Spring Cleaning for Your Autoresponder - Download This Free

If you’ve been told that autoresponders are a profitable and automated tool for your business and you can set ‘em and forget ‘em…I’m sorry you haven’t been told the whole truth.

YES - Autoresponder can be profitable.
YES - Autoresponders are largely automated.

NO - You can’t set ‘em and forget ‘em forever.

I’ve put together “11 Spring Cleaning Ideas to Increase the Profitability of Your
Autoresponders”

Grab yours by clicking here.

Price Going Up April 1, Get In Today!

Just a reminder, tomorrow is the last day to become a charter member at All Marketing Content.

Here’s an email we received from one of the first members to join. We thought we’d share it to show you what all you get and how other marketers are using the content they receive each month to grow their business.

Hi Mila & Alice,

The content looks good and it will definitely make the life of anyone with a business/marketing website easier! The “how to” and the “reviews” will be good additions to their websites, with a little modification, the members can make it looks like their own unique and sticky content. Members can even choose to selectively monetize with their affiliate links in the “reviews” if they choose to.

Overall, I am very pleased to be a member of your new business/marketing PLR membership. The way you guys go about running your PLR membership sites is exemplary.

Thanks and Warmest regards,

Adam Lok
Singapore
AllenSaysSecrets.com

Hurry over and grab your All Marketing Content membership today before the price goes up and the availability of memberships goes down. Sign up for your charter membership here. We’re looking forward to working with you.

Operation Spring Clean Up Countdown

Earlier today, I announced the 6-Week “Spring Cleaning to Maximize the Profits of Your Online Business” and it’s great to see a number of people coming on board. I can’t wait to get started! If you signed up your Lesson #1: Taking Your Business Inventory, all your goodies and information will arrive on Monday.

I have 34 spots left and registration deadline is Sunday, April 1, 2007…which ever comes first. I’ll update the site shortly, but if the sign up page is available, that means you can still join us.

Learn all about it by clicking here.

2007 is 1/4 Done - Where Are You?

A few days until the end of March and “Spring has sprung,” as they say. Time sure flies. Now that we are a quarter of the way through the year, it’s a perfect time to look at your goals. How are you doing with your business goals?

Me personally, I’m feeling pretty organized and on track. I’ve been cleaning house, like I mentioned yesterday and it’s amazing what a few changes can do. I have gotten more organized and accomplished quite a bit so far this year and it feels great.

If you are on track with your goals, congratulations! Keep up the momentum. If you’re running a bit behind, that’s ok too. Just don’t lose your focus and buckle down.

Sometimes the warmer weather makes it too easy for us to walk away from our business more. I’m all for enjoying more time away from the computer, but don’t leave your business hanging by a string in the process or you just may come back to a mess you didn’t intend to create.

Here are some tips for staying on track with your goals, while enjoying the nice weather too.

- Schedule time each week to spend on your business. Determine what tasks need to be done in order to reach your goals and pencil that time into your days. Even if it’s only 15 minutes a day, don’t stop working completely.

- Use rainy days to your advantage. April showers are a given, so when you find yourself stuck inside for a day, use that time to get ahead on your goals, then when the sun comes out again, you’ll have extra time to spend outdoors.

- Take your laptop with you. I don’t recommend you do this every single day, but if you have a small task that can be done on your laptop in a few minutes, why not take it with you? Once you’ve completed that particular task, unplug and relax.

- Outsource some of the work. You didn’t think I was going to leave this one out did you? If you’ve got things that take up a lot of time like submitting articles or creating graphics, hire someone else to do them for you. You can find someone who specializes in those areas and won’t need to spend as much time on them as you might, leaving both of you with plenty of time to get away for a bit.

Business doesn’t have to take a halt just because the weather is nice, but that also doesn’t mean you have to enjoy the sunshine from inside in order to keep your business moving forward. Feel free to leave any tips you have for having some fun in the sun, without neglecting your business in the process.

A Sweetie’s Daily Success Habits

Wendy from Creation Thoughts has tagged and challenged me to:
“list the top 5 to 10 things you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things you do at least 4 or 5 times every week.”

You’ll notice my list isn’t just business-focused…it’s focused around my family and personal life too. Running a business from home means that home-life is always part of work and work is always part of home life. Although my day is organized to separate business and personal tasks, it all has to work together in a way that’s good for the pocketbook and good for everyone in my life too.

