Are You Overwhelmed?

Starting a business is fun.  It is exciting to think that you will be your own boss, make your own decisions, control when and how you work and make money.  On the flip side, being a company of one can get to be too much at times.

Do you find yourself wasting more and more time each day?  Do spend more time reading email than you need to? Does your internet research continue long after you’ve found the answer? Do you take thirty minutes to write a “to do” list than only complete one or two of the tasks?

Do you find yourself avoiding the one task you know you need to complete because you just don’t want to do deal with it? Does it seem that you work and work each day but the pile of work never seems to get any smaller?

This could be a sign that you are in need of a breakthrough. Now that there are only six months left in the year it’s a perfect time to step back and take stock before the entire year passes and nothing has changed.  Schedule your OperateItRight Audit and Breakthrough Session, http://www.operateitrightbreakthrough.com, today.

During your OperateItRight Audit and Breakthrough Session, http://www.operateitrightbreakthrough.com, we’ll take a look at your business as a whole.  We talk about what’s not getting done and why then we’ll create a system to make handling everything easier. We’ll take a look at your marketing to discover what working and what’s not. Then we’ll create an action plan that’s easy to implement. At the end of our two hour call you’ll have clear and practical answers and solutions. I’ll be giving you specific strategies, ideas, tactics and tool to address your most pressing business concerns.

OperateItRight Small Business Incubator Now Accepting New Members

Lack of information is not the problem of most online business owners, implementation is. You are struggling because you don’t have the support and motivation you need to reach the level of success you want. That’s why OperateItRight Small Business Incubator™ is a complete program that guides you through every step of operating and marketing your business online, including…

• Setting up your Web site
• Determining the best target market
• Creating messages to get that target market to buy
• Packaging your services to demand the highest price
• Balancing your business and your life plus a lot more

During your membership you get step-by-step guidance and support every step of the way. You’ll also get all the tools and resources you need to succeed.

To ensure that everyone receives the support and assistance to succeed this group is limited to fifty (50) members. Once 50 business owners have registered, registration will close again and won’t open again until December 2008.

As a member of the OperateItRight Small Business Incubator™ you can expect to:

• Get ideas to catapult the success of your business by utilizing your interests, talents and strengths to implement innovative strategies and tactics to revive your business or start it on the right foot.
• Get more done in less time with less stress with tools to help you utilize your time and resources effectively. As you implement the tactics, strategies and processes you’ll learn to systemize and automate your business.
• Skip the learning curve and avoid expensive mistakes with proven strategies and resources that are easy to use and implement.
• Accountability and motivation through positive encouragement and support to reach your goals.
• Make more money! As you implement the strategies and tactics you learn in the OperateItRight Small Business Incubator™, you’ll become more confident, effective and more profitable.

As a member of the OperateItRight Small Business Incubator™ you’ll receive:

• A comprehensive training guide twice a month that will focus on a specific business tactic, strategy or process. Each training guide will give practical solutions, tips and tools to use in the business now.
• Easy to Implement Assignments that make applying the tactics and tools learned from the training guide a breeze.
• Answers to questions, feedback and motivation.
• Networking, strategizing and support.
• Surprise bonuses from time to time.
• A List of the best tools and resources to use.

So, if you are ready to make your business the business that can sustain the lifestyle of your dreams, go to http://www.OperateItRightIncubator.com and take one of those 50 slots in the Incubator.

Tactics to Promote a Teleseminar or Webinar

Question: Beryl, I decided to host a Teleseminar to increase awareness of my business, how can  I promote it?

Answer: You’ve found the right conference line, you’ve outlined your presentation and even created a handout, you know you are going to have a great Teleseminar.  But the big question is, “Who is going to be there?” Getting people to your Teleseminar is often the most difficult aspect of hosting a Teleseminar, but here are a few tactics to make it easier.

Offer your Teleseminar for free. Offering your Teleseminar for free takes away the pressure to attend.  People will feel less pressured to sign up because they have nothing to lose if something comes up and they can’t make it.  Their only cost is their time.

Make it during a convenient time. While it is impossible to make your Teleseminar convenient for everyone around the world, do try to make your Teleseminar convenient for your target market. For instance, if your target market is WAHM’s don’t schedule your Teleseminar for the afternoon or early evening, or if your target market is for people transitioning from a job to their own business, don’t schedule your Teleseminar during drive time. Of course you can always record the Teleseminar and make it make available to everyone that registers, whether they attend or not, to alleviate some of the time inconvenience.

Focus on the benefits. When you’re promoting your Teleseminar, tell people what is in it for them and why they should attend. Say something like, “during this Teleseminar you will learn… and by learning… you will be able to…

Ask for reservations. Make the Teleseminar limited to a particular number of people.  This creates a sense of urgency and motivates people to sign up.  It also creates a sense of responsibility, because when people have a reservation they are more committed to the appointment.  They may feel a sense of obligation to attend as well, because they’ve reserved a coveted space on the guest list.

Email signature. Your email signature is more powerful than you might imagine.  Think about all the people you email each and every day and all the people your email is forwarded to.  If your Teleseminar is promoted in your email signature, you’re reaching a whole group of people who can benefit from your Teleseminar.

Email marketing campaign. Speaking of email…email marketing is extremely cost effective.  Plan an email campaign to promote your conference to your opt-in list.  No opt-in list?  Make sure your affiliate marketers know of the campaign and have the email to send to their list.  Start the campaign at least a month before the conference to really get the ball rolling.

Event and Teleseminar directories. The internet has a slew of search engines and directories where you can place your Teleseminar announcement. Some are geared toward target markets, and others are topic- or location-based.  My favorite two to use geared toward Teleseminars are planetteleclass.com and cculearning.com.

Send out reminders. Send email reminders to everyone who registered a week before the Teleseminar, especially if it’s necessary to use a password to attend.  Then email another reminder  the night before, or even the day of.

Hosting a Teleseminar can have a tremendous effect on your business.  In fact, as you host more and more Teleseminars, you’ll be able to use the past Teleseminars to promote future ones.