If you didn't complete your high school education the first time around, there's still a chance for you to earn an equivalent diploma known as a GED, or General Educational Development. In order to get a GED, you must pass a series of five standardized tests (Social Studies, Science, Math, Language Arts - Reading, and Language Arts - Writing) containing questions and problems that graduating high school seniors would theoretically be able to answer or solve. To be eligible to take the GED tests, you must not currently be enrolled in high school, must never have graduated from high school, and must be at least 18 years old (16 in some states).
To reduce the stress of taking the GED test, it's a good idea to pick up a copy of Test Taking Cure. This DVD will help you work through any test anxiety you may have, and has lots of effective tips on how to do well on any type of test.
Here are some more tips about how to get a GED.
1. Contact your local GED testing center and request an information packet. You can find a state-by-state listing of phone numbers and email addresses for GED administrators on the official GED website at http://www.gedtest.org. The packet you receive will contain more detailed information about the structure of the tests, as well as the way in which scores are determined and the minimum scores you need in order to pass. This will help give you a better idea of what to expect on test day.
2. how to get gedEnroll in a GED preparation course online or buy a study guide. Unless you dropped out of high school relatively recently, there's a good chance that your academic skills are a bit rusty. A GED prep course or study guide will help you develop the skills you need in order to pass the GED test. You'll also learn general GED test-taking tips, which could come in handy if you find yourself stuck on a particular section of the real test.
# Take a practice GED test. Practice tests are by far the best way to measure your readiness to sit for the real GED exam. If you take a GED preparation course, a practice test is likely included as part of the program. Many GED study guides also contain sample tests and answer keys for you to use. In the event that you don't have access to a sample GED test through either of these avenues, you can find a free online version at http://www.gedpractice.com.
# Sign up to take the GED tests at your local testing center. GED tests are given frequently throughout the year, so you will have a great deal of flexibility in this respect. Since the total time required to complete all five tests is a bit over seven hours, most people opt to take different sections on different days. Once you take a specific section of the GED test, your score will be valid for three years. That means you have to finish the other sections of the test within that time frame, otherwise you will have to start over again. Unfortunately, you cannot take your GED test online at home.
# Wait for your GED test results. It takes approximately two to three weeks to get your GED scores back, but this could vary depending on how many people took the GED exam at the same time you did. If you passed with at least a 60 percent overall score, congratulations! You now have the equivalent of a high school diploma and will be able to get better jobs, earn more money, or even go on to college. If you didn't pass, don't give up. You can take the GED test up to three times in a calendar year, and the next time you take it, you'll know exactly what to expect.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
How To Build a Strong Support System
The people who surround you--your support system--will determine how well you will build and maintain the self-confidence necessary for success. Why? They are the ones that are feeding your mind on a regular basis. Having self-confidence that will never fail is a manifestation of a strong mind. Anything we want to be strong in the future needs to be fed well in the present. An Olympic athlete that dines on milkshakes and candy bars will be a former Olympic athlete in no time. A delicate flower that dines on Coca-Cola and darkness rather than water and sunlight will be a dead flower eventually. The car that has sugar in its gas tank rather than premium petrol will not go. By the same token, your mind needs to be fed well to become a strong, confident mind. So, how do you build a strong support system that will help you become successful?
1. Adhere to the golden rule of building a support system. Everyone you invite into your life should make you better. This is the golden rule when building your entourage, the people with whom you spend the bulk of your time. Hang only with people for whom your success is their success. The people around you must support your quest to be great...or be gone!
2. Stock your support system with unconditional love. You need people who will be with you, no matter what. When you win, they are happy without reservation or qualification, celebrating like they did "it" themselves. They do not condone your screw-ups, but they will be with you no matter how many times you screw up. The mere presence of these people in your life builds self-confidence because you will always know that someone will support you no matter what you try. These people make you better psychologically.
3. Stock your support system with tough love. These are the people who will tell you what you need to hear, no matter how much the truth hurts. The tough love members of your entourage are like that coach in your life who is tough, but fair. They may not always encourage you in the nicest way, but they always want the best for you. Your obligation is to take the tough love advice without being offended by the words, knowing that heeding the message will make you better.
