Posted: September 7th, 2010 | Author: David Davies | Filed under: Internet Business | Tags: business opportunity, computer science, franchises, free software business, freeware, home business, Internet Business, shareware, software developer, technical, work from home | No Comments »
If you were to look up some shareware called Spyware Doctor 3.2 on www.Tucows.com you’ll see that about half a million users download a free copy every week. Want more fireworks? OK, go to www.download.com and you’ll see that another shareware title called AVG AntiVirus Free Edition was downloaded about 1,126,408 times when I last checked. These huge download numbers hover close to this figure every week!
Consider this: what if you had some popular shareware title that users downloaded over a half million times every week? Can you see a way to make some money here?
Here are a few ideas how you can make money with shareware: First, you need the rights to a universally needed software program. Look for an application that most everyone on the Internet has a need for. However, there are plenty of niche markets with extremely high demand as well. Research the categories that are in high demand.
Second, you need to spend the money and time to create a product that out-performs everything else out there regardless of the cost. Most good shareware creates a “buzz” in the Internet community. People love passing on a good deal and if you can tell a friend about a five star rated program that is not only rated the best but is free to download you will have earned a whole pile of brownie points with your friends!
Shareware is an information product that can be delivered instantly and for little or no cost to you, the creator. Once in the hands of millions of users it can become one of the most efficient advertising platforms available!
With over ten million people having downloaded Spyware Doctor so far you can see that the traffic to a site like www.Download.com is enormous putting their Alexa traffic ranking around 89. Post your shareware to similar shareware sites to have a chance of having your title downloaded a lot.
My research showed tens of thousands of such sites but there are probably more. Just type in free downloads or free software as a search term in Google, Alexa or Yahoo.com . You could not spend enough money to get anywhere close to that level of traffic. So, why bother? Why even have a web site?
Shareware Millions Most people are unaware of all the ways someone can make money giving away free software. Here’s some ideas Thomas Deedy told me about that might surprise you as much as it did me.
There are several powerful income generators that you could employ. For example, if you create a complicated program that has many applications you may want to offer paid support services. Some developers know the answers to every possible complication in the installation, development or on-going operation of their software. So, they create a powerful trouble-shooting menu tree that any technical person can follow.
You can actually sell support by the minute, hour or for an annual fee. You can install your trouble-shooting tree on a site accessible only by support staff. The database of solutions keeps growing until there is virtually no problem that a mildly technical support person can suss out by following the support issue tree.
When the database of issues is about as complete as it can get the support system can charge, say $10 per issue. But, it will only take the staff a couple of seconds to look up the solution and deliver it. So, they make money all day long.
Believe it or not 900 numbers can be a profit source with support. The user simply picks up the phone and is charged either by the minute of a flat fee.
An alternative would be to create a detailed installation and use video that shows actual screen shots of how to use the software and has a built-in trouble-shooting program. For a complicated and valuable program you could price the video/software combination at $250.00 and bundle it with two free hours of support services.
So, imagine you’ve got a valuable business application that should sell on the open market for $2500 but since it is free around 250,000 people download it. If just 2% of those people decide to opt for the support package @ $250 you’d have a winner.
Do the math: 5000 orders @ $250 each is $1,250,000 in gross sales!
If you handle it this way you can actually automate the entire business and your costs are limited to the initial development costs for the software and the cost to create a powerful video tutorial and help file. You can outsource all this work simply by creating a detailed flow chart of exactly what you want the program to accomplish and how you envision it working for customers.
Then, go to http://www.elance.com or http://www.scriptlance.com or www.Vworker.com and enter your Project Proposal (no charge) to get a pile of bids from experienced programmers who want to work for you. You will be shocked at how reasonably you can get powerful software programs designed and built.
As the creator of the project you own the copyrights and you’ll need to pay no royalties on your earnings. but, you can make more money if you sell a private label license to a software company.
This may be America’s easiest way to become a multimillionaire and you don’t even have to be a programmer to do it!
Simpler shareware programs don’t require much if any support but they can be equally profitable.
Try it before you buy it shareware puts the software into the hands of the user risk-free. If they like it they can donate or pay an upgrade fee to get a full-functioning version of the shareware. Many such programs install a donate or upgrade button right in the software.
————————————————————————————————————————– ” Please support my efforts to provide users with support and improve this software with a small donation. In return, you’ll receive a link to an extensive tutorial, help files and you’ll be advised when you can download the latest updated version of XYZ software. You’ll receive lifetime updates all for your small contribution of $10 or more.” ————————————————————————————————————————–
You can leave the amount of the donation up to the user but I recommend putting in three contribution levels: A $5 donate button, a $10 donate button and a $25 button that offers bonus software valued at hundreds of dollars at that level.
