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How To Get Your Sales Started When Things Slow Down
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Tatiana Velitchkov
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Copyright 2001 By Tatiana Velitchkov
Economic Slowdown.
An ugly word to all of us who are trying to operate a business
out of our homes. A scary word at times.
We all are affected by it at different points in our online
careers and we need to know how to deal with it and pull
ourselves out of the hole and bounce back even stronger.
By following a few easy steps you can put any kind of slowdown
behind you and not become on of the dotcom failures.
1. Stay Calm!
Yes, when your sales start to slide, you need to take a few
deep breaths and stay calm.
Rational thinking stems from rational minds.
You will not be able to pull together a way to get out of your
slowdown when you are frantically trying to think of solutions.
Do not run to your HTML editor and start re-designing your
website. Do not start slashing prices. Do not start giving
more incentives than you're comfortable with. Do not start
resorting to disreputable marketing practices.
These are all things that flash through our minds when we are
faced with lower sales. Your business was stable before, it
will prevail.
2. Take a Break!
"What! Take a break when my business is falling apart! You're
Crazy!"
Now, now. Hear me out first.
No matter how long you've been at your online business before
the slowdown hit, I bet it's been too long. You need to
recharge your batteries.
Take some time for yourself and don't worry about the Internet
or your computer. Breathe some fresh air instead of the stale,
dry air surrounding your desk.
Take a trip. Play with the kids. Read a book. Build
something. Find a new hobby. Whatever it takes to get you away
from the computer and live a little.
3. Expand!
"Ok, so far you've told me to stay calm, take a break and now
you want me to Expand!"
You Bet I Do!
This is a perfect time to try and work in new services or
products you can sell, or even giveaway.
Go ahead and write that ebook you've been wanting to do. Try
your hand at programming and develop some new software.
Expanding your product, or service, line is a great way to jump
start your sales again. You have plenty of options available to
you with an expanded line.
Upselling, free trials, free offers, two for one deals....the
list could go on.
4. Try Out New Promotional Methods!
No better time than when you're not as busy or need a jump start
than to try out new promotional methods and advertising
materials.
Advertising is an ever changing medium and works best when
imagination is applied with full force. Take this time to use
your imagination and come up with some good ideas!
Try out ezine ads, solo ads and classifieds. See which ones
work best.
Put together a list of ezines that you get the best results
from.
Research the Internet for websites that you would benefit from
having your link there.
Work with your META Tags. Learn the Search Engines. Rework
your keywords on your site.
Don't hold back. You never know where your next visitors will
come from and the more places you have a link, the more exposure
you get.
5. Get Some Help!
When researching for new promotional methods, try looking up web
sites that would compliment your product or service and inquire
about forming partnerships with those web site owners.
You could do cross promotions, place links, or bundle your
products together for a complete package of some kind.
Put your brains together and come up with a new product you can
sell together and split the profits.
Pick their brains for way of advertising you hadn't come across
yet.
Again, use your imagination here also.
In a slowdown or slide in your sales you are never out of the
game until you have resigned yourself to that fact. There is
always a way you just have to find it.
Use these tips to get your business started again and don't ever
forget what got you started in the first place.
Tatiana Velitchkov
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