I know what your thinking but this is not another ... people make” article. I’m not going to tell you howugly and annoying your website is or that even your ... wouldn’t buy from yo I know what your thinking but this is not another “marketingerrors people make” article. I’m not going to tell you howugly and annoying your website is or that even your ownmother wouldn’t buy from you with that horrible sales letter.What I’m going to help you with may be common sense to somebut it may be eye-opening for others. I have learned from mymistakes (hopefully) and I’m going to pass on my new foundknowledge.1. Don’t put an ad on an FFA site with your business e-mailaddress (or your personal address or your e-zine subscriptionaddress or any other address that you read regularly).You will wade through a gazillion e-mails. Now that I havethat basement full of Viagra, I have my 12 credit cards, 3rd and 4th mortgages, and all the businesses going that I can (and sometimes can’t) handle, I don’t need to read all of the “conformation of posting to my FFA site” messages. Now don’tget me wrong, they do have a great use. I do scan them to catchthe headlines that grab me, and if I’m looking for a certainthing, I may scan for that too. But do yourself a favor, geta free junkmail address so you won’t be looking for customerse-mails, or urgent mail.2. Don’t sign up for every free program out there.In order to be successful in an online business, you must knowyour business, inside and out. How can you possibly spendenough time learning about 10 different programs so that youcan promote, answer questions and be loyal enough to standbehind them? Spread yourself too thin and you will start toforget things, skip important training, not reply to messagesin a timely manner. I don’t know how many times I have saidthat I have too many irons in the fire. I have narrowed downthe programs I am involved in. I stuck with the cream of thecrop. I stay much nicer that way.3. Don’t believe everything you read.I love the line from the Billy Crystal movie I just saw called61*. Micky Mantel says “Well, they said so on TV so it mustbe true.” There are some unscrupulous marketers out there,promising all kinds of impossible dreams, schemes, and riches.Use your common sense. No one can make a million dollarsdoing nothing, you can’t eat, shop and advertise and get paidenough to do it to make a living. You must sell something,either your knowledge, services, or products. And you might be able to eventually start receiving residuals for doingnothing, but my guess is that you started doing SOMETHING first.4. Never talk bad about your competitors.Instead, talk up your business. You can point out what youhave, do or guarantee that your competitors don’t withoutnaming names. Pointing fingers will only make you lookunprofessional and trivial. Benefits sell, not negativecomments and bashing others.5. Don’t give up.Now this doesn’t mean that you should forgo paying for yourmortgage so that you can buy advertising. If you think thatbecause you have placed your 10 ads, you have put up a websiteand you have made your banner and still didn’t become rich,you should quit, your mistaken. Anything worth doing is worthdoing well. You might need to continue working at your J.O.B.until you start bringing in enough with your own business toreach your inner income goals. That’s ok, you’re working towardsyour goals and that’s positive. Regardless of what the hypesays, you can’t become wealthy overnight and by doing nothing. I hope my opinions have at the very least, given you somethingto think about. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com