do what you should do and
do it, now! You will feel better about yourself. 3.) Know
yourself. Learn about your life lessons, strengths and challenges.
Knowledge is power. How do you learn? Write out everything that
you are afraid of, from public speaking to what others might think
of you. It might take awhile to make the list so stick with it.
When you are finished ask yourself to challenge the fears. As Eleanor
Roosevelt said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot
do”. Walk head long into fear, it will buckle under your courage.
I promise! 4.) Trust
yourself. Don’t sell your soul for anything it will only make
you insecure and beholden to others. Answer to your own conscience.
You will gain confidence. 5.) Keep
learning. We are multi-faceted beings that are rumored to use only
5% of our brainpower. How much are you using? Learn and be an interesting
person. Someone once said to me “the key to life is in the
joy of finding things out.” Something we can ponder.
****************** IN CLOSING… It
is my personal mission to bring you an assortment of resources for
your internet business each week in an easy-to-use format. Most
of the resources found in each issue are a result of years of research
that I have done for my own internet business and others, and are
shared with you with my positive recommendation. You can view tips
from past issues online at http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com.
As always, feel free to share this issue with your friends or colleagues! ~ HAPPY MONDAY ~ Lynn
Terry, Editor & Owner http://www.WebServiceNetwork.com
=============== List Management ===============
To
*unsubscribe* from the Self-Starters Newsletter, simply send a blank
message with the word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field to selfstarters-request@webservicenetwork.com,
or click here: Copyright ©2000
Web Service Network |
