One of many easiest ways of starting an online business and earning quick income is thru affiliate marketing. With no web site to develop, no product development to realize, no refunds or buyer problems to cope with, that is by far the most effective manner of developing your on-line presence.
If you already have your affiliate merchandise and you’re working at making extra gross sales, an increase in commissions is the obvious aim of everyone. With increasingly products hitting the web market, it’s essential to comply with some easy but essential steps. So what are they?
If you would like your affiliate program commissions to take off, literally overnight, these are the steps you could severely think about;
1. Do your analysis and check out the programs you are fascinated by promoting. It is fairly apparent that you just only want to promote a product that gives you the maximum paycheck within the shortest possible time.
The principle components to think about when doing this are apparent if you stop and take into consideration them, however as a rule, usually are not fully considered before placing your money and time into making your product pay.
Examine the commission structure and make sure it pays well. Additionally, try to discover merchandise that match your audience and are already paying effectively to different affiliates. You soon know when a program is not assembly up to its promises – that is the time to reconsider its value and transfer on to the next.
As you’re most likely going to be one of many affiliates promoting the same product, especially if it is a good one, establish your USP – or ‘Distinctive Promoting Place’.
Set yourself up as providing that little something further that makes you stand out above the crowd.
Write a brief article to present away as an incentive to potential buyers. This provides you both better credibility and additional drawing power.
Give info that’s not solely free, but useful. Once you do this, if what you give away totally free is sweet, individuals naturally expect an important deal extra from the purchased product. Make suggestions in regards to the product inside the report in the event you can, and attempt to give simply enough data to make people want the precise product.
2. When making a gift of free reviews or eBooks, save and collect, on the very least, the identify and email addresses of all those who download your gift. It’s now broadly known that only a few folks make a purchase order on their first introduction to a product.
This is the place an auto responders is invaluable as you can create an entire sequence of follow up messages to ship to those prospects to entice them into buying your product. Anywhere between 6 and 10 messages are needed to finally clinch the sale, so automate this process and capitalize on the free report.
Upon getting these prospects particulars, they’re yours until the individual want to unsubscribe. This implies that you may ship them info in the months ahead about other products you are promoting, long after they’ve purchased the unique item.
In case you develop an ezine, you might be in an ideal place to ship more worthwhile and occasional free, info to those prospects who now worth you as a supply of data and helpful recommendations. You develop a relationship with them and so they may stay with you for years to come. They begin to trust you and your recommendations and eventually, are doubtless to buy from you again.
3. Never underestimate the facility of negotiation. Be prepared to haggle with a vendor whose items you want to promote.
Keep in mind that all merchants want associates to market and promote their goods and shall be extra inclined to change their fee construction than potentially unfastened business if they see you as a great supply of income.
Be bold and you can end up receiving a larger slice of the pie for all of your advertising efforts. Don’t be grasping however be fair and you can be respected for it.
4. Use efficient advertising techniques. ‘Pay Per Click’ provides you with essentially the most immediate results if you do your analysis right. Naturally, Google’s Adwords and Overture are the places to start, being leaders within the online PPC field. However, go searching and analysis the smaller players who provide cheaper charges to a smaller audience.
Ezine Prime Sponsor and Solo advertisements can also give you a huge and quick return on your promoting buck with your advert being obtained by a responsive viewers of your chosen market.
And as with all promoting campaigns – observe your results. If you do not know who’s clicking what, you may by no means know which ads are working.
Use these methods and you will soon see an instantaneous improvement in your affiliate sales. Construct in your successes and growth and progress will follow.
Most people start out in affiliate marketing selling other people’s products. This is one way to make money, but it is not the only way. As a matter of fact some people make money with affiliate marketing and never sell any products at all.
Here are 5 ways you can use the affiliate marketing business model to make money using the Internet.
1. Use the pay per click affiliate model. Getting paid by the click is the easiest way to make money because you do not require your website visitor to do anything but click on an ad.
You have probably seen Google Ads on people websites before. These webmasters are part of the Google Adsense affiliate program and they get paid by Google.
There are other ppc affiliate programs including 7Search, MIVA, Bidvertiser and many more. Monetizing your web pages with these ads is simple to do and can make you some very easy money.
2. Join a cost per action program. CPA programs pay you to get your visitor to perform a specific action. This could include downloading software or filling out a form online.
