Back in the day, companies used to make a ton of cash by charging customers high shipping fees. Customers thought that those costs were simply what Fedex or UPS charges to ship that item. But as consumers have become more savvy and so many retails are now offering FREE Shipping, those days of easy profits are long gone.
But the good news is that Free Shipping can lead to huge increases in sales and the long term value of each customer. So you might lose a few bucks on free shipping today, but the long term profits of acquiring that customer will more than pay for itself.
Below the infographic, check out some summary points that are pretty powerful.
In a post-Penguin Google world, there is nothing more important than writing your content naturally like a conversation. Normally you think of your web content as pages of your site, but from a user perspective, great content should be pervasive in all your communications materials. That includes web pages, instruction manuals, press releases, sales materials, FAQs and for E-Commerce sites, category page descriptions and product descriptions.
In this post, I have a few simple tips that will help you create the type of rich content that consumers will eat up and Googl’e Penguin won’t spit out like chum. At the end of the day, its all about getting people to buy your product or sign up for your newsletter, or download your software or complete the lead form. So speak to them like you would if they came in your place of business.