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Guide to Promoting Your New Coaching Business

Below are the steps that you need to take after generating traffic for your website:

List building. To ensure that you can convert at least 50% of your traffic to paying customers, you'll need to build relationship with them and make regular follow-ups. That can only happen if you can convince them to sign up to your newsletters. Don't worry as this is relatively easy. Start by making your website a great source of valuable information so people will see you as an expert or authority in your niche. Then, make the links to your forms easy to find on your website or blog. Give your prospects an assurance that you're not going to spam them and promise that you will not share their email address and other info to other esellers. In addition, tell them that they can opt-out at anytime without questions asked.

Regular follow-ups. People who signed up to your newsletters can easily forget about you considering the number of people who are trying to win their business. The best thing that you can do is to contact them as often as possible. Aside from sending them weekly newsletters, invite them to your free seminars every now and then. Also, send them ebooks and "mingle" with them on forums and social networking sites. Each time you do, ensure that you do not sell your programs right away instead, strive to build relationship with them first. Get them to like you and earn their trust before you even think about mentioning your programs.

Have a good reputation online. People these days are extra careful when buying anything online. They do their research and they compare. To ensure that they'll get their money's worth, they only do business with people who are proven trustworthy. So, invest time and effort in building and managing your reputation online. It's important that you'll be known not just an expert in your niche but a trustworthy seller as well.

Content marketing. As you're selling information based products, I suggest that you attract your potential clients by giving them what they're looking for each time they go online; information. Write articles and discuss about their problems, needs, frequent questions, etc. You can also offer them tips list or how-to guides. The more you write and the more information you share, the easier it will get for you to position yourself as an expert in your field. Aside from article marketing, you can also sink your teeth into ezine and eBook publishing, blogging, etc.

Social media marketing. I'm sure you'll agree with me when I say that social networking sites such as Google+, Facebook, and Twitter are dominating the World Wide Web today. Use them to easily reach out to targeted group of people. You can use these sites to build an ongoing communication with your prospects. This is crucial in converting them to paying customers. You can also use these sites when distributing information and when you're trying to get free exposure for your website and programs.

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15 Website Secrets That Will Generate Revenue For Your Business

Every minute of the day, people are searching online for answers. If they need a new car, it is more than likely that they will first research it online before ever visiting a dealership. If they are looking for a restaurant in a particular area, chances are that they will "Google it" to find it. The internet serves as the perfect matchmaker between businesses and potential customers.

Once a potential customer has stumbled across your company's website, you have about two seconds to capture their attention. If you haven't captured their attention within those first couple of seconds, they simply click off of your website and onto the next one down the list. That is why it is crucial to have your website set up for optimal conversion. If your website doesn't have these 15 elements, then it's probably not bringing you business. Here are the 15 must haves and must not haves of an effective website:

