For Effective E-Commerce Solutions, You Need Good E-Communication!
There are many different aspects to E-commerce solutions which need to coincide in order
for your business to succeed on the Internet. Without all of these factors, it can be
very easy for your company or website to perform poorly. However, your businesses’
E-commerce can succeed when the many facets of an online presence and back-office
infrastructure function productively together. Businesses often get caught up in the
importance of the presentation of the site, the financial operation on the back-end and
of course, the product for sale. However, two of the most important and often overlooked
processes to successful E-commerce solutions in this high-tech world are 1) Effective
Search Engine Marketing; and 2) Integrated Email Marketing.
Without these two critical components to an E-commerce strategy, you’ll have the
equivalent to a storefront opening up into a back alley. Just as in the traditional
marketplace, location and familiarity are extremely important factors which lead to
profits and success. Effective Search Engine Optimization and Integrated Email
Marketing are great tools which can bridge those potential gaps in the crowded
E-commerce landscape.
Effective Search Engine Marketing
Ranking in a high position on a search engine, in most cases, is not the biggest factor in determining your E-sales. You need results. This means more than rankings and it means more than clicks.
Effective Search Engine Marketing means:
1) getting responsible rankings, both organically and with pay-per-click ads;
2) getting clicks from those rankings; and
3) getting action on those clicks.
“Generating clicks” merely incurs cost. For this reason it
is imperative to generate responsible clicking. Using a search engine optimization strategy
includes, but is not limited to, bringing the “clickers” into the appropriate section of your
site with a call to action, because pertinent information generates more action and, in turn,
more revenue. Search Engine Optimization, a sub-category of Search Engine Marketing, is just
the first step in this process. The marketing aspect of it turns that potential customer’s
interest into action which is the goal of any e-commerce solution.
Integrated Email Marketing
As dynamic as Search Engine Marketing might be, it is still a relatively passive approach to
E-commerce solutions. Meaning, none of it matters unless a potential customer goes to a search
engine and actually searches for your product or service. To tap the potential earning power of
your company’s website, it is often necessary to employ other methods of reaching the multitude
of potential customers surfing the Internet. One such method involves simply telling those
prospective customers you’re here.
Email Marketing is not “buying lists and pushing emails to the records”, but rather, via
traditional, passive or partnered marketing, it is the process of gathering a responsible list
of real candidates. In order to successfully implement an effective email marketing strategy it
is first necessary to know and understand your target audience and their specific needs and wants
in regard to your product or service; otherwise, you’re wasting time and resources on people
outside your audience and sphere of influence. Implementing a comprehensive email marketing
strategy includes using early communications with the contacts in order to build credibility.
It is also important to present a specific call to action to that potential customer. Remember,
the success of an email marketing strategy lies within the effectiveness of the communication
being sent. So above all else, each communication (email message) should have clear links to
specific pages of the website consistent with the email’s message. The message needs to be clear,
easy to understand and follow, and should generate an interest in your product.
Another aspect pertaining to the proper implementation of an effective email marketing strategy
is correctly gathering any and all data. Forthcoming emails should be generated by the results
of earlier email distributions. Furthermore, since all of the standards of spam apply, if someone
asks to be removed from a list, be certain it happens. Too often, a loosely crafted email campaign
becomes a singular effort which is therefore an inefficient effort and a waste of money.
Michael Beresford, President of NetScope, Inc., an Interactive Marketing Agency in Orange County,
has coordinated many successful Email Marketing campaigns for clients small and large. “Many of
our clients come to us just wanting emails pushed every week or month,” he said. “We work with
them on their real goals and their existing and potential resources and generate more synergies
by integrating the emails into current and future campaigns, website content, current customer
and prospect lists and reporting and tracking of the results. It’s great to see the real results
from these campaigns.”
More Information:
About the author: James Dolan, Director of Search Engine Marketing at Corporate Search Optimization,
has specialized in the field of internet marketing for over 7 years. You can contact him at
james@corporatesearchoptimization.com .
Source: www.corporatesearchoptimization.com
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