Actual for You - Viral Marketing: Putting Your Networking On Steroids

The classic example of viral marketing is Hotmail, which, as you know, offers a f.r.e.e e-mail service to people on the Internet. Unfortunately, when Hotmail started out, not too many people knew about it.

To remedy that, the powers that be at Hotmail added a little caption promoting their service at the bottom at of each of their e-mails. Within a year and a half, they had over 12 million subscribers. That's when Microsoft stepped in and purchased it for $400 million. Not bad for a free service, huh?

Fast forward a few years and we've got people in many, many fields creating marketing messages that enlist the recipients as a voluntary sales force; people who receive the message, spread the message like wildfire throughout their various business and social networks. Just think of all the e-mail jokes you receive and you'll know what I'm talking about.

We can accomplish on the Internet in seconds what it would take us months or even years to accomplish offline. With just the click of a mouse a message can be sent to hundreds or even thousands of people. The result is that our networking efforts can produce monumental results.

Look at Scott Stratten. He's a guy who created a short video that was seen by more than a million people on the Internet and brought him over 70,000 new subscribers to his newsletter. (Are you starting to see the power of all this?)

Ah, but what if you don't have the money to make short movies or if you haven't got a creative bone in your body? Then you must do whatever you can do to have your marketing message seen by as many people as possible that, in turn, will pass that message on to others. Here are just a few things you can try:

• Create a simple mailing list (perhaps something like a quote of the day) - with inspirational, educational or funny content that will be passed from one person to another. At the bottom of each issue put a small message about yourself and your offerings.
• If you send a newsletter, be sure to ask readers to pass copies along in every issue.
• Put a tell-a-friend form on your Web site.
• Use autoresponders to stay in touch with your prospects and customers. Give tem unexpected bonuses that they can pass on to others.
Edge Out the Competition: The 7 Keys to Service Excellence
Customer service has long since been considered a minor area of organizational operations – minimum wage, clerical orientation, requiring no skill. Customer service personnel are often treated as peons by customers and managers alike. However, in the day and age when the supply of service providers outweigh the demands for the service or product and competition is high for every consumer dollar, customer service is the only true determining facto
ervice to people on the Internet. Unfortunately, when Hotmail started out, not too many people knew about it.

To remedy that, the powers that be at Hotmail added a little caption promoting their service at the bottom at of each of their e-mails. Within a year and a half, they had over 12 million subscribers. That's when Microsoft stepped in and purchased it for $400 million. Not bad for a free service, huh?

Fast forward a few years and we've got people in many, many fields creating marketing messages that enlist the recipients as a voluntary sales force; people who receive the message, spread the message like wildfire throughout their various business and social networks. Just think of all the e-mail jokes you receive and you'll know what I'm talking about.

We can accomplish on the Internet in seconds what it would take us months or even years to accomplish offline. With just the click of a mouse a message can be sent to hundreds or even thousands of people. The result is that our networking efforts can produce monumental results.

Look at Scott Stratten. He's a guy who created a short video that was seen by more than a million people on the Internet and brought him over 70,000 new subscribers to his newsletter. (Are you starting to see the power of all this?)

Ah, but what if you don't have the money to make short movies or if you haven't got a creative bone in your body? Then you must do whatever you can do to have your marketing message seen by as many people as possible that, in turn, will pass that message on to others. Here are just a few things you can try:

• Create a simple mailing list (perhaps something like a quote of the day) - with inspirational, educational or funny content that will be passed from one person to another. At the bottom of each issue put a small message about yourself and your offerings.
• If you send a newsletter, be sure to ask readers to pass copies along in every issue.
• Put a tell-a-friend form on your Web site.
• Use autoresponders to stay in touch with your prospects and customers. Give tem unexpected bonuses that they can pass on to others.
Data Collection Tools In Six Sigma
You can not imagine being able to organize the enormous amount of data and manipulate them as easily as you would be able to do without data collection tools. Then again, the task is not easily done unless you have selected the right kind of tool appropriate for the project. You need these data collection tools at all steps where you generate numerical data.Six Sigma Data Collection ToolsThe data collection tools are mostly in excel fooluntary sales force; people who receive the message, spread the message like wildfire throughout their various business and social networks. Just think of all the e-mail jokes you receive and you'll know what I'm talking about.

We can accomplish on the Internet in seconds what it would take us months or even years to accomplish offline. With just the click of a mouse a message can be sent to hundreds or even thousands of people. The result is that our networking efforts can produce monumental results.

Look at Scott Stratten. He's a guy who created a short video that was seen by more than a million people on the Internet and brought him over 70,000 new subscribers to his newsletter. (Are you starting to see the power of all this?)

Ah, but what if you don't have the money to make short movies or if you haven't got a creative bone in your body? Then you must do whatever you can do to have your marketing message seen by as many people as possible that, in turn, will pass that message on to others. Here are just a few things you can try:

• Create a simple mailing list (perhaps something like a quote of the day) - with inspirational, educational or funny content that will be passed from one person to another. At the bottom of each issue put a small message about yourself and your offerings.
• If you send a newsletter, be sure to ask readers to pass copies along in every issue.
• Put a tell-a-friend form on your Web site.
• Use autoresponders to stay in touch with your prospects and customers. Give tem unexpected bonuses that they can pass on to others.
Is a Home Business Opportunity Profitable?
You must really be efficient to make money on the Internet. This article will cover some of the various aspects that will help you to find out if a home business can be profitable and what type of business is the right business for you.Working from the comfort of your own home, may be a complete new experience. You may be under the impression that you are going to have lots of free time to spend reading your novels, magazines, do the garden awho created a short video that was seen by more than a million people on the Internet and brought him over 70,000 new subscribers to his newsletter. (Are you starting to see the power of all this?)

Ah, but what if you don't have the money to make short movies or if you haven't got a creative bone in your body? Then you must do whatever you can do to have your marketing message seen by as many people as possible that, in turn, will pass that message on to others. Here are just a few things you can try:

• Create a simple mailing list (perhaps something like a quote of the day) - with inspirational, educational or funny content that will be passed from one person to another. At the bottom of each issue put a small message about yourself and your offerings.
• If you send a newsletter, be sure to ask readers to pass copies along in every issue.
• Put a tell-a-friend form on your Web site.
• Use autoresponders to stay in touch with your prospects and customers. Give tem unexpected bonuses that they can pass on to others.
Reasons To Start Your Own Business
If you are looking to leave your old career or job behind to start up your own business, then you are already half way there. The idea of you having something more has already been planted in your head, now all you have to do is have the courage and determination to follow through on your business ownership goals.Chances are high that if you have been with the same company for a long period of time that you have made developed a handful of cling list (perhaps something like a quote of the day) - with inspirational, educational or funny content that will be passed from one person to another. At the bottom of each issue put a small message about yourself and your offerings.
• If you send a newsletter, be sure to ask readers to pass copies along in every issue.
• Put a tell-a-friend form on your Web site.
• Use autoresponders to stay in touch with your prospects and customers. Give tem unexpected bonuses that they can pass on to others.
• Get as much media coverage as possible by sending press releases regularly.
• Enter into joint ventures with people who share your target market and cross-pollinate your mailing lists while you each endorse the other.
• Submit articles to article banks and your name will be seen over and over again when the articles are used in newsletters and placed on different Web sites.
• Create affiliate programs for your products and services. Let others promote you to their networks.
• Write an e-book that you give away and allow others to give away or sell, if they wish, as long as they do not alter it. Naturally, your marketing message will be front and center.

Bottom Line: If you want your success to be outrageous, make sure your message is contagious.

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