10 Ways To Increase Sales By Promoting Yourself

By Anders Eriksson - Owner and Webmaster of
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People will feel more comfortable purchasing your
products if you give them a little information about
yourself or business. The information could be your
profile, employee profiles, overall business history,
education credentials, awards you've won, etc.
Below are 10 ways you can use to promote yourself.

1. Teach a free chat room class on a subject related
to your business. You could install a chat room on
your web site or use a free one from another web site.
Before the class starts tell them a little about yourself.


2. Publish a free e-zine. Use some of the extra space
in your e-zine to write about yourself or business. This
could be called "A Note From the Editor".


3. Publish a section on your web site called "About
Us". With your information you could also include
pictures. This shows people your not hiding behind
your business.


4. Write an article on your area of expertise. Include
a resource box at the end of the article. You can add
information about yourself in the resource box. E-mail
the article to web sites or e-zines that accept article
submissions.


5. Create and giveaway a free ebook. In the ebook
include a section called "About The Author". Also,
include an advertisement for your business.


6. Participate in online communities like newsgroups,
discussion boards, e-mail discussion lists and chat
rooms. You will meet many people and in return they
will get to know you.


7. Donate your time, products, or services to charities.
You can list the charities you've contributed to on your
web site. This will show visitors that you and your
business care about others.


8. Promote yourself offline; teach a free class offline,
speak at business seminars, join a business club or
association. Assemble fundraisers for charity. These
are just few ideas to promote yourself offline.


9. Offer free consulting to your visitors. You could do
it via e-mail or phone. They will get to know you and
feel more comfortable buying your products.


10. Publish information about yourself and business
history in your ad copy. While people are reading it
they begin to trust you and your business. Don't over
do it though, you want to keep them interested in
your product.

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Give people a deadline to order. Tell people if
they order by Sept.15, 2002, they will get a
discount or free bonuses. This will create an urgency
so they don't put off buying. Another example,
"Order before 8:00 p.m. US/EST and get a second
product of your choice for free!"


You could tell them your freebie is only available
to a limited number of people. For example, "Our
free software will only be available for the next 100
people who download it." Another example, "Our
free report will only be offered for 3 more days! So
download it now before it's too late!" Just include
your ad in the freebie.



Most people want to avoid or to end pain. Tell
your prospects how much pain and the problems
they will avoid or end if they buy your product. For
example, you could say, "Just imagine being able to
go out in public without thinking you’re being made
fun of behind your back"


Make your sales letters or ads sound like it is
common sense to buy your product. For example,
you could say, "Everyone knows you can't make
money..." Another example, "Everyone realizes that
designing a professional web site isn't hard like it
use to be."


Give other businesses permission to give away
a free subscription to your e-zine as a bonus for a
product they sell. You want the product or service
to be related to your e-zine though. Just think, you
could have a lot of businesses offering your e-zine
to their customers.


Offer a free affiliate program for your visitors.
They will have to sign up in order to receive
marketing material and commissions. You will
capture their e-mail addresses and affiliates are
easier to sell to because they are already interested
in reselling your product.


You could upsell to your customers. When they're
at your order page, tell them about a few extra
related products you have for sale. They could just
add it to their original order. For example, you could
say, "Our new e-book would make a nice edition to
the report. Just click here to add it to your order. It's
only $15 more."


You could cross-promote your product with other
businesses' products in a package deal. You could
also include an ad or flyer for other products you sell
and have other businesses selling for you. You would
just be trading insert ads.


Team up with your competition by starting an
association for your specific industry. It could lead
to a profitable partnership with them. You could
give all the members graphic links to place on their
home pages. This would increase your membership
and business exposure.