Some will even pay you for an action as easy as entering their email address. The easiest way to get started is join a cpa affiliate network such as Commission Junction, Max Bounty, and others.
3. Sell products online. This could be physical products, ditigal products, membership sites, coaching, and so on. ClickBank is a very popular affiliate network that has thousands of digital products ready for you to sell.
Selling products can be very lucrative if you do it correctly. There are strategies you should learn including getting your own website, blog, email marketing, and more.
4. Do 2 tier affiliate marketing. With this model you get paid when the affiliates you recruit make a sale. You can also get paid to make your own sales.
If you like people this is a good way to make friends online and make more money as well. Unlike the mlm business model you only get paid on one level of sales, that being people you personally recruit.
5. Start your own affiliate program. This way you get paid on the sales of many people. Of course you need a product and a system set up to recruit affiliates and keep track of their sales.
Some people use ClickBank which is a very fast way to get going. They also have recurring billing now so you can promote residual income programs and products.
This should give you plenty of things to think about. Many affiliates use more than one of these 5 ways to make money online. Some even use all 5 to make a lot of money.
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I often meet new Internet marketers on various forums that aspire to earn the big bucks like some of the well-known personas out there, such as Yanik Silver and Bryan Kumar. However, most of these new marketers have only the slightest ideas on where to start, and a lot of them are not willing or able to invest startup capital in their online business. However, it is almost impossible to start an online business without spending some money on basic infrastructure such as web hosting, domain names and so on. Hence, here is a rough guide on how to build an Internet business starting with $0.
MyEZStartUpPage.com is a very good example of this. I didn’t have to start with $0. Before getting involved with Internet Marketing I was very successful in Network Marketing (MLM). I still get a very good residual income from the company I worked with, though I am no longer active in the business. I got into Internet Marketing in 2001 with enough capital to do anything I wanted to.
After hearing all sorts of excuses from people who wanted to start an online business but did not have the money, I decided to try an experiment with MyEZStartUpPage. Today it is proof that, yes, you can start with $0.
The first and most important thing to do is to list out all your skills. What skills do you have? You may have picked up these skills through daily life (for example languages), through your job (hands-on knowledge on a specific niche) or from your hobbies (for example fishing). It is most vital to list down skills or knowledge that you have and might be in demand elsewhere. For example, you love fly-fishing and you do it every day after work. You may build your Internet business upon this: writing an instructional guide on fly-fishing, teaching people how to do it, etc. Best of all, you do not need to spend money to acquire this knowledge: you already have it.
So, the very first option, if you have no money to start off your online business, is to earn some capital using your already existing skills or knowledge. You can give tuition to students on your dominant subject in college, you can teach stuff about your hobby to people who are interested, you can write guides on knowledge or skills you picked up through experience and cannot be found in theoretical books.
Okay, let’s say if you just can’t think of any skills or knowledge that people might be interested in. Then, it’s most important that you locate a workable business model and focus on that alone. You can obtain almost everything you need through bartering, web hosting, domain name or credit card processing, to name a few in exchange for your product (if you own one) or services like copywriting, ghostwriting and website designs.
Now, here is the step by step, in a shorten form, guide to how MyEZStartUpPage came to be starting with $0. I must confess it was very hard pretending I didn’t have the money. It takes a lot more work doing it all yourself. But, any legal profitable home business online or off line takes work, focus, and above all action.
Step 1: (September 9, 2009) I imagined my new business idea in my mind from startup to finish product. Every day for about an hour I would sit alone in my home office and picture the end product, but I wrote nothing down. After two weeks, and a very relaxing weekend I started putting my plan on paper on September 28, 2009. Out of this process came the idea of new manual I am writing entitled “Break Through to Business Success – Your System Action Plan”, which I plan on publishing at the end of February or early March 2010.
Step 2: (October 5, 2009) Here is where most people go wrong. They want to market their business idea without doing market research. Big mistake! I learned that the hard way. How do you expect to make money if your idea is not selling. You might want to read Chapter Two in the members’ section of MyEZStartUpPage.
I did my market research in what I wanted MyEZStartUpPage to do. I wanted it to be a membership site that can help anyone willing to focus and take action in building a success profitable home based business and make it as simple as possible. I am the ‘doitsimple’ guy. I sold one of my first websites, doitsimple.com for $2,500.00. I don’t know what it has become of the site, but it’s still around.
