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If you’re a regular reader here at the Sweetie blog, you’ll know that the 3rd Saturday of each month marks the arrival of the monthly Sweetie Saturday Report.

To Report Club Members: If you’re a member, this brand new report is already in your account. If you’re not a member yet, info on signing up comes in a bit.

This month’s topic is sure to please those who are looking to get more traffic and generate more sales without taking huge risks.

Introducing: Online Advertising: More Bang for Your Advertising Buck…this is your guide to turn paid advertising opportunities into PROFITS, instead of feeling like you’re gambling your money away.

This guide includes a written report plus full audio recording discussing:

Why only focusing on free methods of traffic generation is seriously limiting your business.

Why online advertising is so much easier and often more cost-effective than traditional offline advertising.

The two simple calculations that make it possible to take you from SPENDING money to MAKING money with your advertising.

Simple ways to track and improve your advertising efforts.

Where to send your advertising traffic for best response.

What types of advertising you can buy and tips for using them.

5 crucial things you must consider before purchasing any advertising.

Writing your ad text for maximum results.

At only 18 easy-to-digest pages (or listen to the audio if you prefer), it’s easy to whip through and start making smart decision with your paid advertising. And seriously, a few of those pages are just graphics, so that means you can go through the guide even faster. No sense in reading all day, when you can be DOING and generating more traffic that converts to sales.

This guide + audio is for YOU and as always, by purchasing a Sweetie Saturday awesome deal, you also receive resell rights (yep it also includes the graphics). This means you can sell it or add it to a paid product as a bonus. The only thing you can’t do is give it away for free or sell the rights to anyone else.

This offer is good ONLY until: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM PST and then I won’t sell this report to the general public again.

How to Order:

THIS OFFER IS EXPIRED…PLEASE SEE BELOW HOW YOU CAN STILL GET THE GUIDE BY JOINING THE SWEETIE SATURDAY REPORT CLUB.

By the way, this is the LAST month I will be offering these reports for individual sale to the public. Starting in July, the only way to get the monthly reports will be by joining the Sweetie Saturday Report Club. It’s hard work setting up my shopping cart up each month, so I’m going to make it easy on myself and my members to get the goods.

Get the Report for Only $9 by Joining the Club…

Click here to join the Sweetie Saturday Report Club for $9 per month and instantly receive a new Sweetie Saturday Report each month. You can cancel at any time.

Cool NEW Members-Only Perk: We’ve just added the Essential Biz Notes monthly supplement.

It is a personal letter from me including a variety of strategies and recommendations for all aspects of your online business. It’s been a whole lot of fun writing this month’s issue that includes help on having the confidence to make GREAT and growth-inspiring decisions for your online business.

Yep, it’s that time now…time to announce the winner of the Free Custom-Mini Site from Silicon Post. Thanks to all those that entered and for sharing your stories. There are lots of great and many noble ideas out there - it was a pleasure to read them all.

But alas, there can only be one winner and that winner is:

April Jones of Nebraska, USA

April, to claim your prize, email news @ internetmarketingsweetie.com with “Custom Mini Site” in the subject line. You must claim your prize by June 25, 2008 or a new winner will be drawn.

It’s BAAAAACK by popular demand. This is a really SWEET giveaway from one of my readers and accomplished designer, Robert A. Mesa, of Silicon Post - One Stop Internet Shop. He’s once again, kindly donated his time and talents to offer a custom mini-site design to one lucky winner.
Here’s How it Works:

1. Have a look at the mini-site giveaway promo website. You’ll find a portfolio and other information about the giveaway to see if this is something you’d like to have made for you.

2. Write a comment below with your full name, state/province and country stating that you’d like to enter. Please include one sentence (or more) on why you’d like to get your hands on one of these prizes.

3. Deadline for entry is 10 PM PST Tuesday (June 17, 2008 - Click here to see what time it is in PST).

4. By random draw, we’ll pick 1 winner and announce them on Wednesday. You MUST claim your prize within 7 days or we will draw another winner.

Good luck!

If you’re looking to hone your copywriting skills, here’s another cool must-have freebie. This time it’s a handy sales letter template and checklist to help you easily craft your next sales page.

Without a doubt, a sales letter is one of the most effective ways to sell a single product online (Have more than one product? Have more than one sales letter!). Even with all the talk about Web 2.0, relationship marketing - it often boils down to effectively connecting with your target audience, conveying the benefits of your product and giving them the confidence to buy.

Here’s What’s Included in This Saturday’s Freebie:

Part 1: HTML Template to Format Your Sales Letter: Take the guesswork out of what to place where. This template shows you exactly what to do.

