Every new business venture begins with a plan. Before opening your doors for business, whether virtual or physical, you must be prepared for the many details involved in running a business. Thinking through these details and putting them on paper helps you to be prepared.
Do This One Thing to Quadruple Web Sales in Just One Month
Spend time planning your Web site. Before you design a page or write a word, get a visual, and mental picture of your preferred audience. Your visitors will spend up to 8 seconds on your home page, so plan accordingly. Draw your specific audience’s attention with compelling headings that include benefits that will solve their problems.
Business Start-up Guide
How do you start to plan your business? What is required? What should you research? Where do you start? Use the checklist below to guide you as you build a strong, solid business foundation.
The 6 Characteristics of Websites That Sell
There’s a simple explanation for poor web site sales conversion. The biggest reason visitors don’t buy anything is because the site isn’t designed to sell – it’s designed to give information. Think of your web site as a Virtual Salesperson, like many sales people, it talks too much. Dazed and confused, the visitor floats around from section to section in the site with no set destination.
Pop Up For Profits
Sure, we might say we hate the little pop up windows that so often intrude on our monitors. But can you say that you haven’t at least skimmed through the short message displayed on these commercials?
Switching from MS Office to Star Office – Should You?
It’s no wonder that interest is increasing in alternatives to Microsoft.
Many of Microsoft’s loyal customers are scratching their heads over the new licensing plan that requires an annual fee from product users. In return for additional fees, customers have the opportunity to purchase support agreements at reduced rates. Not only are “purchasers” suddenly transformed into “subscribers,” but they must also commit to purchasing upgrades far in advance.
Does that seem fair? Quite a few Microsoft customers don’t think so. And it’s pretty clear why they don’t – not only do they need to purchase software, but now they have to pay to use it every year, and as a reward they get a discount on a service they more than likely don’t use anyway.
The Six Characteristics of Web Sites that Sell
There’s a simple explanation for poor web site sales conversion. The biggest reason visitors don’t buy anything is because the site isn’t designed to sell – it’s designed to give information. Think of your web site as a Virtual Salesperson, like many sales people, it talks too much. Dazed and confused, the visitor floats around from section to section in the site with no set destination.
A Salesperson knows that there is a purpose to a sales call; your website should have the same purpose – to close the sale or earn the right to continue to sell to the prospect when they are ready to buy.
Chicken Soup For The Net
The Internet is an ambiguous place. There’s enough fertilizer out there to keep several thousand rose bushes blue-ribbon winners.
The Choice is Yours
What are your friends and family going to say at your funeral?
Will it be things like:
Do You Suffer From Untilitis?
That little voice in your head that keeps saying “Don’t get started until …”
There is a closely related syndrome called unlessitis.