Here's Some Extra Money for Christmas

With the economy the way it is right now, I don't know too many people who couldn't stand to make a few extra bucks.

Here's an opportunity to do just that, that anyone can do!

Do you need a little extra Christmas money? Perhaps someone you know could? This would also make a great gift to a friend or family member! A little way you can help them, help themselves.

No, it's not too early to start thinking about Christmas! As a matter of fact, now is the time.

Okay, so you want to know how you can make some extra money? By offering a service that every kid would love and every parent of young children would be interested in!


Personalized Letters from Santa!

You can offer this service to your friends, at work, locally to businesses, at your church, at community organizations you belong to and of course, you can offer them on eBay! The possibilities are endless.

Your clients will fill out a questionnaire with the child's name, age, favorite cartoon show, favorite cartoon character, names of 2 friends, names of brothers and sisters -- or any other information that you can create into an interesting letter from Santa.

You might also ask if there is anything in particular you'd like Santa to mention, such as a good report card (or the lack of one!), that s/he needs to clean up his room more often or Santa might accidentally trip over some toy and be unable to finish his trip. :)

You could set this all up yourself, but it would take a lot of work. Why do the work when it's already been done for you?

This package is called "Letters from Santa" and not only includes the letter templates, pre-formatted and ready to go, but also the complete "How To" guide.

Here is how easy it is to produce a personalized Letter from Santa using this package...

• Choose from one of 8 different letters – each one with its own colorful Christmas border and unique message that reflect Santa's mood. Santa can be: Happy, Friendly, Chatty, Excited, Thinking of You, Getting Ready, or Enthusiastic. There is also 1 special letter for the children that need extra motivation to correct some behavior problem or bad grades.
  
  
• Open the template in your Word Processor.
  
  
• Enter the child's personalized information into the template.
  
  
• Print the Letter
  

Yes, it really is that easy. And fun! As a matter of fact you will want to use the templates to create letters for every child in your family. They make great little pre-Christmas gifts for the children in your life.

Now you may be wondering -- how do you market your Personalized Santa Letters to parents?

First off, I have included a customizable and printable Order Form Questionaire. All you do is fill in your information (address and price you will be charging) and print it out. Then just take your order form to a Quick Copy shop and have several copies made.

With these little 1 or 2 cent questionnaires you have a low cost marketing technique. You can leave your order form questionnaires at various businesses where parents are. Like your local daycare providers, boys' and girls' clubs, schools, churches, laundromats, grocery stores, restaurants, etc.

And how do you get the business owner to allow you you to leave your Order Forms?

That's included in our special insiders manual called, "How To Start Your Own Santa Letter Writing Business."

Actually, I have included several chapters that detail ways for you to get customers. But the insiders manual also includes:

• How To Get Your Letters Postmarked from the North Pole
• North Pole Postmark Graphics -- for that Special Extra Touch that Parents Love
• How to include special inexpensive or even free "treats" that allow you to charge more for your letters
• Examples of special treats that you can find on the internet or make yourself from materials you have around the house
• Professionally designed Business Cards that you can print out --and how to use them to get customers
• A professionally written press release to send to the local media announcing your Letter from santa business
• Marketing techniques
• Much, much more
  

This special Letters from Santa Package includes:

• Letters from Santa Templates (MS Word format)
• 8 Background Designs
• 8 Specialized Letters
• Customizable Order Form
• Insiders Manual
• Press Release
• Business Card Designs
• And much more.
  

You'll be up and running with this package TODAY -- if you order right now.

This price is limited and will go up by $10 soon. So you must order now to get this special deal.

You will be able to download the package immediately so you can get started planning your new venture right now!

Just click the link below:
http://tinyurl.com/santaletters

Regards,
Robbin

P.S. Are you involved with a non-profit organization such as a church, club or charity? Letters from Santa makes for a GREAT and FUN fund raiser. Your organization will be thrilled when you show them how easy it is to raise funds with this package.

