Thursday, January 31, 2008

Consumer Sales Strategy: How Much Can Your Customers Afford?

One of the things you might think about when selecting a niche, a product or a price point is, "How much does my customer have to spend?" Never underestimate the fatness of a wallet or depths of a purse. There are customers dedicated to spending top dollar for luxury consumer goods. There are businesses that need premium solutions to nagging problems. In other words, there are rich buyers out there that need to spend a lot of money. Make sure you don't neglect them!

This can be a hard lesson to learn, especially for the person who wants to try Internet Marketing as a way to make a few extra dollars every month. It's just beyond the imagination of a person who's always running out of money before running out of month! If you're broke, don't assume that your best customers will be, too. Try thinking in terms of having plenty of money and wanting to use it to get more leisure and luxury.

Perhaps the best place for a hard-working neophyte to start making money online is to do all the really nasty, boring, mind-numbing chores that a rich person doesn't want to do. By offering products or services that automate chores or allow you to directly serve someone's needs on a regular basis, you can make a very good living. All you have to do is list all the things you'd pay someone else to do, if money was no problem. Then go see who's offering goods and services like that online and figure out a way to do the same, with your own Unique Selling Point.

Luxury goods are another way to really make a nice profit on just a few sales. Designer sunglasses that sell for more than a thousand dollars a pair are more attractive to sell than more than100 pairs of $10 sunglasses. You may think that paying all that money just for sunglasses is crazy. So what? Isn't it more important to think in terms of what your customer wants?

Now think about all the businesses out there that need goods or services. They're making a profit, they have a budget to spend - and you could be their "go to" source for whatever they may need. All you have to do is identify the really expensive things they use, use up and have to replace. How hard can that be?

This "rich market" is a fairly small percentage, compared to all the buyers online. The thing is, they spend almost three times the percentage of money that regular consumers spend. This segment is growing faster and faster, and is hungry for more. It's up to you to put yourself in front of this avalanche of money and get your share!

The idea here is to fix your thinking. If you think you have a money problem, you're wrong. You have a thinking problem when it comes to money. You might not be able to imagine the kind of income you could earn if you just allow yourself to envision big spenders as your customers. Try it, you'll like it!

Once you realize that nobody can see how broke you are, because you're hidden behind a Web site, blog or discussion forum identity, you'll start to loosen up and treat these well-to-do people as if they are like everyone else. You won't be afraid of them at all. You'll just give them what they want and they'll send you lots and lots of money! After all, you'll have made yourself valuable to them. Isn't that worth thinking about, instead of how broke you are?

Accident at Work Claims

If you have sustained an injury due to an avoidable accident at work e.g. a neck injury as a result of an accident in a warehouse or office, you could be entitled to claim for damages and to recover the loss of your earnings. Every employer has a duty of care to its employees and if you feel that your injury came about as a result of negligence you are entitled to seek legal advice.

The prospect of taking your employer to court can be daunting, but it is important to know that the law is there to protect you. Even in the event of court proceedings, it is illegal for any employer to dismiss or discriminate against any employee. Your employer also has to leave your job open to you until after you recover. Any infringements of this employment law can result in prosecution, so you don?t need to worry about any 'repercussions' when going about making a legitimate claim for the compensation and loss of earnings that you deserve.

Employers are covered by Employer's Liability Insurance, which covers the cost of any accident at work. So any accidents that occur in the workplace are already covered, this means that you will not be claiming money direct from the employer, so your claim will not damage the company no matter how small they are.

The most common types of accident at work fall into the category of 'personal injury', which includes trips, falls, insufficient training and faulty equipment. Industrial accidents and work related diseases are also covered by the term personal injury; though happen less often as a result of the 1974 Safety at Work directive.

There are many solicitors and specialist claims companies available to deal with personal injury claims, some specialise in certain types of injury e.g. work-related injuries. It is important to research which personal injury speciality your chosen solicitor has and to find out in advance whether they have a no win no fee policy. You can easily find a specialist claims company online who will be able to deal with your circumstances.

