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Give it Your Seal of Approval
If you really want people to sign up for Bizhosting, give it your personal seal of approval. Everybody knows that word of mouth advertising is the most effective form of advertising. So you shouldn't be surprised to learn that a written recommendation works far better on the Internet than any pre-made graphic. If you've tried Bizhosting and liked it, then tell your visitors what you liked about it. Affiliates that personally recommend our product instead of using a pre-made banner ad enjoy 400-500% higher sales.
Text Works Better than Banners
People are so accustomed to seeing banners, that many people just tune them out altogether. Text links, on the other hand, can be integrated right into the content of your web site. Text is easier to customize, easier to experiment with, and easier to fit into any web site, regardless of its layout. It also doesn't take up any of your "banner spots" so you are still free to sell your traditional spots to other advertisers.

Speak their Language
It would be impossible for us to create a banner ad to reach every individual in the world and talk to their specific interest. It would even be difficult to make a banner for every kind of store that a person could build on Bizhosting. But if you have a site that is specific to people with a specific interest, you can easily write a few lines of text that helps them understand how Bizhosting could be useful to them. You wouldn't talk to webmasters the same way you talk to your grandmother, so you must tailor your message to the person you are talking to.

For example, if I were talking to a E-commerce expert, my pitch might go like "Bizhosting includes a product catalog, shopping cart, and merchant account, with advanced features like database upload, customizeable templates, and UPS, FEDEX, and USPS integrated shipping tables, all for only $14.95/month." But my Aunt, that makes home-made quilts to sell at the county fair and craft shows wouldn't know what any of those terms mean. For her I would say "Sell your handmade quilts over the Internet. You don't have to be a computer genius to start an online quilt store and begin taking orders. Bizhosting makes it easy!"

Get Specific
Although you might be afraid to get too specific and limit the number of people interested in what Bizhosting has to offer, being specific is great for sales. You might interest a smaller percentage of people, but the people who you interest are far more likely to buy. If your site is geared to a specific audience, for example "hand made crafts", instead of just putting a general banner on your site that says "Build a free store at Bizhosting.com", you might try making your own, more specific pitch such as "Make money selling your hand made crafts. Its easier than you think. Click here to learn how."

You may also want to focus on a specific feature of Bizhosting that you think appeals to your audience. Most people don't realize that Bizhosting is one of the only places on the internet right now that allows an individual to easily accept and process credit cards with no extra monthly fee. A normal person can get approved instantly using only their SS#, and start processing credit card orders the same day. So if you were to focus on that feature, you might say "Think how many more quilts you could sell if you could accept credit cards. Click here to learn more"

Who Cares?
What kind of people are interested in Bizhosting? Well we think everybody who has something to sell should be, but these are the groups that seem to be the most interested:

  • People wanting to sell products online
  • People selling crafts, collectibles, and hand-made goods (such as gift baskets, dolls, etc.)
  • People selling niche specific products
  • Web Designers who are looking for a good place to host their client's business web sites
  • People who currently use Ebay and other auctions to sell their products
  • Small businesses looking to build a web site
  • People who have a service where they need the ability to accept credit cards
  • People interested in free stuff or free services
  • Small businesses, home businesses and entrepreneurs
  • People that have recently registered a domain name or are planning to register a domain name and want to host it somewhere

What features does Bizhosting offer
Bizhosting offers a number of features that people out there are looking for. Here are a couple of reasons why people find Bizhosting attractive:

  • Free Merchant account with instant approval, a simple application process, and no additional monthly fees or minimums.
  • Powerful features usually only found in high end e-commerce systems
  • Free Subdomain names -- you don't even have to have a domain name to host a site on Bizhosting.
  • Free Domain name transfers -- if you already have a domain name it costs nothing to move your site to Bizhosting.
  • Easy to use product management tools
  • Excellent statistics reports
  • The ability to upload and download a product database or spreadsheet file, instead of manually typing in the products one by one.
  • All inclusive monthly fee that includes everything you need to build an online store with credit card processing.
  • Free trial version allows people to "try before they buy" so there is no risk.
  • Email features include POP email, Webmail, and Forwarding -- pretty much every mail feature you could want is included in our packages.

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Experiment until you get it right
If you create a message that you think will work, but you don't get the results you were expecting, try changing your message. We usually find that regardless of the message a certain percentage of people will always sign up for our service. But even though the product and all the pages on our site stay the same, simply changing the message that people clicked on to come to bizhosting can increase that percentage up to 500%. We recommend giving each message at least a week, before you decide you need to change it (depending on your site's traffic). Feel free to experiment until you find what works. And feel free to ask us if you need some help!
We can help
We want you to be successful because your success is our success. We have done our best to create a great service at a great price, and believe that the more people know about us, the more they will love us. We welcome your help and look forward to working with you.
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