To make things tougher on myself I pretended to have no internet access in my home and I also had a full time job. I have not had a job in over 15 years! I started using the public library in the evenings. On November 5, 2009 I finished my market research.
(During this time I also spend about an hour on my action plan and design of my website.)
Step 3: (November 12, 2009) I took some time off to clear my mind and started thinking about the website and how I was going to launch it with $0. After thinking about it for the better of the morning, I decided to call a good friend of mine who has a freight business. I asked him if had a website for his business. He told me he didn’t, but that he had been thinking about it. Talk about timing!
Over the years I have become pretty good at designing websites. I told my friend that I could do it for him. Of course his first question was; “How much?”. I asked him how much was his business worth? He told me that he netted over one million dollars the previous year and on track to do it again for 2009. He knew why I had asked the question. Apparently he had asked about building a website through a web design company and he had been quoted $15,000.00. He almost hit the floor when I told him I would do it for $1,000.00!
The arrangement was that he would pay me $500 up front and $500 when I finished. He also would have to pay for any software or special web tools to run his website. I would also have to work in his office using one of his computers. I started working on my friends website the next day November 13, 2009.
On Tuesday of the following week, after working on his website most of the day, my friend said he needed a part time dispatcher to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 PM to 5 PM, if I was interested he would pay me $50 a week!
From November 16 thru December 4, 2009 I went into my friend’s office, work on his website 2 to 3 hours, worked on my website 2 to 3 hours and got paid $50 a week to do it! Pretty good horse trading, ha. As a matter of fact, I still go on into his office on Tuesdays and Thursdays and get $50 a week. I go in at about 9 AM, even though I don’t start working on the dispatcher work until 1 PM, and actually the work involved takes about 10 to 15 minutes of every hour up til 5 PM, so I spend most of the day doing my internet marketing business on his computer. I don’t have to do it, but I really enjoy working with my friend or actually working in my friend’s office on my internet marketing businesses. Sometimes things just fall into place very nicely 
What if things had not happen the way they did? Would I have been able to start my new internet business with $0. Yes, this is what I did during this whole period, form September thru December 14, 2009. Luckly you can find a lot of free stuff on the internet that can help you with your new internet business and I had lots of time to search. Here is what I did:
1) Found free web hosting and build a website to promote an affiliated product, sign up for it was free. During October and November I sold 7 for a take home profit of $259 dollars. I used free traffic exchanges and free list builders to promote the website.
2) I was not experience with membership site software so I needed practice before launching my site. I found free membership site software and installed it on my free hosting account. I now use the paid upgraded version on MyEZStartUpPage.
3) I found essential marketing tools, like auto responder, ad tracker, list builder, and more all for free on one website.
( All that is mention above is now available to members of MyEZStartUpPage. And yes, for FREE!)
Step 4: (December 14, 2009) MyEZStartUpPage.com is born, and it’s one of my son’s birthday! Good cause to celebrate! Remember, I now had $1,000.00 and $50 a week to invest in my new internet business. Here is the kicker, I have not spend a penny of this money yet! I have invested $149.82 of the $259.00 I made with the affiliated product, in rent for two servers I will be installing in my home office which hosts MyEZStartUpPage and will provide free hosting for premium paid members of MyEZStartUpPage.
So you see, you can start an internet business with $0. Just decide to do it and get it done! There is always some mundane job that people don’t want to do, and you can do that for those people in exchange for things you need. You just need to ask for it!
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Jesse Paz
http://myezstartuppage.com
jhbsn@myezstartuppage.com
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Being in the internet online affiliate marketing enterprise shouldn’t be that arduous now with the internet at your disposable. It’s much simpler now in comparison with the times when people must make use of the telephones and other mediums of knowledge just to get the most recent updates on the best way their program is coming along.
So with know-how at hand, and assuming that the affiliate is working from house, a day in his or her life would sound something like this…
Upon waking up and after having breakfast, the computer is turned on to take a look at new developments in the network. So far as the marketer is worried there may be new issues to replace and statistics to keep observe on.
The positioning design must be revised. The marketer is aware of that a nicely-designed web site can increase signal ups from visitors. It will possibly additionally assist in the affiliate’s conversion rates.
With that achieved, it’s time to submit the affiliate program to directories that lists affiliate programs. These directories are means to attract individuals in joining your affiliate program. A positive way of promoting the affiliate program.
