Those who picked up the Xbox 360 just after midnight on its launch date may be surprised to know Microsoft has convergence with Windows Live planned for Xbox Live.
Now that the smells of late night pizza and beer Xbox 360 gaming have been replaced with the aroma of roasting turkeys, it’s a good time to recount Bill Gates comments pre-launch about the future of the platform.
B2B Buyers Prefer Search Engines Over Trade Publications
A study conducted by Google found buyers in the B2B world prefer using search engines to conduct their research, as opposed to traditional B2B publications.
Wholesale Buyers Versus Retail Customers
Are wholesale buyers and retail customers really different? Frankly, there are two answers to this question: yes and no. Yes, because they are different from the buyers and those selling to buyers’ point of view and no, because the principles that apply are the same for both types of buying.
Turn Readers Into Buyers
Oh yes, I know you have read the above phrase umpteen times in all those “killer copy” articles but let me tell you something, you like it or not, what you write is what you get. If your website content is good, you do good business and if your website content is crappy, well, you get my point.
Attract Buyers with Valuable Content
Content is the most important component of your web site. Useful content gets visitors to your site, engages them, builds credibility, and converts them into buyers. Surveys indicate that 80 percent of visitors go to web sites to get information. Only 5 percent are interested in graphics.
Attract Buyers with Power Words
Power words elicit emotions and create visual pictures in your readers’ mind. Here are twenty of the most important words that have proven to attract attention, motivate prospects to buy, and increase sales. Use them in your headlines and copy of your sales materials and web site.
Converting Web Site Home Buyers to First Contacts
According the National Association of Realtors(R) (“NAR”) surveys completed between 1999 and 2003, 66 percent of all home buyers stick with the first real estate agent they contact. The number one reason stated was that buyers perceive all real estate agents to be the same. This means that two out of every three contacts that you receive when you are the first contact, you are most likely to get the business.
Testimonials Convert Prospects Into Buyers
Big businesses get instant credibility with their well-known company name or brand name. But small companies have to create their own credibility. One of most powerful tools you can use for this is customer testimonials.
They become buyers…Real-Time Auctioning Web Services
Businesses tend to increase their market share. The gain is taken from those competitors, who postpone adopting innovative sales models. Real-time auctions create one of these models. They establish new, intriguing sales channel.
Five Things More Important to Buyers than What Youre Selling : Part I
No matter what customers say they want, what they’re really looking for is “something special.” They can’t quite describe it, but when they find it, they know.