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The Higher You Go Speaking of pitching, the next step is converting visitors to leads. This is where you hit them with your "sales" pitch. If you're wanting to sell widgets, you'd better have a sales pitch for widgets on the first page the qualified visitor lands on. We see example after example of companies that fail miserably at this. Their site is loaded with all kinds of information, but selling widgets is buried among pages and pages about Investor Relations, Press Releases, Corporate Officers, Company History and whThe higher you go, the cooler it becomes. Really? Let us begin from first principles. This is a maxim we learnt in geography about the weather. Having come a long way in our professions and careers, can we really say it has been cooler over the years as we ascended the corporate ladder? Even at that,, how can we sensibly apply the Higher You Go principle in the way we work, and the way we live?Has it certainly been cooler for you over the years as you climbed higher? The higher the cooler may Brand Your Market: Simplicity Goes a Long Way Toward Identifying Your Brand Closing leads through your website requires a 3-step conversion process. Make sure you don't trip along the way.
Occasionally, I come across a brand so simple and precise I have to stand back and appreciate the austerity of it. Most often these brands are signature brands.A copywriter friend signs her work “Dina” and it’s quite effective. Her name is simple, clean lined, and unique enough that it’s all she needs. Everyone in the industry recognizes her work, because it follows the simplistic style of her signature; straightforward, implicit, and concise.Our current President is identifiable by his Every salesman wants new leads. Good leads! The Glengarry leads! (minor digression here - If you're in sales and you haven't seen Glengarry Glen Ross then you need to rent it today). Good leads make salespeople happy. At least for a little while. They're happy until they figure out the leads aren't that good, or until they figure out they're not such a good salesperson - good leads or not. There are a number of ways you can cultivate leads on the Internet. You could use your own website, an email list, a 3rd party website that you advertise on or any number of other methods that are available for getting your message out. Since most companies have a website, let's examine how they might get the most out of it. Think of closing Internet leads as a 3-step process. First, you have to convert browsers to visitors. Unless you've got a really popular company, or you've conducted a major offline campaign to promote your website, not many people are going sit down and type your URL into their address bar. No, they'll have to find your site while they're browsing, either through search engines or some form of online advertising. We won't go into the various ways to attract visitors, but you should always try to attract the the "right type" of browser - one who truly has an interest in your product or service. Anything else is unqualified traffic and serves no purpose in this admittedly myopic view of your online campaign. If you're relying on search engines for traffic, be sure your site is properly optimized to attract quality traffic. If you're advertising online, try to target an audience that is as specific as possible. Web traffic costs money (even if it's free organic traffic from search engines - you had to build the site and optimize it, right?). Why waste that money on visitors who have no interest in whatever it is you're pitching? Speaking of pitching, the next step is converting visitors to leads. This is where you hit them with your "sales" pitch. If you're wanting to sell widgets, you'd better have a sales pitch for widgets on the first page the qualified visitor lands on. We see example after example of companies that fail miserably at this. Their site is loaded with all kinds of information, but selling widgets is buried among pages and pages about Investor Relations, Press Releases, Corporate Officers, Company History and wha Why Is The Toilet Poster Not A Standard Advertising Medium Yet? alesperson - good leads or not.Recently I posted a question on yahoo answers to better understand what peoples attitudes are towards toilet advertising. The overall response was overwhelmingly positive, with one person boldly stating that it is the only advertising that still has an impact on him.A study conducted at Rice university has shown that the retention of the marketing message is 40% more effective than retention for any other media.Barbour and Monroe’s survey data concluded that:• 84% recalled seeing There are a number of ways you can cultivate leads on the Internet. You could use your own website, an email list, a 3rd party website that you advertise on or any number of other methods that are available for getting your message out. Since most companies have a website, let's examine how they might get the most out of it. Think of closing Internet leads as a 3-step process. First, you have to convert browsers to visitors. Unless you've got a really popular company, or you've conducted a major offline campaign to promote your website, not many people are going sit down and type your URL into their address bar. No, they'll have to find your site while they're browsing, either through search engines or some form of online advertising. We won't go into the various ways to attract visitors, but you should always try to attract the the "right type" of browser - one who truly has an interest in your product or service. Anything else is unqualified traffic and serves no purpose in this admittedly myopic view of your online campaign. If you're relying on search engines for traffic, be sure your site is properly optimized to attract quality traffic. If you're advertising online, try to target an audience that is as specific as possible. Web traffic costs money (even if it's free organic traffic from search engines - you had to build the site and optimize it, right?). Why waste that money on visitors who have no interest in whatever it is you're pitching? Speaking of pitching, the next step is converting visitors to leads. This is where you hit them with your "sales" pitch. If you're wanting to sell widgets, you'd better have a sales pitch for widgets on the first page the qualified visitor lands on. We see example after example of companies that fail miserably at this. Their site is loaded with all kinds of information, but selling widgets is buried among pages and pages about Investor Relations, Press Releases, Corporate Officers, Company History and wh Whose Fault When A Business Fails? ompany, or you've conducted a major offline campaign to promote your website, not many people are going sit down and type your URL into their address bar. No, they'll have to find your site while they're browsing, either through search engines or some form of online advertising.Every entrepreneur has been there. The latest and greatest idea that has ever entered into your mind is not doing so well. You have put your heart and soul into something that you just knew was going to make you rich. But, things just are not working the way they are supposed to.Despite all your efforts to get your business going, it looks as though you are going to have to give up on your latest idea. What went wrong?Before you start planning your next venture (because that is what We won't go into the various ways to attract visitors, but you should always try to attract the the "right type" of browser - one who truly has an interest in your product or service. Anything else is unqualified traffic and serves no purpose in this admittedly myopic view of your online campaign. If you're relying on search engines for traffic, be sure your site is properly optimized to attract quality traffic. If you're advertising online, try to target an audience that is as specific as possible. Web traffic costs money (even if it's free organic traffic from search engines - you had to build the site and optimize it, right?). Why waste that money on visitors who have no interest in whatever it is you're pitching? Speaking of pitching, the next step is converting visitors to leads. This is where you hit them with your "sales" pitch. If you're wanting to sell widgets, you'd better have a sales pitch for widgets on the first page the qualified visitor lands on. We see example after example of companies that fail miserably at this. Their site is loaded with all kinds of information, but selling widgets is buried among pages and pages about Investor Relations, Press Releases, Corporate Officers, Company History and wh Advertising Through Content Sites serves no purpose in this admittedly myopic view of your online campaign. If you're relying on search engines for traffic, be sure your site is properly optimized to attract quality traffic. If you're advertising online, try to target an audience that is as specific as possible. Web traffic costs money (even if it's free organic traffic from search engines - you had to build the site and optimize it, right?). Why waste that money on visitors who have no interest in whatever it is you're pitching?Content sites are one of the more effective ways to advertise online. If you have your own content site, then you are making your own traffic by advertising in the search engines. This means that as long as your content site is on the same topic as the product that you are trying to sell, then your traffic is going to be much more targeted. The people that are going to your site are going there to find information, so it doesn’t take a genius to realize, they are interested in that topic. So, common Speaking of pitching, the next step is converting visitors to leads. This is where you hit them with your "sales" pitch. If you're wanting to sell widgets, you'd better have a sales pitch for widgets on the first page the qualified visitor lands on. We see example after example of companies that fail miserably at this. 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