Rita’s House

February 15, 2009

Multi-Media Information Sales

Filed under: Influence, authority, internet marketing — Tags: CD, growing your business, iPod, video — admin @ 9:17 pm

growingAlthough written information in pdf. format (i.e. E-Books) are the primary way to disseminate products, they are not the only way to profit from this sort of venture. If you want your business to continue growing you must offer more than one venue for your customers to choose from.

Marketing to your buyers convenience will earn you additional income. The limited time of many busy men and women makes it worthwhile to create solutions your buyers can download and listen to while they multi-task.

With so many high-tech toys available to the masses, you can create great information products for the iPods and CD players that appear to be professionally produced. Most systems have wizards that walk you through production.

Audio information products are easily produced and downloadable directly to the end users iPod. Burning a CD from your own computer and shipping is equally done with ease these days.

In addition to audio, many marketers assemble amazing information products on video. Using state-of-the-art video software like Camtasia, marketers can now create top quality products for their customers showing them how to put their ideas into action.

A video tutorial helps your customer get the most out of your product. If you have something the buyer should see, like step-by-step instructions to uploading images, then you need to be making videos.

You may want to implement the combination of more than one format for your information product sales. This increases your profits considerably and gives the buyer added value.

If you have created a 75-page eBook on how to utilize forums and chat settings to bring traffic to their website, you could give away a video guide showing them how to set up their signature files and an audio file teaching them how to develop the mindset of social marketing geniuses.

*illustration used with permission from Hiking Artist> and under creative common license

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January 31, 2009

How To Use Your Viral Salesman

Filed under: Influence, internet marketing — Tags: ebook, viral, viral salesman — admin @ 7:09 pm

viral salesmanWriting your own E-Book is like having a Viral Salesman on the payroll.

You are marketing your words when you take your business online. You want to influence your target market with your message. One of the best ways to do this is with your own E-Book.  The E-Book can be a   re purposed combination of your old posts, articles and newsletters, reworked and polished.  Links to your website or landing page should be placed in the appropriate pages to draw more traffic to you as the digital book becomes viral when shared with others.

Just as the printed and bound books of our Public Libraries, the E-Book may be saved by each individual and reviewed as needed.

Your E-book needs to be interesting and informative.  Include images and links as well as text. In a prominent section encourage readers to give your E-book away. Let them know that they can post it on their site as a free download, that they can use it as a bonus, and that they can bundle it with other products. This is the way to create viral marketing for your products or services. Remember your links back to your site are contained in the E-book.

Double check spelling and grammar and be sure that you have tested every link to verify that it goes where it is supposed to go. Poor editing with errors will reflect badly on you and could even be damaging.

It is relatively easy to build an E-book from past articles and posts. Reorder the content, add new information and present a good looking package. While you are working on your second E-book, your first viral salesman will be busy spreading the word!

Don’t forget to submit your E-book to some of the E-book directories.

*illustration with permission of Hiking Artist and under creative commons license

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January 27, 2009

Common Ground

We all want to be heard. We all have something to say. Most of us are also searching for our source of income. This gives us a common ground for becoming associates or friends.

The problems only exist when the street is one-way. If we are all going to inhabit this online world, we must learn to share, help, give, listen and learn. We can pick and choose those with whom we are actively involved with a simple click of the mouse. When each of us becomes more discerning in those with whom we choose to climb the ladder of success , I suspect there will be massive changes in the general environment of the virtual world and it’s leaders.

The use of twitter “repurposed” may very well be the first sign of changes to come. Non-human responses to a follow, un-reciprocated retweets, massive following without so much as a visit to profiles or websites are all common behaviors that a slowly developing group of people are beginning to recognize as unbecoming. Those of us still on the front end of the learning curve are willing students, but gradually even we can see the light.

Facebook fan pages and Friendfeed may also feel changes coming soon. Having a presence online means as much to the newcomer as it does to the most aggressive marketers.  A student needs feedback where they live, not only where it counts for the teachers agenda.

I think the tone online is changing rapidly . People in high places are listening.  A kindness and courtesy are invading the environment. I for one, am very pleased to see this. After all, it only takes a moment to leave a comment but it does wonders for the esteem.

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December 21, 2008

First Know Thyself

Filed under: Influence, internet marketing — Tags: accountability, authority, Influence, internet marketing — admin @ 5:19 pm

For me, the process of reviewing, analyzing and proclaiming something or someone a personal  influence required that I identify own  agenda first.

I can honestly state that I came to the internet to earn money.  It is a NEED I must meet. How I choose to earn that money on the internet has become defined by my online experiences thus far,  and how they meld with my own moral fiber and desire for a clear conscience within my belief system.

I can not  “aggressively”  pass along  any old affiliate product just for a profit.  I can not,  in good conscience, recommend someone whom I would not follow and learn from myself. Those are the rules I have placed upon myself. Therefor I am likely to be influenced in a positive manner (at least to my way of thinking) by people who are of similar mindset.

That is not to say that being “aggressive” in promotion of products is wrong.  Promotion just should not be your ONLY communication.  It is simply my observation, after months of clearing “urgent offers” from my email inbox,  that I do not appreciate this kind of selling and will not do this to anyone else.

I decided  to choose those I wish to “influence”  my online efforts,  in accordance with my own practiced behavior and beliefs.

Influence (from dictionary.com) : a power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort.

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December 18, 2008

My thoughts on Influence, Accountability and Authority

Welcome to my online home.

Having a presence on the internet is an awesome privilege. I have read hundreds of amazing blogs, and taken many lessons on internet marketing, social media and blogging. All in all, I have met some wonderful people and learned some hard lessons.  Most of those lessons made me realize everything I do not want to do with my own website.

My intention is to provide an online account of my journey and share what I have found to be authentic authority, accountability and influence.  For the most part I do not intend to discuss the negative services I may run across.

I also intend to be transparent about any links  I may provide (that I may earn from) during the course of writing for this blog . I realize this may limit or even void my opportunity to earn.  I do intend to have adsense on this blog. With that said, let’s get on with it!

Thanks for stopping by! Please look over the site and leave me a comment. I look forward to hearing from you.

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