4. Remove "haters" from your support system. Haters are the polar opposite to those bring unconditional love to your life. Rather than reveling in your success, haters revel in your misfortune. Haters, if they were not so dangerous, would be pitiable people. They are miserable people who have already decided that they do not have the talent, drive or intellect to be successful. Sadly, haters have decided that their best hope for happiness is to sabotage your attempt to be great rather than stage an attempt of their own. They want as many people as possible to share in their misery. Haters are the biggest threat to your self-confidence and should be avoided at all costs.
5. Remove the competition from your support system. There is an old saying that states that you should "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I believe nothing could be further from the truth. Your enemies, which may include competitors seeking exactly the same prize as you, should not be in your support system except under the rarest of circumstances. Part of the benefit of having a strong support system is the ability to expose one's weaknesses to that supportive group of people without fear of negative consequences. As much as I believe in fellowship, cooperation and the basic goodness of mankind, I believe it would be very difficult to find the individual who, when privy to the weaknesses of the direct competition, would not use these weaknesses to his own benefit.
6. Remove enablers from your support system. Enablers are those people that tell you want you want to hear, but following their advice always seems to get you in trouble. Enablers are the ones that talk you into going out to party the night before a big test. They suggest that you go to the casino when you can't afford to lose any more money. They get you to have that extra piece of cake when you are on a diet. In short, they are always talking you into putting yourself in harm's way. In some ways, enablers are the hardest of the negative influencers to spot because their behavior sometimes looks like unconditional love. You must be extra vigilant to ensure that enablers don't drag you into something that you know you should be avoiding.
7. Be your own best friend. How do you become a better friend to yourself? Anyone who wants someone else to do well will start by putting him in the best position to succeed. Great leaders work to create an environment around those that follow that is conducive to success. Similarly, being your own best friend means positioning yourself for success as you accept the challenge of greatness. Know yourself like you wrote the manual. Use this knowledge to perform under the best circumstances possible (i.e., if you are a morning person, schedule big "events" for the morning when you can). Find ways to use negative people as motivation, not reason to fail.
By surrounding yourself with the right support system, you will be well on your way achieving the success that you deserve.
1. Adhere to the golden rule of building a support system. Everyone you invite into your life should make you better. This is the golden rule when building your entourage, the people with whom you spend the bulk of your time. Hang only with people for whom your success is their success. The people around you must support your quest to be great...or be gone!
2. Stock your support system with unconditional love. You need people who will be with you, no matter what. When you win, they are happy without reservation or qualification, celebrating like they did "it" themselves. They do not condone your screw-ups, but they will be with you no matter how many times you screw up. The mere presence of these people in your life builds self-confidence because you will always know that someone will support you no matter what you try. These people make you better psychologically.
3. Stock your support system with tough love. These are the people who will tell you what you need to hear, no matter how much the truth hurts. The tough love members of your entourage are like that coach in your life who is tough, but fair. They may not always encourage you in the nicest way, but they always want the best for you. Your obligation is to take the tough love advice without being offended by the words, knowing that heeding the message will make you better.
4. Remove "haters" from your support system. Haters are the polar opposite to those bring unconditional love to your life. Rather than reveling in your success, haters revel in your misfortune. Haters, if they were not so dangerous, would be pitiable people. They are miserable people who have already decided that they do not have the talent, drive or intellect to be successful. Sadly, haters have decided that their best hope for happiness is to sabotage your attempt to be great rather than stage an attempt of their own. They want as many people as possible to share in their misery. Haters are the biggest threat to your self-confidence and should be avoided at all costs.
5. Remove the competition from your support system. There is an old saying that states that you should "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I believe nothing could be further from the truth. Your enemies, which may include competitors seeking exactly the same prize as you, should not be in your support system except under the rarest of circumstances. Part of the benefit of having a strong support system is the ability to expose one's weaknesses to that supportive group of people without fear of negative consequences. As much as I believe in fellowship, cooperation and the basic goodness of mankind, I believe it would be very difficult to find the individual who, when privy to the weaknesses of the direct competition, would not use these weaknesses to his own benefit.
6. Remove enablers from your support system. Enablers are those people that tell you want you want to hear, but following their advice always seems to get you in trouble. Enablers are the ones that talk you into going out to party the night before a big test. They suggest that you go to the casino when you can't afford to lose any more money. They get you to have that extra piece of cake when you are on a diet. In short, they are always talking you into putting yourself in harm's way. In some ways, enablers are the hardest of the negative influencers to spot because their behavior sometimes looks like unconditional love. You must be extra vigilant to ensure that enablers don't drag you into something that you know you should be avoiding.
