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7 Techniques To Minimize Your Facebook Ad Costs MRR Ebook

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“7 Techniques To Minimize Your Facebook Ad Costs

Promoting your business, product, service or brand on Facebook can be expensive. You’ll see reports of many advertisers spending hundreds or thousands of dollars every single day on Facebook Ads!

These advertisers are literally giving Facebook their entire advertising budget for two reasons:

(1) Facebook Ads work (2) It is relatively cheaper compared to other advertising platforms.

Facebook Ads work so well that many companies have stopped advertising on other platforms and instead focus all their attention on Facebook. Now, these advertisers have got ad optimization down to a T.

They spend fewer dollars per conversion than other platforms. And because of the amount they get to ‘save’ on Facebook, they’re putting more of those advertising dollars to further expand their reach on Facebook and get more people in their sales funnel.

If you want to know how these successful Facebook advertisers are able to minimize their ad costs, then read on because today I’m going to be sharing with you seven tried-and-tested methods for lowering your Facebook Ad costs.

Let’s begin!

Technique #1: Set a bid cap

Setting a bid cap is important if you want to control how much you want to pay for each bid or per action that your target audience does. If you have a specific budget in mind, and you already have an ideal cost per acquisition or per action, then you can set that as your bid cap.

Here’s an example:

You have a daily budget of $10, and your campaign objective is to get people to click on your ad and go to your website. The landing page on your website is selling a $50 item where you make a $25 profit per item.

You know that based on past customer behavior on your website, you get on average a 10 percent conversion rate which is pretty good because it means 1 out of 10 people who go on your site buys that product.

With such a profit margin, you’re willing to pay $0.50 per click. So you set that as your bid cap. Facebook will then charge your account a maximum of $0.50 every time someone clicks on your ad.

With a $10 budget, you can have at least 20 clickthroughs to your website. This means that with your product’s 10% conversion rate, you’re probably going to make 1-2 sales ($25 to $50 profit) per $10 ad spend.

Knowing the math behind your ad campaigns will help you optimize your ad budget be it on the campaign level, ad set level, or ad level.

Technique #2: Get more people to engage with your advert

Getting people to engage with your ad is probably one of the best ways to minimize your ad costs. However, this is easier said than done. We all would want to get the highest possible conversion rates and have everyone we target to look at our ad. But obviously, this doesn’t happen in real life.

People go on Facebook to socialize with their family and friends. They don’t go on Facebook to look at adverts! To get people to pay attention to your ad, you have to get creative and think outside the box.

Ask yourself if you were your target audience, would you stop scrolling your news feed to look at your advert? Be objective and don’t let your bias come into play.
If you answered, yes, then your ad may be good enough. If you answered no, then you’d have to go back to the drawing board and start again. Alternatively, if you work alone, you can ask somebody else’s opinion on what might work. If you work in a team environment, then that’s better because two or more heads are better than one, so to speak.

Brainstorm on ways you can possibly catch your audience’s attention. Write everything down and plan how your ideas are going to translate to Facebook ads.
It’s important you do this because when more people engage with your ads, it sends a message to Facebook that people are finding your ad to be valuable, and will thus reward you with lower ad costs.

Technique #3: Give away valuable free stuff

In connection with technique #2, when you think outside the box, think about giving away valuable freebies to your target audience. People love free stuff, plain and simple. When they think they’re getting something valuable for free, they’re going to love you for it!

But what kind of free stuff can you give away to get people to engage and click on your ads?

There are actually many kinds of free stuff you can give away to your audience. Depending on your industry, your audience may be encouraged to engage with your advert if you give them a very valuable eBook that addresses their pain points, a short but comprehensive email course, a free sample of your product, a free trial, a discount code, and so much more.

Hairdo Holy Land MRR Ebook

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Foreword

As though we didn’t get adequate age betrayal from our faces, necks and hands, now we have to fret about it from our hair. However with these tips, you’re aging locks will go from a boring gray to a healthy (vernal) shine! Get all the info you need here.

Hairdo Holy Land

All About The Best Style For You

Chapter 1:

Hair Style Basics

The basics for more youthful hair.

The Basics

Add Bulk – such as our male counterparts, we females have to fret about thinning hair also. If looking for styling products, seek supplements to fill out your strands. To beef up weakened hair, try taking a thousand micrograms of biotin and five hundred milligrams of niacin on a day-to-day basis. You might likewise wish to try a women’s Rogaine solution twice a day to energize hair growth.

Volumize – utilize the oldest magic trick in the book if fighting thin, lax tresses: invest in an exceptional texturizing serum – and utilize it each day. A different exceptional way to volumize hair is to get to be a pro at teasing. Softly backcomb at the roots for additional volume at the top of your head.

Cover Those Dull Roots – Have age-promoting gray roots however can’t make it to the beauty parlor till next week? For a prompt fix, style your hair in waves. Curls produce a deeper texture, making gray hairs more difficult to find. Keep away from styles that will brazenly flaunt your roots, like slicked back ponytails and straight parts.

Increase Shine – Shiny hair is exceedingly youthful and sexy. The simplest way to accomplish a boost of shine is through heated styling. All the same, make sure to apply a heat-protecting spray to your hair prior to utilizing, as you need to prevent harm to hair from heated styling equipment. If blow drying, utilize the concentrator attachment for greater aim directly down the shaft of your hair, assisting the cuticle to lay flat. Seal the cuticle with a flat iron or curling iron.
Shampoo Correctly – Washing hair may cause it to lose its glow after awhile. The medium shampoo and conditioner has a pH of 7, causing hair cuticles to pick up and fade in color. Utilize a shampoo with a pH approximately 4.5 and 6 to prevent this.

Preventative Steps – Everything we do to our hair (heat styling, dying/highlight, hair brushes, and so forth.) Finally do cause harm to its strength and durability. To fix as well as preclude this inevitable harm, attempt to wash your hair every other day instead of once a day, and air dry if possible.

Utilize anti-breakage, fortifying and restorative shampoos. These are more likely to see to it that ingredients produce layers on the hair shaft and seal split ends. Attempt to deep condition your hair on a weekly basis for a more saturated, hair smoothing experience.