You can change colors, images and anything else you want. This template is simply a guide for you to use for your business.

NOTE: The template is for your own business use and CAN be used to build pages for your clients. However, you cannot resell or rebrand the template for giveaway.

The template includes some images that you can use (bullets, check marks, guarantees, etc.) or you can have some of the images customized. View a demo of the template here.

Part 2: Sales Letter Checklist

Whether you use the template or not, this checklist will help you ensure that you have all the necessary components for all your sales pages.

It guides you through some of the common terminology and tips for making your letter a converting success.

How to Get Your Download

This download is completely free, no opt-in or sacrificing your soul to the devil required.

Click here for both goodies (Zip Folder - includes HTML page, images and PDF documents)

If you find this guide helpful, be sure to sign up for the priority notification list for the upcoming IM Copy Makeover - where you’ll have the opportunity to get step-by-step, one-on-one help to revamp and remodel your sales copy for better results.

Here’s a little goodie for you on a Saturday morning. We all know that headlines  are important for our sales pages, but they can be so darned hard to write!

I’ve put together a quick 4-page guide to help you with the basics of headline writing and it also include 11 practical headlines starters that make it easy for you to start writing your own headlines.

The guide is absolutely free and you can download it at the link below:

Click here for headline tips guide (PDF)

If you find this guide helpful, be sure to sign up for the priority notification list for the upcoming IM Copy Makeover - where you’ll have the opportunity to get step-by-step one-on-one help to revamp and remodel your sales copy for better results.

Earlier this week, we talked a bit about the importance of doing back ups and how maybe we’re not all doing what we can to help prevent the loss of data. But man, does it really suck when it happens.

No more excuses because Flavius Saracut of Neobyte Solutions is offering all my readers a free license of Home Solution Titan Backup 2.0.

Titan Backup is an easy-to-use, affordable (well FREE today) and complete solution, designed for secure backups of all important files. You can back up everything from main files to CDs, email, external drives and even remote FTP servers.

How to Get Your Free Download & License:

1. Download the software at this link.

2. Sign up to receive your special unlock code.

3. Get to work and create your back up schedules.

It’s about that time -> Sweetie Saturday Report Time!

To Report Club Members: If you’re a member, this brand new report is already in your account. If you’re not a member yet, info on signing up comes in a bit.

This month’s topic is designed to help you take your existing sales pages (or create new ones) to increase your reader response. Wouldn’t it be great to get more people to say YES when they hit your website?

Introducing: 26 Ways to Turn the Words on Your Website into Sales …If you’ve been looking for simple ways to squeeze more sales from your existing website traffic, you’re going to love this.

It’s amazing what a little tweaking here and there can do and with the help of this brand new report, you’re nearly there.

This guide includes a written report plus full audio recording discussing:

Overcoming the drawbacks to online selling and taking advantage of the opportunity it brings.

The basics of copywriting (or using words to sell). Demystify all that terminology and learn to apply these concepts to your own online selling.

Perfecting your craft and understanding the many overriding principles that keep readers glued to your page and compels them to buy your products.

Continuing to improve your copywriting skills. Copywriting is a skill that can always be further developed. Learn how to make the most of your learning experience and apply it directly to your own business.

At only 18 easy-to-digest pages (or listen to the audio if you prefer), it’s easy to whip through and start making quick tweaks to your sales. No sense in reading all day, when you can be DOING and making a change to your bottom line.

This guide + audio is for YOU and as always, by purchasing a Sweetie Saturday awesome deal, you also receive resell rights (yep it also includes the graphics). This means you can sell it or add it to a paid product as a bonus. The only thing you can’t do is give it away for free or sell the rights to anyone else.

This offer is good ONLY until: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM PST and then I won’t sell this report to the general public again.

How to Order:

Sorry, this report is no longer available for individual sale to the public.

…or If You’d Rather Get the Report for Only $9…

Click here to join the Sweetie Saturday Report Club for $9 per month and instantly receive a new Sweetie Saturday Report each month. You can cancel at any time.

Again, this offer is good only until Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM PST. I look forward to helping you turn more of your visitors into customers!

My apologies for neglecting this…I can’t believe it. Until now, we still haven’t announced the winner of the Free Custom Product Design Pack from Silicon Post.

So, I won’t keep you waiting any longer. The winner is:

Laurie Berenson or Park Ridge, NJ USA

Congrats to Laurie and thanks to everyone who entered and waited so patiently.

Laurie, to claim your prize, email news @ internetmarketingsweetie.com with “Custom Product Pack” in the subject line. You must claim your prize by May 22, 2008.