How do you get your 1st 100 paying clients?

Every business has trouble getting its first few clients. Without any market validation, these customers are taking a big risk. They have no reviews to believe and they don’t know if the quality will be up to their standards. Still, companies can use different methods to make these initial sales. The first 100 clients will […]

  • Every business has trouble getting its first few clients. Without any market validation, these customers are taking a big risk. They have no reviews to believe and they don’t know if the quality will be up to their standards. Still, companies can use different methods to make these initial sales. The first 100 clients will be a test case. They may then refer friends or people in their social network to grow the business even bigger. However, the first few clients are the toughest.

Search Engine Optimization and Search Ads

The first thing any product marketing or ecommerce company should do is optimize their landing page for search engine hits. Whether they want Google, Khoj, Rediff or Bing, these search engines bring a flood of visitors to a website. For beginners, getting an outside consultant to provide the latest updates on SEO techniques is usually advisable. These change frequently and require an expert to keep up with all the new information.

Secondly, you should buy search ads and slowly optimize for the ones that produce a better outcome. Start with 15 or 20 popular search terms for your category. For example, if you are selling new apartments you can include “new home”, “new flat”, “apartment” and other terms. Monitor which terms lead to more visitors and focus more energy and money on these terms. Over time, you will spend less total funds and receive more web visitors.


Place a Call to Action on the Landing Page

Optimizing the design of the landing page is another crucial factor in gaining the first 100 clients. These pages should focus the visitor’s eyes and mind towards making a purchase. The product highlights should be in bold along with flashy pictures and an easy to find link at the top of the page to the checkout. Visitors to the page that have been delivered through search engine marketing, advertising or channel partners will be much more likely to make the purchase with these glaring calls to action.


Guarantees

Te easiest way to reduce risk for customers is to guarantee cash back if they have any problems with their product. This is especially true with fitted products like shoes and clothes. Companies can offer to exchange the product within 30 days with no questions asked. Generally, people will not send the goods back unless there is a major problem because it is a hassle. For that reason, companies should not be too concerned about this risk.

Companies simply need to write this guarantee on their web page and on the checkout page. That will provide the consumer with the security they need to make the purchase.


Distribution Partners

Building up a pipeline of channel partners is immensely helpful because it increases your exposure without any upfront cost. While the sales commission is often high (ranging from 10% to 30%), this price is well worth it.

To build up a sales channel, call, WhatsApp, text or email wellknown influencers in your space. Those could be bloggers, Instagram celebrities or community leaders. They could also be found on popular sites that focus on your product. For example, a fashion brand might go to the owners of Shopwati for help distributing their shoes, shirts or scarves.

Set the distribution partner up with a referral link. Any time one of their visitors clicks on the link and visits your page, the partner will get credit for the sale. Partners will be grateful for a new source of income and you will be on your way to your first 100 clients.

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$100 website vs a $10,000 website? What’s the difference?

Internet marketing is the most effective way to advertise today and will be the most effective method of advertising in the future. Any savvy business owner knows this. In order to position your company for the most conversions and the most sales, you have to develop a sales funnel website filled with all the bells […]

Internet marketing is the most effective way to advertise today and will be the most effective method of advertising in the future. Any savvy business owner knows this. In order to position your company for the most conversions and the most sales, you have to develop a sales funnel website filled with all the bells and whistles to capture and convert the internet shopper.

  • ROI is the take-away with a sales funnel website.

    These are not inexpensive websites, rather they are aggressive sales machines that work for you non-stop. Creating and launching a “salesperson” website indicates that you are serious about business and the competition you face. The website will work for you ceaselessly, through holidays and weekends to further your business ambitions.

  • Not just pretty pictures, an interactive sales tool.

    We are all aware of the “brochure-type” web site; lots of pretty pictures with little content and no reason for anyone to spend more than two seconds looking before they move on. Cheap websites are the enemy when it comes to an internet marketing campaign. The internet is filled with these types of websites, they are not good for business and are essentially, background clutter. The sales funnel web site incorporates images with pertinent and current content designed to educate and engage the shopper. When they become engaged they want more information, from you.

The sales funnel website, what is it?

