We’ve always been told that a successful online business must have a mailing list, but sometimes that’s easier said than done. We have to figure out how to get the subscribers and once we have them, what do we send them and how do we get them to buy stuff from us? In fact, building and running an effective list can *SEEM* so involved and complicated.

But it really doesn’t have to be.

Alice Seba has one of the easiest and simplest-to-follow approaches to email marketing and she’s willing to take you and me by the hand in her brand-new and aptly named, “Email Marketing Reform School”

No matter where it’s found marketing copy is written to sell. So there are certain standards that are universal to copywriting whether it’s done for online or offline purposes. Internet copywriting has some of its own unique requirements as well. Here are some of the most important “dos” of Internet copywriting.

1. Do include information that is useful to the reader. Whether you are writing a sales page or articles to market your website, your readers want to read things that are beneficial to them. It’s true that the underlying intent is to sell something but in order to do so you need to provide value to the reader.

Marketing is always a huge deal. Where do you spend your money and get the best return?

The Sample Gal is a tremendous deal. You can sign up as an affiliate and earn from your sample box sales, your own donations to the sample box and also anyone that decides they would like to send in their samples.

Get your samples put in the box and imagine the great response. You can include any amount of samples you can afford, but you need to make sure the marketing materials are of the best quality. You want your info on everything. Also make sure that your marketing info is attached securely to your samples. It won’t do much good if the products are lacking a way to order.

Your home office can be the central business center of the home, and oftentimes with all of those papers and documents, it may be hard to focus on where to get started, or exactly how to clean.

Dust is public enemy number one when it comes to a home office. It seems to pervade everything, including computer screens, keyboards, bookshelves, and desktops. Of course we all know that the leading killer of dust is pledge and a dustcloth, but here are a few tips you may not have known.

Internships are commonly associated with college students. They become interns to earn college credit and to gain experience that will help them start their careers once they have graduated. But did you know that more and more small business owners are expressing an interest in becoming interns?

It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. By definition, an intern is someone who works in a temporary position for the purpose of gaining skills and experience rather than making money. It’s not so far-fetched for a budding entrepreneur to want to do that. I for one am someone that learns by experience and not so much from books and text.

Internships are commonly associated with college students. They become interns to earn college credit and to gain experience that will help them start their careers once they have graduated. But did you know that more and more small business owners are expressing an interest in becoming interns?

It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. By definition, an intern is someone who works in a temporary position for the purpose of gaining skills and experience rather than making money. It’s not so far-fetched for a budding entrepreneur to want to do that. I for one am someone that learns by experience and not so much from books and text.

Social networking through MyWAHMSpace is huge. Once users register for a free account, they are given a MyWAHMSpace page where they can post business and personal information. They can upload photographs and are also given access to a blog. Users have the option of joining MyWAHMSpace Groups, and they can also connect with other MyWAHMSpace users and become “friends.” MyWAHMSpace has a unique messaging system that allows users to send mail back and forth, and MyWAHMSpace friends are allowed to post comments on each other’s pages.

It’s obviously close to the middle of the year. I’m feeling a little scattered again and need to take inventory. It’s time to pull out my spring cleaning ebook I downloaded from Alice who among other sites owns Internet Marketing Sweetie Course.

This ebook was an eye opener to how much time I’ve wasted both in actual time and in emotionally worrying about sites I’m not getting to like I should.

It’s time to take inventory of my sites. Check the stats on all of them and see what is working and what is not. You’ll be seeing some more sites for sale soon.