One of the most important factors in a personal injury case relating to the workplace is being able to prove that someone else was responsible for your safety at the time of the accident or that the accident was not your fault.

Employers are liable for prosecution in negligence under common law duty and under Health and Safety regulations. If you can prove that either of these laws has been broken, you will have a very strong case for a personal injury claim.

Your solicitor or claims advisor will go through the evidence with you and should tell you very quickly whether your case is sufficient to bring to court.

1stclaims.co.uk is run by a non-practising Personal Injury Solicitor with over 14 years personal injury claims experience. We use this first hand knowledge of the Personal Injury Claim system to hand select the very best personal injury solicitors for you. We want you to be handled professionally and to receive the best possible service.

The Police Review for their Fenway Park Concert

Boston's Fenway Park came alive last night as The Police performed one classic hit after another in center field. This is the hottest tour of the 2007 summer and it did not disappoint.

I'm old enough to remember The Police in their heyday so I knew I couldn't miss this reunion tour. The trio sounded fantastic live, creating their signature reggae and punk-influenced music on stage under a mostly clear sky and humid night. The concert began with Message in a Bottle, Synchronicity II and then Walking on the Moon. You couldn't have picked three better tunes to start the show.

I was looking for any hints of the three playing separately since they've been broken up for so long and have had their differences in the past. I recently read a review of one of their earlier shows on this reunion tour where the writer thought it was like hearing three different solo artists happening to play on one stage together. I found no such thing at the Fenway Park concert.

They were one and played as a band. You could just tell how comfortable they were with each other. And as the night progressed, they became even tighter. When Stewart Copeland played everything conceivable except the downbeat, yet the three managed to stay glued to the underlying groove, I was sure I was witnessing a band in the truest sense of the word.

Not only did they play as one cohesive band, but most traces of Sting's solo career were pleasingly missing. I am also a fan of Sting's solo music and have been to a few of his shows, but I wanted to hear The Police last night and I did. They didn't play any Sting tunes, a good decision. And Sting was humble and even inserted both Any Summers' and Stewart Copeland's names into a song.

Sting rocked on the bass and he surprised me with his talent. As a bass player myself, I can appreciate just how good he is and I suspect he has improved quite a bit since the eighties. From slap bass to thumb-picking, and from solo riffs in the high register to heart-pounding low-note grooves, Sting was the master of his bass last night. And what amazed me even more was his awesome ability to play syncopated bass while singing harmonious tunes.

Sting's voice was great too. He hit all the high notes, and there were a lot of them, and nailed every vocal their songs required of him. For a while during the show I thought there was some background vocals just off the stage or maybe a soundtrack playing in the background, but it turned out to be the audience! Everyone seemed to know every word of every song. Sting would purposefully back off the microphone and the crowd would sing the rest of the lyric in unison. In numerous songs, he would sing the first part of the chorus and the crowd would sing the rest. It was a blast since I too knew all the words.

Stewart Copeland was unbelievably good. He drumming was like a genius rhythm machine on steroids. From the wicked snap of his snare to the booming bass drum, Copeland proved to me that his is still one of the best drummers around. His hands were lightening fast, often simply a blur. The beats and polyrhythms emanating from his drum kit were both mesmerizing and beautiful. Copeland also created some unique sounds on his large inventory of percussion instruments. We watched him standing up jamming on one of these unusual instruments and then bouncing over to his seat at his drum kit and slamming down on his snare in perfect rhythm.

Andy Summers also put on quite a show with his famous wide and multi-layered chords. Summers had a few solos and ramped it up in each one. As the night progressed the band sounded more and more like one cohesive unit with Summers filling in the sound. In fact it was amazing just how much sound three guys can produce. They knew exactly how to make it sound like there was an orchestra backing them up.

They ended with Every Breath You Take and Next To You and those choices rounded out a fantastic and memorable set list.

