| There are loads of reasons why people decide to | | | | because you stop salivating when a new email |
| start an online home business and some of them | | | | offer arrives), open the email and unsubscribe |
| include convincing sales copy and promised riches. | | | | from all these mailing lists you are on! |
| Our emotional response to a sales page is what | | | | 4. If curiosity really is killing you and you have to |
| "hooks" and the need to be lead by someone we | | | | open and read the email then BEFORE you click |
| hope will show us the way to a no-brainer cash | | | | that link to take a look, stop and let your logical |
| cow with an endless stream of $100 bills is what | | | | mind take over. Tell yourself you are only looking |
| has us whipping out our credit card faster than | | | | and before you buy you will read the entire sales |
| we can say "compound interest" | | | | page TWICE! |
| You could try willpower as a method to stop this | | | | 5. Read the entire sales page TWICE - Research |
| endless, expensive necessity to buy, but it can be | | | | has shown that long sales copy works. It's my |
| easier said than done. When you are watching a | | | | personal belief that the only reason why they |
| timer ticking down the seconds before the offer | | | | work is because we are too lazy to read them, |
| ends, or there is a fast action bonus that you | | | | so we go from the top of the page and the |
| have convinced yourself you need. Or even | | | | headline straight down to the fast action bonuses |
| worse, the price is rising with every second that | | | | and hit the "Buy now" link. If you really think you |
| passes and the longer you wait the more | | | | need this product then read the sales page from |
| expensive the product gets. Resistance of any | | | | start to finish at least twice. I recommend 4 |
| kind is futile. | | | | times to be sure. |
| And while these are all fantastic marketing | | | | 6. Don't put your email receipts in a separate |
| techniques when you are the seller, they are an | | | | folder - It is easy to forget about that $27 |
| absolute nightmare when you are the buyer. | | | | ebook, or $8 domain you bought. Leave all your |
| Your credit card takes yet another "hit" as you | | | | receipts for that month in your inbox. It is |
| buy the latest piece of viral software or adsense | | | | important they remain unopened and highlighted. |
| templates. Your credit card absolutely cowers | | | | You will be surprised at how many "purchase |
| when you add the latest article site monthly | | | | receipts" you actually accumulate and it definitely |
| membership fee, and it gasps for air when you | | | | stops the spending! |
| add the new gurus coaching program onto to it! | | | | 7. Find yourself a business where you don't need |
| Yes folks, when the marketing machine "hooks" | | | | any extras! Internet marketing is such a huge |
| you there is little you can do but give in and buy. | | | | area that it's easy to believe you need to buy all |
| Or is there? Here are 7 proven ways (and I know | | | | the latest products for your business. Find |
| they are proven because I had to use them | | | | yourself an online business that provides you with |
| myself) to stop credit card overload: | | | | just about everything you need. That doesn't |
| 1. Create a vision for your business. I always get | | | | mean you never have to buy anything again. It |
| back to this because for me it is one of the most | | | | just means that you need less and so can be |
| important things. If you know you are focusing on | | | | conservative in your spending. |
| writing info products you don't need the latest | | | | Credit card overload can become an occupational |
| gadget software. Focus, focus, focus with a vision | | | | hazard for anyone working online, and running a |
| for your business and whatever that vision is | | | | home based business. |
| don't allow anything to come along and deter you | | | | If you are fairly new to internet marketing there |
| from it. | | | | is still time to save yourself, re-read my 7 ways |
| 2. Stop - okay so the price of the product is | | | | to avoid credit card overload, in fact print it off |
| increasing before your eyes, but stop anyway | | | | and hang it on your wall as a reminder of what |
| and ask yourself "Is this something I really need, | | | | you must do to survive online. |
| and how will I use it within the next 24 hours?" If | | | | If you are a long-term internet marketing veteran |
| you don't know how you will immediately put it to | | | | who has managed to buy more than you have |
| use I would argue that you really don't need it | | | | ever sold online, here's my advice......... step away |
| right now. | | | | from the computer, put the credit card down and |
| 3. Delete the email - don't even read it, when you | | | | put your hands behind your head! |
| are stronger (you will know you are stronger | | | | |