Internet Marketing For Solopreneurs

Have you ever received absolutely useless gifts? Come on, admit it. Remember that hideous sweater or a really ugly salad bowl that you could not use and gave away immediately? Did you wish that the gift giver given you something more useful instead?
Same goes for business gifts - lots of people receive useless business gifts that they wish they didn’t receive.

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Can you give things away on your web site, and still get clients? I offer many free marketing resources - I offer a FREE report, “Top 5 Ways To Increase Online Sales” to my newsletter subscribers. I publish a free weekly online marketing newsletter. I have written dozens of marketing articles that have been re-published on hundreds of web sites and I offer free teleseminars from time to time.

Why do I do this? To promote my expertise and give people a taste of how I work, and what I am about.

My articles, help me drive more people to my web site and create more awareness for my business and my brand. If you type my name, “Biana Babinsky”, in Google, you will get over 26,000 results, many from my articles. Many of my clients tell me they found me online, then searched for me on Google and read about me/my articles before they decided to buy my products or hire me.

My articles also help me get better search engine rankings, which, in turn, helps get more people to my web site.

My free teleseminars usually attract hundreds of people, and help me promote my brand and my business and give people a taste of how I teach and what I am all about.
Want to learn how to use free marketing techniques to drive more people to your web site and get more customers? Join Marketing Salad, online business coaching web site to learn online marketing directly from me.

Biana Babinsky

Where do you find your clients? Over 95% of my clients find me online, and many of them find me through online networking.

Online networking is networking through online forums, newgroups, mailing lists and organizations. Online networking takes time - just being a member of a forum or a newsgroup is NOT ENOUGH to get clients. You need to use online networking effectively, particpate on a regular basis and get known for your expertise, before you are able to generate clients from online networking.

At the upcoming MarketingSald.com Online Business Networking Event you will be able to learn how to network online effectively and then APPLY your knowledge to create partnerships and get clients.

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Biana Babinsky

Hi, everyone

I am going to be one of the speakers at the Womens Marketing Telesummit and would love to have you join me there! Here are just the few things that you will discover:

- Dozens of ways to grow your business without spending a fortune

- How to find your perfect clients so that your business thrives for years to come

- The no-nonsense scoop on exactly what you need to do to get more customers; we’ll give it to you step-by-step and cut through the jargon and information overload

- Easy ways to increase your productivity (and profits) - how you can get more done in less time, and make more money

- Money for nothing - how to create a number of passive income streams that bring you money while you sleepAnd much, much more! Click here to see what you will learn.

Plus, you will be enterered to win lots of great prizes, including a one year membership to my MarketingSalad.com, the online coaching web site for solopreneurs.

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Hi, everyone

Yesterday we had many people on the Make Money With Information Products call. I got a few e-mails from people telling me that the lines were full, and they could not get in.

You can get the teleseminar’s audio recording at http://www.avocadoconsulting.com/info/ Here are just some things I shared on this call:
- How to find ideas for most profitable products

- How to make more money with your products

- Online marketing techniques to use to bring more buyers to your web site

- How to leverage your products to create a products empire

Grab the recording at http://www.avocadoconsulting.com/info/

Do you have a feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day? Business owners tell me that sometimes they spend a whole day working on something, but at the end of the day they don’t feel that they got anything accomplished. What happened?

As business owners, we have lots of things we need to do everyday. We do our marketing, networking, business development, sales and we work with our clients. Plus, we also need to keep up with new technologies, learn more about marketing, promotion, advertising - you name it! We got lots of things on our plates.

What I recommend to my clients is that for every week, you schedule activities from a few of these groups. You should networking, market, do business development and work with your clients EVERY WEEK. That way, you will know that you have accomplished something, both in the long run (prospecting, education, etc) and for a shorter period of time - follow-up with warm leads, client work, business development.

Those of you who are members of http://www.MarketingSalad.com I am going to start a thread on this topic and share more tips on scheduling. And if you are not a member yet, join us at http://www.MarketingSalad.com for online business help, tips and support.

Biana Babinsky
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This weekend is Labor Day weekend in the US, so fall is starting again. Now is the best time to pick up new clients - kids are going back to school and everyone is settling back into their regular routines.

This means that more people are about to start looking for YOUR products and services. As business owners are getting back to business, they need business coaches and VAs. And as everyone else is settling back to their regular routine, they will be looking for personal, life and career coaches to help them with their lives.

How would you like these people to contact YOU about YOUR services?

How would you like to:

- Become recognized as an expert in your field

- Have your target customers coming to YOUR web site, looking for YOUR products and services

- Get more clients online

Join us at http://www.MarketingSalad.com and get all of this for just $9.97/month:

- How-To Guides and Worksheets that help you zero in on specific concepts, and learn how to use them effectively.

- Business Audio Recordings on search engine optimization, online networking, and much more are available.

