We are less than 48 hours away from a New Year. Many people make resolutions to change things in their lives. Out with the old and in with the new. What is it that you want to make sure that you do more of this year? What areas in your life do you want to see increase? I myself want to dedicate more of my time in the word of God and spreading the word of God be it through poetry or word of mouth to another. I want to spend more time worshiping our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, the giver of every good and perfect gift. As we enter the 2008 let us be thankful that the Lord has allowed us to see a New Year and we have a chance to present our bodies a living sacrifice unto him. Let us remember to give him honor glory and praise for all he does, all he has done, and all that he is going to do that we have yet to see manifested in our lives for the coming year. I wish you all a blessed coming New Year full of good health, happiness, and prosperity. I appreciate each and every one of you who continue to stop by Woman2Woman to browse our website. May the Lord's blessing be upon you and your family.
In His Service Forever,
Sherri C. Walker
Sunday, December 30, 2007
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Friday, December 7, 2007
Advertising Made Easy!
Ok, so you’ve started a new home business or maybe you have an established business. One very important thing to do is advertise your business.
First, let’s talk about what the difference is between marketing and advertising. The definition of marketing is to make a communication about a product or service a purpose of which is to encourage recipients of the communication to purchase or use the product or service. The definition of advertising is a public promotion of some product or service.
So now that we have that cleared up, let’s look at some different ways to advertise your business.
First thing you should do is get business cards. You can get inexpensive business cards at Vistaprint. Business cards are very important to any business. Make sure to put your website, if you have one, on the card as well as your name and phone number.
Now that you have business cards, you need to utilize them. You can leave your card everywhere you go. Some ideas are bathrooms, table at a restaurant, leave one on the shelf in the baby section at the store, put them in your bills when you send them in for payment, give them to people that you are networking with, and give them to your children to give to there friends. I have also used my card to tell the teller what change I need at the drive thru. I have also left them in books at the library, on the tables or computer desks at the library, on the counter at the doctor’s office, and in magazines in waiting rooms. Let your imagination run wild with this.
Second thing you should do is to make up some flyers. You can leave your flyers on any public bulletin board. Some examples of this would be a bulletin board at the laundry mat, apartment complex, grocery store, work out center, and the mall. Flyers are also good for Mom Packs and to send out for direct mailings. Let your imagination run wild with this one as well.
The third thing you should do is on-line marketing. Of course, you should do on-line marketing if you have a website. But, you can do on-line marketing if you don’t have a website. It’s better if you have one, but that’s alright if you don’t. If you don’t have a website, you should at least have an e-mail address and you should leave a phone number. If you have a website, then you don’t need to leave an e-mail or phone number. Course, all of this depends on how you want people to contact you.
To do the advertising on-line, you can do a Google search for advertising. You can do free advertising or paid advertising. It’s up to you. I have found the paid advertising works better than free advertising, but it’s up to you. If your advertising budget doesn’t allow paid advertising right now, then you really should do the free advertising. No matter how much money you have to spend, you need to advertise. If you don’t advertise you don’t have people coming in. If you don’t have people coming in, you don’t make money. Some places that you can advertise are Ryze and message boards. Do the Google search and you will find many more places.
The last thing you need to do is networking. Networking is very important for any business. The definition of networking is using contacts made in business for purposes beyond the reason for the initial contact. For example, a sales representative may ask a customer for names of others who may be interested in his product. You can network through Ryze, the Chamber of Commerce mixers, and many other places. You should always network, wherever you go.
There are many more ideas for advertising your business. Use Google and people that you know. Success is as far as you make it out to be. Good luck and keep up the hard work! You can do it.
Corrie Petersen runs a successful VA and Advertising business. Check out her website at http://www.virtualfreedom4you.com. You can also sign up for her free advertising tips newsletter at http://getyoursoload.com/advertisingtips.aspx.
First, let’s talk about what the difference is between marketing and advertising. The definition of marketing is to make a communication about a product or service a purpose of which is to encourage recipients of the communication to purchase or use the product or service. The definition of advertising is a public promotion of some product or service.
So now that we have that cleared up, let’s look at some different ways to advertise your business.
First thing you should do is get business cards. You can get inexpensive business cards at Vistaprint. Business cards are very important to any business. Make sure to put your website, if you have one, on the card as well as your name and phone number.