You can be sure a substantial number of people will contribute $$ but the capturing of the user’s name and email address may ultimately be worth more than the donation. Anyone who can build a massive opt-in emailing list has the potential to earn roughly a dollar per name per month. Major players like Mark Joyner built lists of around a million names. A single email to his list could generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales.
If you’d like to become a shareware millionaire try and find an application that will have wide-spread appeal. Look at what others have done and then do it better.
Other ways to make money with shareware:
1. Include an upgrade option. Let your customer download a pretty cool basic version for free; then show him that there is a new, improved and five times more powerful version available for just $39.95 that includes lifetime support and upgrades. If you add enough valuable features and show that they can’t really live without the more powerful version your sales will go through the roof!
2. Build an email list by offering something to your customers like an e-zine with insider user tips. Or, simply bribe them by offering them another of your software programs free when they register their copy of XYZ software that they just downloaded. As I said, above, owning a massive opt-in email list can be worth a fortune.
3. I created a free lesson creator and reader for students. Then, I set it up so that teachers could purchase a much more powerful lesson creator which would enable them to create Advanced Lessons that they can sell on my site. I share the revenue from these Advanced Lessons. See www.Tutorbug.com
Don’t hesitate to tackle your first shareware project. Use professional coders and be innovative and you’ll soon see that there are many ways to make a small fortune with shareware.
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Posted: September 6th, 2010 | Author: Ryan Grace | Filed under: Internet Business | Tags: attraction marketing, david schwind, ferny ceballos, gold coins, home business, Internet Business, jim yaghi, numis, ray fong, ryan grace | No Comments »
After taking in the epic No Excuses Summit in Vegas and getting to meet many of today’s top internet marketers and leaders, I began to recognize a particular company’s name kept coming up in introductions.
Ironically, I had an interest in Numis this Spring when I first got my feet wet with network marketing and actually spoke with a top earner, Ray Hidgon on the phone about the opportunity. However, at the time, I hadn’t found the beauty of attraction marketing and I was still using annoying, old school tactics, bugging friends and family, etc. and I knew there was no way I was going to them to buy into this at a $500 price point, besides they wouldn’t even buy in to my main opportunity at the time for a freakin $125 entry point!
I was fortunate to be one of the students selected to attend The Helping Hands Mastermind Session led by Ray Fong, Ferny Ceballos, Jim Yaghi, & David Schwind. Leading up to the course, I had been speaking with Ray regarding my current opportunities and getting his take on them. He did like one of them which is very niche and agreed we could do some cool SEO & PPC tricks with it.
Then we began to talk about Numis, how he got involved, who he was working with on his team, what his thoughts were on the company and their marketing policies, etc. After our conversation, I just knew it was a slam dunk, no brainer for me jump all over this opportunity to join a company I previously had an interest in and even better join a team with 4 of today’s top masterminds!!!!
I believe Numis makes sense for many different reasons. For starters, your not dealing with a consumable product, you aquire a tangible assest that historically gains value. Secondly, if someone is new to network marketing struggles, like we all do initially, to sponsor alot of reps they are still able to build their net worth by collecting the coins and receiving the binary payout as well.
Numis has a great compensation plan and is backed by strong leadership at the top and has a product that is in very high demand due to today’s economy – Gold & Silver! The fact that alot of today’s who’s who in network marketing are already on board is a very telling positive sign! I can’t wait to get our plans laid out and get into some serious internet marketing with this baby!
The only question is, will you be with us or against us?
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Posted: August 18th, 2010 | Author: Libby Santos | Filed under: Vehicles | Tags: car, car groomer, car polish, car polishing, car wash, home business, mobile car grooming, Vehicles | No Comments »
Often, we come across guys who love their cars so much that they refer to their vehicles as their babies. But a growing number of women have also begun babying their prized cars. Certainly there is no harm in that! A car is recognized as one of the major purchases that a person makes in his or her lifetime, second only to buying a house. In a socio-economic level, owning a car does not only mean that the individual can go from one place to another in relative ease and comfort; owning a car could also mean that the person has climbed up another in the social ladder.
Some women are attracted by the looks of a car and not necessarily to the person driving it. Furthermore, based on the results of several studies, it has been shown that one can actually surmise the character of a car owner based on the condition of the car he or she drives. Nonetheless, even if the car owner is cruising along the streets on an S series, the total effect could be ruined if the vehicle looks like it has not been maintained in ages.
