Thursday, July 26, 2012

Top 5 reading Tips For the Week


We compiled together the most interesting pieces in our daily research. Hover on to the following sites which you will find very informative and relatable for any kind of online businesses. You can find some useful tips and new techniques. As you go through take notes of the important things you’ve learned and send us back your comments and what you think so we know which to choose next time. What do you expect more as our weekly picks? Let us know on the comment below.

Here is a list of recommender articles exclusively for shop owners and operators. 

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Monday, July 23, 2012

How to Make Profitable Customers from Bargain Hunters


Here we will show you how shop operators can make bargain customers as loyal customers as written and presented in an extension "specifically e-commerce" from the textbook of the two Swiss e-commerce consultant, Thomas Lang and Daniel Ebneter. 

Eye on the vouchers, get set, go!

Ever heard of Groupon platforms and similar location-based services? And how are bargain hunters from loyal customers? Online coupons bring customers into the store by the means of smart phones and mobile Internet often directly and through online contact.

Vouchers : The beginning

There is a very easy principle behind is : Vouchers - whether for a weekend in the island resort hotel, new hair extensions or a botox treatment can be purchased with discounts of 25%, 50% or more. Condition is that within a given period is a minimum number of people willing to buy which is only possible if the offer is announced soon. Groupon, for example, mailed its deal to 83 million people daily. Yes you are correct! Email is primarily used.

Social media are the other key pillar. 520,000 Likers on Facebook follow the Groupon discounts everyday as they receive emails every single day as subscribers. On the side of that deal is a click, to make friends via Facebook, Twitter and Google+ plus the bargain for the day. All these success stories and impressive figures must not obscure the fact that the prosperity of the voucher is based ultimately on two platforms efforts.

Different sites use these idea from well known shopping websites to small businesses promoted online may it be discounts from services or shopping such us clothing. An online custom dress shirt website http://www.shirtsmyway.com shopping offers coupon codes which you use during checkouts for discounts.

Planning and Training

But the calculation can proceed only when the bargain hunters will become loyal customers - then of course at full price. This action would also generate much attention that also arises in other target customers with a suction effect. Therefore, companies need to be concerned, however, for the most part even. The platforms live for today, tomorrow other deals are interesting, perhaps in a different industry and with a different target audience. The trick is therefore to carefully plan the voucher campaign and connect with other sales activities.

Special Offers

Now with over ten million users on Foursquare, already half a million registered merchants use these simple mechanisms for marketing and sales. The first step is they carefully create their own sites as venues and they claim to be called a claim for themselves. Thus, the basis is created to turn specials.