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Keeping In Touch With My Online Family
Helping you build your successful, home-based
business one step at a time.
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Issue #49
Date: May 21st, 2002
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In This Issue
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=> Publisher's Corner
=> Feature Article
=> Review: Products or Services
=> Inspiration
=> Special Feature
=> Hot Tip
=> Ezine ADventure
=> Reader's Corner
=> Ad Swaps
=> Success Links
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Publisher's Corner
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Hi {FIRSTNAME} and welcome to today's issue of Keeping in Touch.
A big, warm 'hello' to all our new subscribers from the USA,
Egypt and New Zealand.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the weeks go by. I'd
almost swear that some days don't have a full 24 hours in them.
I know I'm working hard (not always smart, admittedly) and it
can at times be overwhelming. Would I ever think of quitting?
Not on your life!
Publishing an ezine takes considerably more time and effort than
I could have imagined. So does trying to keep up with two
domains, providing good products or services as well as being
effective in marketing. Don't ever let anyone tell you that
having an online business isn't a 'real business'. When you
first start out, you will go through a learning curve and that
is different for each of us. The important thing to do is
decide what path you are going to take and stick with it. Your
persistence and commitment will take you where you want to go.
Until you have developed a system that works for you; until you
can automate more tasks; until you can put your organizational
skills to work for you, you are going to have your hands full.
Just stay focused on what you will achieve once all these areas
of your business fall into place. It won't happen over night
but it will happen if you stick with it.
Our Feature Article takes us back to effective marketing. We've
heard it all before but are you paying attention? Is your
marketing effective? If not, why not? In Headlines That Sell!,
A. T. Rendon shows you that the main purpose of your ad is to
capture the attention of those who read it. With the amount of
e-mail coming into Inboxes today, you only have seconds to grab
the attention of your prospective customer.
Do you show your gratitude? How many times have you read an
article or comment in an ezine that really touched you or gave
you an idea for your business? It's happened to me several
times. It only takes a minute or two write the publisher and
let them know you appreciate their efforts. Too often we take
for granted the efforts of others on our behalf. Don't be
afraid to show your gratitude.
Our Special Feature today is The Little Things Increase Your
Network Of Influence BIG Time! by Josh Hinds. The more you
participate in what's happening around you, the more influence
you will gain. People will start remembering who you are and
'where' you are.
Have a great day {FIRSTNAME} and keep on smiling.
Lois M. Jeary
Publisher, KIT and KIT Klassifieds
mailto:lois@home4success.com
http://www.home4success.com
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Feature Article
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"Headlines That Sell!"
by A.T.Rendon
© Copyright 2002
All Rights Reserved
The idea is to catch their ATTENTION.
You might have the best product or service in the universe
but if no one reads your email, no one will ever know about it.
How many emails do you receive daily?
And, how many of those emails do you delete automatically
because the headline did nothing to capture your interest?
The headline must be short, no more than 6 to 8 words.
Less, in this case, would be more effective.
The very best headline I have ever seen in an email
message was just 3 short words long. It captured my
attention and enticed me to click on the link to visit a web site.
Can you guess what those words might have been?
That email had in the headline a question…"What Is This?"
And the body of the email message was just the URL.
Short. Simple. To the point.
It asks a question that instills in us the desire to respond
and the URL made it really easy to click and find out what
it was all about. I had to satisfy my curiosity. :-)
Your headline must be in the Subject area of your email
message and it is recommended that you make use of one
or more action words to help capture your reader's imagination.
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We are all busy online and we do not have time to do more than
give our email a quick scan of the headlines. We all want
to see if there is anything of interest that we want to read.
Plain-Jane headlines will NOT give you the results you seek.
When you drive down the street, what type of business catches
your eye?
Perhaps it is the one with colorful balloons, or a waving
gorilla or flashy clown. How about the car wash and gas
station that had girls in bikinis? Would that get your attention?
That type of gimmick has little to do with the business
but they do attract attention.
And, online, either you get noticed or you will be deleted.
Your business must communicate effectively. Your advertising
should be in simple and easy to read and make use of sentences,
using short words with a headline that is ATTRACTIVE.
The headline of your ad is the KEY element.
And, although it should be attractive or attention getting, you
should never compromise your integrity with misleading ad copy.
When you consider all the different media types attempting
to capture our attention each day, it is understandable why
only a few ads will get noticed and still fewer will actually
sell a product or service.
A wild and crazy headline might make all the difference you
need to make that sale.
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A.T.Rendon is an entrepreneur and published writer.
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Product Review
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Inspiration
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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order
to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision,
with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to
enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the
errand.
Woodrow Wilson
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I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded
is another step forward.
Thomas A. Edison
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Special Feature
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The Little Things Increase Your Network Of Influence BIG Time!
By Josh Hinds
(c) 2002
The other day I got a note from my friend Bob Burg
(www.burg.com) letting me know I'd been quoted in Steve
Goodier's inspirational ezine (www.lifesupportsystem.com). I'm
used to Bob taking the time to let me know of things like that,
or dropping an e-mail of appreciation for little things that
which might have otherwise gone unnoticed by most people (myself
included in some cases).
However, this time it set me on the path of thinking just how
powerful what he'd done is. Perhaps more importantly how we
might all take a lesson from him and be all the better for it.
Let me recount the event and I think you'll see where I am
coming from. Bob sent the e-mail simply to let me know (and as a
way to say, congratulations), which I of course appreciated. I
sent an e-mail to Steve to thank him for quoting me. Steve wrote
back and from our meeting he's agreed to have some of his
articles appear in my newsletter.
So just right there you have a win, win situation. Here's where
it gets interesting though. Bob has greatly strengthened his
relationship with both me and Steve just from that one little e-
mail.
Here's another interesting way of looking at this. The next time
I have a lead or believe someone would be a good match for Bob,
you can bet I'm not going to think twice about dropping him a
message about it.
The incredible thing is that he's cultivating powerful
relationships, both business and personal with people just like
me all the time. This is a lesson we can all take to heart. And
it's not something that is going to an inordinate amount of
effort on our part to put into action. It will however take
constantly being on the lookout for ways to add new value to
your relationships.
In the process you'll strengthen your personal network of
people, which in turn creates vast opportunities.
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By Josh Hinds - Founder http://GetMotivation.com
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Special Note
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Hot Tip
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Reader's Corner
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Disclaimer:
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All advertising in KIT is accepted in good faith and is offered
as a service to our readers. Publication of the ad should not
be construed as an endorsement of the product, business
opportunity or service being offered. Please refer to the
contact details in the ad for more information about product
or service offered. Use due diligence for all offers.
Free At Last Enterprises reserves the right to exclude any ad
pertaining to hate, race, discrimination or deemed inappropriate
for all readers.
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Keeping in Touch With My Online Family is published by:
Free At Last Enterprises
Lois M. Jeary, Publisher
P. O. Box 88, Elie, Manitoba R0H 0H0 Canada
Phone: (204) 353-4096
Fax: (204) 353-2248
E-Mail: mailto:lois@home4success.com
Website: http://www.home4success.com
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