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The Benefits Of Sharing Your Knowledge

16 Jun.
Posted by rebeccakepple in Ask an Expert | Comments Off

Most clients who book appointments with you both enjoy whatever service you provide and can clearly see the benefits of this service. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t have booked in the first place.

For example if a client books a massage, they can clearly want a massage and they know they will feel better afterwards. Or for someone who gets their hair cut, they know their hair is going to look better for it and they can look in the mirror afterwards and get proof of this.

What is the possibility that when that person comes in for their massage they think… “Gee this is great, my sore calf muscle is finally relaxing a bit. But you know what, after this, I’m not going to book in for at least another 6 months because I actually enjoy hobbling around when it hurts a bit”?

Not very likely. When that person books in for their massage they know its going to help them and they’ve got every intention of coming back again to ensure their calf muscle is fully rehabilitated.

And when that person comes in for their haircut, what’s the likelihood of them thinking… “Wow, I love this new haircut but I actually quite like it when the style grows out and there’s lots of split ends. I don’t think I’ll book another hair cut for at least 8 or 9 months”?

Again not likely or they wouldn’t have bothered booking their haircut in the first place.

In reality those people are probably thinking “gee, I must book in for often, my hair looks fantastic” or “wow my muscle is really relaxing, I must ask if I should come back next week to get it completely back to normal”.

So in our marketing processes, we need to educate our clients.

Show them you are the expert and give them the knowledge to understand how they can help themselves. It’s like the Chinese Proverb “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”

If you take the time to build those relationships and you teach your clients WHY their hair starts to look a bit icky after a few months and HOW it is going to benefit them to book in more often, then they will make that decision themselves that they ought to book in more often.

And if you then start showing them what they can do in their day-to-day life to keep their hair looking good until their next appointment… they will respect you and trust your opinion.

And then if you are in regular contact with them, they will never go anywhere else. Because they trust you, they like you, you’ve been helpful to them and you take the time to share your expert knowledge with them.

Rebecca Kepple specializes in helping business owners massively increase their client base and profits. To get instant access to her free insider secrets report ‘The Top 7 Secrets for Massively Increasing Your Client Base’ visit: http://www.wellbeingbusinesssecrets.com.

Ebook Writing – 4 Brand New Ways to Improve Your Ebook Writing

14 Jun.
Posted by eiposs in Ask an Expert | Comments Off

There is no doubt that ebook writing has become one of the most competitive fields in the internet today. Aspiring writers and even article writers are moving their cheese and trying to sink their teeth into this endeavor simply because it pays well.

If you are a struggling writer who’s having difficulty writing and selling your ebooks online, I do wish to share with you the 4 brand new ways that can help you make it in this field.

1. Make sure that your chosen topic and your book title are interesting and enticing. These are the two elements that can potentially persuade online users to take a serious look on your creation. Your topic must be something that is highly relevant and useful to your potential readers. This could be solutions to their problems, information that can empower them to do things on their own, or answers to their most frequent questions. Your title on the other hand, must be able to lure online users and evoke action. It must be able to tell these people right away what is your ebook all about and the reason/s why they should buy and read it.

2. Learn SEO. It is crucial that you know how you can secure a nice spot on search page result for your ebook. If you can make your book title appear on the top 10 result, the better as this can tremendously increase your sales and revenue. Make it a habit to insert popular search terms on your title.

3. Communicate your messages in plain English. By this, I simply mean use easy to understand terms all the time. You see, when you make your ebook available in the World Wide Web, people from all points of the globe might get interested on what you offer. Some of these people don’t use English as their primary language so you must adjust your writing style and choice of words so you can still get your message across without causing unnecessary confusion.

4. Hire a professional editor. What they say is true; you are not the best person to proofread your creation as personal biases might get in the way. To make sure that your ebook will flow well and to make sure that it will be free from any type of error, consider hiring a professional editor who can do the legwork for you.