Chapter 2:

Examine Your Face Shape

Are you thinking of a new haircut or style? There are a lot of things you have to think about when selecting a fresh hair style, like: how much time you wish to spend maintaining a certain style, whether the texture of your hair will accommodate the hairstyle you've selected and lastly the shape of your face.

Face Shapes

This chapter will address picking out the correct style for your face shape.

The 1st thing to ascertain is the shape of your face and the simplest way to achieve this is:

Pull your hair back off your face and fasten it. Look directly into a mirror and outline your face with lipstick either right on the mirror or a sheet of transparent paper. A different choice is to take a photograph of you with your hair firmly tied back and outline the image.

Now examine the image closely and compare it to the assorted types of face shapes (circular, egg-shaped, square, triangle, oblong, heart, diamond). Although at first it could seem to match a couple of different shapes it's more than likely your face will be nearly resemble one shape over all others.

Circular Face - The round face has the same width brow as the lower face. Think about a circle which is the same width at the top as it is at the base. To boot round shaped faces have big cheeks.

You can stretch the face and minimize the fullness with a haircut that frames the face. As well as framing the face a side part or slender off center part helps downplay fullness. Long, streaming strands that cover the side of the face will temper the check bones and produce a longer well-defined illusion.

Square Face - The best length is 1 1/2 inches beneath the chin or shoulder length. In addition layered hair helps to cushion the jaw line. Think about parting your hair down one side with a side sweep to produce a different angle.

Fun Filled Toys And Gifts MRR Ebook

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Foreword

Gifting brings joy to people who receive it. Giving the right toys and gifts will definitely enlighten others, thus showing love and care in the most significant way. Get all the info you need here.

Fun-Filled Toys And Gifts

Choosing the right toys and gifts to make other people happy

Chapter 1:

Gifting Basics

Gifting always make people feel special and unique in their own way. Gift receivers can be anyone; he/she can be a neighbor, lover, spouse, family member, relative, friend, teacher, etc.

The Basics

Gifting is important because:

1. It tells others how much you love them. How much you love someone special to you or how much you care for them can be hard to describe only in words or just saying it. Gifting brings special memories, with people being able to tell stories about what happens between the gift giver and the receiver.

2. It brings excitement and joy. During special occasions like birthdays, it brings excitement and an eager spirit to unwrap the gifts. No matter what the content of the gifts is, people will feel happy and content to have received a gift from another.

3. When you give, you will also receive. When you give others gifts, you will also receive gifts from others. There will be a mutual gifting going on and both parties will benefit from it, in the way that both sides will feel contented, and cherish each other more.

4. It opens up your heart with love and compassion. When you give toys and gifts, it shows your care about others. Sometimes, gifting makes you think hard and well about the intended receiver, as you would think out of the box trying to get the right choice of gifts for him/her. Eventually, the more you give, the more love you are expressing to others. People need love.

5. It bonds people closer together. Gifting brings people closer together. It makes people appreciate others more, understanding how important it is to have each other by their sides.

Chapter 2:

Consider The Persons Interests And Age

Gifting is important to express love and care for others. However, choosing the right toys and gifts for others can be crucial so that it will bring greater joy to the receiver, not offending the receiver in any way. The person’s interests and age must be considered carefully before making decisions on choosing the right gifts.

What To Think About

Your grandfather has a great passion for books. He is one who prefers a quiet life and loves to hear past stories. He is in his sixties. For a gift on his sixty-eighth birthday, it would be nice if you buy him a book filled with historical events and stories.

Your mom loves pastry. In her fifties, she spends most of her time in the kitchen figuring out what desserts to create next. However, the microwave oven does not work well. Buy her a new one on Mother’s Day.

Your classmate is fourteen this year. He loves everything about outer space. He often requests from his father a visit to the Planetarium. Buy him a spaceship model as a gift. It would most probably brighten his day up.

Your husband is a busy working forty-eight year old man. Whenever he has free time or is at home, he sure loves to have the stereo on, playing some jazz music, and may sometimes dance with the melody. It is your 28th wedding anniversary, and giving him a classical jazz CD which he does not have yet will make him smile.

Your girlfriend loves everything pink and sweet. Pink flowers, pink handbags, pink lipstick, and so on. She is twenty this year, the same age as you. It would be more appropriate to give her a sweet baby pink watch.

Facebook Remarketing 30 Made Easy Personal Use Ebook

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Introduction:

Welcome to the latest and very easy to apply “Facebook Remarketing 3.0” Training, designed to take you by the hand and walk you through the process of getting the most out of Facebook, as a remarketing machine for your business.

I’m very excited to have you here, and I know that this will be very helpful for you.

This exclusive training will show you step-by-step, topic by topic, and tool by tool, what you need to know to dominate Facebook Remarketing, in the easiest way possible, using the most effective tools and in the shortest time ever.

This training is comprised of 20 HD training chapters organized into 4 sections. This is exactly what you are going to learn:
Section 1: Facebook Remarketing Basics

In Chapters 1 through 4, we’ll talk about:

- What Is Facebook All About?
- What Is Facebook Remarketing?
- How Can Facebook Remarketing Help Your Business?
- Shocking Facebook Remarketing Facts To Consider

Section 2: Facebook Remarketing – Step by Step In Chapters 5 through 10, we’ll talk about:

- Facebook Walkthrough
- Facebook Ads Manager Walkthrough
- Creating A Facebook Remarketing Pixel
- Adding The Facebook Remarketing Pixel To Your Business Website
- Custom Audiences
- Creating A Facebook Remarketing Campaign

Section 3: Advanced Facebook Remarketing Strategies In Chapters 11 through 16, we’ll talk about:

- Remarketing To Your Existing Customers
- Remarketing To App Users
- Remarketing To Engagement Audiences
- Remarketing To Users Who Never Open Your Emails
- Using Content Series To Remarket To Hard-To-Get Leads
- Additional Facebook Remarketing Tips And Tricks

Section 4: Additional Tips to consider In Chapters 17 through 20, we’ll talk about:

- Do's and Don'ts
- Premium tools and Services to consider
- Shocking Case Studies
- Frequently Asked Questions

Well, it’s time for you to start getting the most out of Facebook as a Remarketing machine, on behalf of your Business.
I know you'll love this training.