Time to track down the sales you are getting out of your affiliates pretty and accurately. There are cellphone orders and mails to trace down. See if they are new purchasers checking the products out. Noting down the contact data that could be a viable supply in the future.
There are lots of sources to type out. Ads, banners, button advertisements and pattern recommendations to provide out as a result of the marketer knows that that is a technique of guaranteeing extra sales. Greatest to remain visible and accessible too.
The affiliate marketer remembered that there are questions to answer from the visitors. This has to be achieved quickly. Nothing can flip off a buyer than an unanswered email.
To show that the affiliate is working successfully and effectively, inquiries would have to be paid more consideration on. No one desires to be ignored and customers are usually not always essentially the most patient of all people. Fast answer that should seem skilled but pleasant too.
Within the means of doing all the necessities, the marketer is logged on to a chat room where he or she interacts with different affiliates and people under that same program. This is where they will talk about things on the way to greatest promote their products.
There are things to be realized and it’s a continuous process. Sharing ideas and advices is a good approach of exhibiting support. There could also be others on the market wanting to affix and may be enticed by the dialogue that’s going on. There isn’t a hurt in assuming what opportunities ahead.
The newsletters and ezines had been updated days ago, so it is time for the affiliate marketer to see if there are some new issues taking place within the market. This will probably be written about in the marketer’s publication to be distributed to the outdated and new customers.
These identical publications are additionally an vital device in retaining updated with the newly launched products. The marketer has put up a sale and promotion that clients may wish to know about. Besides, they must sustain with the deadline of those gross sales written in the publications.
It is that time to point out some appreciation to those who have helped the marketer in the promotions and sale increase. Nothing like mentioning the individuals, their websites and the process they’ve done that made every part worked.
After all, this will be revealed in the newsletters. Among the more necessary information which were written already.
The marketer still has time to jot down out recommendations to those who want credible sources for the merchandise being promoted. There’s also time to publish some comments on tips on how to be a successful affiliate marketer on a web site the place there are lots of wannabees.
Two aims achieved on the same time. The marketer will get to advertise the product in addition to this system they are in. Who knows, someone could also be inclined to join.
Time flies. Missed lunch however is sort of contented with the duties done. Mattress time….
Ok, so this may not be all done in a day. However then, this offers you an idea of how an affiliate marketer, a dedicated one that is, spends the marketing day.
Is that success looming in the distance or what?
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Anyone new to the internet marketing scene needs to have a firm grasp on internet marketing basics along with knowledge of at least a couple of simple methods for online success, most importantly: a simple marketing plan.
One thing I often see with new internet marketers is that they fly at it making a full-on marketing assault the likes of which are only equaled by an unattended egg-beater stuck on high speed… They complicate the heck out of everything and never get where they want (and need) to go. They end up wasting a terrific amount of time, energy, and effort, and more times than not within a month or two they will, in great frustration, declare, “This internet stuff doesn’t work!”
Well, it does work – but you need to know how to make it work. You can’t get ahead of yourself – fly at it willy-nilly and hope for the best. Internet marketing is like any other worthwhile endeavor – it requires a certain skill set and a plan of action. This article will address a simple marketing plan.
If you have decided to bring your product or service to market on the internet you need to understand that you’re going to need more than just a website to get the job done(not sure if you’ve noticed, but there are already a few websites dedicated to the promotion of products and services…). What approach will you take? How will you begin? What will you do to ensure that people who are in the market for your product or service will find your website?
The First Step in any plan is to determine your marketing budget. Yes – your budget. Marketing on the internet is business – not magic. Like any business, you will need some kind of operating and marketing budget. It doesn’t have to be huge, but enough that you can secure at lease the basic tools that you will require such as an autoresponder, a website and web hosting, and some means of driving traffic towards that site (marketing/advertising).
At the very least you will need to dedicate around $50/mo. for marketing tools. If you can’t afford $50 per month please do yourself an enormous favor and leave the idea of bringing your product/service online until you can. It’s absolutely futile to try to market online without an autoresponder, web site, and hosting.
Once you have determined your budget you can create a plan of action. To be perfectly frank, you can do a pretty good job marketing online with a monthly budget of $100. This will allow for a bit of paid advertising, your basic tools, and a few other goodies. Of course, a little more would better, but $100 will do to get you started.
