Boost Sales With These Online Techniques

In a world where sales is hard to come by because it requires time, money and effort. One must think that it is hard to boost sales when we are in an economic situation when you have limited funds. Many people have come out extremely successful in this recession through online or offline techniques. Are you in the situation where your sales are start to go downhill and you have run out of ideas. Below I have assembled three techniques and ideas to use if you are looking to boost sales.

Use Youtube

According to Comscore Inc, the average internet user watches 186 videos month. That's a lot of videos. Ask yourself this question: Are you online using video? Believe it or not video has become many stream and many people have become successful with the use of Youtube. They have used video in many different ways to increase their sales. They have shown their product, done press releases using video and also gained buzz around a new product that they are looking to release. These are just some of the methods used in video which have gotten an increase in sales. You can user this method whether you are online or offline.

Testimonals

This is huge because building trust is a hard thing to do. Considering that you have never met the person before. People want to know that a "real person" has used your product and was satisfied and had great things to say about it. Did that product improve their quality of life? If you have a big name client ask them to provide a testimonal for you.

Promote Through Social Media

It's amazing to see how many businesses have used social media and have come out successful. Social Media has become a big traffic provider to get people to your website or business. There are many different ways to promote your product such as:

-Limited Time Offers
-50% off sales
-Buy 1 Get one Free
-Create a post that outlines your product and provides more information
-Product Review

And the list goes on...

If you have customer bases and they trust you this should be no problem for you to boost your sales immensely. People will respond to urgency. If I know it a product that is available for a limited time and I will never see it again then I am mostly likely to pounce on that product. The best example that I like is KFC in my opinion. When they release the Double Down for limited time and was a great selling product then pulled the product off the shelf people went crazy. They demanded the product back because it filled a need. This is what your product should do and can demonstrated through social media to boost sales.

8:32 AM by Jamie · 0

Breakthrough The Mold With Social Media

Social Media has become the world around us. No matter where you go social media has taken the world by storm. A good example was the recent backlash against Netflix and the raising of their prices. It was a good thing for netflixs and their pricing strategy however it caused a lot of problems with their customers. People took to social media vary quickly to express their feelings with this issue. Marketers need to be aware that social media can widely influence your business immensely. One thing is to include social media in your strategy if you are a business or operate a website. Here are some tips to breakthough the mold with social media:

Be engaging with your clients and customers.

One mistake that a marketer or a business owner can make is that they are not engaging with the public. Whether your a business or a website, you need to actively talking with your clients/customers because it shows that you have an invested interest in them and what is going on around them. Too many times, businesses will put up a post on their social media and a customer may respond for example and the business doesn't answer the customer. What will the customer think?

Add value with social media

Contineously provide content. People find value in what you write and will connect with what you have offer. This may be through an exclusive offer, or an opinion piece but it serves a purpose.

Use the different tools that are provided via Social Media to gain a competitve advantage

We all use Facebook, Twitter, however are you taking advantage of the different tools that are available?

A good example is Facebook Notes which is a great tool to improve your SEO. This is indexed by Google and you can add your blog RSS if you have one.

Facebook Discussion
Take advantage of talking with your customers and finding out how they feel. Talk about current issues or subject matter that is related to your business or website.

Facebook Twitter
This one is the creme de la creme because you can show your Twitter posts through Facebook and this has become a great tool for people who are looking for a competitive edge in the marketplace.

There are so many different tools that it would take several posts to communicate them all to you.

I hope this helps on your journey to breaking through the mold with social media.

8:00 AM by Jamie · 0