{"id":124,"date":"2009-10-23T15:12:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T07:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leadsleap.com\/blog\/how-to-advertise-online-store\/"},"modified":"2009-10-28T07:47:22","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T23:47:22","slug":"how-to-advertise-online-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadsleap.com\/blog\/how-to-advertise-online-store\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Advertise Your Online Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I received an enquiry from one of our members asking me how to  advertise her online store. I thought this is an interesting discussion and thus  decide to discuss it in our blog today.<\/p>\n<p>First, here&#8217;s her question:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<em>Hello Kenneth,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Firstly, I want to tell you that your blog is awesome. Its content is  extremely rich. I can spend hours reading your posts and I learned many things  with.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m Emilie To. I have just acquired this online store <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicedigitalgoods.com\/\">www.NiceDigitalGoods.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My questions are:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1) To take advantage at most your advertising system, do I write an ad for  the whole shop or for a single category or for a particular product?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2) As there are 32 categories and over 380 products in the shop, how to  determine in what category, on which product it is necessary to concentrate the  efforts of advertising?<\/em><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff3300\"><strong>Who is your target audience?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>As an advertiser or a marketer, the very first question you MUST ask  yourself is &#8220;Who is your target audience?&#8221; or &#8220;Who will buy your products?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Take a look at her website and see what she is selling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicedigitalgoods.com\/\">www.NiceDigitalGoods.com<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>One extremely common mistake that online store owners make is to think  that their target audience is EVERYBODY.<\/p>\n<p>If you are targeting everyone, you are getting no one. Trust me on this!<\/p>\n<p>You mentioned that your online store has 32 categories and 380 products.  But seriously, who is likely to buy a dog training ebook from your online store?  Someone who wants to train his dog or someone who wants to buy the Master Resale  Rights of that ebook?<\/p>\n<p>From my assessment, I feel that your target audience are internet  marketers looking to buy MRR (Master Resale Rights) and PLR (Private Label  Rights) products for their niche websites.<\/p>\n<p>If so, the answer to your first question would be:<\/p>\n<p>You do not write an ad for the whole shop, single category or a particular  product. Instead, you need to write an ad to target internet marketers looking  for MRR and PLR products.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff3300\"><strong>What is the Unique Selling  Preposition of your website?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Before you start to advertise your online store, you must establish a  Unique Selling Preposition (USP) for your website.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, you need to ask yourself, &#8220;What&#8217;s so special about your  website? Why would someone bother to pay attention to it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Without a refreshing and attention-grabbing USP, your online store is just  another online store started by a newbie who simply install a script and load  some products into it. And if I&#8217;m a visitor to such an online store, guess what  I will say: &#8220;DON&#8217;T WASTE MY TIME!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When deciding on a USP, you need to know what is REALLY a USP. For  example, a website selling MRR and PLR products is not a USP. But a website  selling such products at $0.99 each may be a USP.<\/p>\n<p>Just to give you some idea, a good USP will make people say: &#8220;wow, that&#8217;s  a great!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>With that, let me answer your second question:<\/p>\n<p>Forget about the 32 categories and over 380 products in your online  stores. You should concentrate your advertising effort is delivering the USP of  your online store. You need to tell me people &#8220;hey, I&#8217;m different. Take a look  at me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff3300\"><strong>How to get people to opt-in?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>I probably repeat this a hundred times, but I still need to say this  again&#8230; build a list!<\/p>\n<p>This is especially true if you are running an online store.<\/p>\n<p>Look, you may be selling hundred and one things in your online store that  people have no need at the moment. But one day, they may need one of your  products.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the best way to make them remember you when they need your product  or service?<\/p>\n<p>2 answers: Either you keep on spending money to advertise in front of them  or get them into your list so that you can remind them of your existence, for  free.<\/p>\n<p>Which way do you prefer? The second way of course!<\/p>\n<p>How to get them to opt-in is another challenge. But first, you must make  list building your top priority and make sure every visitor is presented with  the opt-in offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I received an enquiry from one of our members asking me how to advertise her online store. I thought this is an interesting discussion and thus decide to discuss it in our blog today. First, here&#8217;s her question: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Hello Kenneth, Firstly, I want to tell you that your blog is awesome. 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