Step Two: Create your site. I highly recommend a niche site that is dedicated to providing general information about products/services like yours to potential customers/clients. A niche site is an information based website that addresses a small piece of a larger market and is, in my opinion, the best way to generate a never ending stream of free organic search engine traffic.
To create a successful niche site you will need to write (or have them written for you) ten to twenty articles which you will post on your site. These articles must address the needs and concerns of your market and focus on the keywords that people use to try to find information about products/services like yours.
Be sure to put an opt-in form on your site and encourage people to subscribe to your list by offering them a valuable free report, e-book, or information pack. This is how you will build your business contact list. Be sure that whatever you offer has irresistible appeal to your website visitors – the more irresistible, the more likely visitors will be to opt-in.
The opt-in form on your site is attached to your autoresponder. Once someone opts-in, you are free to communicate with them for as long as they stay on your list.
Step Three: Start building your business contact list! There are many things that you can do to help drive traffic to your site. Social networking works extremely well, as does sending a few ads or putting together an AdWords type campaign that offers your free report or information pack. It’s also a great idea to submit related articles to some of the better article directories – these articles will result in links back to your site, which is great for both increasing traffic and improving your rank at the search engines. However you decide to generate traffic make sure that all roads lead back to your information based site.
Step Four: Reach out and touch someone! I’m sure you have heard many times that the money is in the list. Well, that is almost true, but it would be far more accurate to say that the money is in the relationship. Before your list becomes a source of income, you are going to have to invest some time and effort to developing relationships with the people on your list. Why? Because people are more likely to do business with people whom they know, like, and trust.
The articles on your site and the free information you send will help people to get to know and like you – and being a real live person reaching out to people from behind your autoresponder you will help people to trust you as well. Be sure to master the art of communication so that you can develop as many relationships as possible with the people who subscribe to your list.
Step Five: Where does the sale fit in? Well, once you have gained the trust and respect of your subscribers you can start making personal recommendations for products and services, or let them know exactly what it is that you do – and because your subscribers have come to know, like and trust you – they will pay attention to your recommendation and you will easily begin generating sales.
Step Six: Do It Again, and – Do it Again! For as long as you continue to do business online you will be constantly driving traffic towards your site, encouraging people to opt-in to your list, and forging strong relationships. You will continue to write fresh, insightful content for your site and master the art of communication so that you can solidify relationships in any environment, such as social communities, and forums. And don’t limit your efforts to online activities – dive into the off-line environment too! Believe it or not, there are even more people off-line and it’s a great idea to encourage them to visit your site as well.
Is it really that simple? Yes, it really is. It’s a simple plan that ensures you get the order of operations correct: the relationship comes first – the sale comes later (and that’s a marketing basic you can take to the bank!).
Before your online business can thrive you must become familiar with a handful of internet marketing basics and employ a simple marketing plan. The steps below summarize a very simple, effective plan that, when properly executed, will get excellent results every time:
Establish your budget
Create an information based niche website
Drive traffic to your site and build your contact list
Communicate and develop relationships with your contacts
Make recommendations
Do it again (times infinity)
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Increase your profit potential by identifying – and avoiding – these 11 marketing mistakes.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 1: Sinking a Fortune Into an Unproven Product
Is your business idea built on market research or a hunch?
Entrepreneurs often fall in love with their products or services before they determine if there’s a real market, and they throw fistfuls of money into the venture. If you, your spouse, your uncle, and your neighbor think you’ve got a winning idea, that’s simply not enough qualified input to run to the bank and drain your savings account!
Avoid this mistake by:
Conducting your detective work (research).
Testing your business idea with the real marketplace.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 2: Believing That “If You Build It, They Will Come”
Do you think you have a product or service that will practically sell itself?
Trust me – you don’t.
There is a misconception among small business owners that, with the right product or service, your customers will simply “find” you when you open your doors for business. Whether you have a physical storefront on a corner lot in the busiest part of downtown, or a graphically pleasing online storefront offering easy access to your hot products and services, your customers will not find you if you do not market to them.
The day you open for business is the day you put on your “marketer’s hat” and never take it off. You must consistently move product, or schedule service time.
To stay in business you must profit.
To profit you must sell.
To sell you must market.
The good news is that, with a marketing strategy, you take the control out of your potential customers’ hands and put it into your own. If you have a product that will “practically sell itself,” then your marketing job will be easy. Just remember that the job must still be done.
Avoid this mistake by:
Defining your niche market and USP (Unique Selling Proposition) that differentiates you from your competition.
