Gopetition.com

Another international petition hosting site is GoPetition.com. The software here is very user friendly and can be customized; they provide custom petitions and also a lot of campaign tool for promotion.

PetitionThem.com

PetitionThem.com is the best site that keeps the interest of the common man in mind. Here all the petitions can be posted without any charge, in addition to this there are administration tools and a bulletin board.

Petition portals

Petition portals provide a space where the public petitions can be posted. Here you have to provide the tools to post and publish the petitions in the various different categories.

Petition script

You can use the web site Guru to download the petition script. This petition script is very easy and effective, you can easily mange online petition with this on a mySQL database. Important thing to note here is that you will need PHP knowledge to install this script.

Petition forum

Another petition website that you can try is the Start Your Own Petition Forum. Here only the registered members are allowed to sign.

Petition Hosting Providers

You can make use of the established Online Petition Hosting Providers. Most of these let you post the petitions for free, her you can post petitions on almost any subject and can reach out to almost all the audience. Here you can create a powerful online petition in a matter of minutes.

Affiliate program

Here you have a chance to make some serious money via the affiliate programs. To do so all you have to do is to include subject specific affiliate links. You can choose from a variety of programs such as Click Bank, Amazon, and Commission Junction etc.

Mailing list managers

You can also collect the email addresses f all the people who submit the petition and also all the people who sign these petitions. You can use mailing list managers such as Aweber.com to manage the list and also to broadcast messages to your list.

Sponsored ads

You can make some money by charging a fee on the sponsored ads that are placed on these pages. These ads can be anything from a banner ad to a text ad. You can also charge a monthly fee for keeping rotating banner or links.

Featured petitions

You can also make some extra money with the help of featured petitions. As compared to other texts he featured texts get more exposure. To make it more attractive you can make the featured petition in bold text and in highlighted color.

Premium services

You can charge extra fee for the premium services that you charge.  In addition to all the free services that you provide, premium members get additional services such as image hosting, add free petitions etc.

Donations

Most of the times people are ready to donate a decent sum to the petition hosts. In order to en cash the same you can place Paypal or EGold donation buttons there. Even if the donation is small, it is still an added income for your site.

Legal notice

It is essential that you have a legal notice. It is absolutely necessary that you have disclaimer that states that any petition that is posted on your site dose not in any way reflects the opinion of the firm or the paid sponsors.

Promise privacy

It is important that you specify that you so not share or sell the personal information such as the name and the email addresses of the petitioners that is included in the petition.

Tell a friend tab

In case you  have a tell a friend tab, that allows a person to forward a petition to his friend, then make sure that you do not store the email address of the friend on your data base.

Petition topics

You can write a petition on any serious topic that demands attention; it could be any topic such as lifting UN restriction.

Well written petitions

It is very important that the petitions are well written, because a well written petition can attract a lot of attention including media attention.

The extra effect

You can add photos related to the petition for the extra effect.

Mention your details

Specify your name and address in the petition.

Positive petitions

Do not accept any petition that promotes hatred and ill will.

The articles that you send must be highly informative

If the information that you send has valuable information, then the customers will get an impetus to stay on your list. Not only that the customers will want to be contacted by you and will wait for your next mail.

Make your emails simple and user friendly

Try and write in a conversational manner, it is important that you mail addresses the customer directly. Try and stick to small paragraphs. Customers lose focus if ypu have big paragraphs with points that are clubbed. Keep each point in a different paragraph and then spare a line between each paragraph.

Keep your customers updated

All those who have subscribed to your list are definitely interested in it, otherwise they would not have subscribed in the first place. Keep them updated about new products, news about your company etc. it will keep the customers happy and they will appreciate this gesture of yours.

Get to the point and quick

The first thing to remember is that your customers are no fool. They understand when you lie to them, so it is no point making false promises to them .as long as you tell the truth, chances are that you will be able to bond with the customer and make a sale when the time comes.

Experiment, reach out and try different things

If you want to rise above the rest it is important that you try out different things. You should try and use different means of communication such as audio, video and anything that can help you attract customers.

Work on your current customers to find new business opportunities

The best and the cheapest way to get new business and potential clients, is to work on your existing customers. Although it is a very effective way most of the business houses ignore this possibility.

Make the best use of your sales data base

The sales and marketing data base is the best source of finding customers. Any company can utilize this data base to the maximum in order to benefit the organization.

Your employees could be the source to get new clients

Each and every person who is working in your organization is a source which can help your organization tremendously. Your new customer could very well be their contacts, neighbors, friends, suppliers and anybody else.

Lists contained in your server are also a great help

The sales and marketing folders in your network list also act as a great store of potential client’s information.

Request from your websites

Although today it is very easy to send inquiries directly in to your CRM, but still most of the organizations do not follow this method, they generally have inquiries that are routed to the sales staff, these inquires more often than not do not even reach the data base.

E-news letter subscription

You can have your subscription list managed by a separate email distribution vendor. Although these companies are great at managing the emails and subscriptions, only a few of them automatically integrate with your internal data base.

Try joining various groups and networks

You can easily find new clients once you widen your approach, to do so you can join different groups and associations.