Are you still wondering what RSS feeders are all about? Here is a short explaination of what RSS is and why you might want to sign up for an RSS Feed.

What is RSS?

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Why RSS?

Benefits and reasons for using RSS. RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You automatically have information from your favorite sites sent to you.

You also ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News.

What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed?

RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed
readers.

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display a small icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.

I hope this has given you a little bit of insite into what RSS feeds are and how they can really expand your online business by having one.

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The game is called "Name the product" There are a million versions of this game out on the web and I am sure you can come up with some of your own products you might like to enter instead. Basically they are all icebreaker and a way to offer the winner a discount on product or a little prize you might have. Everybody likes to win prizes!

Name the product?

1. Breakfast of Champions
2. Out whitens other liquids
3. Plug into freshness
4. Builds you up, not out
5. It's mountain grown
6. It softens your hands while you do the dishes
7. Sorry Charlie
8. We work hard so you don't have to
9. So real you can taste it
10. Can you handle it?
11. Visibly reduce the signs of aging on hands
12. Where's your mustache
13. For the beauty that's already there
14. How old is beautiful
15. Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
16. Give me a break, Give me a break
17. The taste you've been looking for
18. The world's largest bookseller
19. Are you treating your puppy like a dog?
20. From A to Zinc
21. Can you hear me now?
22. The cheesiest
23. Eat Fresh
24. I'm thinkin _____
25. Press the easy button
26. I'm lovin it

Answers
1. Wheaties
2. Tide
3. Glade Plug Ins
4. Grape Nuts
5. Folgers
6. Palmolive Liquid
7. Starkist Tuna
8. Dow Bathroom Cleaner
9. Breyers
10. Pizza Hut
11. Neutrogena
12. Milk
13. Dove
14. Ponds
15. Cover Girl
16. Kit Kat
17. Dr. Pepper
18. Barnes N Noble
19. Purina Puppy Chow
20. Centrum
21. Verizon
22. Kraft Mac & Cheese
23. Subway
24. Hardees
25. Staples
26. McDonalds

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1) The first successful selling strategy is a website that provides information about the products and the service they are providing. The advantage of that is we can sell those products and services online. Selling is a talent to be cultivated. It requires a lot of understanding to find what the customer is looking for and then fulfilling his needs.

It is very important to get the complete attention of reader. The content of the message should be make reader think. This can be achieved by using power words, along with color and visuals. Once the attention is grabbed, it should be retained till the end of the message.

The customer should be prompted to take some action and their involvement should be sought. They can be made to sign up for newsletters or can be made to take the survey by visiting the company's website.

2) The consumer should be convinced to buy the product. All the features of the company should be specified, with the more relevant ones on the top. They should be explained logically through these points how the products will fulfill their needs or solve their problems. It does only by convincing the customer about this will motivate them to buy the product. They should be made to understand what wonders the product can do to him. Strong emotional words should be included in the sentence.

The customer should either fear the loss of the product if he doesn't buy it in time or he should be given the greed of the advantages the product can provide. These reasons will create an emotional impulse and will make them think that they have no other option to buy it. They will have a logical reason to make the purchase. The emotions of the buyer should be manipulated with words.

Something like 'limited edition' or 'limited period offer' will create a sense of urgency. The customer thinks that he should get this product somehow. It's nice to have sales often, especially to clear out old inventory in the name of some offer.

The products which have an obvious damage should be sold out at a special price. But the damage should be mentioned to the customer. If it's not mentioned, the first time the customer will be tricked into buying something, but he will loose trust and won't come back again.

Always hold seasonal sales and offers. Since all the competitors will be giving out different offers to attract customers, it's a good point to have one, too. But it should be remembered to not to imitate anyone. Only a unique offer will make the customers not go to the competitors'.

Once in a while offer free shipping offer also works. A condition like if a customer spends particular amount of money, all items will be shipped for free. This is another attractive deal which will surely tempt the customer. Thanks to search engines and online stores anything can be purchased from the comfort of the home.

Give away free sample to the customers or keep a pre-sale price for introductory products. The customers won't think twice to spend a little money to try something new.

3) The ending of the sales message is where most people mess it up. The whole efforts will be wasted if the customer gets a second thought. He should be convinced, by nice words, to buy the product till the very end.

The content should be arranged with care. The key is to tell the customer what to do exactly after he finishes reading the matter, like 'Grab the golden opportunity now' or 'pick up the phone and dial the number right now', etc. Do not include links or short advertisement of other products or services. This will shift the focus of the reader and he might have a second thought.

A list of the existing customers should be maintained and from time to time special offers should be mailed to them. So basically the whole idea is to influence the mind of the customer until he buys a product.

10 Keys to Success for Home Party Plan Consultants

There are many things you should do to be successful as a Home Party Plan Consultant but here are the 10 top things you want to do now to make your Home Party Plan business a success.

