Effective video and email marketing kicks into high gear.

It has been a long wait but it was worth it.

What I'm talking about is the new comf5 marketing toolbox produced by VMdirect.
I became a VMdirect affiliate a few years ago after seeing the potential of the early products and their effectiveness in communicating to customers through streaming video.
I must confess although I thought the product was great - it did have it's drawbacks (relying on Internet Explorer and Windows to be fully functional).
A great deal has changed since then and now I'm delighted with what we now have for businesses - (I'm an Apple user mainly) and with the move from the old system to the new one I can at last make use of all the features without needing to move to my Windows machine (and the video quality is excellent too.) :)

What businesses can expect:

ComF5 is a full featured multimedia communications and marketing platform. The initial modules will be an email client, almost exactly like what VMdirect currently sells but supports audio mail as well as video mail, a media manager, an email template manager, a Live Broadcast tool, and a full blown email campaign and marketing system.
ComF5 is 100% cross platform, meaning that it works equally well on Macs as well as PCs.

You can check out the comf5 service here and drop me an email if you would like to trial it for yourself.

Individuals wanting to make extra income for themselves can visit VMdirect Here.

Getting your visitors to stay - website design for businesses.

All the discussion about short attention spans caused by people raised on video games, fast food and quick-cut-edited music videos is very misleading.

The reality is that genuine web searchers are not randomly flicking from site to site to find some entertaining presentation to keep them happy - they are actually looking for information to meet a need or solve a problem.
The goal of a marketer then is not to speed things up and add lots of bells and whistles to keep the action happening, but rather to slow things down so the visitor has time to hear the marketing message that describes the product or service you are providing and how it will benefit them.

What website visitors won't tolerate are websites that waste their time, and many websites are guilty of doing just that.
A fast loading page is great (but not if it's loaded with nothing more than ads, links and useless information).
Compare this to a site that might take a little longer to load but is full of concise, easy to understand material, useful articles, video testimonials and so on, and you'll have something that will not only capture the attention of your visitor but entice them to return.

It isn't necessarily all about how fast a page loads; it's about delivering an appropriate reward for the wait.

7 Reasons to Qualify. Part of natural selling.

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

One of the many differences between Natural Selling and "selling" the conventional or the “Old Sales” way, is that Natural Selling approaches potential partners and customers with a different attitude.
Qualifying is finding out if a person is ready to take some form of action, ie buy your product or become part of your business opportunity (if you are running a MLM).
The article "7 Reasons to Qualify" is an interesting read.

Real Estate companies are using streaming media to give themselves the advantage in a competitive market.

This article arrived in my inbox today and describes how real estate companies are utilizing new technology (streaming media) to showcase properties more effectively online and are giving themselves the advantage in a highly competitive market.


"Home sellers are starting to incorporate streaming videos in their promotional Web sites." CNNMoney.com

Article link: http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/01/real_estate/new_house_marketing_method


These are the Streaming video products that many companies are using and opportunity exists for business minded individuals who want to capitalize on this growing market.
Link: www.vmdirect.com