Developing a marketing action plan and strategy to reach your niche market with your USP message.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 3: Trying to Reinvent the Wheel
Marketing is an age-old practice with some very basic principles. Yet, I’m sure you’ve read many marketing information products that stress the importance of being innovative and creative with your marketing efforts. It’s easy to get caught up in the innovation process and forget that the REAL focus should be on results.
Avoid this mistake by:
Emulating success instead of trying to create something completely new. Please note that I am not saying, “copy” what others are doing. Look at the basic structure of a tactic, campaign, advertisement, or event and use the same formula as a basis for developing your own tactics.
Realizing great marketing ideas are used over and over again with just the right twist to make them fit a specific business. Focus on results, and choose imitation over innovation to create your own twist on a proven, winning technique.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 4: Over-Preparing and Doing Nothing
The fear of failure can be powerful. So powerful that we do everything we can think of to prevent it. Yet, there is a point at which we are so busy preparing, organizing, and researching to prevent failure that we never get around to the actual marketing of the business. Here are two things to remember:
Activity is not productivity.
In order to sell a million of something, you have to sell the first ONE.
Avoid this mistake by:
Doing something! If you believe in your business and have done your detective work, it’s time to dive into the marketing pool. Start small, track results and build from there.
Not being afraid to make a mistake. Mistakes are the entry to success. At the very least, a failed promotion means you have SUCCESSFULLY determined what promotion does not work. And, to learn what does NOT work is a valuable tool in getting you closer to discovering what WILL work.
So, go ahead. Fail a little. It will make your eventual successes even sweeter.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 5: Boredom
When I was working for an ad agency many years ago, I had one client that was running an extremely successful ad campaign. After about six months, I received a phone call from the client. He wanted to develop an entirely new campaign. When I asked, “why?” he simply said, “I’m bored with the one we have.”
What?
That client may have had the money to spend on a new campaign due to “boredom” but you and I usually don’t. Yet, I’ve often seen my small business clients switch promotions for the same reason. This is detrimental to your business!
“Losing money” is a reason.
“Boredom” is not.
Avoid this mistake by:
Remembering that, what is old to you, is new to an untapped target market. If you have a promotion that is consistently getting you results, stick with it until results show you its time for change.
Testing new promotions without abandoning the current one. Then track results. Never swap a current promotion with a new one that hasn’t been tested.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 6: Relying on Networking to Generate Sales Leads
Joining the Chamber of Commerce and schmoozing at association meetings can put you in contact with vendors and possible joint venture partners, and will be invaluable exposure for you as a community supporter – but it will rarely generate substantial sales leads.
Everyone else who attends these “meet and greet” assemblies is there to do the same thing you are. You may be able to make some valuable contacts for future ventures and promotions, but one-on-one networking is time-consuming and results are unpredictable.
Avoid this mistake by:
Treating networking opportunities the same as any other marketing tactic. Track results by determining your costs and measuring your payback.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 7: Doing What Your Competitors Do
It’s important to be aware of what your competitors are offering, but do not let it dictate the strategy you use for your own business.
If your competitor wants to be the low price leader, let him. Don’t try to become the “lower price” leader. Chances are this will lead you to financial problems because it will thrust you into an ugly price war.
If your competitor wants to tout low prices, then you focus on value. Bargain hunters don’t necessarily want the lowest price. They want the best VALUE. Make what you have to offer something of value.
Avoid this mistake by:
Finding an unmet need or want of your target market, and fill it to differentiate your products and services from your competitors.
Giving customers a reason to choose you over your competitors. Define your USP, and identify your niche market.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 8: Not Targeting a Specific Market
If you believe your market is “everybody,” you will struggle to attract people who will buy from you. The value of target (niche) marketing is one of the toughest sells I make to my clients. They understand the logic of it, but the “fear of losing a potential customer” gets the best of them.
Avoid this mistake by:
Viewing the practice of niche marketing as inclusive, not exclusive.
Think of your business as part of a person’s support group. It’s logical to say, “Everybody needs a support group so my business should attract everyone.” But, will it? People – your customers – want to go to a support business that understands their specific concerns, needs, and wants. Make sure you ARE that business by targeting a niche market.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 9: Targeting a Market You Can’t Reach or One That Can’t Afford You
Targeting a niche market is the smartest way to market. Yet, targeting a market that is too specific will limit your ability to succeed long term. For example, a market that might be too specific would be: female pilots under the age of 35 who fly ONLY New York to London flights. That’s a pretty narrow market to sustain your business in the long term unless you can capture the ENTIRE market with a product or service that has a high profit point and customers need to use or replace it often.
