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10 Secrets To My Online Success

Emilyecho — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:04:44 +0200

Of course your results may vary, but if you apply these lessons, the ones I learned the hard way. You will be way ahead in time and money than I was.

These are quick hitters and will not be explained in detail.

1. Your not going to be rich overnight - undestand that putting up a website, even with items at great prices that everyone wants it will take time to build that customer base and get ranked.

2. Your results are perfectly designed for your site. What you get is directly tied to how you designed your site, marketed it, and promoted it. Dont expect different results if your doing the exact same thing day in and day out, want different results -change the current process.

3. Dont be fooled by the snake oil man. If it sounds too good then it is. You cannot be ranked #1 overnight, no matter who does it for you, no matter how much you pay for it. SEO takes time and effort and study and patience and proper site design. Watch out for everyone who wants your money.

4. The customer still is #1. This rule will never change no matter how much we want to be compensated for our efforts and service level. The customer is still boss and you better treat them right, prompt service, filling of orders quickly, follow up on email responses. Do you know I have made additional sales and received testimonials from messing up? Thats right..we may have shipped a wrong item - and in the process of resolving the customer added items to be purchased. Amazing!!! but its a part of the customer service return.

5. Slow is the way its gonna go. You first start out with two orders a day -celebrate you have orders your doing something right. You then go to four orders a day - I know you want more, but celebrate you doubled your sales and so it goes. It will take time and seem like its not happening fast enough, but if your patient enough you will get there.

6. Its cheaper to sell to existing customers than gain new ones. This is so trure!!! Once you have a satisfied customer that customer is going to buy from you again than try someone else they dont know. Its a trust issue and once you have that - you have a customer for life.

7. Keep in contact. Refer back to #6. Can you imagine if you sent an actual hand written note to your best customers what they would think? Not an email which can be blasted out to thousands, but it takes time to send out a hand written note - that will be valued.

8. Keep em coming back. Give your customer a reason to come back. We sent out a Johnny Lew Contest in which a question was asked and the answer could only be found by visting the site Fastcommerce.com

9. Blood Sweat & Laughs and sometimes tears. This is what its going to take to create your own business. No one else is going to do it for you. Persistance and relentlessness. Not listening to those who say it wont work. That should be inspirational and not demotivating when someone tells you that. Keep learning, trying and you will succeed.

10. Dont give up!!! taking points 1-9 and going over them again and again - if you give up its because you've lost your passion - you may have been a day away of getting that big break that sent you on your way. In the USA you can do anything you set your mind and efforts on.

Business to Business E-commerce Growing

Emilyecho — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:05:25 +0200

Even though it is currently the most visible, Business 2 Consumer (B2C) is only part of e-commerce. Business 2 Business (B2B) e-commerce is quickly emerging as an area of economic growth and expansion. According to a recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers, more than two-thirds of American manufacturers still do not conduct business electronically. However, that is predicted to change in the near future.

Businesses are beginning to move their supply networks and sales channels online and are participating in new online marketplaces. Businesses also are expanding their use of networked systems to improve internal business processes to coordinate product design, manage inventory, improve customer service, and reduce administrative and managerial costs. Some businesses may face barriers to adopting e-commerce, including a lack of knowledge about the technology and its costs; insufficient information about the benefits of e-commerce and applicable business models; shortage of technically trained employees; complex and user-discouraging e-commerce implementations; the absence of unbiased, qualified assistance; and lack of funds. The South cannot afford to let these barriers hold e-commerce development back.

By failing to participate in e-commerce, companies are missing opportunities for lowering costs, increasing productivity, expanding market access, and improving relationships with customers and business partners. By not making the transition to the new way of doing business, businesses run a serious risk of becoming less competitive, affecting both their present market positions and long-term viability. As larger companies (with more available funds to transition) integrate e-commerce into their businesses, small firms run the risk of being excluded if they are unable to establish strong e-commerce ties with others in their supply chains.

On-line store ecommerce develop small bu...

Emilyecho — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:17:03 +0200

Best things in life are free. It is said that some of the best things in life are free. Make an internet store process is as easy as surfing the Web. Many ecommerce websits will make your online store and your business successful: inventory management, credit card processing, SEO tools, special offers, discount coupons and others. Most importantly, choose a better one.

The better ecommerce websites providing shopping carts with following features.

FLEXIBLE: Powerful template system will make a process of building a unique design really easy and will help to fulfill any creative ideas and requirements. Open web source code allows to modify every aspect of the system to meet your business specificity；offer low-cost custom development and web design services to provide clients with a high-quality custom ecommerce solution.

SCALABLE: Extension add-ons are available to extend the store basic functionality right away or later. Add-on development API is open, so any additional modules can be designed freely.

EASY-TO-USE: After installing ecommerce software you immediately get a running storefront with sample products. Manage your web store simply using a web browser; change the storefront look easily by modifying ecommerce software templates. Saves time & money.