roxy asked:


I have an item (a sample) that I know I can sell on ebay or craigs list. It says “not for retail sale” on it. Would you still sell it? Or would you be worried about doing so?
haha…..no its not prescription drugs - or drugs of any kind for that matter.

Paul

Lily_1983 asked:


I won a small retail store. This year, overall, has been pretty bad. (compare to last year) But this month (September) has been exceptionally bad. Just wondering is every store owner shares the similar experience thanks

Shirley

Tug Search asked:


Get the Keywords right

• Start with an exhaustive list of keywords. Be ready to prune quickly

• Concentrate on precise, relevant keywords.

• If you sell Retro/Novelty t-shirts you should bid on ‘paris hilton t-shirt’ and avoid ‘paris hilton clothes’

• Organise your campaign into highly relevant ad groups that include only the keywords that convert into sales within your CPA target. Eg. ‘paris hilton keywords’, ’star wars keywords’, ‘dirty dancing keywords’ etc.

Get the Ads right

• Test 3-4 ads for each of your ad groups.

• Write relevant, benefit focused ad copy. Look for the ones that get the highest click through rates and conversion rates.

• For Retail, our experience shows that the following is the best ad format:

- Title: Paris Hilton T-shirts - consumer benefit: ‘They have exactly the item I am looking for’

- Description 1: All your favourite Retro & Novelty Tees - consumer benefit: ‘They also have other items I might like’

- Description 2: Order today, Get it tomorrow! - consumer benefit: ‘I can get my items quickly and easily’

- Display URL: www.BrandURL.com/BuyNow - branding and call to action

Get the Landing Page right

• Land consumers onto the most relevant page on your site.

• Ideally you would have a page that only includes your breadth of Paris Hilton t-shirts.

• Links to the rest of the range should be obvious and easy to navigate.

• Other consumer benefits such as free postage & packaging, and sales should be obvious. Cross-sell similar items.

• Ensure that the sales process is quick and easy

Analyse and Optimise for Profit

• Track and record the value of each sale at the keyword level

• When optimising, include your margins and the cost of media in your reports, to determine which are your profitable keywords

• Depending if you are looking for volume or only profitable individual sales, prune your keyword list accordingly.

Let PPC influence the Product Range

• Some items are not easy to describe and are not searched for. Concentrate on the keywords for items in your range that are searched for regularly, and then cross-sell your other items on the landing page.

• If you see a high number of ad impressions and clicks for an ad group, with a low number of sales it could be that a product range is popular but you don’t have the breadth of choice being searched for. Let the PPC data influence your range.

• Ranges that are popular should be broadened and stocked regularly to support the PPC campaign.

PPC working with your other Marketing Communications

• If you have a recognized brand, include this prominently in your PPC ad copy. ‘Official Site’ is a strong consumer benefit.

• Support good PR with ‘As seen IN’ and ‘As seen ON’ ad copy. This traditionally drives higher sales for several days after the release.

• Brand awareness banner campaigns can greatly increase your PPC brand sales, which are traditionally the cheapest.

• Support your PPC campaign with a robust SEO strategy for your broader keywords that drive traffic but have a higher conversion cost through PPC

• Ultimately PPC should be driving your regular sales, filling in the troughs, made by the peaks from your other bursts of online and offline communications.



Shirley

Tim Sales asked:


This MLM training bulletin is about how you as a leader can add incentives so your network marketing downline will produce more.

What I’m going to share with you here DOES NOT REPLACE what you can read in “Nine Proven Actions to Get Your Downline Producing More,” an article that discusses the importance of a well trained MLM distributor. Proven MLM training is the backbone of motivation. Nothing motivates a person more than fully knowing what to say on the phone, how to say it, and having confidence that they can do that.

So in conjunction with a well-trained MLM downline, here’s how I recommend you use incentives to grow your network marketing business. Adding incentives can be thought of as games you can play to keep your MLM business fun and in the spirit of play. I’m talking about dynamic, exciting incentives to increase your MLM downline’s enthusiasm, and make them excited and looking forward to doing the business. And in turn, have that enthusiasm translate into products sold and new distributors signed up. This also creates a fun culture around your network marketing organization.

As hard as it may be to believe on the surface, it is widely acknowledged that distributor recognition is as effective a motivator as an increase of income.

Recognition raises self-esteem. It shows your distributors that you care about them, and you value and appreciate the effort that they put forth. You can’t put a price tag on that. And once they know that you care about them BY YOUR ACTIONS, they will show you something you may not have thought possible. They will give you their best performance ever.

