Make Use of Webinars to Generate Online Income

By Hannah S. Thompson


With all of today's technological advancements, the way we market and sell services and products on the Net, specifically in the IM niche, is always shifting. Previous sales letters may have been primarily text, and these have developed into elaborate graphic packages backed up by high-priced copywriters. A further development is the video sales letter and with each innovative trend, it is not difficult to get left behind. Rising public awareness of these evolving strategies makes our lives as internet marketers even tougher since the typical person clicks away as soon as he finds out he's reading a sales letter. Fortunately, there's another new sales technique that's working very well to boost conversions these days - the "webinar", our subject here.

An essential element in becoming a soccess online is for people to trust you and to know who they are dealing with. As more people compete in the online marketing niche, that trust has become threatened with the release of a few dubious products and the claims that come with them. The issue is, how can those of us who take pride in providing sound products of real value be heard amidst all the dishonesty and junk? This is the reason webinars have become such an invaluable tool for a lot of internet marketers. Essentially, a webinar is an online presentation to which you are invited by the product creators themselves or one of their associates.

Webinars are set for a specific day and time, and are live Internet events. The format ordinarily takes the form of providing invaluable information that shows that the person presenting is knowledgeable and trustworthy. A number of webinars have more than one person sharing the presentation duties based on their individual skill levels and knowledge. You can expect some sort of special offer to be made near the end of a webinar; these often do very well, since the participant has come to trust the presenter and will accept his explanation of the value of his products or services.

Because a webinar can attract individuals from many different time zones worldwide, scheduling can be an issue. For those who can't attend at the scheduled time, most presenters like to put a video replay of the event up online for viewing later. But then, since you'd really prefer that most folks attend the live event, it's common practice to offer something more, something special, to those who actually attend the live event. Indeed, the idea of making available replays of live webinars is new to the world of webinars, and would look like a good idea. One other nice aspect of recording your webinar is that it can be run and rerun whenever you wish, as frequently as you want, with no further work on your part. Further, recording your event for later viewing allows for altering or fixing any mistakes or bugs before more people view it.

No doubt webinars are an invaluable tool for any internet marketer, and if you take the time to figure out the technology, you can look forward to increased sales and conversions.




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