Your Name

Section 1

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Chapter 1: What Is Facebook All About

Facebook is a worldwide social media phenomenon. With almost 2 billion active users a month, it has become such a popular platform thanks to its easy to use social platform and features.

The main draw of the Facebook platform is that it allows its users to create personalized social profiles that they can use to get in touch with other users by adding them as friends on their social network.

The platform's popularity along with its accessibility has made it the go-to site to find old friends at a distance and to meet new people. Users can also use Facebook to play games, to chat with their Facebook friends and to share video content.

Facebook users can also create and share photo albums, comment on other people’s profiles, and create “groups” where families and groups of friends can share content privately.

Facebook has also become an attractive platform for businesses of all sizes because it offers companies and organizations across all industries to reach their ideal audience.

Facebook’s social nature makes it the perfect online channel for businesses eager to reach and engage potential customers because there they can create their own social profiles in the form of Facebook pages.

Facebook pages are designed to allow small businesses, big companies, brands, organizations, and artists to use the platform the same way that any regular user would, with the added benefit of cost-effectively building a qualified audience.

Furthermore, Facebook Pages allow businesses to promote and remarket their products and services though Facebook's own advertising platform. Tune in to the following chapter to learn more!

Chapter 2: What Is Facebook Remarketing?

Hey there folks! Let's now talk about the main topic of this training; Let's talk about a paid advertising strategy so effective that you will wonder why you haven’t heard about it before.

Do you think it is unfair to pay top dollar on advertising to reach leads that will click through your ads and then land on your website without taking action, leaving soon after- Do you think that it is unfair that those unconverted leads will possibly forget that they were on your site a few minutes later?

The harsh truth is that the majority of leads that you reach with ads will not convert. In fact, about only 5% of leads end up converting. But what if we told you that there is a way to re-engage those lost leads, even when they were seemingly uninterested in your business- Let’s talk about remarketing and about why Facebook is the perfect remarketing platform.

First, What Is Remarketing?

Remarketing is an online marketing method that advertisers employ in order to stay relevant to bounced traffic and non-converting leads. As a paid advertising strategy it will allow you to reach out to leads long after they have clicked through your ads or visited your website.

Remarketing works by following the steps of your potential customers across the internet. All you have to do is to insert a code provided by your remarketing network on your website that saves a tracking cookie on your visitors' browsers, which then tracks visitors and shows them adverts wherever they go.

The secret behind remarketing’s efficiency as an advertising strategy is in how it can help you to reengage leads that have shown an interest in your business not only by clicking on your ads but also by visiting your site while browsing organically.

That is why remarketing is used by many online marketers as a complimentary advertising strategy, as it allows them to send people to the business website that they are promoting through ad units and then to retarget those same users through retargeting ads.

What Makes Facebook The Perfect Remarketing Platform?

As you might already know, Facebook is one of the most effective advertising platforms around, and one that is often preferred by agencies and professional marketers thanks to its cost effectiveness, its wide ad inventory and because of its 2 billion active monthly users.

And it so happens that one of the most lauded features of the Facebook advertising platform is Facebook Remarketing, which offers advertisers better audience targeting options than any other remarketing platform.

That is because the Facebook Remarketing platform allows advertisers to set up custom audiences that go beyond website visitors. With Facebook Remarketing you will be able to retarget existing customers, Facebook app users and in-store customers.

One of the advantages of the Facebook Remarketing platform is that it relies on pixel codes instead of tracking cookies, making up for more accurate remarketing campaigns.

Photoshop Tutorials 2 Personal Use Ebook

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Photoshop Tutorials

Glow Effects

Easy Glow Effect

Creating a glow effect can look complicated, but in fact it is quite easy and fast. You can add a glow effect to any object or text you create. Photoshop has a lot of layering tools that you can experiment with to get that perfect glow that you are looking for.

In this tutorial we are going to create a glow effect using the the built in ‘outer glow effect’, filter and the brush tool.

USING GLOW EFFECTS IN PHOTOSHOP

Glow Effect using the PEN tool

1. Create a new file by pressing FILE -> NEW. Supply your desired dimensions and press OK. For glow effects, a black background is always nicer in order to enhance the brightness and make the light pop out. Click on the FILL tool and select BLACK to change your background color to black. Alternatively, you can use COLOR OVERLAY by right clicking on the background layer and then select BLENDING OPTIONS.

2. Select the PEN Tool and make sure that PATHS and PEN are selected.

3. Create a NEW LAYER and on your canvas, start drawing curves or lines using the pen tool. PATHS PEN

4. Click on the BRUSH TOOL and select a brush size, color, etc. This will be the stroke settings for the path that you just created with the PEN tool. For this sample, we are going to choose a brush size of 12, hardness of 0 and a bright yellow color.

5. Select the Layer that you used to draw a PATH with the PEN Tool and then go to the PATHS panel. Right click on the WORK PATH -> STROKE PATH.

6. Select BRUSH in the drop down menu and check Simulate Pressure then click OK.

7. Your PATH has now been filled with the bright yellow color that you chose earlier. To remove the PATH Line. Go back to the PATH Panel then right click on the WORK PATH tab and select REMOVE PATH.

8. Right click on the newly stroked PATH layer and select BLENDING OPTION -> OUTER GLOW. Adjust the Outer Glow settings according to your preference and once satisfied with the glow, hit OK.

9. You have now placed a GLOW EFFECT to an object that you created. You can add more glowing PATHS by repeating STEPS 2-8.

Applying a Glow Effect using FILTER

Sometimes we just want part of a picture to have a glow, like for example a light with a lens flare effect. Check below on how to place a LENS FLARE filter on an object to create a GLOW EFFECT.

1. OPEN the object/photo that you would like to use and resize according to your preference.

2. Click on FILTER -> RENDER -> LENS FLARE.

3. In the panel that will pop up, select the LENS type that you like. In this example we are using a 105mm lens. Drag the “+” on the preview window to where you would like the lens flare to be, then hit OK. You can add as much flare as you’d like.

4. You have now created a glow effect using a FILTER called LENS FLARE.

Glow Effect on Text

To make your text glow easily, follow these steps:

1. Select the TYPE TOOL and supply the text that you want - change the font type, color, size, according to your preference.