Thus, here is a word of advice for all people who own cars: The kind of car you drive is not really significant in the long run; you can maintain the road worthiness of your vehicle if you constantly clean and polish the vehicle. A little time set aside for car polish is well worth the effort in keeping the state of your ride.
So, it should go without saying that car polish can help keep the newness of your car. Hence, even if you own an old ride but you are devoted in applying a regular coat of car polish on its surface, your vehicle could still be roadworthy. A well polished vehicle gives women – and other people – the impression that the owner takes pains to take care of his health.
Do you realize that the state and state of the car you drive tells so much about your personality, for example, your state of health, your view about personal possessions and of personal care and hygiene? Well, there are numerous studies that have stated this fact. There are women who base a guy’s character by the way he maintains (or doesn’t) of his vehicle. Here’s how it works: a well-maintained car implies that the owner knows how to take good care of himself. It’s not a bad thing to take care of one’s health, so it can also be transmuted to the vehicle that the person drives. Look closely at your car. Do you see any rusting spots anywhere? Better fix it up now. You need to take care of your vehicle as if it were your own self. Others will see that you are also not taking good care of yourself.
For an expert polish that gives your car a sleek look, you can drive to a car wash and polish shop. But to give your car a personalized service, have your own set of car polish products at home.
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Posted: August 17th, 2010 | Author: Barbara Post | Filed under: Vehicles | Tags: car, car groomer, car polish, car polishing, car wash, home business, mobile car grooming, Vehicles | No Comments »
As your wedding anniversary approaches, are you still looking for the ideal present to give to your loved one? Just in case your husband or partner is a fanatic about cars, a gift of various car grooming products would certainly be hugely appreciated.
Making Your Own Car Grooming Products
However, most car grooming products sold nowadays are made with synthetic and toxic substances (probably the chamois cloths are an exception). Considering that people spend a large amount of time inside cars while they are commuting, this situation presents some risks. It is up to you to find a way of lowering the amount of harmful substances that your loved ones will be exposed to.
There is no question that you would want that your partner to be safe always; you could never imagine that something intended to be good would in the long run cause harm. So, in order to prevent that danger, why not make your own homemade car grooming products instead? Some car grooming products are relatively easy to create and you can produce a large batch to give to to your friends, aside from your loved one, who are also fanatics about cars.
Homemade Car Grooming Shampoo
Soap gel would be the main component of most homemade car grooming products, particularly the car shampoo; it is relatively easy to create. You can Gather slivers of soap scraps or you can chop up a bar of soap. Place the chopped up or grated soap on a non-reactive pot and pour boiling water over it. Leave the mixture until the soap flakes have dissolved, forming a liquid with the consistency that is a bit thicker than hair shampoo. So, you’ve made the soap gel that will be the main component for any car grooming product you wish to make.
Then, in a pail, pour in about 4 liters of water and about one half cup of soap gel. You can then add 8 to twelve drops of essential oil (pine, lemon, or lavender scented would do nicely). Make sure to stir so that the mixture is well blended. Afterwards, you can then pour the homemade car shampoo into bottles. Include a soft brush if you are presenting this homemade car grooming shampoo to your guy. Then you can have one weekend together washing his car.
Do you need a thorough and complete car wash? Give your ride a sleek car polish it deserves and needs.
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Posted: August 17th, 2010 | Author: Miguel Pancardo | Filed under: Business | Tags: advertising, Business, copywriting, home based business, home business, investing, marketing, Sales, small business | No Comments »
So you know the importance of lead generation and you realize you need those leads to stay afloat online. But what about AFTER the lead is generated? What do you do with it? What is the next step? Let’s look at those questions right now.
It’s important for a farmer to fertilize his crops, and it’s the same with following up with a new lead. You can think of follow-up as a way of “fertilizing” your leads to help them grow into actual customers. That contact behind the computer at the other end is a person who needs to know you’re worthy of his trust, so you never want to remain anonymous and aloof. Instead, you should follow up with that prospect right away.
The most effective way to follow up with new leads immediately is by using an autoresponder. This piece of software will help you keep up with your new prospects, manage your older contacts and maintain regular contact with both. The follow-up process is especially crucial when the relationship with a contact is first beginning. And it is a relationship, because you are each building faith and trust in the other.
An autoresponder will immediately send a message to every person that joins your mailing list with a thank you or a welcome message. You can set the software to send as many messages as are needed at intervals that you set. That first one should go out immediately and any others can be at one day, two day or even weekly intervals. Whatever you need is what you set it for.
