still here - had a break!

hello folks long time no speak, been busy thinking about life, the world and everything, still love my coffee - will have to catch up on the novelty coffee scene - see what gems are about!

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Hi all! coffee update

I've been busy doing thinking and planning and stuff so haven't updated for a bit. I got side tracked by creating a Zlio shop, but apart from tweeking it for the search engines I just need to add it to my collection of coffee related stuff - and continue focusing on the main subject of this blog - Healthy Coffee!

Coffee Venues

I am still visiting the fledgling venues and I am also creating back up / replacements to keep things flowing, as you might see, people are slowly drifting in some, people will also slowly gather at other places - the venues I am focusing on are the places - in some cases -where you can add your products - for example - if you belong to Hi5, Multiply or Plaxo - you may as well join the 'local' coffee venue I have created on them - takes a couple minutes to add your intro and link, invite people to your website or tell them why you like a certain brand of coffee - if you are selling coffee - exposure and gathering is important for personal branding, as each of us can be an expert and offer advice from experience of using the products concerned.

Drink Up...

- If you haven't tried ganoderma coffee yet get some already! - if you don't like coffee yourself, buy some for a friend or relative that does like coffee - someone that will give you feedback. Some people might not like the idea of extra things added to their coffee - so personally I'd opt for the black coffee option people can add their own choice of milk/whiter, sugar etc.

Poisoning your parents!

BTW- I forgot to mention (or didn't make it clear enough) to one person there was ganoderma in it - she thought is was just some kind of powered coffee and loved it - when at a later date I mentioned the gano - she freaked -

" waddya mean there was extra stuff in it ?!"

"don't panic, it's just herbal coffee, I thought you read the packet!" I replied

- lesson here is don't forget to mention the herbal element or your family (if like mine) with think you were putting arsenic in their drink! - some people aren't used to the concept of herbs in coffee and I guess there is always the chance a person might have an allergy to mushrooms or ginseng.

Price objections - well you don't have that problem with ganobrand and you live in the States - but there are people in Gano Excel and the Healthy Coffee Company etc. that the wholesale price and shipping is steep - especially for me here in the UK. In this case it is worth remembering the gourmet qualities - the fact you import it - it is still a specialty coffee - so it commands a higher price - YOU are going to the extra lengths needs to get this coffee for your customer - so they should pay you for the trouble you go to, to get it.

- in other words if you are like me and having to pay a small fortune for the stuff - the mark-up price is going to be pretty lousy if you are direct selling it only - BUT - if you are a distributor after than an affiliate - you have to mark up regardless and justify your price in order to make a profit - you have to make a profit to be in business, you can't play the 'loss leader' game and beat people on price with this coffee just yet.

The only way you can get the product at a variety of prices is to join a mixture of affiliate and mlm - the affiliate program provides cheaply priced coffee, which you could sell individually for example - so that people can try it as a sample - The engeri coffee I tried for example - didn't taste like it came from a supermarket - it has a different flavor - taste - it is that different taste you are really selling. The MLM provides the risk factor/path of progression on a business plan - if you want to work your way to much bigger profits - at the lower end - everything is fair game to try out - but if you want to make your path in one company and go for bigger bonuses - eventually you will be expected to choose one brand and become totally loyal to just it.

Other stuff

Okay, so I've being setting up my Zlio Store and adding a few articles, I might put together some more pdf's soon - you could put together your own - if you are making use of openoffice.org their free office suite has a web editor - you simply copy and paste an article (an article you have permission to use or PLR from a reputable marketer) had you save it as a pdf - done - an ebook.

Hi Folks just an update

hi there, just an update from Zara, last couple days I've been 'doing things' including setting up a Zlio Store - now you can set up one of these stores for free with up to 50 products in and they basically are e-stores linked to affiliate products, now the revenue % percentage is pretty low on some of the products (because zlio take a 40% cut on average) but I like the layout of the stores and you can add social networking links.

ALL THINGS COFFEE

The store I have gone for is using the premium version but like I say there is a free version - you can pick which country and pick a product line. I've gone for a UK based store and a Coffee Product line and I've used one of their free templates - my store is here not quite finished yet! I've added a mix of coffee products.

http://www.allthingscoffee.co.uk

I am hoping to add google connect or the xat chat box or something else to aid interactivity.

But this store may give a coffee affiliate some ideas to use in their own store - for example I've not stopped at coffee machines and coffee - the concept for all things coffee - is just that - all things coffee 'looking' or inspired too.

For example jewelry,furniture and clothing etc. is sometimes coffee colored - chocolate can = mocha coloured - cappuccino = tan and golds and whites etc.

So I also have a range of bed sheets described as 'cappuccino' by the supplier, designer bags, dresses etc.

So Coffee, at least in my store goes beyond just the stuff we drink, but that's because I'm exploring the niche. You could drill down further and just sell coffee machines or just sell coffee cups.

People that drink their lovely cup of Ganobrand Coffee, need some nice coffee cups and coasters to compliment their new favorite drink, don't you think ?

Other things:

The Coffee Venues

Okay, my venues I've made a temporary universal logo for them to bring a sense of focus to the idea that they are all the same thing - just spread out across networks.

I have made these venues for Coffee affiliates to either post their affiliate link, together with an article or review of the coffee they drink - in a targeted coffee place, where you are expected by all in there to post relating to coffee.

You could see them as virtual, free coffee convention center's. (at the moment they are just groups, with not a lot going on but as with any venue it takes time and incentives and content and locals etc. to build up a readership.

The point of them being there is if you belong to any of the social networks featured you can join the coffee venue associated with it.

Now one useful thing you could post there as a coffee affiliate, is links to discounted coffee or free coffee samples - these are well known ways for you to get leads into your coffee business.

