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The Funded Proposal Concept- a Marketer’s Best Friend

Many internet marketers have a cash flow problem. The cost of their marketing campaigns, especially early in their businesses, typically generates a negative cash flow. The momentum of their business has not gotten to the point that they are profitable on a monthly basis. This fact ruins many businesses before they actually get off the ground. People get discouraged and quit, and then feel that internet marketing is a scam because it didn’t work out for them. Sound familiar?

One reason for this cash flow problem is that most people only market one thing, their primary product. Now, their main product could be an actual specific product, or it could be their business itself, as in the case of most MLM businesses. Either way this can be deadly to cash flow. It is very typical that the conversion rate of leads to sales is quite small.

So what can be done about this?

What is needed is a way to generate revenue at a rate that provides a sufficient positive cash flow to support the marketing efforts, at least until the business gains a momentum of its own. Enter the funded proposal concept. This concept is relatively new in the internet marketing industry, but can be the solution to the cash flow problem.

What is the funded proposal concept?

The funded proposal concept, simply put, is the use of relatively low cost up front offers that a business can make to their target market, other than just promote their main product. It may be an informational product, or a tool that can provide real value to anyone in the business’s target market. It is a win/ win situation for both parties involved. A person in the target market receives something they need, and the marketer has working capital to further market his/her main product or business. It also provides a way to better monetize each lead, and thus increase the ROI. This concept is especially useful to the marketer whose primary product may have a large cost associated with it.

The funded proposal concept also provides additional benefits to those who employ it properly. It provides a way to build a list of clients that have established that they are willing to purchase from you and your business. The fact that these clients purchased something that gave them value builds a kind of trust. This trust makes them more agreeable to any other offers you may make to them, including your main product.

So, by leading with a low cost offer that provides answers to questions, or a tool that solves a problem you not only are able to generate a positive cash flow, but can increase the overall conversions of your primary business. This funded proposal concept can be the internet marketer’s best friend.


February 4, 2012 at 7:57 pm Comments (0)

Are Online Profit Masters Scammers or for Real?

There are many different types of Online Profit Masters scam offerings out there. This group consists mainly of fake gurus who will tell you exactly what you want to hear just to make a quick buck. These types of people are often harder to spot than you may think because often times they hide behind slick sales gimmicks and enough loyal followers to lend credibility to their message.

There are several things that you can do to protect yourself from online profit masters scams. The first is to follow a simple rule of not paying for information or more importantly any kind of job offer. This will keep you safe from most scams. However sometimes it does make sense to pay for legitimate training or important software.

If that’s the case then your best defense is the internet, simply google the name of the person or the name of the program that you are thinking of buying and try to find real open forums discussing that product. You should be able to tell pretty quickly whether something is legit or not.


January 23, 2012 at 2:38 am Comments (0)

Legit Paid Surveys Are a Great Help

In today’s cyber scene, there are a lot of money making opportunities for people who have the patience to find one. Online jobs are very abundant today because people are now trying to eliminate the expensive transportation cost every day to go to work. However, the hard part about finding these online jobs is that there are a lot of fraudulent sites out there that would only scam you through and through. Their target is to have some of your vital information and would use it for their own gain. If you are lucky enough to find legit paid surveys job, that would be a great help because it could give you the income that you so desperately need.

In a nutshell, online jobs are for companies that are using outsourcing today to optimize their profit. The legit companies are really generous in a way because you could afford to buy a new gadget or pay the bills with their compensation.


January 12, 2012 at 7:34 pm Comments (0)

For Those Contemplating a Second Career

If your current career has come to a sudden abrupt end, or will be ending soon, then perhaps it is time for you to look into possible second careers. Keep in mind that you are not alone in your pursuit. There are thousands of individuals planning and researching second careers to keep income flowing in their households. There are many job prospects that carry a high level of opportunity, such as those in the medical field, including everything from nurses, physicians and anesthesiologists to hospital managers and health care administrators. Other possible second careers include medical billing, affiliate marketing of medical-related products and services or even mobile application development.

When industries evolve, due to technology as well as supply and demand, so do the needs for their services. Industries such as coal mining or railroad building, which were once stable careers in the late 1800s and early 1900s, are now very rare. This is the same for over-the-phone customer service positions that are taken over by electronic answering services or lower cost services in various countries.


January 8, 2012 at 7:06 am Comments (0)

Why Do Retailers Make Use of Gift Dropshipping?

As the concept of gift dropshipping is becoming familiar with the people, especially the retailers, they are now coming to realize the importance that it holds for them. Gift Dropshipping allows the retailer to sell gift baskets to their customers in an indirect way because there are laws that prevent them to participate in such a process directly. The retailers can select the company, which they wish to act as a third party and this third party then provide their service by helping the retailer in preparing and delivering the gift baskets to the customers. As the goods that are included in the basket reflect the quality and the image of the company, thus the retailers always make sure that the goods that end up in the basket have a good quality in order to increase their consumer base. It is the choice of retailers to decide which type of goods they wish to include in the gift basket and once they decide these goods, they can simply mention them on the website of the company that would act as a third party for them. This party then makes sure that all the goods that are mentioned by the retailer are included in the basket before they reach the customers and they also make sure that they always have enough stock with them so that they do not have to face any shortage in future. After the basket is prepared, the retailer provide them with the addresses of the customers to which they want these baskets to be delivered too and the company then performs this final task for the retailer.


January 6, 2012 at 8:06 am Comments (0)

I’m Making a Lot More Money

When I started to look at different ideas to earn money, I felt like a whole new world had opened up to me. I already had a small blog because I just love to write. Without advertising, I already had a small following of people that I did not know. I saw that I could actually make money from a blog and the more I read, the more excited I became. Without sounding egotistical, I know that I am talented when it comes to writing but I never put myself out there before. I just went to work for my eight hours then came home and spent a few hours on the computer, too tired to really do much of anything else. Now, I am working full time from home writing several blogs, and I am making a lot more money than I did when I was working outside my home.


January 5, 2012 at 6:57 am Comments (0)