What's wrong With A Sales Page?
People employ the internet as a searching tool. They search for solutions to fulfill a wish,settle a problem,get quality information,
or even how to make money online.
They are in search of a generous, professional and honest person that can provide answers to their worries and needs.
In his eyes, you are a caring person willing to share your knowledge with others.
On the contrary, imagine a website that is really just one big store, or a single-product sales page!
put yourself in the visitor's shoes for a moment.
The visitor does not see any thing of value on that page except your advert.
She sees a sales effort whereas she is searching for content.
Most people resist sales efforts. So if your content is heavily projecting your product or service, visitors will resist you rather than embrace you.
What's the best Approach?
Most webhosting companies adopt the approach of "get your site up in 20 minutes".
The truth is that most of these businesses lose a year or more of their commercial life and much money in correcting this error.
The key is to reinforce your credibility to your potential customers every step of the way.
To get this done,get inside your visitor's head and think about how she will react to both PREselling and sales effort respectively.
If the content of your website does not make your visitor more "open to buy", dont do it.
The needs of your target group must be your #1 priority, the reason behind every action you take.
The Quest to Sale than to PREsell
Advertising by itself has some disadvantages on websites that grossly reveal sales effort, except for sites that sell highly profitable goods or services.
It might be a good support for websites that have solid base of free traffic through content and PREselling.
Unless you have an extremely high ROI, you simply wount get sufficient return from advertising to make money.
The Dark Side of Advertising a Sales Page
98% of small business start with sales copy.This phenomenon has the following effects on your online business.
-Your relationship with your visitor is purely commercial.She does not see a relevant informative content but a sales site.
-Your Conversion Rate(CR)is low because of your low credibility.
This is applicable to businesses that are yet to develop a "name"
online.
-You have determinate traffic. The traffic stops when you stop paying.
-You don't build relationship because selling does not operate on give and take principle.
PREselling comes before the sales effort.
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