2. If you want to put a GRADIENT effect on your text, right click on your text layer and select RASTERIZE LAYER.

3. Select the GRADIENT tool and edit the Gradient Colors. For this example, we are using a yellowish-gold gradient combination.

4. Once done editing the colors, HOLD the COMMAND/CONTROL key while selecting the FONT Layer. This is going to select the Rasterized fonts instead of the entire layer.

5. Click on the Gradient Tool again and drag on to the Rasterized fonts.

6. To add a glow, right click on the TEXT LAYER and select BLENDING OPTIONS -> OUTER GLOW.

7. Experiment with the Outer Glow settings until you find your desired look, then click OK.

8. You have now created a TEXT GLOW Effect.

You can combine all of the glow effect techniques to create an entirely new photo or project like this one:

Facebook Video Ads Personal Use Ebook

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Introduction

Facebook video ads are taking over the social media sphere today. There is presently an estimated one billion people using Facebook and over 100 million hours of video being consumed daily. Among these users are businesses that leverage Facebook video ads to capture the attention of their target customers.

Video ads are among the most powerful Facebook ad formats for generating user engagement. From this eBook, you will learn how to create such relevant and actionable videos ads on Facebook. As a marketer, you will learn why you should be running Facebook video ads as well. You will also learn how to use it to drive traffic and increase sales by planning your strategies using our top tips and best practice suggestions.

What are Facebook video Ads?

Facebook video ads are exactly what they sound like—Facebook advertisements in the format of videos. They can be used to reach a wide range of audience on a diverse range of topics. With Facebook video ads you can give your business personality, showcase different features of your products, or simply let people know who you are and what you do.

The effect of Facebook video ads in getting customer engagement is staggering. According to Nielsen, the body commissioned by the Facebook Marketing Science team to analyze data on how video ads affect brand metrics, a recent measure of 300 video campaigns showed that 73% of them had a significant lift in ad recall. Also, the average lift between test and control groups measured was a whopping 86%

Video ads are usually uploaded using Facebook’s recommended specs to ensure the highest quality viewer experience. The recommended Facebook video specs include the following:

• Format: .MOV or .MP4 files

• Resolution: minimum 720p

• Aspect ratio: widescreen (16.9)

• Duration: 60 minutes max (2.3 GB)

Videos allow you to deliver complex messages in a simple and easy to understand manner. Their effectiveness far surpasses the use of static images in promotional campaigns. Just as a picture is worth a thousand words, James McQuivey, Ph.D. of Forrester research aptly puts it that “a one-minute video is worth 1.8 million words.”

The common Facebook video ad types being used today are most likely to have a positive impact on Return on Investment (ROI) are:

• How-to or instructional videos: This type of Facebook video ads are employed to reassure your customer/client that he or she will be able to successfully use or install your product.

• Product demonstration videos: These are similarly employed to convince your customer of being able to successfully use your product.

• Explainer videos: These video ad types are aimed at explaining a concept, product or service in an interesting way. It makes use of diverse styles like animation or live action.

• Interviews with experts: These are employed to help validate your authenticity and authority in your area of business The above Facebook video ad types are effective at increasing confidence in making a purchase.

• Conference and presentation videos: These video types are instrumental for B2B, educational organizations, and not-for-profits. When employed, they help establish your credibility and authority in your field.

You stand a better chance of attracting new business with this video ad type above. It all depends on the overall objective of your organization. It is effective whether used for paid conferences, boosting donations for charities, educational institutions or not-for-profits.

Why Marketers Should Use Facebook Video Ads

Marketers who want to get the most out of their online advertising campaigns need to start using Facebook video ads. They help you to stand out from your competitors and grab people’s attention with motion. They also show people what your business does or offers and connects and brings your message to life.

Video is increasingly becoming a very important component of several marketing strategies. According to Cisco, video currently makes up 69% of all consumer internet traffic. As a marketer, it is catastrophic not to get on board the Facebook video ads train.

A 2014 video statistics released by Invodo revealed that shoppers who viewed video ads are more likely to make a purchase than non-viewers. Also, 51.9% of marketing professionals worldwide picked video as the type of content with the best ROI.

Video is taking over social media, and Facebook is the platform where it reaches the most audiences and gets the most engagement. Boasting about 1.5 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the world’s largest social media network.

According to Facebook CEO, Sheryl Sandberg, a record 1.5 million small and medium-sized businesses shared videos on Facebook in September of 2015.

TechCrunch also noted that that same year experienced a 50% increase in the average ad revenue per user in the U.S. This goes to show that the video ad strategy is working.

I n the same vein, Facebook videos are making a tremendous impact in the ad space than any other post on the network. It provides visual storytelling which does a great job of captivating its audience. Videos also serve as a marketing vehicle, and Facebook provides the largest possible platform where you can share your story to target audiences worldwide.

Marketers that are not leveraging the power of Facebook video ads will only have themselves to blame. Facebook video ads convert faster than all other marketing vehicles, and they also let you reach audiences that are difficult or expensive to reach on TV.

According to a 2016 social media survey carried out by Buffer, which collected data from over 1,200 marketers, 83% said they’d like to create more video content if they didn’t have restrains like time and resources.

Thirty percent claim to be enthusiastic about spending more time focused on Facebook video in 2017. Sixty percent of marketers employed video as part of their social media marketing in 2016, while 14% of marketers used live videos in their social media marketing in 2016.

Facebook video ads are the most captivating marketing strategy as they leave a positive, lasting impression of your brand on the minds of your site/page visitors. It is a strategy that synchronizes all other marketing efforts, propelling them as a whole to be more productive. Video ads engage and convert website visitors, push leads down a funnel in email marketing campaigns and increase engagement across multiple social channels.

Need more convincing? Here are more specific reasons why marketers of all sizes and all niches should consider using Facebook video ads:

Facebook Video Ads Helps Boost Conversions and Sales

Making use of videos in your Facebook ad campaigns is a guaranteed way of earning yourself some serious money. Also, embedding videos in your landing pages can help increase conversions by 80%. If your video is creative and captivating enough, it can lead directly to sales.