Messages will be able to guide your prospects through your system and offer them items to buy along the way. You’ve probably already set the precedent that they can believe and trust you, just by giving them something for free right at the beginning. Sell inexpensive products to your prospects and build their trust while you are bringing them along. They’ll be much more comfortable buying your main moneymaking product when they arrive at the end of this process.
As much as the autoresponder helps in this manner, it provides other services as well. If you are getting a lot of inquiries, the software organizes your list and tells you exactly where each person is in the process. You also have he ability to send singular messages, called announcements, whenever you may need to. Perhaps you have come across a particularly good product at a ridiculous price. You can offer it in this way.
One thing with email marketing of this sort is the danger of SPAM reports. Autoresponder software guards against that with an “unsubscribe” option embedded in every message. If the customer has the option to leave at any time and they don’t, then the emails you send are not SPAM; they are expected and you are safe from that, so it’s like insurance, in manner of speaking.
Here’s the bottom line: you need to follow up with your prospects and maintain contact at all times. Autoresponder software will do this for you easily and automatically. Customers actually expect to hear from you periodically. If you don’t contact them from time to time, they’ll think you’re useless and will opt out of your contact list without even saying goodbye.
You can prevent this by using an autoresponder to follow up on your leads. When you do, your contacts will continue to be satisfied.
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Posted: August 12th, 2010 | Author: Jennifer Chavez | Filed under: Business | Tags: blogs, Business, Computers, free, home business, internet, marketing, web design, webhosting, webmasters | No Comments »
Believe it or not, a lot of webmasters are still building their affiliate review sites using static HTML. If you have ever designed in static HTML you know that it takes a lot of time to do it right. To do each web page of an entire website from start to finish will require an entire week. Any changes that you need to make or pages you need to add will also have to be done from scratch. This is ridiculous and way too much trouble!
I definitely suggest that you utilize Content Management System, or CMS, to develop your website. A number of CMS exist that do not charge a dime, such as Plone, Joomla, WordPress, Xoops, and others. Most CMS are open source and available for personal use!
Personally, I have developed many WP review websites and have found it very easy to do. You won’t even need to spend any time designing or developing in order to build a quick website in minutes. You just need an installed copy of WordPress, which many web hosts will add for free, choose a free theme and add any plug-ins you might need for extra functionality. Then I have my review site up and running in just a few minutes!
Some themes are better than other for developing review websites. A theme should be properly optimized and redesigned as a landing page. Are you wondering what you need to focus on when developing a theme?
Here are my suggestions as to what to focus on:
1. Remove navigation at the beginning of your homepage.
2. Turn off your various widgets. You don’t anything that distracts your prospects!
3. Make use of a light or white background with dark text so it is easy to read.
4. Arrange the order of the posts. Put the No.1 product or service on the first place! From there, you must arrange your items in a descending order, from most important to least significant!
There are just a few tips to set up a WP review site. For constructing review sites, you must locate some appropriate themes, as well as a few good related plugins.
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Posted: July 25th, 2010 | Author: Eric Henderson | Filed under: Internet Business | Tags: business opportunity, entrepreneurship, generate mlm leads, generate mlm leads online, home business, how to generate mlm leads, Internet Business, lead generation, marketing, mlm, network marketing, online business, Online Marketing, work from home | No Comments »
Do you want the skill sets necessary to generate MLM leads on demand? Well, you should because this is the number one thing you must master in your home business.
In the network marketing industry, your names list is the most important asset you have, bar none. And, since building an MLM organization is about a lot of people doing a little bit, it is absolutely critical that you have a never ending stream of people to talk to about your business.
So, your main focus must be to develop the skill sets and knowledge that will allow you to generate mlm leads and prospects every day for your business – PERIOD!
Firstly, let me be honest with you and just say that you are NOT going to become financially free simply by making a names list of your closest friends and family.
Even more powerfully, with the internet today, you don’t have to depend on your traditional names list to build your business. Today, there are 4.6 million people that come online every day looking for ways to make extra income. And, 156,000 of them start their own business each and every day.
This kind of makes your old names list look kind of puny now doesn’t it?!
Can you see how once you develop the skill set to generate mlm leads for your business, you will never have a shortage of people to talk to EVER again?
Let me give you a few of the unlimited ways you can start soling your lead flow problems once and for all. Online, you can use PPC, article marketing, social media, blogging, etc. Offline (which you should certainly not ignore) you can use direct mail, post cards, the 3 foot rule, and a lot of the old school tactics that still work today. Though the best avenue to go down is to find the right mentor and leadership that is willing to teach you how to do this.
There has never been a better time to start building your MLM business like a true professional entrepreneur and get massive results starting today.
