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Web 2.0 has brought forth lots of new and exciting ways for people to connect with one another. Many of these new applications can also be useful for generating traffic. Two that work particularly well are forums and social networking sites.

Forums, also known as message boards or bulletin boards, provide a way for people with similar interests to communicate with one another. They are similar to online chat, but they do not update in real time and their content remains posted so that it may be viewed at any time. This provides a great opportunity for online marketers to gain links back to their sites.

You can’t, however, just pop onto a forum unannounced and start advertising your business. If you don’t participate in discussions, other members tend to either ignore you or not take you seriously. You might even get banned. So it is important to join forums that are relevant and interest you, and to refrain from blatantly advertising.

Most forums allow members to place links in their signatures, and this is tolerated by fellow members. Your signature is shown every time you post a message, so the more you participate, the more your link will be seen. You can simply contribute to the discussions, share some expertise on your site’s subject, and let people visit your site when they are ready.

Social networking sites usually have several features that can be of benefit to online marketers. Many of them feature forums, but they also have personal pages for each member. You can customize these pages as you wish, and you can use them to promote your website. You can include links, RSS feeds, and more.

These social aspects of the web have facilitated the building of trust between people who have never met face to face. If you strive to gain the trust of other users, forums and social networking sites can be great sources of traffic for you.

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Getting quality content is a great start to building your readership and increasing the number of visitors to your site. There are almost an unlimited number of ways to increase the visitors that your site lands. You are really only limited by your imagination (and maybe your time).

Other websites. Sign up to post on forums related to your niche (or in your niche). Include your website in your signature when you post (this can usually be done when you are in the process of registering). Visit regularly and always make posts that are helpful and relevant.

Participate in blog carnivals (if you have a blog on your site). You can find these by doing a search for blog carnivals. Submit some of your top posts for consideration. These sites will post your link on their sites and you will increase your visitors (and also begin building your backlinks).

Post some of your articles on the free articles sites (like ezinearticles and other similar websites). Be sure to include a link to your website in the author’s block. You will again draw more visitors but also have a chance to build more backlinks.

Use your emails. Put your website link in the signature portion of your emails. Every time you send an email (whether you compose if from scratch or just reply to an existing one) you will pass along a link to your website. You might be surprised at how many people visit that get your link that way (and even more surprised at how many pass that link on to friends and co-workers).

Use word of mouth – or word of internet – to let people know about your website. Send a news release to all of the people in your email lists telling about the website and all of the amazing features that it offers.

Post regularly. People like consistency in their lives and in their internet options. The more regular you are, the more likely you will be to build a loyal readership. It is also a good idea to post fairly often (several times a week to several times a day).

To become the leader in any niche market, you have to have customers. Building your visitor numbers can take as much time or as little time are you are willing to invest. The more options you try and the more often you try them, the better (and quicker) your results are likely to be.

Reaching the top of your niche can also come easier if you can establish yourself as an expert in the field. You don’t have to have formalized education – life experience is just as valuable.

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Most high ticket opportunities offer an abundance of support for their resellers. In addition to not having to create the product yourself and keeping all the commission from the sale, it is important to find a company who has systems in place to help you succeed.

Taking a look at the direct sales business model you can find thousands of opportunities ranging from selling jewelry to selling the big ticket items like we’re discussing. Each one offers a different level of support. For example if you become a sales associate for a software company then they may give you a website, marketing materials, and even a getting started type of package or they can give you nothing and leave every single aspect of your business up to you.

Most high ticket opportunities give you an abundance of support. They want you to succeed! However within a specific opportunity you may find varying levels of support depending on who you’re working with. We’re going to use Passport to Wealth again as an example because it is exactly what we’re talking about here. If you purchase Passport to Wealth from one person they may say thank you and send you on your way, however another person may have a wealth of support available to support you. This is the person you want to buy from and do business with.

So in addition to looking for a big ticket opportunity, one that allows you to earn substantial income from selling high priced products that you do not have to create yourself and you keep 100% of the commission from every sale, you want to make sure you’re working with people who have a system established to support you.