A Bold Headline at the top of every page- The headline should be short and it MUST depict what benefit the customer will get by reading further on. People today are busy and the internet includes millions of other websites that people can move onto if your site does not capture their attention immediately. Too many companies make the mistake of marketing about themselves rather than about the consumer. This is called "Ego Marketing". To be effective, the headline message must always be about how your company can help the consumer or what you can offer to them. "TMI"(Too much information)-No more than 2 paragraphs on a page- In this busy era, people don't have the attention span to read any more than that. Plus, if you give them too much information, then they have no reason to contact you. The whole idea is to get the website visitor to call, stop in or contact you in some way, right? Have a call to action on every page-...but have no more than two calls to action per page. Studies have shown that if you give people too many choices then it overwhelms them and that is when they will take no action at all. That's the point where they will usually say "I have to think about it". So put a clear call to action on every page and actually tell the website visitor what to do next on each page. Examples- "Click here now" or " Call 1-800-555-5555 for more information". Have a user friendly navigational bar- A prominently placed menu bar makes each page of your website easy to use. Keep it simple. A Picture- A picture can easily replace a thousand words. A picture that depicts what the page or product/service is about can capture their attention much more effectively than paragraphs of text which will only send visitors clicking away. Consistent Branding- It is important to have a consistent look and style throughout all of a company's marketing pieces. This instills a reputable image of your company to the consumer. Avoid having a different style on your website than what you have on your other marketing pieces. Name and contact info of the company on every page of the website- It seems simple, but if you search around, you would be surprised at how may companies overlook the basics. Limit color to no more than 3 complimentary colors- More than that is too busy to the eye. It will distract the visitor's attention away from what you want them to be focusing on. White space - White space is a breath of fresh air for the eyes. If a person can look at the web page for two seconds, and then look away and be able to tell you what the main subject was of the page, then you've got a winner. If not, then go back and eliminate items until the two second rule applies. No auto load music or video- A sudden burst of noise when a visitor clicks onto your website typically will cause users to click right back off of the page. Let the website visitor click on the video or sound file to play it when they are ready to. An email sign up form- on at least one page of your website will provide leads that can be followed and nurtured for months. Even if the website visitor is not ready to make a purchase that day, they may be ready a couple of months later after they have received regular emails from your company. An interactive link to contact the company- Whether it be an email link or a form box, make it easy for the website visitor to contact your company with just a click of the mouse. An interactive, simple to use website produces more leads than a site that makes the visitor work for it. An interactive map to the company location with directions- With Mapquest and Google maps, this has become the common way for people to get directions. It can be added to a website in just a couple of clicks and it gives the visitor an easy way to find you. Company business hours- Surprisingly this is quite often forgotten. It is also smart to add the time zone...remember, this is the world wide web. Visitors to your site are not necessarily in your same time zone. Keep it relevant- It's nice to add a personal touch to your website, but remember, people who are looking for a company to do business with, may not have the same personal, religious or political beliefs as you do. So be certain to only include information relevant to the business, don't include personal pages on religion, politics or other non-relevant information. No one wants to lose a potential customer due to opposing personal beliefs. Remember, business is business. Leave your personal life at home.

Every year, statistics keep rising on the percentage of consumers that first search online in order to find information on new products or services. In 2011, it was upwards of 85% depending on the type of industry being searched. Don't miss out on your opportunity to capture that potential business. Follow these 15 tips and then analyze the response that you get. If at first you don't succeed, tweak it until you start getting results.

Ramp Up Your Business Online - Commit to a 30 Day Challenge

Setting a 30 day challenge is one of the best ways to get focused and get results in your online business. As TV chef Emeril LaGasse would say, "Kick it up a notch!" Add some zest to your workday by committing to take a focused burst of action. Not only will the achievement make you feel great, you'll end up with some amazing results.

If you're working with a team, then open up the challenge to your members as well, so they too can reap the benefits of focused actions. You could set up a specific challenge for everyone, or allow each team member to set their own action steps. Here are specific goals and objectives to set to get you started in creating your 30 day challenge:

write and submit 24 articles to EzineArticles write 3 blog posts each week, and submit them to aggregate sites create a series of videos to teach a specific skill and post them on your Facebook and YouTube pages build a new lead capture page with an irresistible offer, along with a follow-up email series connect with bloggers you admire, and ask for an interview Set up a new HubPages account, and submit one hub each day Comment, with link-backs, on 3 blogs each week

Now that your action plan is in place, set up a regimen to follow. Start each day by visualizing the success you desire and the results you expect. This will keep you motivated and on track. Set up and commit to a time you'll work on your action steps each day. Early in the day is always the best time, before you are distracted by others. Plan what you will accomplish each week. If possible, work with an accountability partner, or set up your own accountability system.

One way to be accountable is to publish your intention to take on the 30 day challenge on your blog, on Twitter and on Facebook. Then post frequent updates, letting others know how you're doing. Who knows - it may even bring people to your blog as followers or subscribers! Encourage your partners or challenge members to do the same.

Keep track of your achievements and each week reward yourself for each small step you take. At the end of your 30 day challenge, take stock of the results you've achieved from your consistent and focused plan of action. I guarantee you'll be surprised and excited by the results. Ready to get started?