March 9, 2009

Making Money? Check Your Call to Action

Filed under: internet marketing — admin @ 1:37 am

Success with marketing your website and product all depends on customers taking the step of buying your product.  There are many key marketing points you need to know but if you don’t have that call to action, it doesn’t matter how good your sales letter or product is.  There are lots of great sites out there but they are missing the boat with a weak call to action.

What is the purpose of your site?  Are you selling a physical product, an ebook or a newsletter?  Make sure you lead your potential customers to the action you want them to take.  Review your site and have other people  review it also to see if it makes them want to take the next step.

You need to lead your visitor to the final step with good content, creating a need that your product can fill and the being straightforward with them about “clicking here” to get your product. 

You should have some emotionally appealing advantage to your call to action.  Convince them your product will solve their problem or need and that now is the time to take action.  Build up their interest with a special bonus if they purchase right now.  You could also add a time limit  on how long the product will be available with your special bonus. 

Don’t take it for granted that your visitor will know they need to make a purchase.   You need to lead them and be direct telling them to “click here” because if you don’t direct them, you will probably lose the visitor and many more sales.

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1 Comment »

  1. Well written article.

    Comment by Albany — April 22, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

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