I am blessed that I have many friends who I consider "tech-savvy." When I was tasked suddenly by my company to design and print posters for a project I immediately turned to them for help. I am a creative person, and more or less I know my way around a computer. But poster design, poster printing, file formats, resolutions, "dpi's" and other terms like that make me look like an idiot. So from my experience, I have gathered the little packets of knowledge I gained from my friends and I am sharing them here with you. This is a novice's guide on designing and printing posters, just for you.
DESIGNING The first thing to consider in designing your poster is its dimensions. It will determine how much "space" you are going to be working with. Publishing or image editing software usually have default sizes that can really help you out. You should recognize some as "letter" or "legal" sizes. Fiddle with the settings and templates and you should see other dimensions like "A4" and "A5" sizes. Some applications even have a "poster size" which is really convenient. Usually you can see how big this is as determined by the length and width stated sometimes in inches, meters or in pixels. I use Inches since I am comfortable with that. Choose the size that best fits your purposes.
Next of course is the design itself. This is solely the realm of your imagination. Of course full color posters garner more attention than subdued ones. Try not to have too much text. Use short and direct words to convey your meaning. If you have images make sure that it contrasts with the background, and the text. Having everything the same color is a bad idea. Also, don't use templates. Custom posters are better and unique.
If you are lacking in the art and imagination department, hire someone else to do it. It might cost a bit, but it would probably better and faster if you let an expert do it. Simply communicate what you want to see clearly.
PRINTING Here is where I made mistakes. In color poster printing, I never really thought about the resolution of the design I was making. It took several days corresponding with the poster printing company before I discovered that my problem was because the image files I sent had very low resolutions. This causes "pixels" or squares to appear or to be glaringly obvious once it is printed.
Along comes "DPI" or dots per inch. After discussing poster prices with your printing company try and ask what value of resolution they usually deal with. For my poster printing purposes I discovered that a value of 300 dpi for the resolution is a safe bet. Be warned though that the file size for images on that resolution will tend to get big. Some may say you can get by on smaller resolutions, but I think it is better to have a large image that needs to be shrunk than a smaller image that will be stretched.
After that, just choose the paper that fits your purposes. Glossy paper is always a good choice for posters with images. If you are just dealing with color posters with text though, I guess lesser quality paper will do. Once you have chosen, you are all set to print posters. Finally, do not be afraid to ask questions. Do not be scared of all the techno-jargon being tossed around. The more you know, the better decisions you make. Better decisions save time and money.
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Something you should know before I tell you what I think is the solid network marketing system. Network Marketing is rigid. Be honest and do not fool yourself and most of all do not try network marketing unless you have a good plan into place with a potent and very duplicable network marketing system.
This is one reason why network marketing is notorious for having a 95% failure rate. Why, you are asking.Here are some of the reasons of why such a large percent fail.
Marketing methods that are taught do not work 95% of the time. Old school and experience has taught me that marketers are to purchase and cold call leads. You will learn that after hours and hours and money thrown out the window it had very little success. However, some network marketers are in their comfort zone and doing very well with cold calling. Good for them. The ones that have lost countless hours and thousands of dollars give up.
Speaking of leads, most are generic. The failure in this is the type of leads you use comes from an ad wanting prospects who what to be financially free or just make money from home, very general or generic. Since the generic leads most of the time does not have anything to do with YOUR business you will get a lot on “NOs” another reason to give up and add to the 95% of failure rate. This with failure is very negative and the network marketer is giving up again with no self-assurance and no new prospects.
So how do we change this pattern? We build a solid Network Marketing System! For the typical home based network marketer to be victorious and financially free a positive mania MUST be in place. Through the years of being taught and learning on my experience, I have found the information below will be an aide to all network marketers.Lead Capture Page: Must be intended exclusively for your specific Network Marketing Company. This Page must contain STRONG sales copy that lets the prospect know why s/he wants to opt in for additional information. Offer a High Value Free Report in exchange for their contact info. The free report must be extremely helpful. It must give details of all the features and benefits of joining the network marketing organization as an independent distributor and must focus on the support and resources available to the new prospect should they decide to purchase a distributorship. The business's goods and reimbursement plan must be without a doubt explained. Finally on the Lead Capture page testimonials should be included testimonials are very powerful sales and conversion tools.