In that same vein, a market that is begging for the service or product you have but cannot afford it will also be a business impossible to sustain. Never compete for someone’s rent money. Your target market must have the means to buy your products and services.
Avoid this mistake by:
Creating your customer profile to identify characteristics of your potential buyers,
Identifying a niche market,
Examining the long term potential for new and repeat sales.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 10: Focusing On Acquiring New Customers Instead of Promoting to Current or Previous Customers
When you first start a business you have little choice but to focus on gaining new customers. The cost of finding those new customers can be expensive, which is one reason it is so important to really target a specific niche. However, once you’ve made just one sale, you’re ready to start looking at other marketing options.
Wouldn’t you like to:
… slash your marketing costs by half or more?
… reach proven buyers for your service or products?
That little goldmine of proven buyers available to you “on the cheap” is already yours in the form of current and previous customers.
Any respected marketing guru, past or present, online or offline, will tell you that the biggest asset your company has is your customer base.
Avoid this mistake by:
Realizing that, when a sale is finalized, it is the beginning of your relationship with that customer, not the end.
Offering additional products or services to current customers. If you don’t have your own to offer them, then develop a referral, joint venture or product bundling program so you can reap profits from your already-interested (and buying) customers.
MONSTROUS Marketing Mistake Number 11: Not Systematically Following Up on Leads
The least expensive part of business is making the sale. The most expensive is generating leads – finding the people who are interested in what you have.
Once you find people who express an interest in what you have to offer – whether they buy from you or not – you MUST develop a follow up system that will keep marketing to those interested prospects. A person who has expressed interest in your products and services is far more likely to eventually buy from you than someone who did not respond at all!
Avoid this mistake by:
Curbing the tendency to become obsessed with generating more leads until you have exhausted the ones you already have.
Developing an easy, systematic follow up for leads, designed to convert a “maybe” into a “yes.”
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a year where your marketing efforts were streamlined and got the results you were after? None of us want to struggle with marketing, and yet this is the one topic that continues to be highest in the minds of small business professionals.
Let’s really consider some of the reasons that can sabotage our marketing efforts, and how we can turn that around.
Lack of a marketing mindset
We don’t see ourselves as in the marketing game. The truth is, if you are out there running a business, thinking like a marketer has to become your priority. It’s no use having a great service if nobody knows about it, or you.
Lack of knowledge is your enemy. Start by reading whatever you can. Speak to successful people in your field and ask them what strategies they use. The information you need is out there for you to take.
Lack of investment
For many small business owners, the focus on cost control prohibits them from ever investing enough money into marketing and promotion. These activities are seen as costs rather than as an investment. So this year I encourage you to reframe your attitude towards marketing. Once you know what marketing activity to do, and have confidence that it will bring results, spend the money enthusiastically.
Lack of focus
Perhaps you do spend time and money on marketing, but you aren’t happy with the results. Or your efforts are ad-hoc rather than carefully planned. Whatever it is, 2005 is the year to take charge. If what you are doing isn’t working – stop doing it! Ask a professional for help (not your friends or associates!). Or put yourself in your customers shoes and work out what’s going to attract them to your business. If an ad-hoc approach is the problem, take the time to complete the marketing plan in the ‘How to…’ section and become ruthlessly systematic this year.
Lack of over-riding marketing strategy
Marketing activity and tactics are all well and good but it is like driving a rudderless ship if there is no grander plan. Part of creating a marketing strategy is to clearly understand exactly where you are right now, and where you want to be. Your goal may be to have sales of $1,$5 or $50 million. Or you may want to revolutionise your industry. Or you may want your company to be acquired within 5 years. What matters most is that you have a clear, precise vision of where you are, where you want to be in 1year, and where you want to be in 5 years.
Not surrounding ourselves with the right people
All of the great books on success advocate spending time with people who are already successful at what you want to do. Why? By surrounding yourself with people several steps ahead of you, you can absorb the attitudes and values that made them successful, as well as picking up new strategies and ideas. So If you are hanging out with people who also lack a marketing mindset then it’s time to think about expanding your professional network to include those who are already down the track to success.