A 2016 video marketing report by wyzowl states that 74% of users who watched an explainer-video regarding a product eventually went ahead to purchase the product. Regardless of the category in which your video is positioned, these types of ads provide consistently higher conversions and sales.

How To Make Your Ads Sell Like Crazy Personal Use Ebook

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My Million Dollar Rolodex https://www.hunteridge.com/rolodex.htm A lot of you have been asking me for reading material for your own personal business library, here's some of the best of the best from a few of my inner circle of friends and colleagues. You'll want to check out each and every one of these – (the re is no fluff here)...

Highly Recommended Books and Courses for the "Do-It-Yourself" Business Owner and Entrepreneur I've picked only the best resources for you to browse through. I suggest you check out each one, get a feel for what they're all about, and pick a few to start with, then come back and pick a few more. As you'll find out for yourself, they're all excellent.

I've broken these treasures into the following topic areas: · Copywrit ing -- Writ ing Ads and Sales Letters That Sell · Internet Marketing -- Everything You Need To Get Started or To Jumpstart Your Current Internet Marketing · Business-Building -- Sales and Marketing Strategies To Increase Profits · Affiliate Programs -- Internet Referral Marketing Strategies Copywriting (Writing Ads and Sales Letters That Sell) Great Marketing Classics from the Masters of the 20th Century -- The true classics of writing effective advertising copy never go out of date. They are truly timeless. And when you’re talking about the classics you’re talking about materials from what I like to call the “Old Masters,” people like…Robert Collier -- Rosser Reeves -- Clyde Bedell -- John E. Kennedy -- E. Haldeman-Julius. The sales letters and advertising these gentlemen have written have generated billions of dollars worth of sales.That’s why today's true geniuses in Marketing utilize these classic books as their source of inspiration when writing the sales copy for their own marketing projects. Taken to heart and put into practice, the wisdom of these men can put more zip into anyone's sales piece – and help generate far greater results. Which is what it’s all about anyway. By the way, these books are very hard to find, this is the only source I know of. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/masters.htm now.

Instant Sales Letters -- Yanik Silver has really done it this t ime. He's put a master copywriter's "brain-in-a-box" that helps anyone create instant profit-making sales letters in about 2 1/2 minutes using "fill-in-the-blank" software. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/instsale.htm now Ad Magic -- Brian Keit h Voiles has written this great study course where you'll discover a new, simple, proven, step-by-step formula that you can use to quickly and easily create ads and sales letters that work for you. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/admagic.htm now Million Dollar Ads -- This is a huge package with marketing insight by 23 top-notch marketers, copywriters, and business successes -- lots and lots of material. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/million.htm now Great Headlines Instantly -- A terrific help to writing headlines! Robert Baduch shows you how to attract more interested and enthusiastic prospects and customers, and more cash profits from every ad, sales letter, web page, or any other marketing piece you ever use. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/headline.htm now Dan Kennedy Copywriting Seminar -- Only 115 people were permitted to attend Dan Kennedy's recent, closed door, 2-day Seminar where he revealed ALL of his most prized, most powerful and most profitable copywriting techniques. This high-powered Seminar was completely sold-out and there was a long waiting list of others who desperately wanted to attend but couldn't. And, unfortunately, Dan has decided he will not conduct a Seminar like this ever again. However, the Seminar WAS captured on tape and now I've convinced Dan to let me offer it to all our customers. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/dkcs.htm now Dan Kennedy Copywriting Clinic -- Dan shows you how to literally WRITE any size paycheck you like, as often as you like. When you master the art-and-science of writing powerful direct-response copy for sales letters, postcards, brochures, catalogs, and ads, you can literally write any size paycheck you wish. Being able to create "salesmanship in print" that works multiplies you 100, 1,000, 10,000 times over. It is one of the highest-paid activities that I know of. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/dkcc.htm now Classified Magic -- another one by Robert Baduch...Robert shows you how to sell anyt hing using classified ads. If you can come up with your headline, offer, and response trigger that works using little classifieds, you're over 90% of the way to bigger profits in your longer marketing pieces. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/classmag.htm now Killer Copywriting (Jealously Guarded Secrets of Writing Copy So Good...You Could Sell Sand In The Desert) -- I've known Jeff Paul for years, you may know him as the "guy who makes millions of dollars sitting in his underwear at his kitchen table" (he really does!). Jeff pulls no punches, and talks a little rough around the edges, but you're in for great insight into his system and style of marketing that works and works. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/killer.htm now Internet Marketing Website Hosting - if you're looking for a reliable, reasonable, and easy-to-use web hosting service, then try this one (it's the one I use for my websites), Successful Hosting. I've been very happy wit h them. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/host ing.htm now.

Mini Site Profits - get this book! Phil Wiley has put together how to build small, fast, low cost, direct response web sites that sell affiliate programs like crazy. Highly recommended. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/minisites.htm now.

EbookPaper -- Wes Blaylock's EbookPaper is a new software program that lets you simply and easily compile e-books to sell or give away for free. It also allows people who download your free ebook to brand the e-book with an unlimited amount of fields that you define. This is a huge breakthrough in e-book marketing! Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/ebpaper.htm now.

EcoverGenerator -- Simply the best software I've found to create attractive e-book covers, e-zines covers, e-software boxes, and soon e-CD covers and e-Video covers too. It's quick and easy. No other software required. Read more at www.hunteridge.com/ecover.htm now.

AutoResponders Plus -- STOP Paying Monthly Fees For Autoresponders! Why waste your profits on expensive monthly fees? Install AutoResponse Plus on your web site today. Mult iply your sales by capturing e-mail addresses, sending unlimited personalized follow-ups, and much more. Don't miss your $50.00 discount, professional installation, FREE lifetime upgrades, full support and an unconditional 100% no-risk guarantee. Now you can have your own Autoresponder system on YOUR website with unlimited addresses and followups for a low, one-time fee! Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/arplus.htm now.

Autoresponders -- Here's a low-cost solution. One-time purchase payment, no monthly fees, unlimited autoresponders and followups, all running from your website server -- does not need "Kron jobs" capability from your webhost company! Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/ar.htm now.

