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admin September 26th, 2008
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http://www.daily-artist.com
http://www.artreproservices.com
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10 Hypnotic-Like Sentences That Sell Like Crazy
admin August 15th, 2008
Tell your readers what they are probably
thinking, feeling or doing as they read your ad copy. This strategy will usually
trigger their own subconscious mind to bring out these feelings or actions.
You can add these sentences into any ad copy. You may have
to change one or two words so it relates more to the product or service you’re
selling.
1. As you keep reading this ad copy, you are feeling more
and more compelled to experience all the benefits of our product.
2. The more you understand just how valuable our product
could be to your life, the less you think about delaying this important
purchase.
3. After you read this short ad you will feel like your
problems are almost completely solved, all you will have to do is order.
4. As you’re skimming through this, you’re beginning to
think you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by trying out our
product.
5. As you’re scanning over this ad copy, you are beginning
to imagine using our product and enjoying all the benefits it brings.
6. The more you keep reading our ad the more you feel it
would be a waste to let this opportunity slip by.
7. The more you review our ad the more you begin to find
yourself getting very excited about our product and starting to feel the urge to
buy now.
8. You don’t know it yet but, at the conclusion of this
ad, you will feel driven to order and experience all the benefits of our
product.
9. You don’t realize it yet but, in a few short minutes
you’ll realize that you can’t put off this vital purchase and then you’ll be
yanking out your credit card.
10. As every word you read travels from this ad
to your brain, you start to understand just how much our product could benefit
your life.
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10 High Octane Ways To Unleash Your Profits…
admin August 13th, 2008
1. Use more than one P.S. in your ad copy. It is one of the most read parts of any ad, so why not use two or three of them instead of one.
2. Gain your visitors attention by telling them your problems. People like to hear about other people’s problems because it takes away from their own.
3. Create trust with your prospects by telling them something they already know is true. They’ll know for sure you’re not lying and begin to trust you.
4. Survey your target audience to find out things you have in common with them and use them in your ad. People like people that are like themselves.
5. Offer free classified ads on your web site that expire after a particular time period. People will revisit your web site over and over to resubmit.
6. Forward interesting emails to your online friends with your signature file included. They may end up forwarding it to their friends and so on.
7. Organize your web site into categories. Visitors won’t get frustrated and leave your site because they can’t find what they’re looking for.
8. Give your web site visitors a “thank you” email This’ll remind them to revisit. Just get their email address and permission.
9. Advertise that your online business is for sale. Try to sell it for $10,000,000 dollars. You’ll either get $10,000,000 or you’ll get curious visitors.
10. Try auctioning off your products. Set up the auction software on your web site. Give customers the option of paying outright or bidding.
6 Quick Ways To Increase Your E-zine’s
admin August 11th, 2008
1. Give Incentives
Give people an incentive to subscribe to your e-zine. Offer them a freebie if they subscribe. It could be a free e-book, free report, free advertising, etc. Make sure the freebie will attract your target audience.
2. Joint Venture
Joint venture with a similar e-zine. Combine your subscriber bases together and publish one e-zine. Edit and publish each issue together. You both will be promoting the e-zine which means more subscribers.
3. Allow Archiving
Allow your subscribers to archive back issues of your e-zine on their web site. They may need content for their web site. If people visit their web site and like your e-zine, they will subscribe.
4. Form An E-zine Ring
Form an e-zine ring. Team up with 4 to 10 similar e-zines. All the publishers would agree to list each others e-zine name and subscribing information in every issue. You could call this section “Other Free E-zines You Might Enjoy”
5. Ask Subscribers
Ask subscribers to forward your e-zine to close friends, family, or associates. If they enjoy your e-zine, they will subscribe. It’s almost like your subscribers are endorsing your e-zine.
6. Switch to a Blog
A blog is much more versatile. People tend to read blogs while e-zines tend to
get put to the side. Blogs are also easy to setup and maintain. Wordpress
which is free can be installed and running in under 10 minutes.
J Arthur Davis is the owner of J Arthur Davis Consulting, an art reproduction service based in Hummelstown, PA.
J Arthur Davis Consulting
8960 Bridge Road
Hummelstown, PA 17036
www.artreproservices.com
10 Important Things To Tell Your Prospects
admin August 9th, 2008
1. Tell your prospects that you offer free delivery. This may cost a little money, but, you will gain the extra customers to make up for it.
2. Tell your prospects that you offer a lower price. If you can’t afford to offer a lower price you could always hold the occasional discount sale.
3. Tell your prospects that your product achieves results faster. People are becoming more and more impatient and want results fast.
4. Tell your prospects you’ve been in business for a longer period of time. People think if you’ve been in business longer you have more credibility.
5. Tell your prospects that your product tastes, smells, sounds, looks, or feels better. When you target the senses you’re triggering human appeal.
6. Tell your prospects your product is compact or light. People may want to take the product on a trip or don’t have much room where they live.
7. Tell your prospects that your product lasts longer. People don’t like to spend more money purchasing replacement products all the time.
8. Tell your prospects that your product is easy to use. People don’t want to buy a product that they have to read a 100 page instruction manual.
9. Tell your prospects that your product has better safety features. People want to feel safe when they use your products.
10. Tell your prospects that you stand behind all your products. People want to know that you back-up any claims you make about your product.
J Arthur Davis is the owner of J Arthur Davis Consulting, an art reproduction service based in Hummelstown, PA.
J Arthur Davis Consulting
8960 Bridge Road
Hummelstown, PA 17036
www.artreproservices.com
6 Ways To Create Income With Your Web Site
admin August 8th, 2008
1. Sell advertising space on your web site. You could sell banner or classified ads. If you want to make more money, sell sponser ads that get top placement or the best exposure.
2. If you have enough web space, you could rent other people web pages. You could also give them away for free and make money by including your banner ad on the web pages.
3. Charge people a fee to access part of your web site. People will pay you money for your web site content if it’s valuable to them. The content can be ebooks, reports, software, etc.
4. Sell your own products or services. They should be related to your target audience. You want to be able to take credit cards on your site and deliver your product to them as fast as possible.
5. Make money selling other people’s products and services through affiliate programs.They’ll give you a link to all track your sales.You could be paid per sale, click or sign-up.
6. Publish an e-zine from your web site. Have them subscribe to the e-zine right from your web site. You could sell classified or sponsor advertising inside your e-zine.
J Arthur Davis is the owner of J Arthur Davis Consulting, an art reproduction service based in Hummelstown, PA. www.artreproservices.com
3 Ways To Generate Profitable Business Ideas… Anytime
admin August 8th, 2008
All businesses are created first by ideas. Then once you’re in business you need ideas for marketing, advertising, solving problems, product development etc. The difference between success or failure could be one just one idea. That’s all! Below are three ways to generate profitable business ideas.
1. Communicating regularly with other artists can generate many ideas. There are many resources online and offline to meet new artists; seminars, chat rooms, discussion boards, trade shows etc. Sharing your knowledge, asking questions, and taking in new information will stimulate your mind. Your brain will begin to put all this information together to create profitable business ideas.
2. If you’re not much of a communicator, try reading. Reading can also stimulate your mind. Read business books, magazines, e-books, web sites, journals, e-zines, newspapers etc. Your brain will generate profitable ideas by absorbing and rearranging this information on a regular basis.
3. Don’t have a lot of time to read? You could listen to business audio books, seminars and courses. Listen to them in the car, while you’re doing house work, working in the yard, or exercising. Also, tune in business related radio stations. This will help you save time and generate profitable business ideas at the same time.
There are a few extra tips that will help improve these idea generation strategies. Take short breaks to brainstorm about the information you absorbed. Keep a notepad and pen handy to record your ideas so you don’t forget them. All businesses need profitable business ideas to stay ahead of competition and survive.
Again, you may wonder what this information has to do with selling your artwork. Actually, it has everything to do with it. You need to be a business person first and an artist second. You could be the greatest artist in the world but if you can’t sell your artwork you will starve.
I don’t know about you, but I like to eat almost as much as I like to create my art!
That’s it for today. Thanks,
Jim Davis