Marketing is more of an art than a science. Often times you learn by systematically trying different activities and approaches. The experts don’t always have all the answers . . . and this is exactly why you need to give plenty of personal attention to make sure your marketing is working as hard as it possibly can. If you want to get serious about success in business, then understanding marketing is an ongoing priority.
Here’s a quick list of 10 ideas to get you into the marketing groove:
1. Commit to reading one new marketing book per month
2. Start learning about how to market online
3. Make a list of people whose businesses inspire you, and carefully study their marketing techniques. How many of these are you using?
4. Make a list of successful people in your industry and check out their marketing strategy. Why not offer to take one of them out for coffee to learn more about how they got where they are (what’s the worst that could happen?)
5. Revise your marketing budget. Look at your previous investment in marketing, and ask yourself if this is the amount a truly successful business would be spending
6. Review all of last year’s marketing activities. Work out which ones brought new business in the door, or were successful in some other way (building credibility for example). If you can’t quantify how successful the outcome was, stop spending the money!
7. Implement an ongoing ‘keep in touch’ program with existing customers
8. Ask 10 or more of your most loyal customers for a referral
9. Stop doing those marketing activities that you know don’t work, but you do them anyway
10. Market research – ask 20 of your customers what value you provide to them. Use what they say in your own marketing materials
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In developing their business plans, companies of all sizes face the challenge of determining the size of their markets. To begin, companies must present the size of their “relevant market” in their plans. The relevant market equals the company’s sales if it were to capture 100% of its specific niche of the market. Conversely, stating that you were competing in the $1 trillion U.S. healthcare market, for example, is a telltale sign of a poorly reasoned business plan, as there is no company that could reap $1 trillion in healthcare sales. Defining and communicating a credible relevant market size is far more powerful than presenting generic industry figures.
The challenge that many firms face is their inability to size their relevant markets, particularly if they are competing in new or rapidly evolving markets. On one hand, the fact that the markets are new or evolving is the reason why there may be a large opportunity to establish them and become the market leader. Conversely, investors, shareholders and senior management are often skeptical to invest resources because, since the markets do not yet exist, the markets may be too small, or not really exist at all.
In developing over 200 business plans for emerging ventures, venture capital firms, SMEs and Fortune 500 spinouts, I have encountered the challenge of sizing emerging markets numerous times and has developed a proprietary methodology to solve the problem.
To begin, it is critical to understand why traditional market sizing methodologies are ill-equipped to size emerging markets. To illustrate, if a research firm were to use traditional methods to size a mature market such as the coffee market in the United States, it would consider demographic trends (e.g., aging baby boomers), psychographic trends (e.g., increased health consciousness), past sales trends and consumption rates, price movements, competitor brand shares and new product development, and channels/retailers among others. However, conducting such an analysis for emerging markets presents a challenge as several of these factors (e.g., past sales, demographics of the customer when there are no current customers) don’t exist because the markets are presently untapped.
The methodology required to size these new markets requires two approaches. Each approach will yield a different approximation of the potential market size, and often the figures will work together to provide a solid foundation for the market’s potential. I call this first approach “peeling back the onion.” In this approach, I start with the generic market (e.g., the coffee market) that that company is trying to penetrate, and remove pieces of that market that it will not target.
For instance, if the company created an ultra high-speed coffee maker that retailed for $600, it would initially reduce the market size by factors such as retail channels (e.g., mass marketers would not carry the product), demographic factors (lower income customers would not purchase the product), etc. By peeling back the generic market, you eventually will be left with only the relevant portion of it.
The second methodology requires assessing the market from several angles to approximate the potential market share, answering questions including:
o Competitors: who is competing for the customer that you will be serving; what is in their product pipeline; once you release a product/service, how long will it take them to enter the market, who else may enter the market, etc.
o Customers: what are the demographics and psychographics of the customers you will be targeting; what products are they currently using to fulfill a similar need (substitute products); how are they currently purchasing these products; what is their degree of loyalty to current providers, etc.
o Market factors: what other factors exist that will influence the market size – government regulations; market consolidation in related markets, price changes for raw materials, etc.
o Case Studies: what other markets have experience similar transformations and what were the customer adoption rates in those markets, etc.
While these methodologies are often more painstaking than traditional market research techniques, they can be the difference in determining whether your company has the next iPod or the next Edsel.
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