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Posted: July 23rd, 2010 | Author: Joe Barry Mulroy | Filed under: Finance | Tags: Business, careers, cleaners, Employment, Finance, home business, house and home, insurance, property, small business, window cleaning, work | No Comments »
You may be wondering what type of insurance policy should a window cleaning company have. This occurs when you are planning to open a business. This is good to do. You need to know this vital aspect of a window cleaning business when you are going into business with yourself.
Your first step before you even look at insurance is to get a basic business license to do business. Have a business name and not just your name. It will help with taxes and people will pay you under your business name. You can then get insurance for the business.
Once your company is set up you are ready to look for insurance. Your liability coverage will depend on what type of services you offer. It will also depend on if you have more than yourself as an employee and what equipment you use on a regular basis.
Getting quotes from an agent who knows what they are doing is your best bet in getting the proper insurance. They will tell you what type of insurance you need. In doing so it is smart to seek out a qualified seller of window cleaning insurance who knows the terminology and ins and outs of this type of business.
Many of these types of brokers and agents exist on the market. They can be found easily online and you should get several quotes from them. Once you find the quote that covers all of the items you need then you can choose that policy and then be covered.
But what you do not want to do is go without insurance. It is just too risky on your part to try to run a business without a business license or any insurance to protect yourself. Get online and get going on cleaning up your business practices and look into insurance for a window cleaning business.
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Posted: July 16th, 2010 | Author: Laura Watson | Filed under: Business | Tags: bridge, Business, Ecommerce, groom, home business, marketing, marriage, online business, Sales, Shopping, vows, wedding, women | No Comments »
Do you have a level of creativity that you don’t really exploit? Do you feel that you might be excellent at designing wedding invitations that might appeal to different sections of the market? If you answer yes to these questions then it might be an idea for you to consider the option of creating a wedding invitation business. If this does someone something that may interest you, then here are a few tips on how to create a business making wedding invitations.
If you haven’t done so yet, it will first be extremely useful for you to purchase some print design software. This will enable you to create some different designs for the wedding invitations that you will be making.
Once you have the software then you should spend plenty of time creating many different designs that will appeal to all sorts of different couples getting married. You might want to do this on a trial and error basis, discarding the designs that you do not favor, and keeping the ones that you like. It will also be very important to get some feedback from people that you know on the different designs and whether they might interest people or not.
It is also absolutely crucial for you to create an online presence through the form of your own website. On your website you will be able to display all of the different designs that you have created, and as such any customers and clients that you begin to develop can go onto the website to choose their favorite designs.
As you begin to get some interest in the products that you are making and the invitations that you are designing, it will be important for you to start developing some relationships with local printers. Assuming that your business gets off the ground and the volume of limitations that you need goes up, you will need a professional printing company to make all of these invitations that you are selling.
While it is excellent having an Internet presence where all of your different clients and customers can go and check out the different designs that you have created, it is also a good idea to create a hard copy that you can send out as well. This will be used by clients who you will work with and also it can be passed on by them to their friends or family who may be getting married as well.
As your client list begins to expand, so will your company. As such, it might be an idea to think about hiring some staff who can help you expand further and develop the business.
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Posted: July 6th, 2010 | Author: Anthony Michaels | Filed under: Internet Business | Tags: home business, Internet Business, internet marketing, online business, work from home | No Comments »
Many people who want to work at home ask themselves many questions, and one is often how to discover the best home business. The answer is easy. You need to look within yourself.
A common situation is someone quickly jumps into a business that a friend is involved with and it doesn’t work for them. This is because everyone is different. Here is a bit of information you should know before you start your own home enterprise. Do you need social interaction on a daily basis? In other words, do you enjoy people in general and need a daily dose to remain happy?
Many people look to online businesses only to find themselves unhappy and lonely in the long run. You need to take this into consideration when looking for an online home business.
If you have answered yes, then perhaps your business should not be an online business. With an online business all of your social engagements will be done online through email and chat, which is different than say a beauty salon in your home. Don’t worry, you can still find a work from home position that fills your need for social interaction.
If you are happy being isolated at home then the the world of internet businesses is open for you. You’ll still need to make several different decisions. If you have a hobby that you are an expert at try online consulting in that field. If you bend toward creativity, then look into online writing. Other ideas include working as a website developer, business creator, or even virtual artistry. Detail oriented people are also needed for online work. If you are a detail oriented person you might look to data entry, accounts managements and others.
You can see that the answer to the best home business is through self enlightenment. You’ll just have to find what you’re good at and what you need personally.Then go out and find a business to match.
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