How about the latest purchase you made for your house, whether it was a whole work surface, a new garage door, a toaster, a dinner table, whatever it was. I bet if you think about it, you’ll see that times have changed. A long time ago, even before I was born, people wanted things that worked. They were just ok. But nowadays that’s not enough. It’s got to be the best, the fastest, the nicest, the easiest to use. There’s a real market for premium products emerging. Make sure you don’t place yours in the bargain bin if it’s meant as premium product, not a bargain basement product.

Rule 4: Increase Sales by Presenting Choices

Ok enough of that for now. I want to talk about something else that’s rarely done, especially in the world of online marketing and info products, and that’s offering different price plans from the word go. Sure people might change their price, put it up and down to experiment, put on offers and so on, but that’s not doing much if your original plan isn’t well thought out.

Even with the simplest of single sale info products such as this, you’re presented with options. The more, the better to be honest. Whether you’re a high ticket item offering smaller chunks to be paid at extended periods, or a low priced membership site that does the opposite, and offers a lump sum that gives access for three months, six months or even a year.

Remember, the sales process is all about answering the customer’s questions, and squashing their fears or any problems they may come up with in their minds for not buying your product. It’s no good you selling someone on something and then they find out they don’t have the payment option they want. Make sure you add multiples of these. It’s simple, if there’s anyone out there with a website that only offers one payment option, they’re losing sales. Don’t let this be you.

Rewards for Customers Equal More Cash in your Pocket

Rule five: and one of the most important. Never ever, no matter what you do, ignore the people that have purchased from you before. It’s not hard to come up with ways to reward them. Right now, I’m putting together an ID number system for myself that allows previous customers to come along and buy my stuff at a discounted rate.

These people are the most important of all. You’ve already got them on your lists, they’ve already bought your stuff, which means they’re willing to spend money, and of course they trust you, and they’re serious about wanting more information, or the products and services you offer. Remember this, because if you forget you’ll go broke. It’s as simple as that. You want to keep the customers that are buying from you happy, and you want to stay in touch with them. If you don’t go out of your way to please them, you’ll have to go out and spend wads more on finding new customers. Look after them, because they’ll be with you for a long time to come and will form the base of a successful business from the word go.

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