Autoresponders are the greatest sales tool on the Net. They never sleep, complain or call in sick --they just keep selling for you 24-7, 365 days a year by getting information to your prospects fast, and following up like clockwork to make the sale. If you don't have your own website, here's the best deal I've found. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/autoresp.htm now. 33 Days to Online Profits -- Yanik Silver takes your hand and walks you day-by-day through building a profitable internet-based business. Not only showing you what to do, but how to do it. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/33days.htm now Nothing But Net: Michael Campbell show you how he generated $750,000 in internet revenues with virtually no advertising costs -- full of real-life strategies, not powder-puff theory. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/nbnet.htm now Instant Internet Profits -- Another best by Yanik Silver. He takes you step-by-step through his process of making profits on the internet, from knowing nothing to having automatic money streams come in daily. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/instprof.htm now Site Sell -- Make Your Site Sell...Make Your Knowledge Sell...Make Your Price Sell...Make Your Words Sell...Make Your Net Auctions Sell...and more. Read more and prosper from Ken Evoy by clicking www.hunteridge.com/sitesell.htm now Business Owner's Toolchest -- Paul Galloway has put together 899 free and low-cost online resources! One of the most tech-saavy people on the Net, he's been the "man behind the scenes" that marketers have come to know and trust. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/bustools.htm now The Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business On The Internet -- Let me introduce you to Corey Rudl. This guy is probably the greatest success story for building an internet business fro m scratch into an internet marketing money machine. I personally have come to respect him as he has many very successful online businesses. If you are considering starting a business on the Internet or already own one, you want to view his web site. Corey really knows what he is talking about. You will be very impressed. I cannot recommend it higher... this guy is a "real" example of someone that makes hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Internet... so listen to what he has to say carefully, he knows what he is talking about (one of the very few on the Internet!). Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/insider.htm now And, here's a great FREEBIE course from Ken Evoy if you want to know everything you need to know about selling information on the Net, it's called the InfoProduct Masters Course. It's an intensive five part course on creating, producing, and selling your very own info product...delivered to you by email. Get it now by sending a blank email to [email protected] now

Business-Building (Sales and Marketing Strategies To Increase Profits) Magnetic Marketing -- Another great course by Dan Kennedy. Dan shows you how to stop wasting money on advertising guesswork...stop wasting time on cold call prospecting grunt work, and start magnetically attracting a new flood of customers and dominate any target market of your choosing.

Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/magmktg.htm now 21 Ways To Double Your Sales -- Mitch Axelrod will show you how to: Make a 1 percent change that will put you in the top 10 percent in your industry...Be recognized as the expert in your field...Multiply your sales by working smarter, not harder...Gain a competitive advantage by providing value-added in advance...Double or triple your face-to-face appointments...Turn one-time buyers into life time customers...Make two sales to every new customer...Sharpen your communication skills...Master rapport, influence and persuasion...Have prospects call you...Raise your self-confidence, self-esteem and expectations...Overcome inertia and break through to new levels of performance...Use powerful questions to make your prospect want to buy...Tap into large numbers of highly qualified prospects...Have other professionals to endorse you to their clients...Increase your telephone "hit rate"...Generate 80 percent or more of new business from referrals...Make your work more enjoyable, satisfying and fulfilling...You can double your sales in the next twelve mo nths or less. -- Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/21ways.htm now Affiliate Programs (internet referral marketing strategies) The Affiliate Masters Course - The biggest profits you'll ever get are from the sales you make to your customers *after* they become customers -- in other words, back-end sales. It's 20 times easier to get back-end sales from your current and past customers than for you to go out and try to get new prospects to know you, like you and trust you. Look, here's a big tip -- Make money the EASY way, sell more products and services to your current and past customers. Here's a FREE eBook that will help you understand the "how" and "what" to do to make more money from your customer base (or mailing list). I highly recommend you read this today and put it into action now. "The Affiliate Masters Course" by my colleague Ken Evoy Affiliate (or Associate) programs are the quickest and easiest way for you to "joint venture" with other product and service providers by simply recommending their quality products and services to the people who know, like and trust you -- your customers. Quite frankly, I can't believe Ken gives this info away for free (it's over 200 pages of terrific information), but make sure you take advantage of it now while you can. Rather than go ing into details here, I've got a whole page at the website that tells all --claim your free copy now, before Ken changes his mind. Read more by clicking www.hunteridge.com/affmast.htm now The Complete, Insider's Guide to Associate & Affiliate Programs -- For Internet Merchants.

Photoshop Tutorials 1 Personal Use Ebook

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Photoshop Tutorials

Actions

Photoshop Actions in a nutshell

Whether you are a beginner, amateur or a professional, editing multiple photos to have the exact same effect and look of another photo can be a tedious task. You end up spending hours or even days to complete editing a batch of photos and that also means wasting a good amount of time that you can use to work on another project or even enjoying time for yourself.

Luckily, if you are using Adobe Photoshop, there’s a little task savior called “ACTIONS”. Photoshop Actions is a series of tasks that you perform while editing a single project. Essentially what it does is it records everything and every step you make or click during the editing process into a single file (.atn). Once you are done recording, all you have to do is open another photo or a batch of photos, execute the action file you want and voila! every effect or action you’ve created on your previous photo will be done the exact same way to the new one you’ve just opened.

Photoshop Actions save you time by simply clicking on a single button.

WHAT ARE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS?

Why use “Actions”?

Whether you want to add a certain photo filter, enhance an image, resize it, change the mode from CMYK to RGB, sharpen or blur, anything you do to get a certain texture or effect in a single photo, Photoshop Actions will store the ‘step-bystep’ of your edits for you to be able to repeat and use those multiple processes again and again. From the most simple to very complex series of tasks, Photoshop Actions is the answer to a fast, efficient and the most convenient way to edit your photos.

Countless websites offer downloadable Photoshop Action files, either paid or free that you can just load into Adobe Photoshop. But you can always customize an ‘action’ for more detailed and spot on editing in a flash.

ACTIONS are particularly good if you are an amateur photographer or editor and you’d like your photos to have a distinct look without the hassles of sitting for long hours editing photos. By using Actions, you’ll save a lot of time simply by clicking on a single button, as you watch all of your work get transformed and edited using your trademark effect.

How to create custom “Actions” ?

Below is a simple step-by-step guide to making your own custom Photoshop Actions using a CS3 interface on a Mac OSX. This sample will show how to place the same text and effect on multiple photos.

