When we talk about improving website conversion and sales we often get tied up in the numbers involved. “I have so many visitors and I only get this many sales” etc. It’s easy to focus in on these numbers and lose sight of the big picture. At the end of the day increasing your sales [...]
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Why Most Marketing Fails
Watch the video to find out the number one reason I believe marketing fails:
Why Your Ideal Client Is Critical To Success
I believe that most people go into business backwards. They develop a product or service that they love and then try to find people to buy it. But it’s a million times easier to find people with a pressing problem or desire and fulfill it. This is how my business started although it was more [...]
Increase Website Sales By Building Better Relationships
Increasing your website sales is all a matter of building better relationships online. Selling over the internet is one of the hardest ways to sell anything… simply because we don’t have that personal touch with the potential client. This is why we need to do our best to replicate an offline relationship when we’re operating [...]
How To Measure Website Performance
As the famous management guru Peter Drucker stated “What gets measured gets done.” Now why we are quite capable of measuring results and still not doing anything about them… measurement is the first step. The chances are if we’re not measuring then we’re not improving or at least not improving at the rate we could [...]
What’s Wrong With Your Web Marketing Strategy?
If we’re being honest your web marketing strategy is probably flawed. In fact I would hazard a guess that you don’t even have a web marketing strategy. Today I’d like to share why having a strategy will make your website more effective and your life a lot easier. So why do you need a web [...]
Why Should I Believe You?
Selling online is the hardest way to sell. It’s not like selling face-to-face or even selling over the phone. You’re just another webpage on an internet filled with scams and dodgy people. Put simply… you don’t appear as a “real” person. The reality is anyone could be sitting there typing your blog posts or emails. [...]
Crafting Your Irresistible Offer
Nothing gets sold without someone making an offer. Maybe the offer is just a product sitting on the shelf with a price tag on it but this is still an offer. It simply means I’ll exchange the value of this product or service for a certain monetary value. However there are many different levels of [...]
Why No-One Else Cares About Your Business
I hate to break this to you but no one cares about your business. They don’t care how long you’ve been in business, they don’t care how many staff members you have and they certainly don’t care that you have 23 mouths to feed at home. They just don’t care. They’re only interested in themselves. [...]
Using Headlines To Grab Your Visitors’ Attention In 3 Seconds Or Less
Studies show that when a visitor arrives at your website you have between 3 and 7 seconds to grab their attention. Obviously this is a small window so you have to do everything in your power to ensure your visitor starts reading your content. This is achieved through a great headline. We’re all familiar with [...]