The characteristics of an excellent sales website are as follows:
  • It must be well designed. Your company website must be designed enough to be pleasing to the eye. Keeping aesthetics in mind, it also has to be simple in format to allow easy reading and logical layout. The easier it is for potential customers to navigate through your website, the more likely they are to convert. Striking the balance between ease of use and eye appeal is an art.
  • Optimized for SEO. Search engine optimization is the backbone of all internet marketing campaigns. Keywords and content on your business website need to be optimally placed and structured so the web crawlers get to your page first. It goes further than that: Search engine crawl and index, page load time, building domain authority– all these concepts must be enhanced and monitored 24/7/365 to ensure that your website is the front-runner for people searching for your products online. These aspects of the dynamic sales website are complex and require experts to set up. These are “live systems” in that they constantly analyze and assess terabytes of information to best position the site for online searchers.
  • Ready for mobile yet? The use of mobile phones as P2P devices for shopping is expanding exponentially. The sales funnel website will incorporate all of the platforms and applications necessary for your website to be accessed through mobile devices effortlessly, all the while initiating a “mobile-specific” SEO designed to draw mobile searchers in.
  • Clear calls to action and contact information throughout the website. A call to action simply means a phrase or sentence that encourages the searcher to either purchase, or get more information. These calls are set up to further engage the visitor. The more accurate information you can give someone, the more likely they are to buy your product. Including contact information throughout your website is another way to ensure loyalty and enhance interest. If they get confused, you are a phone call away. That is reassuring for visitors.

In conclusion:

The business world today is fast-paced, aggressive and packed with competition. Any advantage you can take is important. Internet marketing is an essential to companies that want to stay on top. Within that marketing umbrella, the sales funnel website is the vanguard toward generating serious interest and conversions. We have only covered a small percentage of the aspects of an excellent website, there are many more. A website of the sales caliber is not a cheap outlay, but your return on investment is significant. When you are ready for more information please contact us.

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Brochure Website vs. Sales Person Website – What Really Works for You?

Your customers are hurting for more personalized care. Are you going to offer them a band-aid or a cure? You want fulfilled consumers, excellent customer service, dependable employees, and a trustworthy environment. We know that to achieve these things you’ll need to invest in at least one extraordinary sales person that caters to your customer’s […]

Your customers are hurting for more personalized care. Are you going to offer them a band-aid or a cure? You want fulfilled consumers, excellent customer service, dependable employees, and a trustworthy environment.

  • We know that to achieve these things you’ll need to invest in at least one extraordinary sales person that caters to your customer’s every whim! Where can you find such a sales whiz? Build it, and they will come…
  • An offline salesperson can shake your customer’s hand, can bring them coffee, and can demonstrate a product, but only during office hours. In contrast, a website can welcome your clients, demonstrate a product, and provide them with information. Don’t you want more…? Don’t you want the ultimate salesperson?

The Ideal Salesperson is:

  • Empathetic, tireless, adaptable, and dependable.
  • Builds trust and long-lasting relationships with your customers.
  • Never sleeps or calls in sick.
  • Is attractive, knowledgeable, trendy, and welcoming.
  • Will be like a Magic 8 Ball ready with answers at a moment’s notice.
That ultimate salesperson is your website. It caters to your clients and enlarges your profit margins, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its only goal in life is to help your business grow!

Let’s talk about the differences in Brochure websites vs. Sales Person websites. In other words, $100 websites vs. $10,000 websites.

A Brochure Website – Beauty but no Brains

A brochure website is usually attractive, looks professional, and provides information. If you design it yourself, you may be able to do it for $100. Now let’s talk about what it doesn’t do.
  • It does very little (if any) changing and growing over time.
  • It doesn’t educate your consumers or cultivate relationships with your buyers.
  • It’s the “create it and forget it” approach and is unable to keep up with the current market trends.
  • It does very little to increase your revenue.
  • You have to work around it instead of it working around you.
A brochure website is lazy and does the bare minimum for your business. It fails at generating leads, acquiring customers, and retaining clients. Though it may cost more up front, a salesperson website has the potential to increase your revenue exponentially while catering to your specific desires.

Contact us to get started on the path to designing your ultimate salesperson website today. We have created an e-book with ideas on how to begin. See you soon!

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