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Business Communication - Skyrocket Your Sales With PREselling

Topic: Small Business MarketingFeaturing Margit StreifenederPublished July 13, 2012

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Why do 99% of Small Business Owners fail online? Because they write to sell, not to communicate. If you want to skyrocket your sales, you need to learn the business communication skill number 1: "PREselling". Due to the lack of keyword focused, high quality content on their web sites many small ...Why do 99% of Small Business Owners fail online? Because they write to sell, not to communicate. If you want to skyrocket your sales, you need to learn the business communication skill number 1: "PREselling". Due to the lack of keyword focused, high quality content on their web sites many small businesses rank poorly in search engines. This means they don't get a lot of traffic anyway. And the few visitors that do arrive at their site are confronted with a pure sales pitch. Not what they were looking for. On the Internet people search for information, not for your sales offer. Unless you are a well known brand you need to build a relationship with your visitor FIRST, before you offer them your products or services. Convince them honestly that they can trust you. How? By OVERdelivering great content. By giving them the high value information they were looking for. By "PREselling" before leading them gently to your product or service or whatever monetization model you have. That's where every successful business communication should start. The good news is, anyone with some brainpower and motivation can do it. Writing like Ernest Hemingway is a talent, that no one can teach you. But you CAN learn how to write compelling content, in your own voice, with credible, trust-inspiring knowledge and a unique twist, that makes you stand out from the crowd. There are thousands of books that teach you how to write effective sales copy. However, no matter how brilliant your sales copy might be - if your potential customer doesn't know and respect you, it's very unlikely that they will buy from you. Build a relationship with your visitors FIRST, make them trust and like you. The sales will follow. After years of making the same mistake like 99% of small business owners, I consider myself lucky that I found a source that taught me what I never learnt at school: how to write to communicate! I you have your visitors best interests at heart and are able to put your own needs (for earning money) second, amazing things will happen! My single best piece of advice: Treat yourself to a copy of Ken Evoy's "Make Your Content PREsell". And I deliberately say "treat yourself", because reading this book is sheer delight. And, best of all, you'll get it for FREE now. So, grab yourself a copy and lea
  • how to build income through content,
  • how to increase free traffic of targeted visitors to your web site,
  • how to achieve two digit conversion rates,
  • how to reduce costs for advertising or - simply put -
  • how to turn your web site into a real business, that grows slowly but steadily.
One caveat: "Make Your Content PREsell" does NOT offer a "Get Rich Quick" scheme. It guides you through the learning process, shows inspiring examples and gives you all the advice you need. However, it will only work for you if you are determined to apply what you read, and to practise, practise, practise.

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Margit Streifeneder had been a successful Small Business Owner for 12 years before she took on a job at the world's leading search engine. Offline and online, communication becomes the crucial skill for success, yet it's still not part of our schooling. It's time to fill this gap. Get a FREE copy of "Make Your Content PREsell". Turn your web site into a REAL business.

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