P.P.S Or.. do you have employees with children? Letters from Santa makes for a great and fun perk for employee's children. Your employees will love it!

P.P.P.S. Be sure to order right now so you don't miss out. Click the link below to order:

http://tinyurl.com/santaletters

Don’t Let These 5 Killers Ruin Your Business

I just read this article and it really hit home with me so wanted to share it with you. Hopefully you'll get something out of it as well. It was written by Douglas Goodey, an 80-year-old who went from $4.5 million in debt to worth over $20 million, and I think that it’s well worth reading… and taking notes.

Here it is:

Mistake No. 1:
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Trying to do everything yourself.

We as human beings are limited by a number of things.

Two Hands, One Brain and 24 hours in a day are just some of them.

Learn to leverage the brainpower, manpower, and time of others, and you will find that you can get more done and achieved in your lifetime than you ever imagined.

http://tinyurl.com/20millionman


Mistake No. 2:
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Procrastination (putting things off).

In life I met many people that didn’t want to do certain tasks till the next day, or the next week, which if only they had done… would have resulted in far more business for them.

Instead, they wanted to concentrate on going for a drink with their friends or watching their favorite soap on the TV.

There’s nothing wrong with that, except, quite often the things they left undone, needed their urgent attention.

They were things that could have helped them be more prepared at the meeting they had scheduled, or it could even have been some action that might have stopped debt collectors calling at their door to take away their furniture if only they’d acted sooner.

These are harsh realities of life and things that have a way of making sure that life remains a struggle, if you put things off.

Don’t. Do what you need to get done, whether it applies to your business or your personal life, in the priority and timing it deserves.

This single action will put you way ahead of the crowd.

http://tinyurl.com/20millionman


Mistake No. 3
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Looking For An Easy Fix/Route.

We as people are becoming lazier. We want an easy fix for everything in this age of instant everything.

And if we can find an easy fix or route to something then that is fine.

However when it comes to success, there is NO easy fix, no matter what people tell you.

There is no easy way to become a millionaire.

It takes work, it takes effort and it takes patience.

However most people are convinced that there is some magic formula that will take them there overnight.

There isn’t.

On the internet there are people trying to sell you easy fixes to riches.

There aren’t any.

What there ARE are proven strategies and principles of success that anyone who knows them can apply and can ENSURE their way to the top.

These proven principles have worked for anyone who has put them into practice in the past (including me) and turned them into multi-millionaires, they are
working for those who are currently putting them into practice, and they will work for anyone who puts them into practice in the future.

After all which would YOU pick? Easy fixes or proven strategies?

Now you might say “proven strategies”, but their is usually some work or effort involved with them.

That’s why DESPITE KNOWING that proven strategies are what people need, the very same people will pay for and go after trying to find easy fixes again and again without paying to learn what are proven strategies.

Proven strategies come at the cost of experience.

They come at the cost of other people’s work, so people won’t offer them to you readily.

Easy fixes on the other hand you will find in abundance, because there is no experience behind many of them.

There is only a quick buck to be made by the person peddling the easy fix.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about an easy fix in terms of software or a solution to a particular problem.

Those are great.

I’m talking about people looking for and people selling an easy fix to success.

Don’t look for people selling easy fixes. Find people offering you proven strategies that are time-tested and that have taken years of trial and error to get right.

Strategies that work for me, and will work for you when you apply them.

http://tinyurl.com/20millionman


Mistake No. 4:
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Having No Strategy.

What is your strategy in life? Do you have one?

If you have an online business what is your strategy for your online business? Do you have one?

Think about this? Why do banks ask people to complete business plans with everything meticulously detailed?

From the marketing plan, through to the budgeting, through to the cashflow and profit and loss forecasts?

Just to make life more difficult?

No, because they know that with a strategy or plan in place there is far more chance of achieving your objectives.

Most people particularly people looking to create an online income have no strategy whatsoever.

They go day to day, looking for the next best thing to promise them instant online success, or the next hot thing to come out to try and promote.