Last night I was at times perfectly transported back to my youth while I took in the whole experience. There were many tunes that reminded me so clearly of earlier times in my life, and that nostalgia felt good. But then I would snap back to the present, summer of 2007, and quickly remember that I was also witnessing a live band that is still relevant today that is made up of musicians at the top of their game.

Understanding erectile dysfunctions

There is a topic that most men feel uncomfortable to talk about, but it still exists and is a fact that affects a large number of men around the world: erectile dysfunction or male impotence. But something many men do not know is why this happen or what can be done to solve or treat this problem. For those who knew very little about erectile dysfunction, this term refer to some variations of men sexual problems like a total inability to achieve an erection, an inconsistent ability to achieve it, or the ability to sustain them for a very short period of time.

So, how do erections occur? The penis is made up of two chambers called the corpora cavernosa and they are filled by a spongy tissue, and there’s a smaller chamber below them called the corpus spongisum which surrounds the channel for urine and ejaculate called urethra. Erections begins when impulses from the brain and local nerves relax the muscles of the corpora cavernosa and then the blood flows in and fills the spaces causing the penis to expand and then it is possible for men to sustain an erection.

Knowing this, what causes erectile diysfunction? Basically, a weak erection happens when not enough blood enters the corpora cavernosa, it can happen because of some damage to nerves or arteries caused by a disease like diabetes, chronic alcoholism, vascular and neurological disease. Other causes are smoking, overweight, some medicines and psychological factors like stress, anxiety, guilt, depression and fear of sexual failure.

This leads to the most important question, how can these sexual disorders be treated? Doctors’ recommendations can vary with each man. For some of them, some healthy changes in their lifestyle could be enough to solve their problem. However, others are told to try psychotherapy, mechanical devices, and surgery, but the most valuable and effective recommendation they get is to try natural maca capsules that will help them achieve and maintain a great erection like Maca Enhancer.

This is a nutritional supplement that has demonstrated to be able to grow the penis, improve sexual potency and also increase libido and endurance, this means that it will make a man’s sexual health much better. But how does this natural male sexual enhancer work? What Maca Enhancer does is to increase the maximum capacity of the corpora cavernosa, this way more blood can enter this tissue resulting in a longer and thicker erection. The blood flow is important, if the blood does not flow properly because of damaged nerves or arteries the corpora cavernosa won’t receive enough blood and an erection will not be achieved. Maca Enhancer will enhance and increase the penile blood flow, this way the necessary blood for an erection will make it to this tissue without problems.

Article Marketing Ideas- Suggestions For Your Article Marketing

Article marketing can be a very effective promotional method. The amount of traffic and backlinks that you can obtain from article marketing is only limited by your efforts. Here are some ideas.

Copywriting has the potential to increase your profits. Incorporating these four ideas into your promotional efforts is sure to inject your marketing plan with a new vitality and renewed success. If you do it correctly article marketing can become one of your most effective means of building page rank and direct traffic to your site.

You absolutely must have a detailed and in depth marketing plan for your articles. Your article marketing deserves as much attention as any other service or product being marketed anywhere. Not only must they be marketed, they must be sold. In order to accomplish this it is essential that you have and use a coordinated strategy. Just having the plan laid it is not good if it is not followed.

Now more than ever the field of copywriting and article marketing is a highly competitive. It is entirely appropriate to consult with and even obtain the services of a profession when creating your marketing plan. Professionals in this field have experience in helping create plans and keeping clients on track with their marketing efforts.

A web site is one thing that every successful individual in article marketing agree upon. This is a definite must have as it allows you to showcase your articles and skills as a writer. This gives you a place to promote your skills and talent. Keep in mind that this web site must be appropriate to your work and goals as a writer.

Last but not least, you should consider forming strategic alliances with businesses and others. This can be online or off. Joining forces with others increases your exposure and expands your potential customer base. Work smarter not harder and watch your profits grow.