Follow up Email System: A system that continually markets through emails. I will tell you that most leads do not act immediately and must be marketed to at the minimum of seven times before they will give a response yes or no. This email follow-up system must have strong sales copy. Make sure this system can get through the spam systems out there.A Repetitive Response System: This feedback system that will let you know the new prospect has opt into the system via email and bring into play the worry of losing by telling the prospect that if the next prospect in line advances to a paid position before s/he does then s/he will loose commission on that prospect.
Strong Supportive Training: Just because a prospect has opted in, as a distributor does not mean that s/he will succeed. There must be an email follow-up system to ensure that s/he receives more that adequate training and support on how to market successfully. Now is when you come into play. There must be a STRONG relationship built between the up line and the new prospect.How Good Is the Product or Service: To ensure that the entire marketing method works the system must be supported by a strong and honorable network marketing association that sells a superior needed product that people would even purchase with or without a compensation plan.It Is Your Turn: Work and lead with your heart. You must have a passion for your business and really believe in the product that you are promoting. Be an active part of your business. You must be helpful, willing and open to learn new ideas and tactics at all times.
In the end: Now ask yourself if you are using a solid network marketing system. Are those hours and dollars that you are spending making you money?By: Glenn Mosser
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The best marketing is going to be aimed at a set target audience, but what exactly do you need to know about this target audience to achieve success with your marketing? There will be certain differences in what you want to keep track of depending on the type of marketing you plan on doing, say for your poster printing campaigns. Looking at the more technical side of things if you plan to use direct mailing than you will obviously need to know a list of addresses for this target audience. For those using something like color poster printing instead you will need to know some good locations for them as well.
Still, there are certain things that you will want to know no matter what type of marketing you plan on doing, because this will apply to all forms of advertising.
The first has to do with the types of images and themes you will need to use. All marketing makes use of visuals to both attract attention and deliver the message being sent. The better the visuals are the more likely it is someone will actually look at your ad to begin with.
For color poster printing the visuals makes sure someone actually looks over at the poster on the wall. For postcards you can be certain that a person will pick up your postcard out of their pile of mail. The same is true for them picking up brochures or taking a look at your flyer. The visuals are what catch their eye, and you have to know what visuals will appeal to them.
Next comes the way your product can help them. You need to give people a reason why their life will be better in some way if they bought your product. To do that you first need to know what their life is like right now, or else how are you supposed to improve upon it?
Think about all of the different ways you think your product can make things easier for people, and then try to find the best ways to use that will resonate the most with your customers. People need to be able to visualize how their life will be improved by something before they are going to take a lot of interest in it. Your job is to help them does just that.
Another thing to take note of is how loud or quiet your advertising is. Loud advertising has very bright colors and large letters for the headlines. Quiet advertising is going to be far more subdued and more elegant. Different types of people react better to different kinds of advertising, and you need to know if you want a loud or quiet look to your marketing in order to best draw their attention.
No matter who your customers are, take the time to learn their interests and the best way to reach them. If you cannot do that than you cannot expect to be able to sell to them.
By : Janice Jenkins
Still, there are certain things that you will want to know no matter what type of marketing you plan on doing, because this will apply to all forms of advertising.
The first has to do with the types of images and themes you will need to use. All marketing makes use of visuals to both attract attention and deliver the message being sent. The better the visuals are the more likely it is someone will actually look at your ad to begin with.
For color poster printing the visuals makes sure someone actually looks over at the poster on the wall. For postcards you can be certain that a person will pick up your postcard out of their pile of mail. The same is true for them picking up brochures or taking a look at your flyer. The visuals are what catch their eye, and you have to know what visuals will appeal to them.
Next comes the way your product can help them. You need to give people a reason why their life will be better in some way if they bought your product. To do that you first need to know what their life is like right now, or else how are you supposed to improve upon it?
Think about all of the different ways you think your product can make things easier for people, and then try to find the best ways to use that will resonate the most with your customers. People need to be able to visualize how their life will be improved by something before they are going to take a lot of interest in it. Your job is to help them does just that.
Another thing to take note of is how loud or quiet your advertising is. Loud advertising has very bright colors and large letters for the headlines. Quiet advertising is going to be far more subdued and more elegant. Different types of people react better to different kinds of advertising, and you need to know if you want a loud or quiet look to your marketing in order to best draw their attention.
No matter who your customers are, take the time to learn their interests and the best way to reach them. If you cannot do that than you cannot expect to be able to sell to them.