7. Be your own best friend. How do you become a better friend to yourself? Anyone who wants someone else to do well will start by putting him in the best position to succeed. Great leaders work to create an environment around those that follow that is conducive to success. Similarly, being your own best friend means positioning yourself for success as you accept the challenge of greatness. Know yourself like you wrote the manual. Use this knowledge to perform under the best circumstances possible (i.e., if you are a morning person, schedule big "events" for the morning when you can). Find ways to use negative people as motivation, not reason to fail.
By surrounding yourself with the right support system, you will be well on your way achieving the success that you deserve.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
How To Write a Simple Invoice
The fun part in working is getting paid for it. When you have just finished working for someone and it is time to get paid, you must let the person know that you have accomplished the task. To be more formal about it, you would want to write down all the details and particulars of all the work you have done. If this is the case, you must make an invoice. This will give the payer a detailed summary of what is being paid for. As much as possible, it should reflect what was agreed upon or what is in the contract if there is any. Making your own invoice is quite easy. Just make sure that it is as detailed as possible. For tips and guidelines on how to do it, just read on below.
* Label the document as invoice. At the page’s topmost part, type “Invoice.” After this, you may type on the left side your full name or business name, company or personal address, contact details such as email and phone numbers. Put in a reference number. Some experts recommend four digit reference numbers. If this is your first invoice, then use 0001. All your invoices must have different reference numbers because accounting departments will use each of your invoices for filing and payment reference.
* Include the creation date for the invoice. Near the reference number, preferably under, type in the date when the invoice is being made. There may also be cases wherein you would like to include the date the service or work was rendered and the billing time. From this date line, you may type in the buyer’s address. Be sure to precede it with “To.”
* Start with the work details. Now, you will have to start listing all the work you have done. This is the part of your invoice that has to be detailed. If the buyer is paying for certain items, then list them down as well. Include the model and color. If you are being paid for your services, you may include the certain time you have spent in finishing the work. Make sure that there is a breakdown of services and items so that the buyer will have an idea of how the total cost came about. The gross amount must be come after the breakdown. Below it, indicate the subtotal of the items sold and the services rendered. Lastly, put the grand total using a bold font.
* Estimate the payment time. Make a good estimation for the payment time. Add a note stating the date when the payment must be made. Usually, it should be fifteen to thirty days upon your completion of the task. You may also indicate your preferred payment method. If the payment requires a mailing address, be sure to type it. You may want the payment to be deposited to a bank account or you may want it via PayPal. Just make sure that the buyer has an idea of your preferred payment scheme. Remember that some companies have their own payment processes. If so, you have to comply with their standard operating procedures.
* Print invoice. It is advisable for you to have a hard copy of your invoice even if you already have the soft copy. It will be easier to use it as reference.
You may use Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel in making your invoices. If you have to make another one, especially for the same buyer, you may use your first invoice as a template. Just replace the breakdown of costs and reference number. Save it using another filename.
* Label the document as invoice. At the page’s topmost part, type “Invoice.” After this, you may type on the left side your full name or business name, company or personal address, contact details such as email and phone numbers. Put in a reference number. Some experts recommend four digit reference numbers. If this is your first invoice, then use 0001. All your invoices must have different reference numbers because accounting departments will use each of your invoices for filing and payment reference.
* Include the creation date for the invoice. Near the reference number, preferably under, type in the date when the invoice is being made. There may also be cases wherein you would like to include the date the service or work was rendered and the billing time. From this date line, you may type in the buyer’s address. Be sure to precede it with “To.”
* Start with the work details. Now, you will have to start listing all the work you have done. This is the part of your invoice that has to be detailed. If the buyer is paying for certain items, then list them down as well. Include the model and color. If you are being paid for your services, you may include the certain time you have spent in finishing the work. Make sure that there is a breakdown of services and items so that the buyer will have an idea of how the total cost came about. The gross amount must be come after the breakdown. Below it, indicate the subtotal of the items sold and the services rendered. Lastly, put the grand total using a bold font.
* Estimate the payment time. Make a good estimation for the payment time. Add a note stating the date when the payment must be made. Usually, it should be fifteen to thirty days upon your completion of the task. You may also indicate your preferred payment method. If the payment requires a mailing address, be sure to type it. You may want the payment to be deposited to a bank account or you may want it via PayPal. Just make sure that the buyer has an idea of your preferred payment scheme. Remember that some companies have their own payment processes. If so, you have to comply with their standard operating procedures.