#1. Make a detailed list of everyone you know! Friends, Family, Co-workers, Neighbors, Teachers, Community Leaders etc. This will be your BASE Customer List. I recommend you contact everyone on your list via phone, in-person, email or postal mail to offer them a catalog and your business card. Print out flyers about your Hostess Plan and Current Hostess Specials and print out flyers about any consumer specials that your company is offering. Include those flyers with every catalog you hand out. For extra incentive, you could include a discount coupon that they can use on their first purchase from you.

#2 Know your products, everything about them, open up your catalog and start reading it cover to cover to familiarize yourself with all of the products. One way to do this is to take 3x5" index cards and make up a set of Product Flash Cards. On the front side of each card put the product name & a picture of it (if available) and on the backside list the product features, item number, price and any other product facts.

Once you make up your Product Flash Cards, use them! Find a friend or another consultant and practice with the flash cards, test each other till you get everyone right all the time.

#3. Hold your First Party with you being the Host or do a Mystery Hostess Party, you will want to do this within 3 weeks of joining your home party plan company. Invite everyone you know! This will give you practice on presenting at a home party show and expose your new business and products to your family and friends from your Contact Customer List above. The more you practice & the more parties you do, the more comfortable you will become.

#4. Attend local meetings or events that are sponsored by your party plan company. They offer training, motivation, support and friendship. These days we all lead very busy lives but if you don't attend them, you are really selling yourself short on this valuable networking resource to get yourself started with your new homebased business.

#5. Attend local commerce & business events in your community. Rotary Clubs, local women's business clubs, PTA meetings at your kids school. You can build up business contacts & business references by attending these events. You need to network with as many people as possible and get your business and your name out there so people recognize both.

#6. Make marketing a priority. Your business isn't going to promote itself. Network online, in forums, on social networks, there are so many these days it is impossible to list them all. Some social networks you might want to try are; Squidoo, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, just to name a few.

#7. Ask for referrals. Ask all your friends and family members to write down the names of 5 people they think could benefit from the products you are selling. Offer your friends a discount on product if they give you a certain amount of names or if someone they refer orders product.

#8 Set aside time to work on your business. Just like any job or business, you need to set a schedule for "work" and not let anything interfere with work time. The more you work on your business the more it will grow & flourish.

#9. Develop a Positive Attitude! Be excited about your new business & the products that you offer! The more enthusiastic you are about your new business & products, the more enthused your party hosts & customers will be!

#10. Increase your sales by letting people know how your products can benefit them! Everybody wants to make their lives easier, how is your product going to do that for them. The more you can tell them how they will benefit from your product the more they will want it.

Get to know your customers likes and dislikes by asking them what they want or don't want in a product. You can also do a Customer Survey, give them a discount on product if they fill out a Survey Form.

4 Tips To A Happy Hostess

The true secret to home party success, is a happy hostess. A happy hostess is motivated to get people to her party and can be a big help in getting the people at her party to buy your products.

It really doesn't matter if you are holding the party in your hostesses home or having an online party. A happy hostess means the difference between great sales or mediocre sales. Here are some tips for keeping your hostess happy and excited about her party.

Get Her Excited About Her Own Party

The first thing you should do is get your hostess excited about all the free and discounted products that she can receive by having a fantastic party. Help her become enthusiastic by showing her all the great items that she will get. She will be thrilled to do what she can to have a great party.

Train Your Hostess To Hold A Successful Party

Make sure she knows all the ways to ensure her guests attend her party. (Reminding them before the event, personally touching base with them, advertising, etc.) A printout or checklist can really help you here.

Guarentee contact with everybody that is supposed to come to the party. Get your hostess to give you names and email addresses of all those who are supposed to come to the party and you personally contact them and let them know how excited you are to meet them. Tell them how your hostess is also very excited that they are coming. Now,they know two people are counting on them being there.

Add an Extra Incentive

Offer your hostess an extra incentive. Is there a particular piece of jewelry that she is just in love with? Perhaps a set of candles or maybe a bath and body set has caught her eye? Set a goal for her to have a certain amount of guests invited to the online party by a set date. Or you could challenge her to have a set dollar amount of sales made before her party. Offer the hostess the item that she wants if, and when, she meets your challenge.

Games and Fun

Plan some super simple games and giveaways during your hostess's party. People love to have a chance to win something for free and if they need to make a purchase to enter a drawing all the better for your hostess. Everyone will have fun playing the games that you have set up and your hostess will have a blast racking up sales to put toward getting free items.

The Internet is a fantastic resource for finding more ideas that will make for a wonderfully fun party for your hostess and will create a profitable party for yourself. If you want more information on success with your home party plan business please go to my website at www.pinkrenegade.com

If you design a website you think will attract clients, but you don't really know who your customers are and what they want to buy, it is unlikely you won't make much money.

Website business is an extension or replacement for a standard storefront. You can send emails to your existing clients and ask them to complete a survey or even while they are browsing on your website ask them to complete your survey.

Ask them about choices they want to see. Why do they like your products? Are your prices consistently lower than others? Is your shipping price cheaper? Do you respond faster to client questions? Are your product descriptions better? Your return policies and guarantees better than your competitor's? To know your customer you can check credit card records or ask your customer to complete a simple contact form with name, address, age, gender, etc. when they purchase a product.