5. If you are in budget, you can always do it by yourself. I’ve very good resource for you. Please get it from my about me section

Roy Sutanto is the author and can provide 600 topics to write your ebook or even ready content so you don’t even need to write. I encourage you to download the work that I did together with Stephen Pierce on how to write ebooks at http://www.richmantips.com/productcreationtips/

Where to Buy Wholesale Brand Name Fashion

14 Jun.
Posted by marinocaliterna in Ask an Expert | Comments Off

In order to secure profitable and consistent sources of quality discounted goods, it is important that one has a good grasp of how the industry works. Is is also recommended to have a local fashion broker to handle suppliers and all sourcing issues.

The term “wholesale” is here intended in a general sense meaning the purchase of fashion goods at discounted prices. In fact true wholesale technically does not really apply to the brand name fashion business, as goods are sold directly from the brand to retailers.

There are various ways to buy wholesale brand name fashion:
1)Purchase of stock, closeout and liquidations of garments from previous seasons collections.
In this case, the excess inventory is sold by the brand house directly to stock dealers in large quantities. These dealers then divide the lots and sell them to retailers or other smaller stock dealers.

These lots are the hardest to get and usually feed the top fish in the wholesale fashion business. The high minimum purchases of $20-30,000 keep many of the smaller buyers away though.

This type of stock applies to many casual brands (for example Diesel jeans, Replay jeans, Ck, top name suits) but rarely to top name ones such as Gucci, Fendi, Prada, Chloe, Ferragamo. These top brands infact tend to retail leftover stock directly through their own outlet stores.

2)Purchase of stock from end of season inventory.
At the end of each fashion season, there are wholesale dealers who go and clean up retail stores, hundreds of them at a time. All the goods end up in a warehouse from where they are sold to discount fashion retailers. This type of stock has high discount but lots are not very consistent (available styles sizes and colours are often limited and unpredictable) and item selection has do be done in person at the warehouse.

3)Buy current season or order next season collections through authorized retailers who have an account with the brand house.
Most fashion brands, do not wholesale, they only sell to retail dealers who have an account with them.

Some of the larger retailers when they place their orders to the brand, they place some for themselves and some extra to sell on the international market. These surplus orders are what you can profitably purchase at a good discount because by selling to foreign buyers the dealers can quickly recover cash flow.

Some dealers offer packing lists with photos for purchasing current season goods. To place orders for next season collections instead it is necessary to visit in person as photos are not usuallly circulated until season has begun.

4)Buy directly from the brand through your own account.
This is next to impossible for most as the allowed number of retailers is already saturated in most countries for famous brands.

It is often possible however to establish new accounts with less famous brands. This can be a great opportunity for profits and is the hottest trend in wholesale buying.

To establish an account with even any brand you are usually required to own “brick and mortar retail” space of a certain size in a good location. Few accounts for Internet retail are awarded.

It is advisable to resort to a local fashion broker to find and setup your new account with good brands. A good broker can recommend a choice of new brands suited to your local market and country.

When buying brand name fashion it is important to be guaranteed of authentic goods. A good broker is the best guarantee in this sense.

Generally speaking, good hints to fakes are: easy availability and low prices. Authentic brand name fashion are scarce and expensive. That is why when goods are authentic you will not find tons of them advertised nor huge discounts.

About “paperwork”: the only “paperwork” that exists for fashion stocks is the dealer’s purchase invoice. This is a confidential document and it is usually not sent but shown privately if requested. Beware of those advertising to send “full paperwork”; papers can be faked very easily with a computer.

To begin sourcing discount fashion it is best for you to contact a fashion broker who can save you time and money by pointing you immediately to the best source for you and help you with all the negotiation, payment and shipping, so that you, instead, can concentrate on selling!

Dr Marino Caliterna, is a professional fashion broker in Italy. He is also author of the ebook: “The guide to Italian wholesale and stocklot dealers”. Find out more at http://www.italia-consultant.com/Products.htm

The Secrets of IRS 1031

13 Jun.
Posted by jordanmcpelt in Ask an Expert | Comments Off

The 1031 tax-deferred exchanges that occur for fractional ownership interests, or tenancy in common interests, have a complicated name, but are in fact much simpler than you may think. Earlier this year, the 1031 Revenues Procedures addressed the topic of tenancy in common interest as replacement property in 1031 tax deferred exchanges.

