A Free Agent Roadmap for 2003

As this year comes to a close, it's time to look ahead to 2003. The start of a new year is an exciting time and is an opportunity to begin with a clean slate. As you develop your strategic plan, consider the following items to ensure that the upcoming year will be a success.

The Eye of the Storm

I've been publishing a newsletter for over 3 years and I've been actively marketing and running an online business for almost 5 ... needless to say, I've seen a lot of trends come and go and definitely know all about "lulls" and "surges."

Optimize Your Site for More Visitors, More Sales

Your goal for sites is probably to get traffic - and to get traffic you need to optimize your site so search engines will index it. What about after the traffic lands on your site? You need to keep visitors there and convince them to buy. You need to optimize your site for this purpose, as well.

Is Your Sales Letter Losing You Money Because

Sales letters can be one of the most powerful tools available to businesses when used correctly. But unfortunately, even the best of sales letters can fail -- bringing in only a small percentage of their true potential -- because they're missing one of the crucial ingredients needed to close the sale.