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If you have tried to call any company recently, then you know that customer service is dead. I dealt with my internet provider the other day for several hours. You would think we would be close friends at this point, but the reality is I spoke to a half dozen people. It was impossible to get the same representative who already understood the continuing problem. Each representative did state that their was a note in my account and each asked if they could put me on hold for a few moments while they reviewed the account.

Customer Service Is Dead! This is an opportunity for Your Internet Business to Make it Big!

In an attempt to beef up profits and increase quarterly earning companies are always cutting out customer service. This leaves a huge opportunity for web based businesses to develop relationships with customers who will come back for the great products and services you provide.

People Don’t Like To Be Cattle

People want to be treated with respect. They want their questions to be answered. They want you to take an interest in their problem and help them. If you can effectively communicate to the customer that you care about them, then you can also communicate that you have a product that can meet their need.

I drive all the way across town to buy bread from a small herbal nutrition shop because I like the owner who also likes to chat with me. I go to church 15 miles from my home because I know the people their. I go to garden shop 20 miles from my home so that I can get advice along with my plants. I bet you do the same thing. If you make your web business customer friendly and inviting then people will return over and over again for that service.

Customers Don’t Want their Pockets Picked

Have you noticed the constant up-selling and fine print when you order something on line. You can’t buy something without something else being thrown in your basket on the way out. This is not a good way to develop customer loyalty. If the customer sees you as “in it only for the money” then they will find another vender who will give them a better deal.

Do You Really Care About Your Customers?

Tricky question? Let me rephrase that: Are you able to tell the difference between your customer and your customer’s wallet? The point I am getting at is: You need to have a true desire to help your customer and meet their need. In the process of meeting that need you get paid but this is secondary to your purpose, serving the customer.

Develop Trust and You will Have a Committed Return Customer

If you treat your customer well and offer a good product they will bookmark you and come again and again to your website. The key is: Instead of always thinking of serving your bottom line, think about how you can better serve your customer.

Use these tips and your e-business will thrive on the repeat business of happy customers.

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A new technology has been released that has completely rocked the online world!

Every now and then, someone releases a new product or gadget that makes the rest obsolete. Those are rare, and hard to find …

The date: Tuesday April 22, 2009 9:00a.m. EST

Dave Guindon an under the radar software developer/marketer, who is actually one of the most brilliant software designers for developing software tools that save you time and make you money has just released a new tiny but powerful web script called “Exit Splash” that increases your website sales almost instantly!

Internet Marketers who have been fortunate enough to test it out before it was launched have been raving about it.

The results have been impressive to say the least. The script essentially turns non-buying website visitors into happy customers. Its a very cool and clever way to produce new leads and sales.

Michael Cheney who is very well known in the Internet marketing community and admired by many tested Dave’s script for one of his recent website launches. He reported back that the results were nothing short of stunning, and that he added over 20,000 subscribers.

Another top online traffic expert, Michael Jones, tested Dave’s script and was able to increase his customer signup rate by 325%!

As a result from those signups, he generated an additional ($)4,329 in less than a week. The crazy thing is he generated these leads and sales from people attempting to leave his website.

What is also quite shocking about all this is that there is no need to drive more traffic to your websites or services.

Exit Splash utilizes your current traffic and squeezes out the financial benefits your business requires!

This technological masterpiece has already been proven to boost sales by up to 40%, and the marketers who manage to get their hands on it are going to be at a huge competitive advantage.

When it comes to internet marketing today, most marketers know how to and understand just how important it is to keep up with the trends.

This technology is so new that it sounds like science fiction! But be assured… it’s real, and it works.

Exit Splash comes highly recommended, and in most marketing experts opinions’, everyone that owns a website should be taking advantage of their exit traffic!

Studies have shown that nearly 60% of potential buyers will abandon a website when they reach the shopping cart or order form. Not very good if your trying to make a living online.

Even if you have a “good” converting sales page, you probably have 95 out of 100 visitors leaving your site without taking any action. When one looks at this perspective with that in mind, it can be quite disturbing to see what is at stake.

Exit Splash is the world’s first super-tiny script that can prevent website abandonment by up to 325% and a great way to tap into that lost traffic by adding it to your website.

Internet Marketers wanting to utulize Exit Splash are encouraged to download thier copies ASAP as per demand.

