Saturday, October 11, 2008

Newbie? Need to take that first step to build a site?

Gosh darn it, the biggest step to take that could be holding you back from getting started online doesn't have to be so scary! But too often, not getting ANY kind of site can be a brick wall that could kill your business idea. At some point, you may have to look at passing along the web designing and building to the pros but if you really aren't there yet--financially and mentally--just getting that first site up can open the floodgates to other sites and real income.

Get and install a simple (and free) web page editor. With everything laid out in illustrated steps, you'll soon be zipping out websites like a pro.

"How To Build And Upload Your First Website" shows you exactly what to do ... with highly-detailed screenshots and simple directions:
Learn how to create links (to those affiliate products or your own), add pictures, create sales copy and much more.

What do you want to learn? Take your pick from the Toolkit:
The Newbie Toolkits:
How to Set Up a Domain Name
How to Set Up A Website
How to Set Up Your Autoresponder
How to Set Up a Free Blog
How to Get and Promote an Affiliate Product
How to Set Up Email for Online Business

Don't let "not knowing how" slow you down! Without knowing some basics of how your site should work, you will always be at the mercy of someone else who does. Who should be in control here? Go for it with your very first website and learn those things you need to know.
The Newbie Toolkit can get you going and to be honest--you couldn't buy a cup of coffee (or in some cases, a gallon of gas!) for such a big return.
Let me know where you are in your internet business introduction. I welcome questions and want to be a part of something really special for you.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Shopping Cart Digital Download Delivery Made Easy!

Digital delivery from your ecommerce site can be tricky if you don't know where to host your ebook or software for download. If you are using Mal's e for your shopping cart, good news for you!
Integrated with Mal's as well as several other carts, selling digital products such as music mp3’s, software, e-books, photographs or any other download file, Linklok will automate the delivery process keeping your clients happy and making your life just that bit easier.

Want to know more? Try the demo and download the manual so that you can see what Linklok Mals can do for you. We provide extensive documentation in PDF format for our products and not just a quick readme text file. Requires Adobe Reader.

Are your site visitors vanishing without a calling card?

In the days of Gone with the Wind, visitors who came calling left a “calling card” to let it be known that they had stopped by. Today, we are beyond this courtesy, even past the personal perceptions of etiquette due to the impersonal nature of our communications. There are no feelings to be hurt if one clicks away and visits other websites. But your business will be hurting if you don’t even have the chance to “answer the doorbell” and invite someone to remain a little longer.

Lately, I have witnessed several tactics that delayed me from leaving a site—sometimes with very interesting offers. For anyone on the fence about your product or service, a quick exit response, like those from InTelliChat, can deliver that “but WAIT” addendum we see so much on TV (because it works!). Whether you are looking for the answer to why the visitors are leaving or are asking them to take you up on a special offer, that one more chance to entice them has proven to be phenomenal in its conversions.

Order form and cart abandonment are frustrating for your business. Would one more chance, one more crack at the sale make a difference?
The only way to know is to test. The best way to test is with an exit strategy—literally.

You can see a demo of the process at Intellichat where they provide extensive tracking, stats and reports, results management and split testing of campaigns. It is not as complicated as you might think. A simple line of code will activate your customized response by way of an automated sales agent window. You are in control of what offer is made and what action can be taken.

“Your intellichat agents will give customized responses to any questions they are asked. This will increase your customer satisfaction as well as increase your conversions. Unlike real agents who will answer questions incorrectly and are costly to employ, intellichat agents will answer exactly how you want them too, and you only have to pay them per conversion.”

How cool is that? Pay by conversion rather than a monthly fee. And it’s all automated.

As you progress in your ecommerce education, you will build up a need for testing and for converting with the addition of marketing strategies such as exit statistics. Your goal is to make the sale—don’t leave the door closed when they click away. Give them an offer they can’t refuse or get their calling card at the very least before they go.

Take a look at the demo at InTelliChat.