Sunday 18 August 2013

Follow These Key Steps When You Sell Books Online

By Abraham Lowe


Now that you're your own boss and you're loving working out of your home, it's important to routinely assess whether your marketing strategies are effective or not. After all, if you don't attract customers you won't have sales. With the following guide you can learn how to improve your online book business and maintain a successful store.

A good way to retain customers is by continually reaching out to them. Sending them small notes and gifts around the holidays lets them know you're thinking of them and remembering them. This makes them feel special.

Grab attention for your website by offering special drawings and raffles. Offer high-priced books for the price of an inexpensive raffle ticket. This will get customers looking at your book product and will excite them about your store. It will also increase traffic to your website.

Polling your customers and seeking their opinions on books is a great way to get buzz for an item. These poll results can be published in press releases and as a result can increase your viral demand and presence.

By offering customers reasonable shopping incentives you make them more excited to purchase from you. One such incentive could be to be entered into a drawing for one mega prize with each purchase made.

Stay ahead of the competition by keeping your website easy to use for your customers. While unique designs will also attract attention, functionality is the key to success in online sales. A pretty site that is too cluttered will make sales difficult. You should also include navigational links to assist customers in moving rapidly around your site.

Keep the design simple and clean. Provide your visitors with information, or path to the information or resources you know they are looking for. Include business phone numbers on every page of your site. Incorporate Trust icons like awards and associations, testimonials and reviews to build trust with your website visitors and customers.

Offering the right price for the books you sell is a wise move. Follow leads aggressively. Do not be afraid to ask customers to introduce family and friends to your store. Be sure that you are polite when you make the request. You do not want to be overbearing. This will serve to annoy the customers and they are likely to leave you because of it.

Start your advert for December early, preferably from the month of October. Save your budget for December so the holiday season captures the majority of your competitions sales. Most businesses make almost 40% of their annual profit in the month of December. So make a point of taking advantage of that hype.

A great way to represent your books and increase your sales is through email marketing. These emails are not only cost effective but their also timely since you can send so many at once.




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