Mike McMillan — June 18, 2018 — June 18, 2018 Running a successful e-commerce business isn’t a walk in the park, especially if you’re trying to establish a brand from scratch. Generating traffic to your digital storefront alone is something that can take weeks of extensive research and hair-pulling. And once you manage to scrape … Continue reading 6 Elements of an E-Commerce Site that Sells Products Like Hotcakes
Andre Oentoro — October 24, 2017 Follow @breadnbeyond — October 24, 2017 Animated explainer videos are the go-to promotion tool for start-ups. They’re very effective at selling a product and increasing conversion rates. This is exactly why companies from all over the world like them: They work and they look awesome on websites and Kickstarter … Continue reading The Start-Up’s Guide to Making an Explainer Video That Sells
Lianna Patch — December 19, 2016 — December 19, 2016 Would you rather buy this candle… Or this candle? And which would you be willing to pay a bit more for? They’re both candles. They have one job: make my house smell like the holidays. But call me crazy if the second description doesn’t make … Continue reading The Complete Guide to Writing Product Copy That Sells Itself (+ 19 Examples to Get You Started Now)
by Olga Bedrina Follow @zmirnofaAugust 19, 2016 Over the last few years, we’ve all heard the advice to avoid too much text in banner ads. “You need images,” the experts say. “Customers are drawn to images.” There is certainly evidence that today’s consumers are drawn to images; the success of services like Instagram and Pinterest … Continue reading Forget What You Think You Know: Text Sells
by John W Hayes July 21, 2016 Follow @john_w_hayesJuly 21, 2016 Ecommerce professionals used to talk about the Internet creating a “level playing field” for businesses of all shapes and sizes to compete on, but now that virtually everyone sells online, that playing field is looking increasingly waterlogged, making it incredibly difficult to find a … Continue reading When Everyone Sells Online, Where Do You Find a Competitive Edge?
by Matt Brennan May 3, 2016 Follow @MattLBrennanMay 3, 2016 Your customers want to know what they can do after reading your content, and that’s where a call to action comes into play. A call to action explains exactly what they can do. It answers the most natural question they might have: “What’s next?” in … Continue reading Writing a Call to Action that Sells
by Katey Ferenzi January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 A solid returns and exchanges policy can make or break a sale. One of the biggest contributors to a sale is how you deal with a potential buyer’s common questions, especially regarding what you’ll do if they don’t like what they purchased. In a survey by comScore … Continue reading Ecommerce Return Policy: How to Write a Returns and Exchanges Policy That Sells
Jimmy RodelaJuly 6, 2015 Having a website for your business is one thing, making sure that it sells is another. The fact is, there is more to creating a website than just making sure that it looks good; that is, if you’re goal for creating one is to get more sales and grow your business. … Continue reading Supercharge Your Business for Online Sales By Creating a Website That Sells
Sending an automated, calibrated series of messages to get a customer to take action is nothing new. However, startups often consider the value of their marketing to be the value of their product, and sometimes consider “marketing” (particularly anything “outbound”) to be either ancillary, or outright annoying to any potential customer. Email sequences, however, can … Continue reading The Three Ingredients to an Email Auto-Responder Sequence That Sells
