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Building Your Business with FREE Tutorials
copyright 2001 Terri Seymour
If you have an online business, no matter what it pertains to, a great way to
promote yourself and your business is by sharing your knowledge. One way of doing
this is be preparing free tutorials for people to read and learn from. By doing this,
people will come to think of you as an expert in your field. When they need advice,
products or services, you will be the one they trust and believe.
Divide your tutorial into four or five (or however many it takes) steps; then set them up
at an autoresponder. If you sell home decorating items, you could set up a tutorial
to paint a piece of furniture in this manner:
Step 1 - Preparing the Piece
Step 2 - Choosing the Right Paint
Step 3 - Painting the Piece
Step 4 - Maintenance
After you divide these into steps, set it up at the autoresponder for the each step
to be sent out two or three days apart. This works better than one complete mailing
because it keeps your name and business in the mind of the prospective customer
longer and he will be more likely to buy your products.
Free Autoresponders:
http://www.getresponse.com/?34218
http://newbieclub.com/cgi-bin/sgx/d.cgi?ottofree-web_success
http://www.sendfree.com/
http://www.aweber.com/
Have a look at these and decide which you prefer. If you don't like any of these,
there are plenty more.
When you set up your tutorials at the autoresponder, don't forget to put a couple points
of interest about your site/business. You also want to make sure you have a little thank
you note preceding the tutorial. Introduce yourself, say thank you and encourage the
prospect to ask questions or visit your site for more information. This will help
to build a relationship with the customer and to build your reputation also.
After everything is set-up, the next step is promoting your tutorials. This you would do
in the same way as promoting other things.
Email Signature:
FREE 4-day tutorial on painting furniture!
http://whateveryoururliswouldgohere
Announce it on message boards & discussion lists (if allowed) Make sure you read
all rules before posting. If you cannot post it, then add it to your signature.
Announce it in your ezine and on your homepage.
Post it on the appropriate announcement lists.
Add it to your ad swaps and free classifieds.
Put it on your business cards.
Add it to your resource box, if you write articles.
Post it to newsgroups.
Use your imagination and see how many different ways you can come up with to get the word
out about your tutorials. These tutorials will go a long way in building your
reputation, your business and you!
Terri Seymour is the publisher of Web Success Ezine
and owner of Web Success central. You can contact
her at: mailto:ter02@newnorth.net Subscribe to
Web Success Ezine and get two free gifts by sending
any email to mailto:web-success-subscribe@egroups.com
or visit http://www.websuccesscentral.com for more
resources, moneymaking programs, and information.
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