Just because an opportunity offers support doesn’t mean you can jump right in and not do the work. You still need to brand yourself and grow your business. You still need to be an entrepreneur. However, we don’t want you to have to go out there and try 99 different tactics without success. We want you to be successful.

So the rest of this book is dedicated to showing you proven strategies and tactics to build a business selling high ticket opportunities to others. In short, it’s a blueprint on how to Convert Big Ticket Prospects To High-Paying Customers.

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For your own good, it is important to develop a basic criteria of what you need, how you need it done, and in what time frame the tasks should be accomplished. Once you have this information in hand, it is possible to assemble your list of qualities that any outsourcing agent must possess before you do business. Here are a few suggestions that may be relevant for your situation.

The ideal outsourcing candidate will be able to accommodate your needs. This means that rather than you finding a way to fit your needs, goals, and time table into a structured model offered by the service provider, he or she finds a way to comply with your needs. There is no need to be dogmatic about this. Chances are there may need to be some give or take on both sides to come to agreeable terms. But if the service provider essentially offers you the choice of a couple of generic plans and there is no room for customization, then keep looking.

A second important characteristic is the ability to consistently meet deadlines. You don't need to receive the amount of invoiced sales for April at some point in July. If the word on the street is that a given service provider is often late completing assignments, then don't waste your time. The idea behind outsourcing tasks is to make life easier, not create extra complications.

Next, you want an outsourcing service provider who can think outside the box. This is especially true if you are outsourcing customer care functions or a PR campaign. There are simply too many occasions when something comes up that is a little out of the ordinary. When the provider is unable to creatively deal with the situation, or at least placate an important client until you can be reached, you could end up losing business and part of that stellar reputation that took so long to build. Try running prospective service providers through scenarios based on some unusual events that have already come up and listen carefully to the response. If the response makes you feel uneasy, keep looking.

Last, you want an outsourcing service provider that knows when to handle a task and when to call you for consultation or to step in on a given matter. This may be the hardest qualification to gauge. A lot will depend on just how hands on you want to be with the given task. For example, you may not want to deal with a vendor who is already calling about a past due notice when the check is due to be cut tomorrow, but you may want to talk with a vendor that never received payment for services rendered sixty days ago. If the outsourcing service seems able to get a handle on what you consider to be worthy of notification, then look no further and sign up with them. This is one talent that is hard to come by.

Other skills and qualifications will be necessary, based on the nature of your business, the way you operate the business, and the tasks that are being assigned to the outsourcing service provider. Take the task seriously, and don't just dump the task in their laps and run out the door. Remember, they may be doing the work, but it still reflects on you.

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Step four will cover one method of negotiating an outsourcing deal while step five will discuss another. For this section, we will go over what it takes in order for you to negotiate an outsourcing deal by yourself (or with the assistance of others in your company).

For the most part, a lot of businesses you are considering outsourcing to will simply offer you their services at a flat rate. However, there will likely come a time when you actually have to negotiate your contract if you are hoping to get the best deal for your business. If this is the case, you will need to know a number of important skills to help you deal with the process of negotiation.

The first thing you will need to know is how to properly read a contract. While it is possible for anyone to be able to make sense of business contracts, it is advisable that you have at least some background in contract law. After all, many deals are made or broken thanks to a well written or poorly written contract. And the last thing you want from your deal with an outsourcing business is a contract that will not properly protect the interests of your company.

Most of the time, the negotiating process will begin when you have reviewed all of the materials sent to you by the outsourcing business. At this time, you should consider taking a trip to the outsourcing business to see what their business climate is like and whether or not they would be a good candidate for your company. Check out their products, see what options they offer you, and go from there.

Many companies will present you with their standard contract. One which has been drafted and used by most, if not all, of the businesses they have dealt with prior to you. Take time to read the contract carefully, and consult a lawyer if there is anything written that you may not fully comprehend. At this point, you should also consider making a deal with the outsourcing company to institute a trial period where you will pay the company to outsource the business division in question for short period of time at an agreed to price. If the outsourcing company does not wish to grant you a trial period, consider choosing another company instead.

If the trial period goes smoothly and you are happy with the work the outsourcing company has provided you, you can go ahead and sign the contract should it be designed to favor both your company and your outsourcing business' company.