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Making More Sales From Your Website

We have some great tips on increasing the sales conversion rates on your website.

Three of the main ones are:

1. Decrease your website load time.
2. Take care to present your offer in the most effective way.
3. Streamline your shopping cart process & limit your shipping charges.

As always, you need to measure everything, in order to be sure how effective any changes you make to your website. We hope you enjoy the show.

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Brendon

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The Ethical Way to Maximise Your Affiliate Sales?

Today’s show delves a little into the ethical side of making money online. Brendon and Tina discuss whether or not you should make your readers aware every time you promote a product as an affiliate - ie.when you stand to make a few bucks when someone buys a product you recommend. We also have some great tips on how you can increase your affilate sales.

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Brendon

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Search Engine Optimisation Basics - Explaining SEO to Your Clients

On today’s show, we run through the basics of effective search engine optimisation (SEO) and give you some tips on explaining the benefits of SEO to your clients.

As always, enjoy the show.

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Brendon

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Does Your Business Need a Mobile Phone Friendly Website?

The practice of surfing the internet via mobile phone, or other mobile devices such as Blackberry, Palm Pilot, etc. is becoming more and more mainstream.

In the near future, businesses will have to seriously consider making sure their website is developed to be easily accessible via mobile devices.

As part of her ongoing quest to stay on top of new technology, Tina has recently attended a seminar about developing content for mobile phones. She explains how she expects mobile surfing in Australia to grow in the future, and some of the key issues to think about when considering whether or not creating mobile phone content is right for your business.

Links from the Show

• Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
• FunkySexyCool - Social Networking Site for Mobiles

As always, enjoy the show.

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Brendon

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An Inside Look at a Day at Tailored

Anthony Ferguson, our programmer here at Tailored Consulting steps us through his day, and gives some advice to programmers looking to build a reputation within the web development industry, or looking to land a job with a web development firm. If you’ve ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes at Tailored, then have a listen to this podcast.

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Copywriting: (n) The process of writing the words that promote a person, business, opinion, or idea. On a website, copy includes all of the text on your site.

Brendon and Tina think that good copywriting is underrated. Good copy can mean the difference between no sales and a large amount of sales.

If you are a webmaster or website owner, it is extremely important to understand the power of good copywriting. Just because you understand the ideas behind your service or product does not automatically qualify you to be able to communicate this idea to your potential customers.

1. You or someone else you know, really needs to put themselves into the customers’ shoes and understand the benefits that your product delivers to them.

2. When you sit down and write your copy, make sure you emphasise what your product or services can do for your customers - ie. how it can make their life easier, save them money, etc.

3. You need to cut, cut, cut your copy down to the most important points. Readers, especially web readers are very impatient, and if information is not presented to them in a concise and informative way, you risk losing their interest.

4. Think about the AIDA principle. First you demand the Attention of your audience. Then grab their Interest, create a Desire for your product and incite them to take Action.

5. A good heading is essential. A good heading can mean the difference between someone reading or not reading your article. Set aside some time to think of a heading that people are likely to read.

Resources from the show:

• Websites that sell - An excellent example of compelling copywriting.
• copyblogger.com - great tips and tricks on copywriting, with special attention paid to the web.
• Copybloggers guide - copywriting 101.
• Magnetic headlines

- contrary to Tina’s opinion on writing a headline last, copyblogger suggests that great headlines are written first.

As always if you have any feedback, we really appreciate it. Feel free to leave your comments on this topic.

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Brendon

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Show Notes:

Making the Most of New Trends in Your Industry

On today’s show, Brendon interviews (for a second time) Billy Kirkley, a successful Brisbane Web Deveolper. Billy and Brendon talk about how to spot future trends and soon-to-be successful new technology in your industry and how to make the most of them. They talk in particular about new web-based trends.

The key is to stay informed about what is happening in your industry by reading and listening to current news and editorials related to your industry. It’s also important to have a network of people to bounce new ideas off, and to have the confidence to have faith in your own ideas and judgement.

Websites Mentioned in the Show

Sites that are already huge news:

• Google Maps
• MySpace
• YouTube

Sites that take advantage of emerging web trends:

• HousingMaps.com uses information from Craigslist and Google Maps
• Frappr

uses Google Maps and various community sites to create maps of your contacts.

• eSnips provides digital storage
• YouSendIt.comprovides a gateway to send large files via email
• Blummy.com is a highly customizable bookmarking service
• Miner’s Run aggregates content useful to endurance athletes

Web news and resources sites:

• Wired Magazine
• Sitepoint
• Digital Point Forums
• Alexa

Other sites mentioned

• Seek.com.au
• Realestate.com.au
• PlentyOfFish.com
• Tinea site

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Brendon

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Show Notes:

Our Trade Secrets - Our Current Clients and How We Won Their Work

Brendon goes through his list of current clients and leads and outlines all of the different marketing methods he uses to generate business. The key is to diversify your marketing efforts and to have many jobs and propects in the pipeline at the same time.

The old adage that “Cashflow is King”, rings true and means that you have to plan ahead to generate work, rather than relying on your current work, even if you are busy. Brendon explains how some of his marketing efforts from months and even years ago are still paying dividends today.

Stay tuned for next weeks’ podcast, in which we (for a second time) interview Billy Kirkley, a successful Brisbane Web Deveolper. Billy and Brendon talk about how to spot future trends and soon-to-be successful new technology in your industry and how to make the most of them. They talk in particular about new web-based trends.

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Brendon

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Show Notes:

How to Maximise your Marketing Budget by Being Outrageous

If you’re low on marketing funds, but you want to get noticed in an overcrowded marketing place, then you’ve got to do something outrageous to get noticed.

Whether you drive a tank down the middle of a London Street or surround yourself with half-naked women a la Sir Richard Branson, or just create controversy by making an “against the grain” statement, like Jeremy Shoemaker of Shoemoney.com did when he accused fellow web entrepreneur Marcus of plentyof fish.com of lying, you’ve got to do something to raise the profile of your business above the clutter and differentiate yourself from your competitors.

But whatever you do, make sure it is relevant to your business and consistent with the message you want to get across about your brand. You want your stunt to appeal to the same people that your product/service appeals to.

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