How To Create an Offer Your Buyers Will Love
With the creation of the Internet, it has become easier than
ever to start a business, especially online. You can automate all of your business processes, and with a
professionally done web site, you can have a 24/7 salesman
handling most of the work for you. The downside is that business is becoming more and more
competitive. Especially if you are marketing affiliate programs,
you can be competing against thousands of others to sell your
products or services. Before you begin your web site, and before you make a sale, you
need to make a plan. Below are six steps you can take to give
you the competitive edge in your small business. 1. Choose a customer Now I'm sure you may think I have it
backwards. Maybe you think you should choose your product first. The problem with choosing your product first is that you may not
have a market to sell to. You want to make sure you have a
market to sell before you choose the products you are going to
sell. You want to do your research. The easiest way to do this is to visit sites that can give you
information on demographics. Demographics are pieces of
information about different groups you can use to create your
market. There are many sites you can use to gather this type of
information, but here are three to help you get started: http://americandemographics.com/
http://www.freedemographics.com/
http://www.consumerinternetbarometer.us/ Now these sites will give you information primarily on US
markets, but there are plenty of sites you can use to find
information on countries outside the US. The secret is to narrow
your search terms. For example: international demographics, or
internet demographics. 2. Choose a product Once you have a market in mind, then you
want to choose a product. You have several options here: affiliate programs, resell
rights, or create your own. Now I won't get into the pros and cons of each because that's
not what this article is about. What you want to do here is make sure that you choose a product
that matches perfectly with your market. You can search for the above terms in a good search engines to
find what you are looking for. 3. Make it an offer your customer can't refuse Once you have a
market and product in mind, it's time to craft your offer.
Regardless of what type of product you choose, you'll have
competition. The secret here is to create something of value to add to your
product. It should always be something no one else has. It could
be a free report or ebook, or some additional software. What's important is to make your offer so valuable your visitor
won't want to go somewhere else to buy the product. 4. Create a great sales letter Now maybe you have chosen to sell
something that already has a sales letter. That means a great
deal of the work has already been done for you. However, there are a couple of things you should know first
before you use that sales letter. If it's for an affiliate program, there's nothing you can do to
change it. The way around this is to write a review for the
product that appeals to your specific market. Then include a
link to the sales page for the product. If you are reselling a product, rewrite the sales letter for
your target market. Make it appeal to the market you are selling
to. Just make sure that it's ok to do rewrites before you go to
all that trouble. If you're marketing your own product, then you'll have to do the
sales letter from scratch. Keep your market in mind, make it
personal, and emphasize the benefits of the product to your
target market. 5. Make it easy for your customer to buy This also ties into
your sales letter. Be clear with your customer what your product is about. Make the
web page quick loading, and give your web page only one purpose,
i.e. to make the sale. When you create your web site, you want to make it as easy as
possible for your customer to purchase the product. This means having links to a payment method and making those
links easy to find. You have a lot of options here, but the important thing to
remember is that your sales letter should point to where to go
to make the purchase. Accept credit cards and make it easy for your customer to use
his/her card to make the purchase. 6. Automate the process When you create your web site, you'll be
amazed at the number of tasks involved in running it. If you're giving away a free report, use an autoresponder. You
can also use the autoresponder for automatic follow up. Just
make sure you include at least seven follow up messages.
Customers seldom buy the first time, and you'll want to capture
contact information up front. Use a credit card processing method that doesn't require you to
answer every email. Check your links and make sure they work. Nothing is more
frustrating for the customer than to buy the product and not be
able to access it immediately. Automate every process you can and make sure it works. That way,
you'll only have to handle the email, which, as I have found
out, can keep you pretty busy. Once you've created your offer, market it. Let everyone know
about it and keep doing your follow up. Once you capture that
customer, you can keep marketing to him/her over and over. This
will increase your sales. Repeat these steps and keep them coming back for more. Jinger Jarrett is a former newspaper reporter and military
journalist who currently spends her time writing, marketing, and
consulting. You can get her free ebook: "7 Traffic Generators for
Maximum Traffic and Sales" free here:
http://www.killermarketingarsenal.com
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