Social networks are more than just link farms and lead generators, they are places to network and make friends - so you need to bare that in mind - I might be your next customer for example - what coffee products have you got that would interest ME ? Why would I want to buy from you ?.

The Journalist saying Who, What, Why, How, Where, when ?

Is very useful for marketers, a number of people use it as a basis for interaction about the facts/building press releases,pre-launch all sorts. It's like an interview.

Example:

Q - Who are you ? A - I am Zara an Internet Marketer based in the UK.

Q - What do you do ? A - I sell Coffee related items on-line, I have a particular interest in ganoderma coffee.

Q - Why are you doing it ? A - I personally like Coffee so thought I'd see if I could sell it, I've been interested in Internet marketing for 8 years, and decided to focus on the coffee niche to make use of everything I have learned so far.

Q - How are you selling it ? A - I am in the process of setting up Coffee Venues which are attached to revenue share business models such as affiliate marketing, dropshipping, estores, blogs and auction sites. This is combined with social networking and personal branding to create more awareness of the products and services available to coffee consumers.

Q - Where can you be contacted if I with to make a coffee purchase or join the affiliate programs you recommend ? A - If you wish to contact me regarding a purchase or coffee affiliate details I can be contacted for UK information @allthingscoffee or @coffee2u on Twitter ( note: @coffee2u is now my USA coffee information channel)I can also be contacted here: http://www.allthingscoffee.co.uk/about

Q - When is your next live broadcast/webinar/video blog/newsletter due out ? A - At the moment I don't have set dates for any of the above but you can generally expect a video and or newletter once or twice a week and my blog updates are delivered via feedburner once daily, providing I post that day. People can optin to extra e-mail courses as they wish.

You could also use this Q and A to make sure you know who your target market is - i.e who are your potential customers, What brand of coffee to they currently buy ? Why are they buying that coffee ? How are they buying that coffee ? Where and when are they buying that coffee ? = How can you get them to buy coffee from you instead ?

Final note:

Just a reminder again that each of the venues is hosted on a social networking website, each has their different set of rules - remember if in doubt - leave the affiliate link out and add a way for people to contact you about a product or service you sell - i.e you can say to people what you do as a living and invite people to link with you on facebook or twitter or plaxo for example.




Plaxo is venue no.25


With Plaxo you can then drop your new buddy a quick e-mail if they have expressed an interest in your product range. - If you are a phone person - i.e you don't mind people phoning you at all times - I'd say add your phone number to anything and everything - get customers to call you and ask for information.

I personally don't do phone calls preferring e-mail and forums so I can think my answers through a bit first - but I might take it on as a challenge in the future - then you can ring me and we can chat about all this if you want :-)

Hi folks update and a bit about eBay

Just popping in with a cyber wave, I m busy tweeking my websites at the moment and doing some videos for the downline club, once I've designed some banners for I will be intigrating the downline club into this blog to, this blog is informal (incase you didn't guess :P) where at the blog over at http://incomeclubpro.com might develop into a more a more business / press release type one, the downline club has yet to be attached to that blog.

Once I have these recruitment sites set up I will focus more again on products a person can protentially dropship / sell on auctions - in the UK I notice there seems to be some kind of ban on selling foodstuffs like Coffee as I notice on the USA websites places like Amazon and eBay have people that directly sell the product, where as the UK eBay and Amazon don't - so one of my missions is to find out what this rule is :

EBAY

- to a trip into the eBay community forums should give me a rough idea as there are often frustrated sellers quote various laws and complaing and the injustice of not being able to sell "blah blah" product because of "blah blah" rule - so it's a useful place to get info as a starting point - as where there is an injustice you usually get a "freedom fighter" that provides links to the government sites and alternate ways to sell the said product.

I've noticed eBay has been given lot of bad press on-line lately, becuse people are going to facebook and playing with virtual freebies rather than getting the novelty of a bargain at eBay - but I think for many people that sell items - eBay is probably the one plce many people actually manage to make sales - so don't listen to all the 'doom merchants' to much - as while it is true that eBay isn't the novelty it once was (and they charge joe averages way too much in my opinion!) it is still the closest thing you get to a market stall on-line where you can directly sell and know that if you pitch well enough - somebody will buy

- I'm in the process of gathering together a bundle of ebay ebooks to read through and get the best tips from - as I haven't sold there is a few years now, but I know a bunch of people that do make their living via eBay selling - and I haven't forgotten that!

Hi folks

just a quick update to say I am still about, I've got toothache really bad at the moment so I won't be writing anything until I get that fixed, I will probably mess about on facebook for a few days to take my mind off the pain.

I got a package from DXN with some ganoderma capsules, so I'm going to start taking them to possibly help out keeping some of my other body functions 'balanced' until the tooth is sorted out (or taken out!)

Anyway I have also been sorting through my hard drive as I am planning on a CD for my downline members that will have lots of useful knick knacks on it I use myself (or intent to use in the future)so if there is any software affiliates need give me a shout and I'll add it, if I have a copy, CD will mostly be Ebooks that come with resell rights or for your personal use only - I'll create folders to make it clear, I'll probably create a digital version too - the CD version is mainly for eBay purposes and they don't allow digital downloads.

Going now as my toothy peg is hurting.

later, Zara

Quick Update

Hi Affiliates (and potential Affiliates)I'm a busy bee at the moment setting up a blog for some of the retail goods you've seen here the last coupe of days, i will be continuing with lessons 6-10 soon, covering website hosting as I've tried several more systems lately. I will get a price comparsion of Gano Products wholesale plus shipping costs - so I can work out which can fuel your initial motivation, and which program you might want to consider once the money starts coming in.

There are some Interesting systems out there - that may be good for longer term residual income i.e high ticket entry, moving larger amounts of goods etc.



In the meantime here is a video about ganoderma mushrooms: