10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs

10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs

1.) Barter

If you have a business you should be bartering goods and services with other businesses. You should try to trade for something before you buy it. Barter deals usually require little or no money.

2.) Network

Try networking your business with other businesses.You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut down on your marketing and advertising costs. You may also try bartering goods and services with them.

3.) Wholesale / Bulk

You'll save money buying your business supplies in bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail order wholesaler. Buy the supplies you are always running out of.

4.) Free Stuff

You should try visiting the thousands of freebie sites on the internet before buying your business supplies. You can find free software, graphics, backgrounds, online business services etc...

5.) Borrow / Rent

Have you ever purchased business equipment you only needed for a small period of time ? You could have just borrowed the equipment from someone else or rented the equipment from a "rent-all" store.

6.) Online / Offline Auctions

You can find lower prices on business supplies and equipment at online and offline auctions. I'm not saying all the time, but before you go pay retail for these items try bidding on them first.

7.) Plan Ahead

Make a list of business supplies or equipment you'll need in the future. Keep an eye out for stores that have big sales. Purchase the supplies when they go on sale before you need them.

8.) Used Stuff

If your business equipment and supplies don't need to be new, buy them used. You can find used items at yard and garage sales, used stores, used stuff for sale message boards and news groups etc...

9.) Negotiate

You should always try negotiate a lower price for any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a carlot.

10.) Search

You can always be searching for new suppliers for your business supplies and equipment. Look for suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't just be satisfied with a few.

Quote of the Day :
"It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity."
-- Horace

To Your Success

Wingcent Ning
Success-Biz Marketing
wingcent@gmail.com
http://mysignaturebusiness.blogspot.com
Singapore

10 Cool Ways To Attract People To Your Web Site

10 Cool Ways To Attract People To Your Web Site

1.) Give people a free subscription to your e-zine. Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays so it's important to give something extra with the free subscription. You could offer a free gift or advertising when people subscribe.

2.) Provide your visitors with free content. Your content will be more attractive to your visitors if it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer people the option to reprint the content in their e-zine or web site.

3.) Offer a free online directory. The directory could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web sites etc... If people find your directory to be a valuable resource they will visit it over and over.

4.) Give your visitors a free ebook. You could also include your own ad in the ebook and allow other people to give it away. If you don't want to take the time to write one, you could ask other writers permission to use their articles.

5.) Hold free online classes or seminars. They could be held in your web site's chat room. The idea of "live" information will definitely entice people to visit your web site. You will become known as an expert on the topic.

6.) Give visitors a free entry into your contest or sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of interest or value to your visitors. Most people who enter will continually revisit your web site to get the results.

7.) Let visitors download free software. It could be freeware, shareware, demos etc... You could even turn part of your site into a free software directory. If you created the software, include your ad inside and let other people give it away.

8.) Offer free online services or utilities from your web site. They could be search engine submitting, copy writing proof reading etc... The service or utility should be helpful to your target audience.

9.) Give free consulting to people who visit your web site. You could offer your knowledge via e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this a huge value because consulting fees can be very expensive.

10.) Give your visitors a free membership to your online club. People want to belong to something, why not your online club. You could also give away a free e-zine for club members only.

Quote of the Day :
"Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline... too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall in love with... something about yourself, your career, your spouse."
-- Dale Dauten

To Your Success

Wingcent Ning
Success-Biz Marketing
wingcent@gmail.com
http://mysignaturebusiness.blogspot.com
Singapore

10 Blockbuster Ways To Ignite Your Sales

10 Blockbuster Ways To Ignite Your Sales

1.) Sign-up to win web site awards. When you win, some award sites publish your web site link, name and description on their site.

2.) Join online business associations or clubs. If you join, they will usually list all their members on their web site. It will give your business extra exposure.

3.) Utilize a simple form of viral marketing. Write or have someone else write a small report with your ad included on it and allow others to give it away.

4.) Improve your business by promoting customer feedback. Tell them you want their honest opinions about your business, good or bad.

5.) Design your packaging so it sells your products. Utilize colors and lettering that make your product more attractive to your prospects.

6.) Compare your product's guarantee to your main competitors. Find a niche were your can design your guarantee to be more powerful.

7.) Try not to assume your audience understands everything in your ad copy. If you have words they may not know the meaning to, define them.

8.) Build alliances with other online businesses. You could trade links or ads, create joint venture deals, cross promote your products, etc...

9.) Design your web site to be a valuable resource for people. Include original content, links to other interesting web sites, ebooks, software, etc...

10.) Compete with the highly branded businesses by practicing good customers service, strong product quality and speedy service.

Quote of the Day :
"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant."
-- Horace

To Your Success

Wingcent Ning
Success-Biz Marketing
wingcent@gmail.com
http://mysignaturebusiness.blogspot.com
Singapore

10 Profitable Reasons To Add A Discussion

10 Profitable Reasons To Add A Discussion

1.) You'll be able to communicate with your visitors. They'll begin to trust you and get to know you on a more personal level. People will purchase products quicker from somebody they already know and trust.

2.) People will revisit your web site to participate on your discussion board or chat room. They will meet other people with similar interests and your web site will become a hang out were they can chat.

3.) You can learn important information about your visitors by reading the conversations they have. They may chat about your web site or products. With this information you could learn to market your products more effectively.

4.) You could answer the questions your visitors ask in your online communities. You'll become known as an expert by giving the answers to their questions. This will give you and your business more credibility.

5.) You could teach a free online class using your chat room. This will give you an expert status and increase traffic to your web site by offering the free class.

6.) When your discussion board or chat room becomes popular, you could sell advertising space on them. This will give you an extra income stream for your web site.

7.) You can network with other businesses by having a chat room or discussion board. You could exchange business ideas, leads, advertising, etc...

8.) You could allow other web sites who don't have a discussion board or chat room to use yours. You will get free advertising by allowing them to link to your online community.

9.) When you have a discussion board or chat room you can get free advertising by listing them in online community directories. You can also join web rings with similar discussion topics.

10.) You can make money by advertising your own products and services on your discussion board or chat room. You could also join other people's affiliate programs and make commissions advertising them.

Quote of the Day :
"How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
-- William Shakespeare

To Your Success

Wingcent Ning
Success-Biz Marketing
wingcent@gmail.com
http://mysignaturebusiness.blogspot.com
Singapore