For Full Exit Splash details visit : Exit Splash Chad Flick is an internet marketer who Loves to test out new products and software for the sole purpose of sharing his experiences with others.

GIA is an international non-profit gemological institute that appraises the value of loose diamonds. If you already have one or more GIA diamond rings, the stones were evaluated before they were set in the rings. The GIA set the tone for evaluating and analyzing diamonds and the same process is followed today by other diamond appraisal institutes, such as IGI appraisals. Such an appraisal is essential if you want to make sure that the diamonds you purchase are best value diamonds.

When you send loose diamonds to the GIA for grading, you will receive a report on each diamond. Reports of GIA diamond rings grading are extremely comprehensive, which is why you should be able to understand what the report says about the stones you have had appraised without too much trouble.

The date of the appraisal is always at the top of the report and there is a report number which is entered into the institute’s international database. If you wish, you can have this number laser inscribed on the diamond. The next part of the report on GIA diamond rings deals with the shape and the cutting style of the diamond.

The shape of the diamond has a lot to do with determining the setting of the diamond in the ring. The cuts include round, Princess, Marquise, oval and pear-shaped. Certain settings are suited to specific cuts to ensure that the diamond looks elegant in the ring and on the hand of the person wearing it. The most common settings for diamond rings are:

• Solitaire in which the diamond is secured in a basket of four or six prongs so that it catches the light with each movement of the hand.

• Sidestone settings have other stones on each side of the diamond to keep it in place and to add enhance the brilliance and color of the stone.

• Three-stone settings have a diamond for the past, present and future.

The report for GIA diamond rings, much like IGI appraisals, also gives the measurement of the diamond. For round diamonds this is represented by the minimum depth and length and for fancy diamonds by the length times width times depth. The overall weight of the diamond is given in carats and the more carats there are the more expensive the diamond will be. This is another way of knowing whether or not you purchased best value diamonds. One carat is 1/5 of one gram and the weight is recorded to the nearest 1/100 of a carat.

There is a GIA master comparison scale when grading the color of diamonds. The best diamonds are white and almost colorless. While yellow diamonds are given the lowest grade, there are canary yellow stones that are quite valuable. These fall into the category of fancy diamonds along with those that are pink, blue, and green.

The clarity or clearness of a diamond according to the rating scale of GIA diamond rings refers to any imperfections that can be seen when the diamond is analyzed under high-power microscopes. Those diamonds with slight imperfections can still be considered best value diamonds if the imperfections in the gems are such that they cannot be seen with the naked eye or under a normal microscope.

Diamonds for GIA diamond rings are graded according to their polish and finish to determine their level of brilliance and how they reflect the light that falls on them. The diamonds are inspected for smoothness and the number of facets in the stone. Symmetry is also important to ensure that all facets are in balance and to determine the best placement of several stones in a ring.

Gemologists use ultra-violet lights to determine the amount of fluorescence in the diamonds and this is also given on the report. Many other appraisal institutes do not provide a report that is as comprehensive as one you receive from GIA. Your report will contain diagrams of the stone as well as keys to the various symbols used in the report.

Allison Ryan is a freelance marketing writer from San Diego, CA. She specializes in GIA diamond rings appraising, how to find best value diamonds, and the Kimberley Process of certifying non conflict diamonds. For design-your-own diamond jewelry, stop by http://www.diamondwave.com/.

Times are hard, and more and more exhibitors are having to cut back at trade shows or simply not go because of the costs involved with attending. However, there is an alternative to cutting back or not attending a trade show for exhibitors that realize that the best way for them to succeed in these rough times is to attend trade shows. Rent a trade show display.

Renting a trade show versus purchasing one allows businesses to continue to attend the trade shows that will help their business in these tough economic times without having to commit to purchasing what can be a very expensive piece of equipment. Here are a few reasons trade show display rentals are a great way to still attend trade shows.

Customization

Many companies will still customize a trade show display for your company, helping you pick out a display setup and printing out graphics for your company to make sure that the display that you’re renting still reflects your company and not some predetermined design. What’s great is that most rental companies will allow you to keep the graphics after the show, perfect for reusing at another trade show if you rent again.

Storage

Owning a trade show display means you have to store a trade show display. Trade show displays range in size, but larger ones take up space even when packed up. By renting a trade show display instead of purchasing your company has one less thing that they have to find a place for. Instead of storing an elaborate trade show display, you’ll more than likely only need to find a home for the graphics that you used on the display, a far easier proposition.

Transportation

When renting a trade show display, you can have it shipped to where you will be attending the show, and then have it shipped back to the rental company directly from the show, saving you on the cost of having to transport the display between your business and the event. If your travel plans involve flying, the savings this represents can be significant as the prices to bring additional luggage are only going up.

Savings

Trade show displays can be very expensive. Even though you get to reuse them for numerous shows, the initial cost can be significant, and that’s not something that every company is prepared to invest in at the moment. Trade show display rentals allow you to save money and still attend the trade shows that help your business grow. With savings that can translate into the cost of travel, it’s a good way to cut business costs.

Cost of Doing Business

For many businesses, attending trade shows is how they get their business, or at least grow their business. Taking time off from the trade show circuit can have huge effects on how much money they make as a company. Renting a trade show still allows companies like this to survive these economic times by attending the shows they need to stay alive without having to break the bank to do so.

Renting a trade show display is the perfect way to allow your company to keep doing business even if they can’t afford a brand new display. There are numerous companies that offer trade show rentals, and each of them offers their own packages and benefits. Do your research before committing to renting from a company and make sure you get everything that you need for your display. Just because times are rough doesn’t mean you have to stop doing the things that are right for your business.

Mat Kelly is the president of ExhibitDEAL, a leading provider of trade show displays, rental trade show displays, and trade show accessories such as banner stands. ExhibitDEAL can be found online at: http://www.exhibitdeal.com .

Marketing online requires you as a webmaster to first get visitors to your site and secondly to make the sale on your site. The most important way to get visitors to your site is through search engines. It can be quite expensive to submit to search engines or too time consuming to do it on your own as there are hundreds of them out there. There are however sites such as TrafficDestination.com, www.trafficdestination.com, that offer free search engine submission to hundreds of search engines and directories. And there is no difference between such a service and a pay service.

Once the visitor is at your site it is very hard for unknown sites to compete with the big and well established companies. The primary way a website can achieve that is through Trust Seals also know as Seal of Approval or Consumer Trust Seal. These Seals can be obtained through organizations such as IBCIM.ORG, www.ibcim.org, where you can quite easily become a member at a very low cost or no cost at all with free trial memberships.

Online fraud is the main concern for consumers on the internet and in particular when they visit smaller and unknown sites. The primary benefit though of a Trust Seal is to increase sales conversions and build consumer trust in real time through the verification page that is associated with the Seals.

Marketing a website requires you to instill confidence in your customer in order to gain their trust. A trusting visitor is more likely to make a purchase and refer your sites to other consumers. Fraud is rampant online and people require some level of security to assure that they are not entering into a questionable situation and risking their hard earned money.

One method which has been tried and tested time and time again is the use of trust seals, also known as Seal of Approval. Online merchants can increase sales conversions and build consumer trust by simply displaying a certified Trust Seal on their websites.

There are plenty of organizations out there that offer all kinds of certifications. Most of them are however very expensive or they only certify security of transactions or verify actual incorporation. In other words for most home based or new businesses there are not a lot of certification options out there. Now there is a service out there though that focuses on giving a Seal of Approval to websites based on a good service history and other qualifications geared to the home based internet business rather than the large corporation.

An example of this type of certification is IBCIM.ORG, The International Bureau of Certified Internet Merchants, www.ibcim.org. IBCIM.ORG operates the Merchant Certified Seal of Approval program where websites from any country or industry can obtain a Trust Seal. The Seal is linked to an Instant Verification Page which any visitor can instantly go and verify the status and credibility of the website. A Trust Seal is widely accepted as the best and most established way for websites to prove their status as a legitimate merchant.

To obtain or learn more about trust seals visit www.ibcim.org.

The International Bureau of Certified Internet Merchants

To be successful you have to deal with all the issues that relate to gaining visitors and keeping visitors. To learn more visit IBCIM.ORG, www.ibcim.org.

If you would like more information please contact Christian H. Nilsson through e-mail: service@ibcim.org or go to the website http://www.ibcim.org.