There are plenty of reasons why people decide to start an online home business and some of them include convincing sales copy and promised riches.
Our emotional reaction to a sales page is what "hooks" and must look for someone who we hope will show us the way to a no-brain dairy cow with an endless stream of $ 100 bills is what we whip our credit cards faster than we can say "compound interest"
You could try willpower as a way to stop this endless, expensive need to buy, but it may be easier said than done. When you see a clock ticking down the seconds before the offer is withdrawn or there is a fast action bonus that you have convinced yourself you need. Or even worse, the price increases with each passing second, and the longer you wait, the more expensive product will be. Resistance of any kind is futile.
And while these are all amazing marketing techniques when you are the seller, it is an absolute nightmare when you buy.
Your credit card is still a hit, as you buy the latest piece of viral software or ad sense templates. Your credit card is absolutely cowers when you add the latest article site monthly fee, and gasping for air when you add the new gurus coaching on it!
Yes folks, when the marketing machine "hooks" you there is not much you can do but give in and buy. Or is there? Here are 7 proven ways to stop credit card overload:
1. Create a vision for your business. I always come back to this because to me it is one of the most important thing. If you know you are focusing on writing info products you do not have the latest gadget software. Focus, focus, focus with a vision for your business and what that vision is not to allow anything to come and keep you from it.
2. Stop - okay, so the price of the product is increasing before your eyes, but stop anyway and ask yourself: "Is it something I really need and how do I use it in the next 24 hours?" If you do not know how to immediately put it to use I would say that you really do not need it right now.
3. Delete e-mail - not even read it when you are stronger (you will know that you are stronger because you stop salivating when a new email offer arrives), open the email and unsubscribe from all these mailing lists you're on!
4. If curiosity really is killing you and you have to open and read the email, because that before you click the link take a look, stop and let your logical mind take over. Tell yourself you are only looking and before you buy you will read the whole sales page twice!
5. Read the full sales page twice - Research has shown that long sales copy works. It is my personal belief that the only reason that they work because we are too lazy to read them, so we go from the top of the page and passed directly down to the fast action bonuses and press the "Buy Now" -- link. If you really think you need this product then read the sales page from start to finish at least twice. I recommend 4 times to be sure.
6. Do not put your email receipts in a separate folder - It is easy to forget that $ 27 ebook, or $ 8 domain you bought. Leave all your receipts for that month in your inbox. It is important that they remain unopened and highlighted. You will be surprised how many "buying revenue" you actually accumulate and it completely stops the spending!
7. Find yourself a business where you do not need any extras! Internet marketing is such a large area that it is easy to think you have to buy all the latest products for your business. Find yourself an online business that gives you almost everything you need. It does not mean that you need never buy anything again. It just means that you need less and so can be conservative in your spending.
Credit card overload can become an occupational hazard for anyone working online and run a home based business.
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