Selling on the Internet
May 13th, 2007 at 04:05pm
Under Selling on the Internet
More and more people are catching the fever. Dreams of a mansion in the hills, early retirement, or just being able to supplement the regular income…everyone wants to sell on the Internet. There are pundits out there who claim that the ECommerce wave is over. That “dot-coms” are crashing.
What they don’t mention is that it’s the over-capitalized, top-heavy dot-coms that are dropping out. The ones that raised millions of dollars,…
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May 13th, 2007 at 04:52pm
Under Selling on the Internet
HTML. DHTML. Bulk Upload. Database Integration. DSL, Email Campaign, Search Engine Positioning, URL Redirection, Gateway Pages, Hosting Company.
Most people are familiar enough with their computers to use them effectively. Play some games, write a few letters, surf the ‘Net, send and receive email, maybe do the household accounting. Then there are the famous (infamous?) stories about those who will use their CD tray as a coffee cup holder, not knowing…
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May 13th, 2007 at 04:57pm
Under Selling on the Internet
You want to open a retail store on the Internet. You have to have products to sell, right? Let’s also imagine that you like to suffer. Mental anguish is your favorite pastime. You aspire to financial ruin. In that case, you will want to stock products for your Internet retail store. To stock products for your store, you will have to rent warehouse space, or at least clean out your garage….
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May 13th, 2007 at 05:03pm
Under Selling on the Internet
The Internet is loaded with “distributors”. Everyone who has a couple of wooden birdhouses or glass figurines to sell wants you to think they are a real, live wholesale distributor. They use phrases like “Your Wholesale Source”, “Direct To You”, and “This is YOUR road to Internet Riches!” If you let them huff and puff at you, they’ll blow your house down. I often am not sure whether I should be amused…
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May 13th, 2007 at 05:07pm
Under Selling on the Internet
In the course of marketing our Drop Ship Source Directory, I get a lot of email from people who wonder if it’s possible to use drop shippers to sell products via Internet Auctions. Sure it is! Real drop ship wholesalers don’t really care where you make your sale; they just want to know who to send the product to!
Internet auctions, in case you don’t know, are another way to sell on…
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May 13th, 2007 at 05:14pm
Under Selling on the Internet
A Merchant Account is not the same thing as a business bank account. It is, however, a very valuable thing to your business.
As I’ve said before, Internet shoppers are instant gratification junkies. They don’t want to mess around sending you checks or money orders in the mail. They want it NOW, and if you can’t make that sale right at that moment when they are interested, they WILL go somewhere…
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May 15th, 2007 at 09:56am
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Email is now a very important form of business communication. Like a snail mail letter, however, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and proper etiquette are important in an email message. Let’s look at some guidelines: Eliminate ALL CAPS. It is considered to be SHOUTING and rude. Don’t request delivery or read receipts. If you want to make sure that someone received or read an email, pick up the phone. Do not overuse the high priority…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:02am
Under Selling on the Internet
A tag line is the one or two line descriptor that often comes after a product logo or company name. It is one of those things that looks simple but isn’t. Large companies pay advertising agencies a lot of money to develop tag lines for their companies and brands. Many companies, however, do not have a large enough budget to hire an advertising agency. If you belong to one of these…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:07am
Under Selling on the Internet
Website Hijacking has been around as long as the Internet. It is, however, now becoming more of a problem than ever before. Website hijacking can occur in three ways:
1.) Viewing a page’s source code to steal design,
2.) using automated spiders (spam-bots) to collect e-mail addresses embedded within the source code of a website for the purposes of spam, and
3.) cheating payment systems such as PayPal by viewing a page’s source…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:11am
Under Selling on the Internet
When you’re selling a product online there is a simple rule set that will boost your sales.
It’s a principle that the best infomercials on TV use, the best direct mail uses and you will use it to after reading this. It’s a simple rule set called the THREE R’s…
Here are the THREE R’s…
1) Repetition
2) Repetition
3) Repetition
“But that’s only one R repeated!” Yes it is, But give me a moment and I’ll…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:16am
Under Selling on the Internet
1.) Give people a deadline to order. Tell people if they order by June 28, 2007 they will get a discount or free bonuses. This will create an urgency so they don’t put off buying.
2.) Offer people a money back guarantee. The longer the guarantee the more effective it will be. It could be a 30 day, 60 day, 1 year, or lifetime guarantee.
3.) Offer a free on-site repair service…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:28am
Under Selling on the Internet
Credibility is one of the most critical factors that will affect your online business success. Being credible is simply the perception of being trustworthy and believable. Why do people buy brand name goods and services on the Internet and in the off-line world? One of the key reasons is that the brand represents a level of quality that they know and trust. So how can you build credibility on the Internet…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:30am
Under Selling on the Internet
A desire to buy something often involves a subconscious decision. In fact, I claim that 95% of buying decisions are indeed subconscious.
Knowing the subconscious reasons why people buy, and using this information in a fair and constructive way, will trigger greater sales response — often far beyond what you could imagine. I recall a time when I applied one of these subconscious devices by changing just one word of an ad, and…
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:32am
Under Selling on the Internet
1. Monitor E-Mail Inquiries and Complaints
It’s vital that you find a way to monitor e-mail inquiries and complaints from your site visitors. Even if you have an employee handle this e-mail for you, have them print out an extract of key questions and complaints so you can keep your finger on the pulse. I’ve found that my blind sides are quickly spotted by visitors, who’ll fire off an e-mail. Don’t…
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