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Home Business - the Sales ChallengeHere at Practical Selling, one of our basic rules is "90:10", so we don't expect you to browse around the whole site.Instead, on this page we summarise the aspects of the site that are most relevant to you if you are running - or thinking about setting up - a home business. If you do nothing else - please sign up for our periodic E-Zine "90:10" so at least we can be sure you won't miss out on any of the good stuff coming along in the future. Please also be sure to email us and let us know if there are home business related areas of interest or concern that you think we could help with here. Home businesses - low overheads, no premises, no employees. But, although the break-even point for a home business may be lower, it's every bit as important to focus on actively selling your products and services. Many people start a home business because they have a particular talent or interest. You may have a great product, nicely presented - and I'm sure you're a lovely person - but what about selling?
Many people think that great products sell themselves, others subscribe to the "if you build it they will come" school of passive marketing - but most self publishers quickly realise that nothing moves off the shelf (virtual or otherwise) if you don't actually sell it. The internet has introduced many new home business opportunities, and you can to create an image and presence to equal a multi-national. But - the challenge of actually "selling" remains. You can't stand back and wait for customers to appear. That's where we come in ... |
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Home Business - Training CoursesPractical Selling Skills Foundation Course (from Practical Selling)This course will give you an introduction to the core skills that are the foundation of selling face to face - but are applicable to any sales situation. This applies if you are selling by mail, telephone, internet or in person.Pricing Masters Course (from Ken Evoy)Home businesses often operate in small markets, and setting the right price can make the difference between success and failure, profit and loss.InfoProduct Masters Course (from Ken Evoy)InfoProducts - also known as e-books - are a good opportunity for the home business, as they have low cost of production, digital distribution - and each one is unique! You will actually be helped to define, create, market and sell a small infoproduct during this course.Affiliate Masters Course (from Ken Evoy)If you don't have a product idea of your own, then you can build a successful home business as an affiliate of other businesses. They do the order processing and fulfillment, you concentrate on marketing and selling.
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Home Business - Feature ArticlesCreate and Sell Information ProductsMore information on creating InfoProducts (an ideal home business).
Using Other People's Money ...... for your business - startup, expansion, or recovery. This article is designed to promote an e-book about sources of free funding and support, but it contains a number of good links itself. Relevant to USA only.
Time to Think Again About InfoProducts?Following on from the above, this is an article that has been reroduced in several e-zines and newsletters. It emphasises the timely nature of this opportunity.
Affiliate Programs - From All AnglesMany home businesses use affiliate programs as the basis of their internet business - or a supplement to it. This article explores some of the traps you can fall into, and how to identify a successful program.
Get Targeted Traffic for Your Web SiteIf you are selling your products from a web site - especially on specialised subjects, it's not enough to see lots of page "hits" on your site. But did you know that there are ways to make sure that the people who arrive at your site are qualified and targeted - that is, they are actually interested in what you do !
Transform Your Sales by Selling Benefits!A golden rule for everyone - don't "sell" features, people "buy" benefits. Find out the difference in this article ...
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Home Business - Newsletters, E-Zines, Mailing Lists"90:10" The Practical Selling E-Zine for Home BusinessOur E-Zine is irregular but is guaranteed to include "only the best" information - articles, hints and tips, links - to help your business sell more, on and off the internet.
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