Now that you have business cards, you need to utilize them. You can leave your card everywhere you go. Some ideas are bathrooms, table at a restaurant, leave one on the shelf in the baby section at the store, put them in your bills when you send them in for payment, give them to people that you are networking with, and give them to your children to give to there friends. I have also used my card to tell the teller what change I need at the drive thru. I have also left them in books at the library, on the tables or computer desks at the library, on the counter at the doctor’s office, and in magazines in waiting rooms. Let your imagination run wild with this.
Second thing you should do is to make up some flyers. You can leave your flyers on any public bulletin board. Some examples of this would be a bulletin board at the laundry mat, apartment complex, grocery store, work out center, and the mall. Flyers are also good for Mom Packs and to send out for direct mailings. Let your imagination run wild with this one as well.
The third thing you should do is on-line marketing. Of course, you should do on-line marketing if you have a website. But, you can do on-line marketing if you don’t have a website. It’s better if you have one, but that’s alright if you don’t. If you don’t have a website, you should at least have an e-mail address and you should leave a phone number. If you have a website, then you don’t need to leave an e-mail or phone number. Course, all of this depends on how you want people to contact you.
To do the advertising on-line, you can do a Google search for advertising. You can do free advertising or paid advertising. It’s up to you. I have found the paid advertising works better than free advertising, but it’s up to you. If your advertising budget doesn’t allow paid advertising right now, then you really should do the free advertising. No matter how much money you have to spend, you need to advertise. If you don’t advertise you don’t have people coming in. If you don’t have people coming in, you don’t make money. Some places that you can advertise are Ryze and message boards. Do the Google search and you will find many more places.
The last thing you need to do is networking. Networking is very important for any business. The definition of networking is using contacts made in business for purposes beyond the reason for the initial contact. For example, a sales representative may ask a customer for names of others who may be interested in his product. You can network through Ryze, the Chamber of Commerce mixers, and many other places. You should always network, wherever you go.
There are many more ideas for advertising your business. Use Google and people that you know. Success is as far as you make it out to be. Good luck and keep up the hard work! You can do it.
Corrie Petersen runs a successful VA and Advertising business. Check out her website at http://www.virtualfreedom4you.com. You can also sign up for her free advertising tips newsletter at http://getyoursoload.com/advertisingtips.aspx.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Keep Christ in Christmas
Keep Christ in Christmas
By Sherri C. Walker
It’s almost that time of year again. Christmas is just about to dawn on the world in a few short weeks. A large number of people have decked their halls, began their Christmas shopping, and are making dinner plans for the upcoming last major family celebrated holiday of the year. Christmas is one of the two holiest holidays of the year where Christ is central focus, the other being the resurrection of Christ (Easter). Let us not let this holiday go by in a blur without remembering why we take a pause in life to reflect on the day Christ entered the world in bodily form.
Christmas is not about us, it’s about Jesus. It’s not about us getting, its about what the Father gave. He gave his only begotten Son, Jesus, so that all who believe in him could be redeemed and live eternally.
It's so easy, if not careful, to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas with its glitter and glamour and abundance of material things available for the giving and the taking, but let us not forget about the greatest gift of all that was given, our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Christ.
Although we don’t know the exact day he was born, the world has set aside the 25th of December to observe his birth. On birthdays we give gifts to people we love. What will you give Christ on his birthday? We know we can't give him things hand in hand because he is not physically present with us, but we can give him things in spirit, like more of our time in worship, more of our time glorifying him, more time reading his word, praying, and being kind to others as he was, all the while wanting to go unnoticed and not expecting anything in return. Another thing we can do is not forget to share the good news with others about him and the reason why he was sent.
The existence of Jesus didn’t just began we he entered the world as a baby through the womb of his mother, Mary. He was there in the beginning, remember he said, “I am alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first, and the last. (Revelation 22:13) We can tell people of how he willing came knowing the destiny that awaited him 33 years down the line when he would willingly give his life a sacrifice for the sins of man.
What an amazing gift we were lovingly given by our Father in Heaven. (John 3:16) In closing this letter to you I thought of another thing we could give to our Savior on the day we remember the precious day he was born of a Virgin, we can give him yet again our thanks for his unselfishness in taking our place on the cross at Calvary.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
(c) Sherri Walker
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