Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Online Sales and Marketing: Tips for Great Success

Online sales and marketing is different than offline sales and marketing.  However they are the same in one way.  That is if you ever expect to have a successful online or offline business you must learn to sell.  If you are not naturally someone who can sell or you do not learn how to sell the chances of your business becoming successful are financially are slim.

There is no real quandary here.  If you are someone that HATES selling or you just do not know how to sell you can be sure that you will not make money, Period.

Online Sales and Marketing Requires Specific Things


In addition to knowing how to sell you need at least one of the following three things.

1.       A great money making idea
2.       A product that solves a specific problem, and/or
3.       A winning income producing opportunity

Know this, even if you have all three of these things and you do not know how to sell, you will not be able to monetize your ideas, no matter how great the idea is.

Online Sales and Marketing Necessities


If you are reading this article then the chances are that you already have a great idea or product.  Now you have to produce a sales letter that wins.  Most online sales and marketing campaigns will not be successful without a winning sales letter.

The following lists what it takes to churn out a successful sales letter.

1.       Very Good Writing Skills


More than likely you will be writing your own sales copy.  One reason to write your own is that it costs upward towards $10,000 to hire a good copywriter to write sales copy for you.  You will need to have a good command of the English language and good writing skills.  Lessons on how to write good sales copy can easily be found online.  There are also copywriting membership sites where you can learn from writers who are more experienced.

2.       Personality


You might think that because your business activities only include online sales and marketing and you will probably never meet your prospect face to face that your personality does not matter.  Nothing can be further from the truth.  You really do have to let your unique personality shine through.  The sales letter is a personal letter between you and your prospect.  You want the sales letter to be friendly.  You also want the sales letter to portray you as being someone who is approachable.  Make sure that your sales letter is not stiff.  A stiff sales letter will bore your reader and turn them away.
Present a mix of your personality with your writing skills and you will writing a killer sales letter.

3.       Take action


You can find a wealth of information online that will tell you how to write successful sales copy.  Use the information to your benefit.  Once you have developed your sales copywriting skills you need to set up a web page that will market your products.  There are quite a few online companies that will help you build a successful sales pulling website.   If you Google search  “website builder” you will find some of these online companies that will help you build your website.

Conclusion


Successful online sales and marketing is within your reach.  You merely need to set yourself to learning how to write successful sales copy and move forward with your website.  It does take time, motivation and commitment to find success online.  However, you will find that once you have reached success it has all been worth it.

If you learned anything new from this article then please leave a comment.  


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