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Online Retail Marketing
Author : Arthur Cooper
When retail stores decide to go to market with their merchandise, they use traditional methods such as advertising, branding and PR. Similar strategies can be applied in online retail marketing. The internet provides robust opportunities for retail stores and merchants to promote their stuff.
Online Retail Marketing starts with user-friendly and engaging website design. You should update your homepage seasonally or more often to keep a fresh look that coincides with the time of year or specific event; this fresh look can also be achieved by creating designated landing pages to promote a call to action relevant to the time of year. Create clickable sale items in an eye-catching design placed above the fold to persuade customers to take a look (click). For advertising on a limited budget, create your own commercials and upload them on YouTube. Without getting too technical, use a site like Animoto.com that will produce a professional video just buy adding photos, choosing some music, and adding some clever verbiage. The program does the work for you. After loading the video on YouTube, use social media and bookmarking sites to further spread the word around the web.
Branding is important because it engraves your company’s image in the mind of consumers. If your branding efforts are successful, a consumer will remember your brand when it is time to make a purchase. For branding your company online make sure you have a great logo design and a cohesive website that clearly depicts what kind of products and services you represent. Think about how you want your visitors to feel when they arrive at your site. What products do you sell? Create a feel for the quality of your products, and think about what demographic of customers you are selling to. Certain social media sites help you continue branding your online retail store, with profile page personalization. Twitter is a current and leading example of this. Twitter allows you to upload your own background image. Get creative and customize a background not forgetting to display your web address and contact information. For SEO purposes, when picking your @username, choose a keyword that relates to what you sell on your site. For example, if you sell playgrounds for kids, use @playgrounds_for_kids as your username.
Social media sites are useful for branding but they are mostly great for PR. On Facebook, create a fan page for your company to post updates about new inventory and sales. Spend time on these sites and build a following, get to know other users and interact with them. To bring new visitors to your site, and create a buzz for your store come up with a cool gimmick like a contest or decide to give something away; then use the social sites to promote your campaign. Another way to spread the word about your online retail store is to send out a press release. A press release is a great search engine optimization tool. Include keyword links in the press release to keep building inbound links (backlinks) as it gets picked up on other sites.
These are just some ideas for online retail marketing success. Luckily, the internet has many resources for creative and effective advertising. If you want more ideas to market your online store, visit our website for informative articles and tips on the best internet marketing and search engine marketing information. You can also always contact us.
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Submitted : 2009-08-31 Word Count : 664 Popularity: 99 Times Viewed: 50