There are many advantages to using tenancy in common interests in order to complete a 1031 exchanges. You can make the interests easier to find suitable replacement property within a 45 day period, allow investors with limited amounts of money to spend to diversify their properties, and to give someone a chance to own a share of property that might otherwise have been too expensive for a single person.

Under the 1031 section, an investor in real estate gain defer gain on a sale by exchanging the gain for a similar property and also meet the specific number of requirements that go along with this exchange. To receive your tax deferral from this exchange, you will need to find a replacement property that is equal or greater to the net sale price of the property that is being sold. All of the proceeds from the sale must be used in the exchange.

If you are participating in one of these exchanges, you must also be able to find replacement property that is suitable within 45 days of the property sale. The title to the property must be taken by the investor in the same manner that he or she gives the title in the sale of the property. The reason for the title requirement is to prevent investors from buying into more attractive or larger properties when they have to buy additional shares or other interests of partnership to complete the sale.

Before this ruling on section 1031, many tax professionals were questioning the fractional interests as replacement properties because it could be seen by the IRS as the investor being interested in a partnership rather than the property. If it was seen as a partnership instead of a property exchange, the exchange would no longer be valid.

Now there are many companies within a niche community that are beginning to make use of TIC interests to have a complete 1031 exchange. All the investors want is a deed for a percentage interest in the property rather than a share of partnership in the owning of the property.

The minimum standards that need to be met for a TIC interest to qualify as a replacement property in the exchange are: the number of tenants in common must be under 35, the sponsor cannot own the property for more than six months before all of the interests are sold, any decision that will have economic impact on the property must be voted on and approved by all owners, the management agreements must be renewable, and the management agreements must also provide for market rate compensation.

1031 exchanges are still a new type of property investment, but as the trend catches on there will be more and more opportunity to invest in this type of venture.

Jordan McPelt is a professional writer specializing in 1031 Exchanges and TIC Properties. To learn more about 1031 Exchanges, visit http://www.omni1031.com.

Powerful Ebook Writing – Revealing 5 Hidden Secrets to Improve Your Ebook Writing

12 Jun.
Posted by eiposs in Ask an Expert | Comments Off

Looking for ways on how you can make your ebook more impacting so you can generate more attention online that can lead to increased sales potential? Then, you are on the right page. In this article, I will share with you the 5 nifty steps that can impact your ebook writing:

1. Do a keyword analysis. This is to figure out which topics are usually being searched for by your potential clients when they go online. These topics will help you figure out the kind of information your target market needs which will ultimately guide you in choosing your central theme for your ebooks. List down all the popular search terms and do another research to determine how competitive these search terms are. You would want to go with the not so competitive keywords to increase your chances of making a sale.

2. Prepare your table of contents. This can act as your instant outline so you can make your writing well-guided. List down all the topics and sub topics that you would like to discuss on your content. Stick with your table of contents as much as possible so so you will not inadvertedly include information that may not be relevant to your main topic.

3. Add some human touch. Build a personal connection with your readers by writing your content in such a way that it will sound like you are just talking to someone you know who needs your advice and recommendations. Strive to sound warm, friendly, and spontaneous. Also, empathize when needed so your readers will feel that you do understand where they are coming from. This can promote rapport and customer trust that can lead to a fruitful and trusting business relationship.

4. Offer useful and valuable content. Give your readers their money’s worth by giving them the information they need. Help them resolve their problems, provide answer to their burning questions, or empower them to perform some things on their own by sharing a slice of your expertise. When you are able to help these people, you can be assured that they will do business with you again and they might even recommend you to their friends and family members.

5. Get straight to the point. By this, I simply mean avoid beating around the bush and say what you have to say so you will not lose your readers. Also, avoid using fillers and fancy, big words that can annoy or confuse your readers.

Roy Sutanto is the author and can provide more information on how to create an ebook instantly with less than $50. I encourage you to check out the work that I did together with Stephen Pierce at http://www.richmantips.com/productcreationtips/