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Auction Strategists Newsletter
Brought to you by Jenni Hunt
www.jennihunt.com
In this newsletter:
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1. 5 Benefits of Outsourcing for Online Business Owners
2. Heads Up:
– Can I Pay You For Advice?
– F’ree-Ebooks Online: Resources For Your Mailing List
3. How to subscribe or Change your subscription status
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It’s MONDAY MADNESS…
This week… Monday Madness won’t cost a dime!
This ebook is put together by a few friends of mine and has some great information about how to get the most from your mailing list.
If you are building a list from your eBay customers and visitors you’ll want to take a look at this easy read…
No need to leave your email address… or your name… just go straight to the report:
http://www.free-ebooksonline.com/books/MakeMoneyFromYourList.pdf
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1. 5 Benefits of Outsourcing for Online Business Owners
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When you are in business for yourself, especially one that is conducted online like selling on eBay, you’ll find there are a number of different things for you to learn about that can save you time and make you money. Outsourcing is by far one of the more exciting things to discover and put to use.
All too common is the business owner who feels they have to do everything themselves in order for things to go smoothly in their online venture. This couldn’t be farther from the truth! Lately, we have covered a lot of ground about different ways to grow your eBay business. We have discussed using blogs to drive traffic to your auctions… and the value of a mailing list… how to use small reports to help build that mailing list… and more. But, a lot of these topics are new to eBay sellers and even though we have discussed them in some detail recently – many sellers don’t have the time to really figure out how to implement some of the new ideas they have. Outsourcing could be the key you are looking for…
In case you’re curious about why so many online business owners are singing the praises of outsourcing, keep reading to see just five of the many benefits it can obtain.
1. More Value for Your Time
When you own an online business, one of the most important things to remember is how much your time is really worth. When you think about the dull or repetitive tasks that you are doing, you’ll find this work is not worth your high per hour price tag! When you outsource, you’ll pay someone else to take care of those responsibilities while you give attention to the more important, money-making projects. When you think about how you want to implement new marketing ideas (such as blogging or building a mailing list), instead of spending a few hours (or more!) learning the technicalities of creating a blog, for example, – you could outsource the task to someone else and focus your time on actually posting on the blog.
2. Saving Resources
Think about everything that goes into the tasks that you would outsource. This will range from things like your time and space to costs such as Internet and software. After awhile all of these costs add up. If you are outsourcing an activity, you get more than just the task itself out of the way. You will also get someone who already has the tools needed and specializes in areas of your business that you may not know quite as well as or have no desire to learn. More than likely these people will already have the tools needed to complete their assignment. Depending on the project, this might save you money and learning time. This brings me to the next benefit of outsourcing.
3. Going To The Experts
The tasks you are outsourcing might be ones that you have no desire to learn about, whether they are troubleshooting, manufacturing, taking orders, website design and maintenance, or something else. By handing the work over to an expert who enjoys and makes it their business to know these things, you’ll be able to take advantage of their knowledge in the area without having to learn it yourself. This in turn will give your customers or clients more than you could possibly give them yourself.
4. Expand
When you outsource, you will soon realize that you are in a great place when it comes to getting more involved with your business. You will be able to expand and provide everything your customers need. Outsourcing frees you up to try new things with your business that interest you, learn more and experience new aspects of your industry.
5. Accountability
When you outsource, you will have a contract with the person or company you are working with. By having someone else who is depending on work from you, you are more apt to stay ahead of the game by planning better and making sure that you’re tasks are getting completed as well.
When you first begin learning about and implementing outsourcing techniques within your business, you’ll find out those boring or repetitive tasks can easily be handed off to someone who enjoys doing them. This will allow you, as the business’ owner, to free up more time to concentrate on more important aspects of your business such as product creation, advertising, networking and other marketing practices.
These are the things that will help your business to grow even more profitable.
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2. Heads Up
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***HEADS**UP***
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Can I Pay You For A Little Advice?
A friend of mine has found a very cool opportunity and it could prove to be a lucrative gold mine for you too.
Many businesses are missing out on a huge revenue stream that is sitting right under their noses. Don’t worry… I’m not talking about online businesses like yours or mine… Just having an online business (be it through eBay or another type of online business) puts you leaps and bounds ahead of those I’m referring to.
I’m talking about simple brick and mortar businesses… offline businesses… those that are so focused on selling through a physical store that they haven’t even considered how building an online presence could easily grow their revenues.
The simple online marketing strategies that we have been discussing recently in this newsletter are revolutionary powerful profit makers for traditional brick and mortar businesses.
Most small businesses are clueless when it comes to internet marketing and business owners just don’t have the time to learn the basics and take action. Many understand that they could be doing ‘something’ online – but, they might think that it is expensive… or they may not truly understand just how much their business could grow by implementing very simple online marketing strategies.
This is where you come in…
In a few weeks you can have multiple small business clients… ordinary businesses you pass by every day.
These businesses will happily pay you large upfront fees and monthly retainers for the most basic services…
And what is really cool – you can keep all those fees for yourself or you can outsource anything you don’t want to do or feel comfortable doing.
Here is where it gets exciting for you…
Two of the most respected and successful “Online to Offline” marketers have just launched a new site that GIVES you ALL the tools you need to get hired for multiple thousands of dollars…
You can start TODAY – In fact, I challenge you to check out your local Chamber of Commerce and see how many businesses in your area actually have a working website! You’ll be amazed at how many of these people are leaving a lot of money on the table.
My friend, Jim Cockrum is one of the founders of this new site. Check this out:
http://www.HelpOfflineBiz.com
I was invited to review this site a few days ago and already the positive feedback is rolling in on the forum!
Look what I found…
“$1,500 the first day”
“$3,000 with my first sale”
“Got a great project with my first try”
“Got paid on the day I tried it”
People are making immediate income using the secrets packed on this site…
http://www.HelpOfflineBiz.com
Here is a tip I got from Jim:
One simple way to put this trend to work for you is to simply start telling people that you are an internet marketing consultant or advisor.
The business will come to you!
A few basic skills… things we have talked about recently in this newsletter… and even things that you could provide with an outsource partner is all it takes.
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***HEADS**UP***
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Have you downloaded the Monday Madness offer yet? It has some nice tips for building a responsive mailing list… go download it if you haven’t already – I’ll wait for you 🙂
Okay – now that you have that report… I wanted to point out where I got it.
A couple of my friends put that report together – one of them runs the website that it is on.
If you are looking for a source of f’ree ebooks that you can just give to your mailing list, check out Nicole’s site:
http://www.free-ebooksonline.com/nicoledean.htm
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