Posts Tagged ‘Buyers’

Email Marketing And Advertising Checklist Creating For Rookies

August 4th, 2010

Email marketing & list building are essential tools to make your Internet business profitable. They involve collecting names and e-mail addresses from prospective customers (sale leads) and use them for marketing and advertising and promotional purposes.

Email marketing/list building can bring a lot to your business. However, you need to create a high quality list. It\’s true that you can also buy it; but, in most cases, you\’re better off making your own list and use the money for other purposes. Opt-in email databases are the most effective and basically are made up of visitors to your website who willingly left their names and e-mail addressees in returning for something you had to offer.

So, if you want a large list, packed with sales prospects, your main objective should be to convince as many individuals as you can to give their information to you. The best way to do that is to give them something in exchange, such as access to some useful information, a monthly newsletter or a free gift. If you want as many people as possible to sign up, you should make it really easy for them. In order to do that, you should place the sign-up form somewhere they can see it and only request the basic information (name and email address).

Once you establish a list and data you should begin a email advertsing and or promoting promotion. If you want it to be successful, there are a few suggestions you should follow. First of all, do all you can to avoid spam. It\’s important that you don\’t appear too pushy; many online marketers fail at that, but control very well to get on their prospects\’ nerves. Boring promotional messages that nobody wants to read are, obviously, not the key to success, but you can go very far with an interesting e-newsletter, which you\’d only send once a month. This is a very excellent option for a potentially successful email marketing/list building approach.

Quality list building, followed by an effective email marketing campaign, might be exactly what you need in order to gain faithful customers and quickly become prosperous on the Internet. Do not disregard the severity of email advertising and promoting of email list building and its benefits if you want to reach your potential.

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eBay Vs. Amazon: The buyer\’s perspective

January 1st, 2010

Some months ago I wrote a couple of articles about Amazon vs. eBay focused on the seller’s perspective. Now, here’s my view on both marketplaces fron the other point of view: the end consumer; the buyer.

On a feature by feature analysis, this would be a very concise summary of the buying experience in both eBay and Amazon from my standpoint.

BUYERS Perspective

Amazon

eBay

Fees

WORSE

Higher average fees translate to higher average prices

BETTER

Lower average fees prices means lower prices for the end consumer

Format

FIXED Price Format

FIXED price + AUCTION

Average sale Price

HIGHER

Amazon buyers tend to focus more on product condition than price.

LOWER

eBay, by its nature, is competitive and draws buyers looking for the lowest possible prices.

Payment Methods

WORSE
Only Credit / Debit cards or AMAZON payments

BETTER,

MORE PAYMENT OPTIONS

Besides credit and debit cards, eBay sellers can accept PayPal, money orders, cashier\’s checks or cash (in person)

Return Policy

BETTER

“A-Z Guarantee” favors the Buyers

WORSE

NO Buyer Guarantee, only a “Resolution Center” that works sometimes

Shipping

BETTER

Buyer always knows the shipping cost

(Amazon sets the shipping cost)

SLIGHTLY WORSE

Variable shipping costs, dependant on sellers.

Web experience – Personalization tools

BETTER

No doubt, Amazon is probably the best online store available

WORSE
Doesn’t have as many personalization tools, cross selling, A/B testing methods, etc as Amazon. The buying experience is

Summing it up, Amazon is a better online experience for the buyer… but at higher average prices than eBay. Both are perfectly valid options for online shopping and just as in “brick and mortar” retail stores some prefer to buy at WalMart and some at Target, on Internet the different mix of service/price also gives consumers more options to choose from.

My personal favorite… Amazon. I don’t care if they’re cents more expensive on average. .. so far, no other online retailer has been able to create a better experience than Amazon.

Pedro Neira is an MBA Internet Marketing Manager. Freelance Consultant and Online Entrepreneur with experience in Strategic Consulting, Start-Up fundraising and general management. Online Marketing expert with special abilities in SEO, SEM and Viral Marketing.
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