* Print invoice. It is advisable for you to have a hard copy of your invoice even if you already have the soft copy. It will be easier to use it as reference.
You may use Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel in making your invoices. If you have to make another one, especially for the same buyer, you may use your first invoice as a template. Just replace the breakdown of costs and reference number. Save it using another filename.
How To Write a Sales Invoice
Businesses are always focused in becoming profitable. In order to do that, increasing revenues is the name of the game. And, of course, revenues can only be achieved through sales. However, in order to complete a sale of any product, the customer must be given a sales invoice. It serves as a bill for the customer, which will inform him about the products he plans to purchase, the quantity, and the costs involved. From the sales invoice, the customer will be able to examine what he is buying, how many units he is purchasing, the price per unit, the price for the lot, the taxes associated with the purchase, and the overall cost that he will have to settle to finally get the goods he has ordered and get the official receipt closing the transaction.
Normally, most companies use customized software to prepare, write, and print out invoices. The software is often linked to an inventory system. However, some businesses, those that are still in the dark ages, prefer to prepare sales invoices manually. If that is the case with your business, then you will definitely want a guide that you can follow to create your very own sales invoice. Here is that simple guide.
* Create the letterhead. While it is alright to prepare a handwritten sales invoice, it would be better to do it digitally. Use a regular word processing program such as MS Office. Open a blank document and use the first two lines at the top of your page to create your letterhead. The company logo and the name go up top in a decently sized font. If you have a .jpg version of the logo and the name, you can insert it onto the document. Below that, insert the details of your company, particularly the business address and contact information.
* Indicate the invoice number. In order to differentiate a sales invoice from the other invoices, you will want to assign a number to each invoice you create. This particular number should be located top right, beneath the letterhead. This will enable you to easily track invoices later on.
* Add the client’s detail. Back to the left side of the page, start encoding the details of the client beginning with his name, address, phone number, and the order number (if necessary).
* Add the sales transaction. Below the client’s details, add a table with about 4 columns. The first column will be for the name, type, and description of the product to be purchased. The second column should be for the price per unit of that product. The third column is for the quantity of each product listed. And, the last column is for the sub total cost for the product relevant to the quantity and the price per unit. There should also be a lone row below that indicating the overall charge for the transaction, which should include all taxes associated with the transaction.
If your inventory system requires each product to be coded, make sure to include those codes in the product description column as well.
The final part of the sales invoice is a portion for the client to affix his signature as well as the business’ authorized representative to approve the transaction and legitimize the invoice. Print and submit the invoice to the client and wait for him to settle the charges. Once he completes payment, give him a receipt along with the goods he has just purchased. Keep the sales invoice for filing.
Normally, most companies use customized software to prepare, write, and print out invoices. The software is often linked to an inventory system. However, some businesses, those that are still in the dark ages, prefer to prepare sales invoices manually. If that is the case with your business, then you will definitely want a guide that you can follow to create your very own sales invoice. Here is that simple guide.
* Create the letterhead. While it is alright to prepare a handwritten sales invoice, it would be better to do it digitally. Use a regular word processing program such as MS Office. Open a blank document and use the first two lines at the top of your page to create your letterhead. The company logo and the name go up top in a decently sized font. If you have a .jpg version of the logo and the name, you can insert it onto the document. Below that, insert the details of your company, particularly the business address and contact information.
* Indicate the invoice number. In order to differentiate a sales invoice from the other invoices, you will want to assign a number to each invoice you create. This particular number should be located top right, beneath the letterhead. This will enable you to easily track invoices later on.
* Add the client’s detail. Back to the left side of the page, start encoding the details of the client beginning with his name, address, phone number, and the order number (if necessary).
* Add the sales transaction. Below the client’s details, add a table with about 4 columns. The first column will be for the name, type, and description of the product to be purchased. The second column should be for the price per unit of that product. The third column is for the quantity of each product listed. And, the last column is for the sub total cost for the product relevant to the quantity and the price per unit. There should also be a lone row below that indicating the overall charge for the transaction, which should include all taxes associated with the transaction.
If your inventory system requires each product to be coded, make sure to include those codes in the product description column as well.
