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by Lauren Demitri, Lau

These certificates are offered free to people for a variety of purposes, and it does not take much imagination to consider the uses to which they can be put. The operative word here is ‘free'. Everybody likes something for free, and the offer of a freebie with an online purchase is frequently all that is needed to sway the prospect to make the purchase. If this works when the free gift is only another ebook, think of the response when it is a free vacation, free hotel rooms or even a flight.

Free gifts can also be used by offline sales companies to ensure that householders will be at home to answer the door when the salesman calls. This will usually be arranged by a prior phone call, when a free cruise to Mexico or the Bahamas is offered if the householder listens to the salespersons presentation, whether they place an order or not. This is usually enough to keep them at home and answer the door!

Business is beginning to understand what has been known online for many years. The power of free gifts. Gifts are not new in traditional businesses, but have not been used to their full potential as a full blooded sales tool. Considering there is evidence that a businesses sales can increase by more than 30% by using vacation certificates, however, it is puzzling that it has taken so long for companies to sit up and take notice.

However, they are taking notice now, both online and offline, and now is great time to use these certificates as the basis of a profitable online business. There is a wide variety of incentive certificates available, ranging from vacations, through flights and hotel rooms to such items as legal and dental discounts memberships, such as golf club membership, Auto discounts, meals and so on. You are not limited in any way to what certificates you can market.

Many businesses are looking for incentives to offer prospective clients and for a one time fee, or a low monthly fee, you can get unlimited printing rights for a variety of certificates that you can sell to businesses. You can have them personalized with your own company name, with artwork on the front and back. You simply advertise and take orders. You physically send them to other companies at any price you care to ask, since you have full rights.

You also get a commission for every one redeemed that is enough to pay for your printing licence fee in a very short time. If you don't want to outlay the money immediately, usually under $100, then you can purchase individual vacation vouchers at around $1 each. You can purchase a few and test the water with them before committing to a larger sum for unlimited printing rights. You could even purchase individual vouchers to offer on your own sales page, with a free voucher with every sale. They will then pay for themselves.

There are also usually affiliate programs, where you can sell the printing licenses on an affiliate basis. You get a commission on every certificate sold from your website. You cannot use the certificates yourself when sold on an affiliate basis, but you can earn enough to pay for your own printing license and then use them. It's a great way to get all your vacations for free. Just take a fortnight of two to three day breaks for free, one cruise after another and perhaps a couple of nights in a hotel in between.

There is no reason why not, since once you have the rights to print the certificates, you can just print them off for yourself and your family. Give them away as gifts to your friends. Sell individual certificates on your website if you want, or sell in bundles of thousands to large companies seeking a novel incentive campaign. There really is no limit what your imagination can come up with.

Incentive vacation certificates are great as a home business, and many people make a good living marketing them to both individuals and to large corporations. Keep in mind the generous commissions you get for every one used, and as an affiliate for every one printed and used by your customers.

There was a famous book, and also many great movies made after it,
called The Time Machine. It was quite a subject of discussion at a time,
but today no one has time to think about such a machine. Everyone is so
very busy in their daily routine that they hardly get time to think
about philosophy or other subjects that doesn't fetch them money
immediately. We often think if only we could have a machine that makes money,
our worries would be over. But what we do not realize is that we
already have such a machine that we use almost everyday, most of the day.
Maybe you guessed it already, its simply our computer and the internet.

I'm sure I'm not the first one to tell you about the myriad of
opportunities on the internet. Simply put, as long as you create something
that someone on the world wide web deems of value, you have the potential
to get paid. Potential to get paid not just one time like most other
things we do, but for as long as anyone of this global audience thinks
it's worth some value to them. You want examples? I knew a lady who
had hardcore passion about surfing the internet, so she downloaded a web
toolbar and it paid her to browse every website recommended by it.
Then on other instance, there was a kid who had a passion for writing
about cell phones, someone suggested him to blog and put some ads on it.
He is now making more money than his middle-aged father who's worked all
his life. Then this friend of mine, he was quite popular over
blogosphere for sharing ideas and commenting, so I suggested him to try out
affiliate marketing, and dude, he earns more than I do now!

Surfing the web and tracking things we love are the things that we do
almost daily. There is no special talent required; it only involves
passion and motivation. Seriously, all the web marketing tools are there
regardless of what product you sell or what profession you are in.
JohnChow.com and Tim Ferris's 4-hour work week are real life examples on
how it can work for all of us. It's so true that attitude often
determine altitude in life. Are you ready to set aside 30 minutes a day to
invest in your own future and learn about this inevitable trend and force?

I'm not saying money is everything. But in everything we do, there
probably is a way to do them better when we consult the internet.

For me personally, I like to travel so I look on the internet for
travel deals (I love Kayak and Farecast). But when deal hunting became too
time consuming, I consulted the internet again. I learned it was easy
to become a travel affiliate and get wholesale pricing when I travel.
To join the affiliate program was easy but more importantly, I became
an online travel agent without having to pay 10K to get the old school
in-class training all thanks to the internet.

I now never waste time hunting or waiting for online travel deals. I
simply just pick up the phone, call the sales/promotions office my IATAN
number and I immediately get free upgrades or rock-bottom prices that
only travel insiders used to get (I've even gotten to go on a free
cruise last summer). The difference was night and day. Along with the
already 100,000+ members who travel wholesale rather than retail in the
membership I joined, we get phenomenal discounts. But this is just the
beginning, many of my friends and colleagues have joined and they
explored the money making side and are all loving it.

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