Last week my nine year old granddaughter and I went to see a production of Disney On Ice.  The show was very entertaining and enjoyable but my marketer's mind was pleasantly surprised to see how the entertainers also made their customers part of the show. At one point the actors asked the audience to put their arm up and point to the left, no to the right, wait it was the left or was it....

Well you get the picture!  The characters in the production got the kids (both big and little) actively involved in the outcome of the scene.  I marveled at how cleverly and smoothly this was done. Which brings me to today's lesson. How often do you as a marketer get your customers to interact with you other than purchasing a product?

If you want your business to grow then knowing what your customers' needs and wants are will give you a big advantage over other marketers. How can you gather this information?  Well a short survey of three to five questions is an excellent way to get your buyers to interact with you.   Keep the survey short and sweet so you get plenty of responses.  But let's take this idea one step further.  When is the best time to do a survey?

How about on the "Thank You Page" after they just have purchased a product from you?

Instead of trying to up sell them into a more expensive product; ask them to take the survey so you can be sure that you are fulfilling their needs.  Think about the bonding experience and good will feelings you will generate. I'd like to claim this idea as mine because I think it is awesome, but I picked it up from another marketer. 

Of course once you have the results of the survey you can model your business around your customers' needs and wants. And that is the way to grow a successful business whether is on line or off. 

Take care,

Marie Dawn

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Mike Filsaime discloses all the insider information to being a successful viral marketer in this 124 page manual. As Mike says " The Butterfly Effect in your marketing is what will allow you to go from "One Hit Wonder" to passive income that can make you a millionaire like it has done for me."  To make sure you understand what it takes to be a successful viral marketer Mike spills his guts on the following topics:

• Multi Promotion Tools-(use to multiply your websites X-factor.These tools will separate you from being a run-of-the-mill marketer into a kick butt making money hand over fist machine).


• WIIFM-What's In It For Me concept (on pg 51 Mike tells you exactly how to get this concept across to your customers).


• Affiliate Programs and Split Pays (applying the WIIFM concept to your affiliates so they promote your sites aggressively).


• Integration Marketing-(for viral long term growth you MUST implement this into your sites. Just follow Mike's step by step directions).


• Promotions,Pushes,Contests and Races-(leaving no stone unturned Mike shows you how he uses each in his businesses).


• Carrier Pigeons???? I really wondered what Mike could possibly mean.  Well on pg 63 he details how this "in your face marketing" works to keep people coming back to your sites again and again.


• Help Desk-No Email (Mike shares the benefits of having a  help desk and reveals the secret to managing email from customers).

Mike Filsaime is a master at getting free leads and converting them. With the jammed packed knowledge in this handbook along with real life case studies on his successful and failed ventures you can use this material to increase your conversions.  Treat this manuscript like the marketing bible it is and refer back to it frequently to kick start your viral marketing into a money making machine.

How Do You Get Your Hands on The Butterfly Manuscript?

Simple, just click on the right side banner labeled

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Take care,

Marie Dawn

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When the presidential election was going on you might have asked yourself who did you trust more-Barack Obama or John McCain?  Well in internet marketing the trust factor is one of those invisible qualities that matter.  So how do you find online marketers that you can trust?

GO FOR THE FREEBIES!

The neatest thing about today's online marketing is that marketers must give you a lot of free content in order to gain your trust.  At least that is how I have been finding programs and marketers that are honest and forthright.  If I go thru their free course and the content is terrific; then I know that is a person I will feel comfortable doing business with.  If you are interested in learning about internet marketing I have a webpage with kinds of free content. Just click on the tab at the top that say "free stuff."

OR YOU COULD ASK A FRIEND!

While in the gas station the other day filling up my car I saw one of my friends. They asked me how I liked my Pontiac Vibe. I have the 2007 model that I purchased last August.  Since I have had the car for over a year I knew what I liked and didn't like about it and proceeded to give her the lowdown.  This incident reminds me that on the net there are forums and chat rooms where other consumers just like us who will give you the good and bad on products they have used.  When I review or recommend a product you can be sure I will have gone thru the course and will let you know the good and yes the disappointing aspects of it.  Let's face it none of us are perfect. 

Take care,

Marie Dawn

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Trying to avoid the frustration of information overload even if it's free

There is so much information online about work at home programs (a lot of it free) that it is literally overwhelming.  Information overload was one trap that I have to learn to overcome. Every new product seemed like the answer to my problem or what I needed to get my online business up and running.  For months I was buying information products just knowing this was the one I needed to succeed!  Yet after purchasing and trying program after program, it seemed as if I was given only part of the puzzle.  Finally it hit me that I just needed to create a good foundation for building a business and stop grabbing all the information out there.

And then who came along but Mike Filsaime with his instant website, blog and products.You don't need to know html or be computer savvy to use this program. It is all drag and drop so you can build a site in no time. You're looking at the site I built in an afternoon!  So now you not only have a website, but you have a blog and products to sell. And who better to have for a JV partner than one of the smartest information marketers around who has already made millions from the web.  What a win-win for you!

But whether you decide to build your own site or sign up for InstantAffilateWebsite visit this blog regularly to get the sharpest info packed articles to help your business explode!

Take care,

Marie Dawn

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