The final part of the sales invoice is a portion for the client to affix his signature as well as the business’ authorized representative to approve the transaction and legitimize the invoice. Print and submit the invoice to the client and wait for him to settle the charges. Once he completes payment, give him a receipt along with the goods he has just purchased. Keep the sales invoice for filing.
How To Write a Real Estate Advertisement
If you want to sell your house, or any piece of real estate property for that matter, the first thing that you should do is to come up with a great real estate advertisement. An effective advertisement will drum up interest for your property and entice people to visit the spot to appreciate the place better. On the flip side, a poorly-written real estate advertisement could not only turn away potential buyers but could also lower the value of your property. Writing a great ad goes beyond putting together a string of good adjectives to describe your property. Providing too much info can actually scare or intimidate buyers. Providing too little could make your buyer think that you are hiding something. Here are some steps and tips to remember in writing your own real estate advertisement.
* Do some research and read other property advertisements. Open the newspaper and read through the house listings. Is there an advertisement that quickly grabbed your interest? Think of the reason why you were attracted by the ad. Go online and look for professionally written advertisements. This should help you come up with the structure of the advertisement that you will write for your own property.
* Write down all the features of your house or real estate property. Since you are the owner, you will now what qualities and features of your house that you like best. These are the ones that you need to highlight in your ad. List all the other features that you can think of. Once you are done, go over your list and weed out the ones that are not so important.
* Think of a catchy headline and start your advertisement with the special or unique features of your home. Just like any other form of advertisement, getting people interested in reading your ad is the first step in selling it. Do you have a pool? Has your kitchen been recently remodeled to fit a chef’s needs? Use adjectives in describing your property and furnishings. “Oak flooring,” “granite countertops,” These are the things that you need to mention in the first few lines of the advertisement.
* Provide the basic information regarding the place. People on the lookout for real estate properties will always ask about location, number of rooms and bathrooms, size of the lot and the floor area of the house, and the price that you are asking for. After you have provided these, give the other features that you think will be relevant to a buyer. Give a general idea of the condition of the house and specify any renovations or remodeling conducted on the property. Avoid lines that profile buyers such as, “Great for a small family”. If possible, describe the neighborhood as well. Try to keep your description to about a hundred words.
* If you are posting the ad on a website, try to include photographs of your property in its best state. Newspapers generally do not allow for pictures to go along with advertisements unless you are willing to pay for extra charges. If, however, you will be putting your ad up on a website, these typically have features for you to upload some pictures of the property. Make sure to clean up the area first before you take pictures. Make sure that you do not have toys and clothes lying on the floors or piled up in a corner. Make sure that the pictures are clear.
* Finally, write down the information of the person who the buyers should contact. If you plan on handling any inquiries yourself, provide your name, email address, and phone number. If necessary, indicate on your ad the time when buyers could contact you.
Once you are done writing your ad, show it to a friend or relative and ask for an honest appraisal. Get their feedback and use this to improve your advertisement. Once you finish your final draft and choose the best photos to go with the ad, send it to the office of your local newspaper or post it on a community website.
* Do some research and read other property advertisements. Open the newspaper and read through the house listings. Is there an advertisement that quickly grabbed your interest? Think of the reason why you were attracted by the ad. Go online and look for professionally written advertisements. This should help you come up with the structure of the advertisement that you will write for your own property.
* Write down all the features of your house or real estate property. Since you are the owner, you will now what qualities and features of your house that you like best. These are the ones that you need to highlight in your ad. List all the other features that you can think of. Once you are done, go over your list and weed out the ones that are not so important.
* Think of a catchy headline and start your advertisement with the special or unique features of your home. Just like any other form of advertisement, getting people interested in reading your ad is the first step in selling it. Do you have a pool? Has your kitchen been recently remodeled to fit a chef’s needs? Use adjectives in describing your property and furnishings. “Oak flooring,” “granite countertops,” These are the things that you need to mention in the first few lines of the advertisement.
* Provide the basic information regarding the place. People on the lookout for real estate properties will always ask about location, number of rooms and bathrooms, size of the lot and the floor area of the house, and the price that you are asking for. After you have provided these, give the other features that you think will be relevant to a buyer. Give a general idea of the condition of the house and specify any renovations or remodeling conducted on the property. Avoid lines that profile buyers such as, “Great for a small family”. If possible, describe the neighborhood as well. Try to keep your description to about a hundred words.
