Sunday, September 2, 2007

irfan khairi says..

Ahh yes, i'm still on the subject of irfan khairi.. on what my net-guru says i should do and what i shouldn't do.. to learn more about internet business or whatever-internet-y, you'd have to look up to the youngsters, right?? mmm..

I'd just simply summarise all the 36 internet secrets that he's listed down, and here goes..

1. sell a product/service based on: your knowledge, experience and passion.. local/international.. flexibility.. market demands..
2. focus on market niche/s..
3. focus one product/service for one website..
4. selling products more profitable long-term, selling services more pofitable short-term..
5. changing your services into products (info products the most net-saleable)..
6. Unique Selling Point: be the first in your category..
7. short, easy to spell/remember, unconfusing, impactful domain name with relevant keywords..
8. choosing the right keywords..
9. save start-up costs..
10. small simple logo gives greater impact..
11. minimal graphics for maximum effects..
12. 3-clicks easy web-navigation..
13. avoid shopping carts to make buying easy..
14. your web-visitors spread the news..
15. reveal your talents & expertise via newsletters..
16. focus on providing values for web-visitors..
17. a selling website..
18. plenty of information and free articles..
19. running an automated business with 'canned emails', FAQ's, CGI..
20. getting sales commissions by becoming affiliated partners..
21. having multiple salespersons by starting your own affiliated programs..
22. creating a banner that would get the click..
23. Par Per Click to get on 4th, 5th ranking instead of 1st..
24. getting the most out of successful sales via upselling, auto-responding, back-ending..
25. writing effective emails to avoid spamming..
26. focus on customer service..
27. reduce costs but increase services..
28. auto-responder to continue communications with your customers..
29. follow the techniques of successful leaders eg. affiliates, info/contents, communities, free offers..
30. selling without a website through eg. ebay/products, e-lance/services..
31. regular spying on your competitors and industry leaders..
32. pricing accordingly to product-value and market-value..
33. check and spruce-up your website..
34. probability formula of turning visitors into customers..
35. back-up your work against virus attacks..
36. multiple e-businesses at one time ie. putting your eggs into many baskets..

Ahh yes, yes, yes.. forgot to take note of the basics.. the all-most-important things that i should have set-up already!!! or i havent...??

basic 1: identify your business
basic 2: create you website
basic 3: accepting payment via merchant bank
basic 4: promoting your website

oh my.. still plenty and plenty more to do..!!!
or dear irfan.. can you be my personal trainer...?? ;))

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