- Answers to All of Your Marketing Questions at the members-only forum.

- Expert Teleclasses on online business and marketing, PR, newsletter publishing, article writing and more directly from experts.

Lots of members are getting GREAT results from their memberships. They are already enjoying MORE web site traffic, MORE clients and MORE recognition as a result of implementing some of the things they learned at MarketingSalad.com.

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There is definitely a shift from just one-on-one coaching to one-on-one coaching + products approach. This is the approach I use and the approach I teach to my own clients, many of who are coaches.

Here are a few reasons why:

- There is a finite number of hours in a week, and this number of hours limits the number of one-on-one clients I can take on. And remember, working with someone one-on-one is not just the coaching time. I also spend the time to prepare for every session. I also provide unlimited e-mail support in-between sessions. All of this takes time.

- I want to help as many people as possible, and that is just not possible if I were to offer one-on-one coaching only. Again, there are just so many hours I can spend working, which limits the number of people I can work with.

- Not all of my clients can afford the one-on-one rates, but many more can afford my teleseminars, e-books and group online business coaching program. Therefore by offering the products, I am helping more people and am able to bring in more revenue.

- Reaching more people really helps me in the long run. My one-on-one clients refer people who buy my products, and someone who bought my e-book a while ago referred a potential coaching client.

- My products help me create marketing opportunities with others - through joint teleseminars, my affiliate program, and lots of other cooperative marketing opportunities and events. I would not be able to do lots of these things (and bring in revenue!) if I only had my one-on-one coaching to offer.

I enjoy one-on-one work I do, and I love to see my clients succeed. But having products helps me have more flexible hours, not work as much, and help many more people.

Biana Babinsky

P.S. Want to learn all about creating products and having multiple streams of income? I teach everything I know to members of MarketingSalad.com, the online business coaching community

Recently many people have been looking to start a home based business. Whether you are just looking for an extra income to pay off a few bills, or a new full time career, there are some things to consider.

A business is a business. Whether it is online, home based, brick and mortar or any other form of business, you have to work hard to get your business to be successful. You have to know how to market, do your own PR, do business development and handle everything from sales to business development.

If you are starting a business for profit, and not as a hobby, you need to be able to have adequate time to spend working on your business. There are many things that go into running a successful business, and you need to know how to do them and do them right.

Here are things to consider, as you are starting your business:

- Do your homework. If a business opportunity sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Do your research, ask as many questions as you can and find out as much information as possible, before signing on the dotted line.

- Interested in selling others’ products? If yes, then a sales job with a direct sales company or affiliate marketing might be something you want to explore. You set your own hours, and you sell products that already have brand name recognition. To sell very popular AvocadoConsulting.com ebooks, audio recordings and special reports, join the AvocadoConsulting.com Affiliate Program.

The downside is that the companies usually have sale minimums you have to meet every month, and, since the brands are so recognizable, there is a lot of competition. Still, if you are good in sales and love the products, you will be able to succeed.

Tupperware, Avon, all of these are direct sales companies, and you can usually sign up and start selling their products really fast. Search for them on your favorite search engine.

- Do you want to run your own business, sell your own products or services? Do you have a passion for something? Maybe you loved what you did at one of your old jobs, or have a hobby that you could turn into a business. Explore turning your passion into a business; it is great to do what you love for a living.

The upside is that it is your product, and you know it and you love it. The downside is that you have no brand recognition – you are starting everything, including marketing, from scratch.

Consider all of the different options available to you before making a decision about starting your business. It will save you a lot of time and money in the long run. Good luck!

Learn how to start and run a successful home business. MarketingSalad.com, the online business community for solopreneurs is an excellent resource to learn how to market your home based business online, get more customers and make more money.

A business owner recently asked me how to devote time to marketing (and get results from marketing) and still have enough time left to work with existing clients and create products.

Here are my recommendations:

- With your client work, schedule your time and don’t procrastinate. When you have scheduled 2 hours to do client work, spend the 2 hours to do just that. No checking e-mail, no phone calls - just do the work you need to get done. You will be amazed how much you can accomplish in just 2 hours if you stick to your plan.

- When you are marketing, spend some time learning about an online marketing technique, what the implications of using it are, what results to expect, etc. Then, break the techniques into bite-sized chunks you can do, and schedule those chunks. You will be able to accomplish much more when you understand the techniques, and know what results to expect from them.

At http://www.MarketingSalad.com I help members understand online marketing techniques by breaking them into smaller, understandable, step-by-step directions. Learn how to market and get results - join us at http://www.MarketingSalad.com

Here is what one of MarketingSalad.com members says about the step-by-step marketing directions available:

“Biana’s how-to guides have given me simple, step-by-step procedures that are easy to implement. The classes have been amazing. I believe she gives more in a one-hour teleclass than I ever got in other classes on the same subject, combined!”

Join us for just $9.97/month at http://www.MarketingSalad.com