Most of you know that my virtual assistant practice is based on training and application support. A few weeks ago I was introduced to a program by Yaro Starak that teaches people just like me (and possibly you) how to take your knowledge and turn it into income by building membership sites. It’s called “Teaching Sells”.  I’ll just bet that many of you, and even your clients, have been thinking about how to implement this very thing. So, not only could you create these for yourself, but you could do this for your clients as well. It is a monthly subscription site, but they have so much available right away that you could get a lot out of the program in the first month and could stop subscribing after that if you like.  I was so impressed with what they offered, I decided to become an affiliate and have included the link below.

“Discover How to Create Membership Websites That Sell With These Five Step-by-Step Training Courses”

Teaching Sells is your step-by-step guide to getting started in the future of paid content today. These courses (with more to come) will provide you with a complete methodology for building membership sites that sell, as well as teaching you how to sell just about anything online.

Initial courses include:

1) How to create content that sells

2) How to effectively market interactive learning environments

3) How to create killer multimedia content with quick and easy tools

4) Seven profitable business models for interactive content developers

5) Your blueprint for building membership sites with open-source and low-cost software

If you’re interested in this kind of thing, check them out.

My affiliate link: http://teachingsells.com?ref=169d772d

Andrea Kalli

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Still not sure if having a business blog is all it’s cracked up to be? Think again. It is an effective way to market your business, services, and products. Just don’t use it as a hard-sell strategy. You have to be willing to give a little (information) to get a little (or a lot of sales).

I thought I would share this real-life event with you.

This morning I posted a new article on my blog/podcast site, “Top 20 Ways To Use SharePoint Effectively”.  

A special thanks to Karen Reddick of The Red Pen Editor for helping me to re-write this article.   I didn’t want to post duplicate content from a similar article that I did on the same subject in a different location. BTW, she’s great to help you repurpose your material.

Anyway, I did an audio podcast on the topic and included it with the blog post, and in the audio I mentioned a special coupon for my SharePoint training video course but they would need to come to the blog site to get it. This is especially crucial for those that subscribe to the podcast, but don’t get around to visiting the website that it’s posted on. About 90% of my podcast listeners come from iTunes.

The blog post was picked up by Google within a few hours of being posted.  I’ve received several sales from it so far today.

Check it out…

#1 and #4 on Google for the term “ways to use sharepoint”

#6 spot on Google for the term “what are the ways I can use sharepoint”

Andrea Kalli

akalli@virtualassist.net

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Do you have a business PayPal account? What about an Aweber account?

Many companies do.

If you have digital products to sell, did you know you can combine features in PayPal and in Aweber to provide an automated delivery system for purchases? No? Well you can.

The Aweber site offers a How-To article on this very topic at http://www.aweber.com/blog/articles-tips/paypal-autoresponder-and-follow-up-integration.htm

What I like about this system is that it allows businesses to start selling their products without requiring the extra monthly expense of the all-purpose, all-inclusive shopping cart systems available. If, as a company, you’ve already got PayPal and Aweber then you don’t need anything else. Of course it’s not the absolute most secure system, but it’ll do for many a business.

PayPal allows you to create Buy Now buttons for your website that you’ll tie into the unique Aweber email address to a list. That action automatically adds the buyer to the appropriate Aweber list. Aweber sends out a confirmation email to them that they’ll need to respond to before it sends out the email with the product link and other information.

The beautiful thing is, it’s automatic once you set it up. People buy your products from your website and you don’t have to do anything manual. Well, you’ll need to log into your PayPal account and collect your money.

You’re going to need to password protect the downloadable files. I zip my files with WinZip Pro and use the built-in encryption feature. When you set up the Aweber email you’ll include a link to the download, the password to open it, and maybe some simple instructions for those that don’t know what to do with a zipped file.

Hey, and don’t forget to use this opportunity to up-sell them on your other products or services. You can include this information in the automated emails right along with the download links to what they’ve just purchased.

What can you use this for?

• EBook sales and delivery
• Educational course delivery, text and/or audio – delivered over several automated emails
• Audio products that you sell – original music and/or spoken word
• Most anything else that can be in a digital format.

What are the limitations? Well, there’s the simple fact that you can only have 8 email addresses in your PayPal account. You’ll use a unique email address from your Aweber list per product. That limits you right there.

It’s basic, but easy…and that’s a good start.

Andrea

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

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