1. Planning: Every day begins with planning and every night ends with planning the next day. As a busy mom and business owner, without coordinating everything that needs to be done in a given day or week, I’m in deep doo-doo. Long-term planning is also important to ensure I’m on track with everything.
2. Systematization: You should see me, whether it’s getting the laundry done or planning a new information product, everything is done according to a precise plan (ahem…except email. I suck at organizing my email!).
   
3. Getting Help: Okay, I do a lot of the laundry (there is just soooo much of it around here), but I definitely get help around the house from a housekeeper. I also know I only have 24 hours per day and 7 days per week and I definitely can’t run my business for all of them, so I outsource to other work at home businesses as well.
   
4. Time for Fun: Stress won’t get me down. Whether it’s playing with my kids, a date-night with hubby or a movie with friends…there’s also plenty of time alloted to fun. Time away from the computer and away from thinking about business keeps me from burnout and helps me stay focused when I get back to work.
   
5. Time to Unwind: Everyone deserves a little pampering and relaxation. Whether it’s a candle lit evening watching Desperate Housewives, a pedicure at the spa or sleeping in while hubby watches the kids, it’s gotta be done.

That’s it! So, now it’s time tag some of you:

• Jen Houck
• Mike Merz (who is in desperate need for an update on his blog…hasn’t written since February!)
• Lori Redfield
• Nola Cooper

Let us have your keys to success!

Do You Clean House? Your Internet Marketing House, That Is.

Are you guilty of building and building your online empires, but forget to stop now and then to clean house and do a little remodeling? I’m not just talking about making your website pretty (although, a makeover sometimes can do wonders if there is smart marketing behind it)…but really looking at your business and shaving off the unnecessary extras and improving upon what is working.

With Internet marketing, more is not necessarily better. You can’t continue to add new sites without taking care of the old ones too. In honor of spring I’ve got a few business spring cleaning tips for you today.

- If you’ve got a website that is nagging you and it just doesn’t seem to fit into your overall business plan; sell it! Get it off your plate, so it stops nagging at you to work on it.

- How long has it been since you’ve dusted off your autoresponder? Go through each of your autoresponder messages and make sure your offers and information are current. Test out some new offers in place of outdated, non-performing ones. Rework or add a few messages to your sequence to give your customers more.

- Add tracking links to your website, emails, etc. to determine which programs and offers perform well. Trash the ones that aren’t converting well and replace them with ones that are.

- Remodel and upgrade your current products. Make what’s good even better! Adding to your products with new and updated information will result in your customers being even more satisfied and also gives you reason to increase your pricing. Can’t argue with more money, can you?
- If you’re in need of some changes in big areas like traffic or SEO, take the time to study and implement changes little by little. Rome wasn’t built in a day, remember?

Who is Responsible for Your Success?

I visit a few forums regularly and there is one in particular that seems to be populated by extremely jaded Internet Marketers (but amongst the complaining, there is some good info…so I keep going back). These pessimistic marketers want to blame others for their lack of success.

They blame this “guru” for that or that “guru” for this. Or they say, they’ve purchased “every” eBook imaginable, but they already know the information or say it’s just the same old “rehashed” information. I just don’t get it - if people know what to do, why don’t they do it? Or if it’s all rehashed, why do they keep buying it?

Knowledge is power yes, but that knowledge is nothing without action. You can purchase all the learning material in the world, but unless you apply the knowledge you gain from these things, how can you possibly think you’ll succeed?

Ultimately, YOU are the one who is responsible for the success of your business. If what you’ve tried in the past isn’t working or bringing you the results you had hoped, then make the choice to do something about it. Change what needs changing, apply and test the techniques you feel are the best for your business. Chances are once you’ve applied the knowledge you’ve gained, you’ll see a difference in your efforts.

And above all, stay focused. Don’t blame the “guru” for bringing out a new product about a new marketing technique and you just can’t resist. It’s your responsibility, and yours alone, to know what’s good for your business and what you can pass on.

Have You Read Jason Potash’s 900-Pound Report?

You may remember, Jason from Article Announcer fame and know that he’s a guy that definitely knows content. He’s written a very fresh and free report about using content in 2007.

Grab it here and let me know what you think.

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