What you’re trying to achieve with incentive programs is an increase of performance. The two important factors are:

a) What performance to reward

b) What to reward achievers

What performances to reward in your MLM business:

Any of the 13 activities in Pocket Tracker. (A little booklet I developed to keep track of daily performance) Such as the number of appointments set, number of presentations, the number of retail sales, etc. Total number of guests at MLM opportunity meetings or on conference calls New distributors per week/month/quarter Retail products sold Training steps completed Highest volume, highest increase in volume, and highest increase in volume percentage and pin level achievement

What to reward achievers:

Two things you should always do for small achievements within your network marketing organization are handwritten thank-you cards and delivered balloons or flowers. Those two things should be a staple in your MLM business. At every MLM training meeting you do, you should give at least two awards to high achievers. If you do a newsletter be sure to recognize your achievers in the newsletter. Get their picture with their guest(s). Weekly, whoever had the most guests at the meeting or everyone who had over three guests gets a free dinner. Professionally done certificates – in a frame ready for hanging on their wall. Recognition pins are good. Prospecting leads for high activity. Like whoever has the most number of prospects on the MLM opportunity conference calls gets 20 free leads. Apparel – such as company shirts or hats. Convention tickets are a great one. Everyone who sponsors five new distributors in the next two months get a free national convention ticket. Travel is always a good one – ski trip, beach trip, cruise, family trip.

Points that can hurt your program…and your MLM income:

Lack of MLM training – I’ve mentioned this already but it tops the list as being most important. Reward the achievers immediately at the end of the program period. Don’t wait. Keep the program simple. If there’s a ton of twists and turns – no one knows what they have to do. Frequent winners – if the same people in your MLM organization win every time, others get discouraged. Change the program so that it rewards the super achievers as well as others. Lack of follow up after the program – at the end of the program right after the awards ceremony, pass out a 3×5 card and ask for comments. Lack of communication – someone has to be driving the incentive program. This means constant communication. Send pictures of the destination if it’s a trip. If it’s a car, send pictures of the car. Keep the incentive in front of them a couple of times per week. Lack of a good rollout. The means plan the program. Plan the promotion. Plan the award.

Let’s say we’re going to do a “School’s Out” Game that ends on June 1st. The winner gets a trip for four people to Disneyland for four days. March, April and May are the performance months. The winner is leaving as soon as school’s out! This gets kids involved as well. We start promoting the program February 15th. Awards ceremony will be at a BBQ outing on June 1st where all family members are invited. At this event we will also announce the next program…”Back to School” Game.

As you can see this creates a wonderful unity between everyone within your MLM organization as well as a fun culture.

Enjoy your MLM business!



Gail

Macky S asked:


it must be…..

easy to pronounce and remember. ( 2 or 3 syllables, one word)

unique.

thnx…

Lydia

nickwalls@btinternet.com asked:


This trademark has classes of 14,18,25.Uk.If anyone knows how to sell this mark i’ll cut them 10%. This trademark is worth at lot of money to the right people.

Doris

RioGuy asked:


It’s funny that couple years ago used to find good jobs in Careerbuilder, Monster, Craigslist… but now all I see (and not just me, that’s something me and my friends were talking about the other day)is sales, retail… the “work from home” thing, that tells you you’ll be making some unreal amount of money in a month… ???

I also have a hard time finding “big companys”’s post online. You have to go to theyr website and get lucky to find job offers.
Does anyone have any idea in how to get more information of “real” and “good” job offers… ?

ps: most of people I know is going through a bad time financially right now… any ideas?

Thanks guys.

RioGuy.

Allan

Sherrie Chastain asked:


Online auctions offer the opportunity to sell a product to the person bidding the highest price, just like live auctions, which can increase business and retail sales by creating a higher inventory turnover rate. Live auctions also create a buying frenzy which will increase business sales.

Auctions open up sales channels for new products as well as quickly and efficiently liquidating excess merchandise. Participating in an online live auction is a very interactive, fun experience.

Today online auctions are increasing in popularity as a way for businesses to increase their retail sales. Online auctions also provide a business opportunity for people looking for self employment with flexible hours, minimal investment and little overhead. You can also use a spare bedroom, store room or garage to stock inventory and run your online auction business.

There are many to choose from with many different options, so always explore each one thoroughly or even try a couple of different sites to find the most effective avenue to increase your business and retail sales.

These online auction sites attract a lot of traffic which make online auctions an ideal place to capitalize on readily available, widespread exposure. However, popular categories can be very competitive, and your product can easily get lost among the other listings. This makes new online auctions a much better choice to carve out a niche than the older established auctions.

So whatever you’re selling, there are a number of things you must do to take advantage of the volumes of traffic being generated to make the highest profits possible:

1. Investigate online auction options

2. Choose items for auction

3. Compare listing options

4. Choose your category carefully

5. Create detailed ad with pictures

6. Establish trust with fulfillment

Whether your reasons to use online auctions are to liquidate inventory or you are looking for a good home based business opportunity, always explore your options. There are many new and innovative online auction sites.

The main thing to consider in choosing the online auction site that is best to use is the total listing cost and beware of a percentage of sale. There are auctions available for a very minimal per item fee which will increase return on investment.

Taking all these factors into consideration will help in choosing the best site to list items on and increase inventory turnover rate which will increase business and retail sales. This is a tested and proven “Sales Increase Formula”.



William

mundhravinit asked:


Point of sale (POS) information systems provide retailers with the tools needed for register management, sales-slip management, and high-volume transactions.

Josephine

alex_von_ho asked:


The issue is in New Zealand,the Firemen,Police and SPCA has enough of fireworks because of people misusing Fireworks and to date we have more than 20 homes burnt down already by fireworks and recently on the news the people are voting for the Government o put on a public Fireworks display and ban all retail sale of Fireworks so people don’t have to suffer

Leslie