There is of course nothing wrong with wanting to promote the next hot thing that comes out, but is that part of your strategy?

And what else does your strategy for online success include?

Do you have a branding strategy in place?

How you are going to brand yourself or your product?

Do you have a traffic strategy in place? How you are going to get and keep a constant flow of traffic coming to your website?

Do you have a budget in place so that you are not living month to month, but are able to plan ahead to meet the costs of your business?

Do you have a vision of where you want to take your business in 12 months, and can you see the clear route of how you are going to get there?

That’s why I say proven strategies that are time-tested is what you should be seeking in everything you do instead of easy fixes as outlined in mistake no 3.

Any task, or venture you undertake, if you want to complete it successfully, take however long it takes, a day, a week or even a month to put all the strategies in place and to define them as meticulously as you can, so that you have a better chance of achieving that success.

http://tinyurl.com/20millionman


Mistake No. 5:
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Thinking You Know It All.

No one has exclusivity on knowledge. Pride is and has always been man’s biggest downfall.

Nations have overtaken prouder nations in history, where one nation thought they had everything and didn’t need to learn anything new from anyone else.
Realise that you don’t know certain things.

Then learn them from those that do.

If you are not good with talking with people in a social gathering, and you want to be… find out the strategies of how to develop that skill from someone who is proficient at it.

If you want to learn to drive… you’d go to a driving instructor right?

And you pay happily for those driving lessons.

Why then when it comes to learning strategies that will transform our lives are we so against investing in our most valuable asset? Ourselves?

Simply, because quite often, we think we know it all.

Successful people recognise the importance of learning from others.

Professional singers hire and pay professional singing coaches.

Why? They’re already stars and can sing right?

Professional football clubs hire and pay coaches to train the players.

Why? The players already know the game so why do they need a coach?

Gymnasts, tennis players, people in business and multi-millionaires all GET it! They know that despite how much they know, someone who can always teach them or help them to know things they don’t know or help them to improve and successfully implement the things they DO know.

World Champion boxers… have trainers don’t they?

Why? They’re already knocking the lights out of people in the ring, what can old frail men teach them about fighting?

They KNOW that no matter what they do know there is always room for learning strategies or implementing strategies or even perfecting strategies that they an learn from somoene else.

That’s what makes winners. They aren’t afraid of investing in the proven strategies of others to improve their own.

So there is a key difference in attitude and thinking between the successful and the none successful.

One value proven strategies, even when they are at the top of their game and pay those with experience to learn them.

And those that remain mediocre think… “Yeah? What can he teach me?”.


Article By Douglas Goodey - The 20 Million Dollar Man
http://tinyurl.com/20millionman

Change a Life Today

I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary new website called Kiva (www.kiva.org).

You can go to Kiva's website and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business - like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent - and you get updates letting you know how
the entrepreneur is going.

The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back - and Kiva's loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

I just made a loan to an entrepreneur named Julia Zavaleta Del Castillo in Peru. They still need another $250.00 to complete their loan request of $675.00 (you can loan as little as $25.00!). Help me get this entrepreneur off the ground by clicking on the link below to make a loan to Julia Zavaleta Del Castillo too:

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=66237

It's finally easy to actually do something about poverty - using Kiva I know exactly who my money is loaned to and what they're using it for. And most of all, I know that I'm helping them build a sustainable business that will provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate their family long after my loan is paid back.

Join me in changing the world - one loan at a time.

Thanks!
Robbin

7 Ways To Get Subscribers On eBay

1. Include a signature file on every email you send to buyers explaining your newsletter. If you offer a free report mention it's benefits. If you send invoices through eBay use the notes to buyer section.

2. Insert a note into every package you ship explaining your newsletter.

3. Use your eBay me page. I offer a free report on my me page and then promote my newsletter in the free report.

a. Me page explains basic value of free report then links to outside page with additional report benefits and opt in form or download link.

b. EBay rules say you cannot use sales language or link to a page with items for sale on your me page.

c. Test asking for sign up before giving away report. I give my reports away first because I'm only interested in readers who value my information.