Our objectives for this tutorial are the following:

a) save a new action (.atn file);

b) place the text “Vector Toons” on the images;

The Adobe Photoshop Actions panel features a list of preset actions. You may also download .atn files that you can load in Photoshop or record your own actions.

c) apply a poster effect;

d) apply the action to another photo

For us to be able to achieve the objectives above, we will have to do the following steps:

1. Open the photo of your choice on Adobe Photoshop.

2. Bring up the “Actions” window by clicking on WINDOWS -> ACTIONS

3. Click on the “Create New Action” icon near the bottom right corner of the Actions Panel (it is the Folded Paper icon beside the Trash Bin icon).

4. Supply the Action name, Set (Folder location) you prefer and hit RECORD. From this point onwards, any action you make in photoshop will be recorded.

5. Since we would like to expand the image size of our photo to accommodate the text that we will be placing in it, we have to adjust the CANVAS size. So we click on IMAGE -> CANVAS SIZE. Then supply / adjust according to the size that you like. Click OK.

6. As you can see, after clicking OK on the Canvas Size dialogue box, the canvas adjustment action has been recorded and now appears under the “Text-Poster” action that we created earlier.

7. Now that we have ample space to place our text, we need to click the Text Horizontal Tool and type in the text that you like - in this case we are using “VECTOR TOONS”

8. You will now see that a new action has been recorded called “Make text layer”. In this case, we will be adding text effects like ‘Stroke’ - this will also be recorded into the Action file we are creating

9. For the poster effect, we would have to click on FILTER -> ARTISTIC -> POSTER EDGES

10.Now that we have recorded the POSTER EDGES filter in our action, it is time to stop our recording by clicking the STOP RECORDING button beside the RED RECORD button at the bottom of the Actions Panel and save your photo file.

You have now successfully created and saved a custom PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS called “TEXT-POSTER”.

It is time to put the new action we have created to the test.

How to load custom “Actions”

You now have a basic knowledge in creating a custom Photoshop Action, now it is time to learn how to load custom Actions and apply it to another photo.

1. Choose a different photo that you’d like to edit.

2. Click on the ACTION Panel and highlight the ACTION that you’d like to use (in our case we are going to use our custom “TEXT-POSTER” action, then hit the PLAY button. If you can't see the actions, you can manually load it by clicking on the panel menu -> LOAD ACTIONS.

3. Double check after the ACTION has been processed and save your photo.

Rising From The Ashes MRR Ebook

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Introduction:

There comes a time in every person’s life when they tried to make a change, and for some reason or another, that change is not successful. This can be profoundly discouraging, and even send us on a downward spiral. We are not prepared for the setbacks in childhood. We are generally given the impression that in order to have value, we have to do things right, and often times, we think we have to do things right the first time.

What we don’t always take into consideration is the fact that a very common, and unfortunate, part of being human is failing. Whether we think we have everything figured out or not, the unforeseen obstacles that seem to insert themselves in our paths can sometimes take us by surprise.

Sometimes, the setbacks that we face seem insurmountable. We might begin to believe that we failed for a reason, and that there is no possible way that we could ever be the people that we want to be. We stop having confidence in ourselves, and begin to believe in the worst case scenario a lot more readily than we believe in the possibility of success.

This can be dangerous for many reasons, and over the course of time, if we continue to feed ourselves the belief that we will never overcome our challenges and we are on a fast track to failure at all times, it can slowly begin to disintegrate our sense of self-worth. When we do not believe in ourselves, that can make it nearly impossible to function productively in our lives. Especially when that means that we stop believing that we are even capable of productivity in the first place.
Fortunately, there is a way for us to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and to reclaim that lost motivation. It can be extremely difficult to get back on our feet after it seems like everything we were working for has been lost. But the only true variety of failure comes from not actually trying in the first place. If you give up for good, only then will you really have something to worry about.

Humans are extremely hardy. We can bounce back from even the most difficult situations. If you feel like you have experienced a major difficulty, and you are having a hard time getting your footing, this book will prove to be a valuable guide. It will help you to remember that you are made of strong materials, emotionally and mentally, and in that way, you will be able to succeed.

It is possible for all of us to rise from the ashes, no matter how difficult the situations we find ourselves in may seem at the time. Sure, it is defeating to face failure, but the truth of the matter is that we can always learn to see negative situations in a positive light. Without that sort of flexibility, it can be difficult for us to achieve things in life that we want to achieve, and it can make it especially hard for us to move on when we find that we are not making the progress that we think we should make.

Whether you are suffering from an emotional or material setbacks, it is possible for you to get back on your feet and thrive. This book will show you how. All you have to do is believe in yourself, and remember that it is truly possible. Let’s begin!

Chapter 1: Processing and Accepting Your Challenge

This may seem simple, but the first step to overcoming your failure and rising from the ashes is to accept the fact that you were not able to achieve the goal in the matter that you were hoping. Whatever it is that you did not succeed at, that is in the past. It does no good to over-fixate on your failures, especially when they are related to feelings of inadequacy and desolation. Those feelings can be very consuming, especially when you were very invested in the project that didn’t work out.
Acceptance can be a very difficult thing to master, especially if you are in the habit of being very hard on yourself. Unfortunately, most of us are, and this can prove to be detrimental to our emotional, and sometimes mental, health. That is why it is so important to come to terms with the event that is getting you down in the first place.

Whether this is a failed project or the result of a difficult phase of life, it is time to examine what happened to you and try to find an objective point of view about it. Do not make the mistake of believing that your failure defines you. On the contrary, the only thing that defines you is the way you handle yourself in the face of adversity. That is when we find out what we are really made of.

Unfortunately, many of us are programmed from an early age to believe that if something is hard or doesn’t come easy to us, or if we fail at something, then we are just not good at it. Perseverance is something that is usually not taught in most schools or households, except by example. And those examples can be sadly rare.
Do not blame yourself for feeling crushed under the weight of your challenge. This is a natural reaction to have. It is far worse to punish yourself for failing and put yourself through the ringer for being affected by that failure. Instead of punishing yourself, allow yourself to feel the things that you were not fully letting yourself feel. Try to understand that grief is a common feeling when you have lost something, and don’t be afraid or feel silly for expressing those feelings.