* If you are posting the ad on a website, try to include photographs of your property in its best state. Newspapers generally do not allow for pictures to go along with advertisements unless you are willing to pay for extra charges. If, however, you will be putting your ad up on a website, these typically have features for you to upload some pictures of the property. Make sure to clean up the area first before you take pictures. Make sure that you do not have toys and clothes lying on the floors or piled up in a corner. Make sure that the pictures are clear.
* Finally, write down the information of the person who the buyers should contact. If you plan on handling any inquiries yourself, provide your name, email address, and phone number. If necessary, indicate on your ad the time when buyers could contact you.
Once you are done writing your ad, show it to a friend or relative and ask for an honest appraisal. Get their feedback and use this to improve your advertisement. Once you finish your final draft and choose the best photos to go with the ad, send it to the office of your local newspaper or post it on a community website.
How To Write a Persuasive Business Message
When you are writing for a business, the key word is persuasion. Indeed, advertising is regarded as the art of persuasion, for the simple and obvious reason that you are selling your product, business, idea, and service to prospective consumers. Hence, when you are writing a business message, it has to be persuasive. To write a persuasive business message, here are some steps that you can follow.
* Know what you are talking about. The first step in writing a persuasive business message is to know what you are talking about. Do you know sufficient information about the product or business? If not, then you have to learn more before you can write about it. Do not bluff your way in writing a persuasive business message because it will sooner or later haunt you. First of all, before you can persuade somebody else, you must be convinced yourself. If you are not convinced, then you have a problem with your business and product. Once your consumers buy into your message and find out what a fraud you are, then they would turn into an angry mob that could be a bigger problem for you down the line. So be honest. Keep in mind that you just have to be persuasive, you do not have to lie.
* Know who you are talking to. There are different ways of being persuasive, and a large part of that depends on who you are talking to. Hence it is very important that you know who you are talking to, what their sensibilities and concerns are, why they would be interested in what you have to say, and why you will be worth their time. Frame your message according to the best possible way that it would make sense for them to buy your product.
# Be creative. Do not just say please try our product. Say it in different ways creatively. Inject some humor, employ some real-life testimonies, do something radical that will get people’s attention. Do not be plain.
# No hard sell please. Persuasion means making the other person do something out of their own accord that they would otherwise not do without your persuasive message. Selling your products outright and directly would tend to put off some people, and they would not be engaged to know more about your product unless they are already interested in your product I the first place. To get people interested in your product, hook them with witty lines and relevant message, but not with forceful messaging.
# Get them to try. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, get potential customers to try your business and product. If you have to say anything, just get them to try your product. The whole test of a persuasive business message is to get the people to try your product and what you are offering. Once they try your product or business they will be able to make a decision for them to love your product and to make a place for it in their lives if it is truly a great and relevant product.
* Know what you are talking about. The first step in writing a persuasive business message is to know what you are talking about. Do you know sufficient information about the product or business? If not, then you have to learn more before you can write about it. Do not bluff your way in writing a persuasive business message because it will sooner or later haunt you. First of all, before you can persuade somebody else, you must be convinced yourself. If you are not convinced, then you have a problem with your business and product. Once your consumers buy into your message and find out what a fraud you are, then they would turn into an angry mob that could be a bigger problem for you down the line. So be honest. Keep in mind that you just have to be persuasive, you do not have to lie.
* Know who you are talking to. There are different ways of being persuasive, and a large part of that depends on who you are talking to. Hence it is very important that you know who you are talking to, what their sensibilities and concerns are, why they would be interested in what you have to say, and why you will be worth their time. Frame your message according to the best possible way that it would make sense for them to buy your product.
# Be creative. Do not just say please try our product. Say it in different ways creatively. Inject some humor, employ some real-life testimonies, do something radical that will get people’s attention. Do not be plain.
# No hard sell please. Persuasion means making the other person do something out of their own accord that they would otherwise not do without your persuasive message. Selling your products outright and directly would tend to put off some people, and they would not be engaged to know more about your product unless they are already interested in your product I the first place. To get people interested in your product, hook them with witty lines and relevant message, but not with forceful messaging.
# Get them to try. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, get potential customers to try your business and product. If you have to say anything, just get them to try your product. The whole test of a persuasive business message is to get the people to try your product and what you are offering. Once they try your product or business they will be able to make a decision for them to love your product and to make a place for it in their lives if it is truly a great and relevant product.
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