Thursday, May 1, 2014

Week 13 :: Optimizing Yourself and the Company

Google Analytic Goals -
For my fictional business I would check -

  • Keywords - to see how people were getting to the site, what words/phrases were they using to find the site
  • Events - to see how many people were responding to the site
  • Pages per visit - to see what people were looking at specifically when they were on the site and how much time they were spending
  • Which browsers or devices they were using - in the readings it became clear that the website should be optimized for mobile devices
  • Demographics & Interests might be interesting to collect more data on your visitors to be able to target the marketing specifically
  • Visitor Behavior were the visitors new or returning, how long did they stay

There is a tremendous amount of information you can learn from the analysis. You could plan your advertising, product release, and information updates. If you’re getting into paid AdWords you can determine their usefulness. I haven’t had much business but I would think all these tools would make it much easier to laser focus your marketing.
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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Week 12 :: Using Other Social Media Tools

Coupon Deal

As I've mentioned over the years I have been advised not to put product 'on sale.' Although I think I could offer free shipping for a period of time. Or I could put together a 'package'... actually I have done that. One for Mother's Day and a Spring Time promotion.There are other add-ons I could use. Different products like a make-up brush, a sugar scrub, or something else fun. Maybe I could have a 'Trivia Contest', something to engage people.

For a limited time, receive complimentary ...

LEARN MORE >> (when they 'click' they would be taken to a new page, see below)

Enjoy Complimentary
Samples with Any Order!

-or-

I could start a newsletter, or email promotion...

Sign Up Now For The Latest News
We'll Update you with
New Products, Promotions,
Exclusive Beauty Tips
and More!

(when they 'click' to sign up I can respond via email)

At one time I was thinking that maybe I could have a rewards program. Points or something for a certain dollar amount over a specified period of time.
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