Consider the event that has discouraged you from all angles. Try to journal about the way it has made you feel. If you need to, you could even consider speaking to a qualified professional who can help you to sort out the difficult feelings related to this event. This can be especially helpful if you have experienced some variety of trauma. Sometimes, traumatic events can make it that much more difficult to succeed, so working through them can be a great way to equip yourself with the tools and fortitude that can sometimes need to be developed in order to succeed.

Once you have been able to make peace with your failure and have stopped blaming yourself and feeling resentful and embarrassed about it, instead beginning to see the event as objectively as possible, you will begin to create the mental mind-space you need to move forward. Instead of wasting time and energy being stressed out about your past failures, you will be able to learn from them instead and begin to grow and prepare yourself for a life of success!

How To Get More Prospects, Customers, And Sales Personal Use Ebook

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Introducing, the results-oriented way to make more money in less time from your business...

“How To Get More Prospects, Customers, Sales and Profits For Your Business Using 7 Proven Marketing Secrets”

“In this special report, you’ll learn exactly how you can make more money in less time from your business by using seven very effective marketing strategies that have added extra profits to almost any business – no matter what the industry.”

“I’m going to show you a proven ‘step-by-step’ system that can easily increase the profitability of your business by 50% or more within the next 6-12 months, and with little or no more marketing costs than you’re spending now. You’ll learn how to create, design, master-mind, implement and manage these seven profit-producing concepts and strategies into your business. And no matter what industry you’re in, these strategies and concepts will get you more prospects, customers, sales and profits.” – Mark Hendricks

Dear Business Owner or Corporate Executive: If you’re looking to grow your business profits, then you’ll find this special report very valuable in helping you make more money, without working harder, and in less time than you’re spending now. In it, you’ll discover how to grow your business profits by: • attracting more leads and prospects to your business • converting more prospects to customers for your business, and • increasing the lifetime profit value of your current and new customers by increasing the average dollars per sale, and increasing the frequency that they purchase from you Plus, you’ll learn these seven important marketing secrets that most business owners never systematically program into their business for consistent results: 1. How to clearly state the exact ‘reasons why’ people should do business with you rather than any of your competitors 2. How to improve your current marketing approach for quick profits
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3. Three secrets to getting more profits out of your current customers 4. How to set up joint venture alliances with other business owners – a mutually beneficial way to easily harvest more profits by working together with others 5. How to use targeted direct marketing to get new customers who are eager and willing to do business with you 6. How to get more results from your advertising dollars – your advertising is costing you the same whether it brings in a little or a lot, here's how to get more business in the door with no more expense 7. How to drive your competition absolutely crazy by using FREE marketing concepts – don’t pay for advertising, when you can get it for FREE Okay, let’s get started… Hi, my name is Mark Hendricks. I’m a marketing expert and business success coach who gets you more prospects, customers, sales, and profits – and most importantly, the real benefit of all that… the lifestyle that a successful business can give you and yours! Now I know you’re thinking, “So why is this guy telling me all this, why should I believe anything he says, and why should I care?” – good questions, here’s why… You see, most business owners I come across don’t have the time or expertise in marketing to really leverage all the upside profit potential that lies hidden in their business. In plain talk, they’re already ‘wearing too many hats’ and just too busy working in their business rather than on their business, to make it as profitable as it could and should be. And that’s what this special report is all about. You’re going to learn seven marketing concepts, ideas, and strategies that can be implemented into your business that will literally bring you thousands, or tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of extra dollars for little or no risk, no effort, and no increased expense. All of these ideas will help you generate more profits from your business by leveraging assets or advertisements or customers or opportunities that you most likely already have in place, but have never had the time or knowledge to leverage to their full profit potential. You'll learn why it works, and prove it to yourself as well. Enough talk, let’s get going with the… “Three Ways To Grow Your Business” (actually, I will tell you five) First, let's talk about a deceptively simple concept that once you grasp its full potential, everything else in this special report will become crystal clear and very valuable to you. Unfortunately, it's at this very first concept that some business people dismiss this as ‘obvious’, and don't fully grasp this foundational truth of business building, therefore they
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completely miss out on how this simple concept will catapult your profits beyond what you are currently doing, and help turn your business into the profit-machine it can and will be. Okay, having said that... Let's say you want to increase your profits by 50% this year. Now let’s take a look at the numbers (let’s use $100,000 for easy math)... $100,000 + 50% growth = $150,000 Yes, I know that's a simple formula, and I know you're thinking...”Mark, I've been busting my brain for years trying to make my business have more profits – if it were that easy, I'd just wave a magic wand and do it.” Let me introduce you to the magical concept of the “Magic Wand of Marketing Leverage” in helping you build your business. First, let’s talk about “The Three Ways To Grow Your Business”: • attracting more prospects • converting more prospects to customers • increasing the lifetime value of your current and new customers by increasing the average dollars per sale, and increasing the frequency that they purchase from you *** Important – please read through these three ways to grow your business again *** Alright, let's continue... So, instead of hoping for ‘pie-in-the-sky’ dreams of increasing your business by 50%, we can break things down into manageable steps, and if we increase each of these three areas just a little, we create the magical effect of “Marketing Leverage”, like this... $100,000...

• plus 15% increase in attracting more prospects • plus 15% increase in converting more prospects to customers • plus 15% increase in sales from current and new customers Simply by increasing each of these three areas by only 15%, your profits grow exponentially to...
$152,087 !!

So you can appreciate how important it is to have a marketing program in place that leverages each of these three basic areas.
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Now here's a little secret that can work more magic for you... In each of these three areas you've seen work above, there are a number of strategies and techniques that can be used to leverage up each of these three basic areas even more, creating more marketing leverage to increase the profits of your company. So instead of only 15% leverage in each of these, it's not unreasonable to think we could leverage one (or more) of these three marketing levers up to 50% or more! Stop, and just imagine for a moment...what if you could: • attract 50% more prospects, or... • convert 50% more prospects to customers, or... • increase the lifetime value of your current and new customers by increasing the average dollars per sale by 50%, and/or increase the frequency that they purchase from you by 50% What would that do to the bottom line profits of your business?