“20 Surefire Techniques To Ensure Your Website Explodes” Part #8
13. Dedicate At Least 30 Minutes Each Day To Your Business - This is self explanatory, of course,, but I did want to include it. If you’re an online entrepreneur, even part time, your need to set aside at least 30 minutes each day. In order to grow your business, you have to invest in it. Although you may not have much cash to invest, you can always find time…. and that’s more valuable than money. Plus, after all the topics discussed in this article, there’s plenty of time needed to get your business on the right track. So take some time each day and use it wisely towards marketing and promotion.
In the long run, it will pay you back 1000 fold!
14. Sign Up For Marketing And Niche’ Newsletters - Many entrepreneurs don’t take advantage of the WEALTH of information available online… FREE!
There are so many knowledgeable and successful people online willing to share their trials and errors and discuss what they’ve learned with you. Take advantage of it!
There are literally thousands of newsletters available to you just related to marketing alone. Take some time to research a few and sign up for some of them. Read each one you subscribe to… keep those you like… and dump those you don’t. You’ll come away with a lot of tips and resources you never knew existed.
Running an online business is a constant learning experience. I know from experience that I learn something new each and every day (my brain can’t take much more ;-). You should never stop trying to learn new and clever ways to promote you business to ultimately make more profits. That’s the bottom line… PROFIT!
15. Create A Suggestion Box For Customer Feedback - The more you know about what customers are saying about your business, the more you can improve on your overall performance. It’s just you against the world… so find out what the world has to say. Put a questionnaire or feedback form on your website and find out what your customers like and dislike about your business. Offer a free gift to your customers (it could be as simple as a free report to download) for taking the time to fill out your survey. Their feedback could generate a lot more income for you.
Take this example…
Let’s assume you consistently sell 10 products a day on your website. Great! You’re happy with that as a part time income. You’re making an extra $100 a day from your site and there doesn’t seem to be any issues you need to address. Heck, 10 orders a day…. you must be doing things perfectly…right?
Then, one day, you decide to place a small feedback form on your website. You have someone design the form to pop up when someone exits your website (remember… you need to be creative with your pop ups and forms or their virtually useless). Over the next few weeks, you noticed that a lot of customers are filling out the feedback form (to get your free download about “How to create adorable stuffed animals out of old pillow cases”) and many of them have mentioned that they were about to purchase something from you but couldn’t figure out the shipping charges so they simply left your site.
Now remember… you’re still getting 10 orders a day consistently. If you hadn’t placed that form on your site, you’d never know this was an issue. You’re still VERY happy getting your 10 consistent orders daily.
But now that you’ve discovered there may be a problem with how customers find their shipping rates, you decide to address that problem and put a link to a shipping rate chart.
Chances are, once you take care of the issue, those 10 orders a day will soon increase to 20 in no time. And just think about it… You would’ve never known there was a concern if you didn’t reach out and talk to your customers. Without knowing what issues or concerns your customers have… you can’t fix a problem! Therefore, you’re leaving profits on the table for someone else (A SUPER SALESPERSON) to steal right out from under you.
