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Ask Mr. D - E-Commerce
Dear Mr. D,
I have owned a sporting goods store for the past 15 years. A few months ago I decided to take the plunge into the world of ecommerce. Boy, what a difference between a brick and mortar store and a store on the Internet.
In my bricks and mortar store we get a few browsers, but most people that come in buy something. However, at my online store most visitors seem to just look and
then leave without buying anything.
I am obliviously going to need a lot more traffic to make my web site pay off. Do you have some advertising ideas that won't cost me a fortune'
Signed,
Need Visitors
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Dear Need Visitors,
Welcome to the Internet. As you have learned, it takes a lot more visitors to a web store to produce a sale than it does to a brick & mortar establishment.
To increase your web site traffic without busting your advertising budget, try piggy backing your web advertising onto your current local store ads.
For example:
COUNT DOWN TO AN ARTICLE.There are hundreds of books available to teach you how to write a good sales letter/advert. If you were to read them all it would be possible to ..... In your newspaper ads use a little space at the bottom of each ad for this:
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