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December is here, and Christmas is just a few short weeks away. I was just thinking of this as the week began- making holiday plans, preparing for all of the decorating and get-togethers and such.

And it hit me - it's only 31 days until 2005! And Valentines Day is just around the corner, in just over 2 months! (And then we have tax time, and Easter, and then Mother's Day... yada yada yada)

It makes me wonder where in the world people come up with phrases like "slower than Christmas". It seems to come back around in the blink of an eye to me!

Getting back to my point, though - there are only two GOOD weeks left in the holiday shopping season... *maybe* three (depending on shipping schedules).

And if you're smart, you'll also begin working on your marketing plans for Valentines Day (if that fits into your business model) right away.

 
What's quick and easy? Ebay, JV's, PPC & RSS  (If you aren't sure what one or more of those acronyms means, feel free to email me and ask!)

If you really sat down and dug in to one of the Guides written on PPC, you could have your own Pay-Per-Click Campaigns up and running by the end of the day - with or without your own website or your own products. So if you are JUST NOW getting started, and would like to cash in on the holiday sales, this is probably your best bet ;)   You'll want to grab the latest Guide out: Google Adwords 123, which is written by Greg Heslin.

 
The truth is, you CAN cash in on holidays and on hot markets (quickly)... or you can strategically build an internet-based business over time. Either or both can be very profitable choices, and the only real limit is our own imagination and motivation!

Personally, I do both. Sometimes I will work on a short-term project for the purpose of funding a long-term project. If you can make a few thousand dollars in a couple of weeks,
that may just be all that you need to get the long-term project off the ground.
 

Can you really make a few thousand dollars in a couple of weeks? YES.

Sell some items on eBay, promote Affiliate Programs via PPC, beef up your other marketing efforts (get more inbound links, start your own Blog or RSS Feed, network,
etc), and then JV with someone on a project - someone that has a mailing list, or has their own product, perhaps.

It's just a matter of figuring out what your resources are, and then plugging into them!

 
Along these same lines, I was reading an email from Perry Marshall this morning, titled "What Really Happens When People Visit Your Website" which had A LOT of really good marketing tips in it. I posted a copy of that email here, so if you didn't get a copy yourself, or haven't had a chance to read it yet, definitely check this one out:

What Really Happens When People Visit Your Website?

 
 
I ended up getting more out of Perry's email than I bargained for, though, when I clicked through to the site he recommended Online Marketing Secrets Uncovered.

 
If you scroll ALL the way down (on this page), you'll see a box there where you can join the mailing list. And when you do... you'll receive a collection of highly detailed case studies on very successful (and well-known) people! (And it's free, I might add ;)

The very first email you'll receive is a case study on Mike Litman. In this email, I read about the day that Mike Litman became a #1 best-selling author, and also how he generated over $31,000 in sales in just 24 hours!

Many of you already know Mike as the author of the best-selling book titled Conversations with Millionaires", and are familiar with his Free CD Offer (Greatness Held Hostage).

For those of you that don't already have a copy, you can read the introduction to his best-seller online at: www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/millionaire.htm

 
Honestly, I was impressed with the information that they shared (not full of ads like most emails you receive nowadays!), and I encourage you to get yourself signed up to receive these Case Studies - they are phenomenal!
 

Again, you can get them free by subscribing at the bottom of
this page: www.webservicenetwork.com/marketing-secrets.htm

 

 

 
p.s. Paul Short, Willie Crawford, Michel Fortin, Sharon & Roy Montero, Mike Merz and Becky Hagel make up the Panel of Advisors at Turning Ideas Into Dollars . If you would like to work one-on-one with ME, and with my own personal mentors in business, TIID is the place to be!