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Recently Rejected? Turn It To Your Advantage
Rejection. All of us have experienced it at some point in our lives. It never feels good. Call it what you want, but accept the fact that ultimately you lost. You were not selected. I particularly like the synonym “spurned.” That really makes you feel great, doesn't it? Got any rocks laying around that you can craw under?So you have been rejected. Now what? How can you turn this into something positive?I recently was courted to speak at an upcoming conference. I jumped though all the proverbial hoops and was excited about the opportunity. Then guess what happened?

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Affiliate Activation Strategies
My affiliate sales haven't been what they usually are. I keep them informed with relevant product/site updates, and I offer incentives each month, too. I'm always available and try to answer any question promptly and professionally. What can I do to entice affiliates to feature us on their pages and bring us more clicks?Woody Allen once said, "80% of success is showing up." It sounds like you have that covered, but how about the other 20%?Most affiliate managers think it's sufficient to rely solely on e-mail to communicate and they send the same canned messages to all aff

1. Assemble a web site development plan that is integrated with your overall marketing processes; the content should be consistent with offline materials, the graphics/images don't have to be identical with traditional media, but should be consistent with your overall branding, style guide, usage of colors etc.

2. Hire a web site design firm that understands your market position and one that won't get "geek crazy" - meaning they are so in love with their own design capabilities, your site gets bogged down with graphics, plug ins, GIF garbage, etc. But, conversely, check your ego at the door when you work with your design firm - I've see so many good web site designs get ruined by clients who can't or won't listen to what we tell them!

3. Pay attention to "load times," how long it takes a web site to load on a 56 KBPS modem (this is an industry average), if its more than 12-18 seconds you may experience the "click of death" - the site doesn't load quickly and the surfer is gone. Of course, if your targeting broadband customers who are reaching your site via ISDN or DSL then you can build a site that incorporates multimedia-ready content that may include streaming audio or video, or Shockwave or Flash capabilities - go ahead and let those digital geeks get carried away with cutting edge content!

List Building: The Fast Track to Joint Ventures
When I started List Crusade, two years ago, nobody knew me at all and I really had no list to speak of. What I had was an idea, and the guts to call people on the telephone and talk to them. That's all! I had a strategy, and that made all the difference.Basically we said, “We would like to promote your product and your services to the list that we’re building. We don’t have any of our own products yet, so we would like to promote your products through our affiliate links. Here are all the people we are approaching. Would you like to be part of our newsletter?"“Whether you want t

Hire a web site design firm that understands your market position and one that won't get "geek crazy" - meaning they are so in love with their own design capabilities, your site gets bogged down with graphics, plug ins, GIF garbage, etc. But, conversely, check your ego at the door when you work with your design firm - I've see so many good web site designs get ruined by clients who can't or won't listen to what we tell them!

Environmental Awareness and Our Health
As Human Beings, we should all have the common goal of valuing the choices that will lead to enhancement of our Personal lives, our Communities and our Earth. In order for our Environment to be Healthy, the People within it must also be Healthy. We do this by becoming aware of the products that we use in our day to day lives, by living healthier lifestyles and through personal development.Us as Humans tend to exploit our Environment. The same environment that we depend on for clean air and water. If our Environment does not protect us from harmful UV rays, does not prevent the spread o

I've see so many good web site designs get ruined by clients who can't or won't listen to what we tell them!

The Secret To Employee Accountability: Bonuses vs Pay for Performance
Bonuses paid when a job or a year “goes well” or “you make money”, or worse, paid as a Christmas bonus inevitably become ENTITLEMENTS. When the incentive is not paid based on the job and/or the year EXCEEDING your planned profit and performance, when it’s not based on the employee or employee group (as applicable) exceeding their specific standards in their jobs linked to your MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE PROFIT, simply the bonus becomes a gift and eventually becomes an expected entitlement. When it becomes an expected entitlement and it’s not paid on a job or at the end of the fiscal year or in Decemb

sn't load quickly and the surfer is gone. Of course, if your targeting broadband customers who are reaching your site via ISDN or DSL then you can build a site that incorporates multimedia-ready content that may include streaming audio or video, or Shockwave or Flash capabilities - go ahead and let those digital geeks get carried away with cutting edge content!

Look Cool - Lean Back with Bistro Tables and Chairs
If brown is the new black, then bistro table and chairs are the new furniture. Well, they would be, except that they have been around for almost two centuries now. Ask most people what a bistro table and chair set actually is and, chances are, they will shrug their shoulders and say they don't know. But, really, we've all seen them, especially those of us who live in cities or countries that exhibit continental sophistication. Yes, you have that right. The bistro table and chairs set is that easy-looking trio of small, inauspicious dining furniture that crowds the sidewalks, providing perchin

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4. Dare I say it, "keep it simple" - make your site easy to move around in, build a menu structure that is consistent with industry standards, local menus (for a page or section) on the left and global menus (overall site navigation) at the top and/or bottom of each page, keep as much information "above the fold" (above the cutoff point at the bottom of a monitor), don't make people use horizontal scroll bars unless absolutely necessary.

5. Inculcate "digital speed" into your overall site design, your client/customers should be able to get to their desired area of your site within one or two mouse clicks; they will quickly get frustrated if they have to click-through multiple menus to find information they are seeking.

6. Develop content that is web-enabled, people don't read web site content like they do offline media, keep your paragraphs short no more than two to three sentences, build in white space with your content, include links in your pages - don't try to tell your whole marketing story on your site - get people to call you (hello the telephone still works!), e-mail or fill out a profile form (see below).

7. Make your site permission-based marketing ready - I love Seth Godin's "Permission Marketing" book, http://www.permission.com, and we recommend it to all of our clients - he champions building a long term relationship with a customer by asking their permission to continue to market to them and incorporating value/information in all marcom processe

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Cubicles help in segregating one employee from another, to provide them a certain amount of privacy as well as stop them from chatting with each other. Cubicles are in fact an economic substitute for private offices. All the companies could not provide private offices to their each and every staff member, whereas cubicles do the same work at an affordable cost.

However the really exciting thing about press releases is the fact that you can win valuable mention in a number of media organizations and instantly reach hundreds of thousands of your target market with free distribution to only a few media houses. Now just imagine sending out a press release to over 50,000 high traffic blogs?

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