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Here's my response, along with some information on what it takes to be successful as an affiliate marketer and tips on how to make affiliate marketing work for you as an online home business. You may not think that having a home business provides as much security, but you won't get laid off and you won't be called back into the office, and you should almost always get along with the Boss. In my mind, all of this makes the idea of starting a home business all the more appealing. There are thousands of work at home jobs and home business opportunities on the Internet.
After a LOT of research, as well as plenty of trial and error, I have learned some very important things to look for in home businesses, work at home jobs, affiliate programs and all the other types of work at home business opportunities. My preferred niche is in affiliate marketing, this vs. traditional marketing is by far easier and more lucrative in the long run. You can build a higher residual and passive income this way. My opinion, of course, but try it out for yourself and see that I know what I am talking about.
Useful Tips
1) Starting a successful online business begins with research.
Look into every aspect of your business, Are you going to need inventory, storage, up front money? Websites, domains, and hosts are very important factors in research! The wrong web host and you are doomed from the beginning*. Write it all down so you can look back from time to time. Research your niche, by that I mean what kind of business would best suit you and your needs. What are you good at? Think about this question before you go any further and write down your answers so you can research them.
2) Websites, domains, and web hosts are crucial in your success.
Like I said above*, Most Internet businesses, that have a drive to succeed, focus all of their time and resources on building a great site, and then trying to drive tons of traffic to that site. I recommend staying away from Free web hosting for a business , Most free hosting has drawbacks such as they reserve the right to place ads of all kinds on your site, this looks very unprofessional and will make you lose business in the long run, so beware, free isn’t always good. Check out reviews on the host of your choice to make sure they have good credibility standards on the internet. I personally recommend Host 4 Profit as they have always had great customer service, and they, to my knowledge, are rarely if ever down like some hosts I’ve ran across in the past. Anyway, research this one immensely.
3) One of the biggest key factors in building a successful online business is traffic. Only after you have chosen the right name and host for your business should you move to this step. There are many Free ways to get traffic on the web; Articles, blogs, free advertising sites there are plenty of, traffic exchanges like Traffic Swarm, Traffic G, etc. Making sure you get enough backlinks to your site makes the Big difference. Search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN will not pick you up if they can’t find you. Make your website available to be found by getting your link on everything you can, but always staying within the rules of advertising, otherwise you do more damage than good to your business. If you have NO traffic, you have NO sales. No sales equals No Business. You see the effect here.
4) Perseverance, it’s not something you can find online it’s something you have to find within. I know you’re thinking now why did I put that in there. Perseverance is what you will need most when you start and try to maintain an affiliate marketing online business. When you work at home you get to set your own hours and granted you can even work while still in your PJ’s but at home there are constant distractions to stop you from staying on task. Someone will stop by, the kids will start fighting, emergencies arise, the phone never stops ringing, etc… You name it, it will be sure to happen. This is why perseverance is in my top 10 tips to maintain a successful online business. You must make it a point every night before going to bed to make a ‘to do’ list for the next day concerning your business. This strategy has helped me most of all and it keeps me on task.
Quote of the Day:
"Any Statement made after the phrase 'I AM' has power, whether positive or negative, it will have power"
To Your Success and Happiness In your NEW Life!
by: Tabitha Palmer
After a LOT of research, as well as plenty of trial and error, I have learned some very important things to look for in home businesses, work at home jobs, affiliate programs and all the other types of work at home business opportunities. My preferred niche is in affiliate marketing, this vs. traditional marketing is by far easier and more lucrative in the long run. You can build a higher residual and passive income this way. My opinion, of course, but try it out for yourself and see that I know what I am talking about.
Useful Tips
1) Starting a successful online business begins with research.
Look into every aspect of your business, Are you going to need inventory, storage, up front money? Websites, domains, and hosts are very important factors in research! The wrong web host and you are doomed from the beginning*. Write it all down so you can look back from time to time. Research your niche, by that I mean what kind of business would best suit you and your needs. What are you good at? Think about this question before you go any further and write down your answers so you can research them.
2) Websites, domains, and web hosts are crucial in your success.
Like I said above*, Most Internet businesses, that have a drive to succeed, focus all of their time and resources on building a great site, and then trying to drive tons of traffic to that site. I recommend staying away from Free web hosting for a business , Most free hosting has drawbacks such as they reserve the right to place ads of all kinds on your site, this looks very unprofessional and will make you lose business in the long run, so beware, free isn’t always good. Check out reviews on the host of your choice to make sure they have good credibility standards on the internet. I personally recommend Host 4 Profit as they have always had great customer service, and they, to my knowledge, are rarely if ever down like some hosts I’ve ran across in the past. Anyway, research this one immensely.
3) One of the biggest key factors in building a successful online business is traffic. Only after you have chosen the right name and host for your business should you move to this step. There are many Free ways to get traffic on the web; Articles, blogs, free advertising sites there are plenty of, traffic exchanges like Traffic Swarm, Traffic G, etc. Making sure you get enough backlinks to your site makes the Big difference. Search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN will not pick you up if they can’t find you. Make your website available to be found by getting your link on everything you can, but always staying within the rules of advertising, otherwise you do more damage than good to your business. If you have NO traffic, you have NO sales. No sales equals No Business. You see the effect here.
4) Perseverance, it’s not something you can find online it’s something you have to find within. I know you’re thinking now why did I put that in there. Perseverance is what you will need most when you start and try to maintain an affiliate marketing online business. When you work at home you get to set your own hours and granted you can even work while still in your PJ’s but at home there are constant distractions to stop you from staying on task. Someone will stop by, the kids will start fighting, emergencies arise, the phone never stops ringing, etc… You name it, it will be sure to happen. This is why perseverance is in my top 10 tips to maintain a successful online business. You must make it a point every night before going to bed to make a ‘to do’ list for the next day concerning your business. This strategy has helped me most of all and it keeps me on task.
Quote of the Day:
"Any Statement made after the phrase 'I AM' has power, whether positive or negative, it will have power"
To Your Success and Happiness In your NEW Life!
by: Tabitha Palmer
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The internet changes daily as far as what works and what doesn't when it comes to making money online.
If you are new to work at home online businesses, your head can spin with all the hype, sales pitches , and outright lies as far as the reality of starting up an online home based business.
There are however a few things to look for in your search for a work at home business that can become some nice additional income, or even better, your "job". Working at home, generating $1000 a day is far from what I call a "job".
To help ease your frustration, and point you in the right direction for what you should be looking for in today's online marketplace, the following summarizes the 5 essential ingredients in a winning work at home online business opportunity.
Later in this brief overview, I will offer a "secret" to online success that is rarely mentioned in the many articles written on the subject.
1. SYSTEM- This may be the most crucial item to your success. You need a System that generates prospects, educates them on your business opportunity, sorts and weeds out those that are not interested in your offer, then closes the sale at a conversion rate that ensures profitability. The System must be as automated as possible so you aren't spending hours cold calling or following up with people that are probably not interested, then trying to use your sales closing skills to make a sale.
Think of the successful off line businesses such as McDonalds, Tim Hortons or Subway. Do you think they could duplicate those businesses all over the country, setting up new franchise owners to run these businesses, without a SYSTEM that works?
2. BIG Profits- This is important as the advertising needed to result in sales can be quite costly. For some $1000 price point business programs, it isn't unusual to spend $200, $400 or even $600 to make that $1000 sale. Of course, there are ways to also spend $0 in advertising, but the reality is advertising is often on the range where to make $1, you may need to spend $0.40. Your profit is still $0.60. Would you do that over and over if you had a automated system in place to make this happen? Big Profits allows enough profit so your advertising cost is well covered by your selling price. You can't do much advertising to make a profit on selling a $20 ebook for example.
3. Hot Products- Yes, the product must be tangible and have use and value. There are many new business opportunities that offer $75,000 or more worth of downloadable products that sell for $1000. That's pretty HOT, and full of value. Having a product that can be downloaded, means NO shipping. Now that is just way too easy.
4. Leads and Traffic- This is probably the most perplexing for most new work at home business owners. An online business will never make any money without a source of leads (prospects). The key to providing leads to an online business is they need to be targeted.
This means you need to advertise to a niche market of people looking for exactly what your offers. Seems so simple a concept, but so may people struggle in building their prospect list.
5. Support and Training- as with any business start up, you need to learn your work at home online business program.Make sure that your business program has ample training and resources so you know exactly what to do to get those prospects to your System. This is not always easy to figure out when doing your due diligence on an offer.
As a suggestion, make sure you ask for examples of where and how you will advertise. Also ask where will you get the wording for the ads,who will write the ad copy and the followup messages, what the conversion rates are for your system. If your sponsor can't provide good answers, then they may not be that successful themselves.
This is just a brief overview of what today's online business programs need to cut through the many offers out there and make your business stand out to others.
Earlier I mentioned I'd offer a "secret" to successful online work at home business programs that is rarely mentioned in the various sales pitches. The true secret just might be you.
Most people do not realize they are starting up a real business. There will be ups and downs, profitability may not come overnight, or you may expect riches in the first few days.
I am sure some people have had such success, but most starting out, very likely start with leads, no prior list of prospects, and a small advertising budget. You then need to make good decisions to leverage your sales to grow your business.
The best way to accomplish an online business start up is with the very best automated SYSTEM. Then you can spend most of your time on advertising and growing your prospect list- leaving the rest to the system to close sales which will deliver you paying customers. Then you can train your new customers to do what you know how to do!
For more information on automated systems, please take a look at our main business review website.
To your success!
by: stan tomaszewski
If you are new to work at home online businesses, your head can spin with all the hype, sales pitches , and outright lies as far as the reality of starting up an online home based business.
There are however a few things to look for in your search for a work at home business that can become some nice additional income, or even better, your "job". Working at home, generating $1000 a day is far from what I call a "job".
To help ease your frustration, and point you in the right direction for what you should be looking for in today's online marketplace, the following summarizes the 5 essential ingredients in a winning work at home online business opportunity.
Later in this brief overview, I will offer a "secret" to online success that is rarely mentioned in the many articles written on the subject.
1. SYSTEM- This may be the most crucial item to your success. You need a System that generates prospects, educates them on your business opportunity, sorts and weeds out those that are not interested in your offer, then closes the sale at a conversion rate that ensures profitability. The System must be as automated as possible so you aren't spending hours cold calling or following up with people that are probably not interested, then trying to use your sales closing skills to make a sale.
Think of the successful off line businesses such as McDonalds, Tim Hortons or Subway. Do you think they could duplicate those businesses all over the country, setting up new franchise owners to run these businesses, without a SYSTEM that works?
2. BIG Profits- This is important as the advertising needed to result in sales can be quite costly. For some $1000 price point business programs, it isn't unusual to spend $200, $400 or even $600 to make that $1000 sale. Of course, there are ways to also spend $0 in advertising, but the reality is advertising is often on the range where to make $1, you may need to spend $0.40. Your profit is still $0.60. Would you do that over and over if you had a automated system in place to make this happen? Big Profits allows enough profit so your advertising cost is well covered by your selling price. You can't do much advertising to make a profit on selling a $20 ebook for example.
3. Hot Products- Yes, the product must be tangible and have use and value. There are many new business opportunities that offer $75,000 or more worth of downloadable products that sell for $1000. That's pretty HOT, and full of value. Having a product that can be downloaded, means NO shipping. Now that is just way too easy.
4. Leads and Traffic- This is probably the most perplexing for most new work at home business owners. An online business will never make any money without a source of leads (prospects). The key to providing leads to an online business is they need to be targeted.
This means you need to advertise to a niche market of people looking for exactly what your offers. Seems so simple a concept, but so may people struggle in building their prospect list.
5. Support and Training- as with any business start up, you need to learn your work at home online business program.Make sure that your business program has ample training and resources so you know exactly what to do to get those prospects to your System. This is not always easy to figure out when doing your due diligence on an offer.
As a suggestion, make sure you ask for examples of where and how you will advertise. Also ask where will you get the wording for the ads,who will write the ad copy and the followup messages, what the conversion rates are for your system. If your sponsor can't provide good answers, then they may not be that successful themselves.
This is just a brief overview of what today's online business programs need to cut through the many offers out there and make your business stand out to others.
Earlier I mentioned I'd offer a "secret" to successful online work at home business programs that is rarely mentioned in the various sales pitches. The true secret just might be you.
Most people do not realize they are starting up a real business. There will be ups and downs, profitability may not come overnight, or you may expect riches in the first few days.
I am sure some people have had such success, but most starting out, very likely start with leads, no prior list of prospects, and a small advertising budget. You then need to make good decisions to leverage your sales to grow your business.
The best way to accomplish an online business start up is with the very best automated SYSTEM. Then you can spend most of your time on advertising and growing your prospect list- leaving the rest to the system to close sales which will deliver you paying customers. Then you can train your new customers to do what you know how to do!
For more information on automated systems, please take a look at our main business review website.
To your success!
by: stan tomaszewski
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