Products related to Prospects

Creating Your First Product

20
Jul
2018
E-commerce
Once we've created some categories, it's time to start entering our first product. Click Products | Add Product in the menu on the left. Looking at the categories we created, most of the products will require sizing and colors as well. That's something we'll discuss later on, so, for now, we are going to create a simple women's belt in the category Accessories. In the example below you'll see that we already pre-filled a lot of .
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Getting to know your list members better

22
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
Believe it or not, most of your prospects aren’t interested in everything that you decide to send in the context of an e-mail strategy. As you collect contact information and permission, consider asking your prospective subscribers to share their interests. Using interest information allows you to sort your e-mail lists into categories and send information relevant to that category. Asking your prospective subscribers open-ended questions about their interests can prove frustrating because people tend to .
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Collecting information in person

21
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
According to the Ten Foot Rule, whenever anyone is within ten feet of you, ask her for her contact information. A warm body or a verbal conversation can equate to a captive audience for communicating the benefits of joining your e-mail list. Always ask for permission when you collect information in person. Here are some ways to connect and collect without being intrusive: Swap business cards. Ask whether that person’s preferred e-mail address is on the .
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Building a Quality E-Mail List

20
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
Collecting e-mail addresses isn’t an easy task. Some people are so bothered by unsolicited e-mails that they’re willing to share almost anything else with you before they will share their e-mail addresses. Others might give you their e-mail addresses, but when the e-mails they receive from you don’t meet their expectations, they resort to unsubscribing or marking the e-mails as spam, even if they’re loyal customers. Fortunately, an e-mail list needn’t be large to be .
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Organizing Your E-Mail Content into Themes Based on Objectives

18
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
Stating clear objectives gives you a platform for creating e-mail content that accomplishes your objectives. Running a small business involves frequently setting new objectives and developing new e-mail content in line with those objectives. When your time is limited, you might be tempted to create e-mail content that fits your schedule better than your objectives. One of the most important reasons to use specific objectives to guide the creation of your e-mail content is to .
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Developing Objectives in E-mail Marketing

16
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
The media you use to deliver your marketing messages, such as mobile devices, Web sites, television ads, or postcards, are useless unless you combine them with actions that lead to specific objectives. If you don’t believe, grab a stack of your business cards, set them on your desk, and then wait . . . a long time. Business cards — by themselves — can’t do anything. You need to give them life by handing them .
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Tips for keeping the practices of EMPs and ISPs

14
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
The following sections include tips for keeping up with consumer trends and the practices of the most reputable EMPs and ISPs. Using full disclosure during e-mail address collection The CAN-SPAM Act encourages you to have affirmative consent with your e-mail list subscribers to send them a commercial e-mail, but the most professional practice is to use an extra measure of disclosure when asking for permission. Here are some ways for you to take affirmative consent to .
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Maximizing Revenue with E-Mail

11
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
Making more money than you spend is at the foundation of every business opportunity. Before you get too caught up running your business, I hope you took the time to make a few calculations to determine whether your approach to marketing your business seemed capable of making a profit. Although it is sure that many successful businesses start with little more than basic math, one very important calculation rarely finds its way into a business .
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Developing e-mail content in accordance with consumer interaction

9
Jun
2018
E-mail Marketing
Your e-mail content should match how consumers tend to interact with the media you use so that your audience can easily internalize and take action on your message. Consider the following comparison between using e-mail to deliver a message and using a billboard to deliver a message. Imagine planning to put up a billboard next to the highway where people drive by at 65 miles per hour. You aren’t likely to get good results if your .
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