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Over the next several days I am going to go over things you must have on your website to increase search engine optimization and to keep your customers coming back, or stay longer on your site.

Today lets look at, not just focusing on the home page, keywords and titles.

The first step to sales when customers visit your site to see the products they were looking for. Of course, search engine optimization and better rankings can't keep your customer on your site or make them buy. The customer having visited your site, how do you get them to stay? To ensure that they get interested in your products or services and stay around?

Motivate them to buy the product by providing clear and unambiguous information. Thus if you happen to sell more than one product or service, provide all necessary information about this, maybe by keeping the information at a different page. By providing suitable and easily visible links, the customer can navigate to these pages and get the details.

Tomorrow I'll have more on webpage design and how to keep your customers there longer and coming back more often.

Your website is where your business resides -- it's like the headquarters of an offline company. Hence, it is important to practice good design principles to make sure your site reaches out to the maximum number of visitors and sells to as many people as possible.

Make sure you have clear directions on the navigation of your website. The navigation menu should be uncluttered and concise so that visitors know how to navigate around your website without confusion.

Reduce the number of images on your website. They make your site load very slowly and more often than not they are very unnecessary. If you think any image is essential on your site, make sure you optimize them using image editing programs so that they have a minimum file size.

Keep your text paragraphs at a reasonable length. If a paragraph is too long, you should split it into separate paragraphs so that the text blocks will not be too big. This is important because a block of text that is too large will deter visitors from reading your content.

Make sure your website complies to web standards at www.w3.org and make sure they are cross-browser compatible. If your website looks great in Internet Explorer but breaks horribly in Firefox and Opera, you will lose out on a lot of prospective visitors.

Avoid using scripting languages on your site unless it is absolutely necessary. Use scripting languages to handle or manipulate data, not to create visual effects on your website. Heavy scripts will slow down the loading time of your site and even crash some browsers. Also, scripts are not supported across all browsers, so some visitors might miss important information because of that.

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When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are seven important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well.

1) Do not use splash pages

Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like "welcome" or "click here to enter". In fact, they are just that -- pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the "back" button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page.

2) Do not use excessive banner advertisements

Even the least net savvy people have trained themselves to ignore banner advertisements so you will be wasting valuable website real estate. Instead, provide more valueable content and weave relevant affiliate links into your content, and let your visitors feel that they want to buy instead of being pushed to buy.

3) Have a simple and clear navigation

You have to provide a simple and very straightforward navigation menu so that even a young child will know how to use it. Stay away from complicated Flash based menus or multi-tiered dropdown menus. If your visitors don't know how to navigate, they will leave your site.

4) Have a clear indication of where the user is

When visitors are deeply engrossed in browsing your site, you will want to make sure they know which part of the site they are in at that moment. That way, they will be able to browse relevant information or navigate to any section of the site easily. Don't confuse your visitors because confusion means "abandon ship"!

5) Avoid using audio on your site

If your visitor is going to stay a long time at your site, reading your content, you will want to make sure they're not annoyed by some audio looping on and on on your website. If you insist on adding audio, make sure they have some control over it -- volume or muting controls would work fine.

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Starting A Home Party Plan Businesses.

Starting a Mary Kay, Avon, or Arbonne business is easy and a fun way to get out and meet people, but, make no mistake about it, they are a business. If you do not treat it like a business you will fail. The lure of most Home Party Plan Businesses, is simple; they are cheap to start and most people are already using the products and love them, so, they figure why not sell them and make some extra money.

If it is such an easy business to start and inexpensive, why is that most people do not stay in these businesses very long? That will be the focus of this blog. Is it really that hard to make it in the multi level marketing business, or is there an easier way to grow your business?

95% of network marketers will give up on their dreams in the first year of starting their business!

Many will quit in just three months. Why?

Most new independent beauty consultants are excited and terrified when they sign their initial contract. Three months later, the excitement is gone, replaced by the knowledge that the product does not actually sell itself, as they have been told. Within their first year, they give up altogether.

Many reasons are given to explain why a person gives up on themselves and their dreams so quickly.The reason I have heard most often for why people give up on their dreams so quickly, is "I couldn't make money fast enough, or, I thought it was going to be easier."

They thought they were going to get into this and it was going to be so easy. Someone told them, you don't have to sell, just share with people our opportunity and they will want it. Unfortunately many believe this line and it is simply not true.

They are told about million dollar yearly commission made by some. While this is true, those making that commission did't sit on their laurels waiting for the product to sell itself. I will explore many different options here to help you achieve success in your own Home Party Plan Business or network marketing business.

First lesson: Don't rely totally on your upline for information to make your business grow. Your upline will tell you, "Why reinvent the wheel," or "It has worked for 50 years now, stick with what works." Honey, it's not working!! That is why the failure rate of most multi level marketing businesses is so high. Hopefully others will post here telling of their successes and well as failures so we can all learn from them.

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