4. Divert auction viewers to your me page. Two ways to do this:

a. Put a mention of the free report in your auction listing with a link to your me page. No sales language - "a free gift just for looking at my auction." This works best at the top of your auction.

b. Add your current listings to your me page and then put a link in your auctions saying "see my other auctions to save on shipping." There is a command you can use when building your me page that will automatically insert your current auctions. The free report ALWAYS goes at the top of the page, the listings go below.

5. Create products to sell on eBay attractive to your prospects.

a. We used to use ebooks and PDF transcripts, but eBay no longer allows the sale of these items. Now we use small printed booklets and CDs. Price these items so you brake even or make a small profit. Videos will also work, but are more expensive so start with a booklet or audio interview.

b. Make sure these auctions also include the diversion tactics and your me page is set up so you get opt ins from people who don't buy.

c. Mention your newsletter within the product and include a separate sheet of colored paper with the benefits of subscribing on it. Keep mentions within audio and video products evergreen.

6. Use eBay classified ads. For $9.97 a month you can run classified ads in the everything else category on eBay. Your ad can have a link to a webpage.

a. These don't work well, but they are cheap so they are worth testing. If you're selling dog training information, they surely won't work. If you're in a biz opp type niche, they might work.

b. Your classified ad has a compelling title, and then lists the major benefits of your newsletter. Then there is a link to your sign up page where you list the major benefits again along with minor benefits and privacy/unsubscribe policies.

c. You can also use classified ads to promote ebooks. In this case you sell the ebook in the ad, then link to a simple payment page. (Directly to paypal?)

d. If you're using somewhat desirable keywords in your title, the Home Page Featured option ($179.95) will get you a good ranking on Google for the phrase. It's only temporary though. Don't test this option until you know your classified ad is working without it.

e. Something to test - put a newsletter article on eBay as a classified ad. At the top and bottom of the article explain it's a sample of your weekly newsletter and provide a link to your opt in page.


7. If you have an affiliate program, provide your affiliates with items they can use to promote you in the course of their eBay sales. They get commissions, you get new readers and sales.

a. Signature files - Many of my affiliates use the quiz teaser. (See below.)

b. Package inserts.

c. Brandable reports for me page - I have a me page generator on my site that allows affiliates to easily give away my eBay Buyers guide. The guides have affiliate links within them, and are hosted on my site. No Web skills are needed.

Summary Here: Combine the above tactics. These are in the order of productivity and ease of set up so you can just work down the list. As you get farther down the list, you'll get more and more subscribers every week.


Terry Gibbs
Private eBay Forum
http://www.IWantCollectibles.com

Try Terry's FREE eBay Watcher Widget

Free Quiz Will Test Your eBay Knowledge
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WorldWideBrands 'Top Ten Wholesale Tips': Video Tip #5 shares why your wholesale prices may be higher than your competitions' - and what you can do about it.

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Wholesale Prices are NOT Public Info

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Hide Your Wholesaler from Your Competition

'Top Ten Wholesale Tips': Video Tip #3 offers a simple trick that will ensure copycats can't use the information on your website or auction to track down your product suppliers. This one simple change protects your online business' most valuable asset from your competitors.

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WorldwideBrands 'Top Ten Wholesale Tips': Video Tip #2 explains WHY some wholesalers aren't eager to work with your online business, and tells how to successfully approach a wholesale supplier to request an account.

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How to Buy Wholesale Products

Chris Malta of Worldwidebrands has put together a nice series of Home Biz videos so I wanted to share them with you.

I'm always getting questions about how to find legitimate wholesalers. So, I thought I would share this video series with you of Chris' top ten tips tips for avoiding Internet scammers as well as how to find real wholesalers who'll work with your home business.

Video tip #1 explains why you must be a legal business to work with legitimate wholesalers - and reveals one of the surest signs that a 'wholesale supplier' is fake.

Learn more about Worldwide Brands here.