Karla’s Online System Blog

In the movie “Mean Girls” starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, the main character Cady talks about “word vomit”.   That is when you start saying things that you really do not need to be saying, but you cannot help it.

So what on earth does that have to do with your home based business?   Well, I believe that when almost all new home based business owners are talking to people about their business, they have a severe case of “word vomit”.

It is really not your fault, you actually think you are doing the right thing.  After all, if someone wants to know about your business, you should give them as much information as possible right? Wrong.

When talking to someone about your opportunity, less is always, always, always more.  This is not to say that you should keep important information a secret or act like you are ashamed of your business. Does a prospect need to know the type of business you are in? Yes. Do they need to know what they will be doing if they become involved? Yes. Do they need to know how much money they make on their 3^rd level? NO!

I know that it is super easy to get excited about your new business, but do not say too much and risk overwhelming a prospect. This can cause them to back off big time.

Try to answer only the questions that are asked of you in an honest and professional way, without giving people too many details that they do not need.

This is especially true when it comes to marketing online.   I cannot tell you how many times I see people advertising their home based business and giving WAY too many details. Think about the way big fortune 500 companies advertise. They talk about their product, service, store, whatever and then stop.  They do not tell you the starting salary for their employees, the directions to get to their nearest location and the name of the college their CEO attended.   It is just too much information!

Are you starting to get what I am saying?   Less really is more when it comes to promoting your business! The next time you are talking to someone about your business remember to:

- Answer the questions they ask you honestly and then stop

- Do not get bogged down in the little details

- Do not assume prospects want to know something. Wait for them to ask

Follow these tips and avoid the “word vomit” that can kill your business. You will see that it will increase it instead.

If you need help with getting your business started or ongoing support, contact me.  I am always here for you.

Karla

Karla@KarlasPlan.com

Did you play Monopoly as a child?  Do you still like to play this game?  Marketing a business on the internet is a lot like a giant Monopoly board . If you know how to play the game you will do very well, which should be your goal.   Everybody knows that in the game of Monopoly you can’t start to really build on your property until you have all of the same color. If you own Boardwalk and Park Place, you will do very well and make a lot of money, but if you only own Park Place you won’t make as much. The same goes for your online business. It is important to own as much matching real estate as possible.

When you are deciding on the name of your website and you are branding yourself online, you want to make sure that you are using something that you can monopolize. That doesn’t mean that you have to be 100% original and unique, it just means that you need to find a name or a niche that you can make your own.

Let’s say that you won the domain name MyHomeBusiness.com (this is of course just as an example, I am not sure this is even a site). You would then want to find every place possible for you to use MyHomeBusiness on the internet. You want to name your Youtube channel youtube.com/ MyHomeBusiness, your Twitter name to be MyHomeBusiness, your blog to be MyHomeBusinessblog.com, and any other sites. Do you see what I mean?

Whatever you call your site, you want to brand yourself with it as much as possible. You want to make sure that whenever people type in My Home Business into the search bar, they come to your site and not another. By picking a name and niche that can be almost totally yours, you will be able to dominate and brand yourself in a much more effective way.

Whenever you buy a new domain name or you think of the name of a new product that you are going to be promoting, you need to be thinking about all the different ways that you can use that name online.  Just the  dot com isn’t enough by itself anymore.  With so many social networking sites and keywords playing such a big part in your success online, you cannot afford to just have a great domain name.   You need to brand yourself completely on the internet.

Building a business online is just like a game of Monopoly.   When you have all the right pieces in place, you can’t lose!

We can all agree that Social Networking is HOT but…

Most social networks have one ENORMOUS shortcoming. They display advertisements on your site and earn advertising revenue for that but they keep 100% of it.

Look…right now…on your Facebook or MySpace page and see if you see ANY advertisements. I’ll bet that you do.

This Social Network pays you to place these ads on your site. You don’t even have to look at them.

http://www.PeopleStringLady.com

Still Curious….or maybe Skeptical?

I understand things that sound to good to be true usually are not, BUT this is completely different. You know…Google and Yahoo have programmed everyone to log in to search the web from their surf engines.

When we spend time on Google, Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace, etc, we see advertisements on their sites and they get paid and 100% of this revenue goes straight to them.

This Social Network is a very generous and smart company. They are smart enough to know that 30% of everything is better than 100% of nothing.

Don’t get left behind and miss out on your revenue share. Every month you wait…you leave money on the table.

Ready for your free account?

http://www.PeopleStringLady.com

Questions?

I’m just an email away.
Karla Buzzell
Karla@peoplestring.com

Having taken most of the summer off to spend time with my family, it it time I get back to work! Not that I have been idle. But I have not been writing blogs or doing articles. I have been on the web and social networks, and keeping in touch with friends.

I discovered this really neat website that I am really excited about. It has an entire new slant on how social networking can work. People String is just 6 months old, but is already ranked in Alexa. Did you ever hear of Facebook or Twitter a few years ago? I know that I didn’t. I wish that I had been a founding member of those organizations.

There are many unique features to the website.

The founders are paying members to be on the site. They are sharing a percentage of the profits from the advertisers to each member. Just for doing what you do everyday! When you go to Yahoo or Google, they have ads, but they keep the profits.

It has the world’s coolest email! Beside the normal email program, you have the ability to have your emails self destruct, sent video emails, check your sent mail to see if they have been read and several other features.

You can join the Mailbox_Cashbox program and elect to get snail mail sent to you that you will get paid to read. You already get junk mail every day, why not get paid to receive it!

There will be a social network up within the next few days. They plan to grow fast and catch up with Facebook and Twitter.

There is also a feature to get cash back for shopping on the net. The only other time I heard about this was a program that charges $19.95 a month to belong. This is free.

I have been adding members to my string so that when this explodes, I will be a position to start making some very serious money.  This is definitely a way of working smarter.

Why not join me and get paid for doing the things you are already doing? Get in on the basement floor to a new innovative company.

Check out my website http://www.PeopleStringLady.com

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me

karla@peoplestring.com