December 1, 2009 at 7:20 pm
- Posted by: WebSuccessTeam under Facebook Fan Page, Online Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Web Success
- Tags: Achieve Web Success, Apple, Best Buy, Cyber Monday, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Grow Your Business Online, social media, Social Media Marketing, Walmart, Web Success, Web Success Team
Cyber Monday is a term coined by retailers to capitalize on the shopping season and traditionally know as the strongest day for online retail sales and web success. Point of fact, it is also generating more sales than in store purchases, making it bigger than Black Friday.
Cyber Monday is the traditional “kick-off” to the online shopping season. This year sales could exceed $900 million, making this the biggest day for online retailers according to the Dow Jones and Com Score. Sales rose 14% this year over last year’s haul and bought 30% more items per order as well.
Online shopping is a juggernaut that is here to stay. Be it convenience, time and cost savings, shoppers are rabid for deals. Couple this with the fact that Monday is a workday, imagine the lost productivity as shoppers take advantage of the Internet bargains.
Social Media Fuels Cyber Monday Sales
Retailers are capitalizing on this consumer onslaught by leveraging social media to drive sales, using their Facebook Fan pages and their Twitter accounts to offer huge discounts. Here are some Facebook page examples: Cyber Monday offering holiday deals for more than 700 merchants with “Deals of the Week” and “Deals of the Hour;” JC Penny offering huge discounts for Cyber Monday; and Wal-Mart with savings from their website on electronics, toys and groceries.
According to the Wichita Business Journal: “Electronics retailers will be the big winners during this holiday season with: Amazon had the most visits on Friday, up 28 percent from last year. Wal-Mart, Target, Apple and Best Buy, all of which have multiple stores in Wichita, were among the most popular sites. Apple’s traffic was up 39 percent from last year, the biggest year-over-year gain among most-visited sites.”
And since online holiday shopping is just kicking off expect more of the same great deals as we progress to Christmas, and the after Christmas sales to build even more momentum.
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November 19, 2009 at 5:24 pm
- Posted by: WebSuccessTeam under Social Media Marketing, Web Success, Web Success Advertising, Web Success Branding
- Tags: Achieve Web Success, Direct Response, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Online Marketing, social media, Social Media Marketing, Successful Business, Web Success, Web Success Team, WST facebook Fan Page
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October 19, 2009 at 4:33 pm
By Bob Speyer and Kristin Tomlinson – Web Success Team
In the beginning, many skeptics believed that like Blackberrys and MySpace, Facebook was just another socializing tool that gave students another techno-way to communicate with friends and peers from schools near and far. But, Facebook has loosened its firm grasp on the younger generation by extending its hand towards various businesses and companies, creating a web of networking connections. What was once restricted solely for college students has become an Internet sensation, giving businesses increased exposure, sales and website traffic.
What’s amazing is how a single social outlet can lead to an instant improvement in online business and to greater community interaction. Since much of the methodology may seem foreign, that’s where you can rely on the Web Success Team; we can make those connections happen for you. We’re the golden ticket that secures you a seat on the massive train of social media networking that has no intention of slowing down anytime soon.
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September 8, 2009 at 1:38 pm
By Janette Speyer and Eric Pangburn, Web Success Team
Many people that have online businesses have climbed aboard the Facebook bandwagon as a means to web success. Plus, you probably have several friends and family members on the network that you share messages and photos with on a regular basis. Facebook makes it remarkably easy for you to share a wide range of content from the these photos to videos, and even use specially written applications to communicate in unique and interesting ways. As you can imagine, this can be a tremendous business aid in your online marketing and social media marketing efforts.
Creating Your Personal and Business Profiles
Unfortunately, this convenient access also makes it easy for certain parts of your account to be seen by people you don’t really want them to see. One of the common challenges regarding Facebook usage is keeping your personal life separate from your business, and it is a concern facing more and more people who use the service for business.
Interestingly enough, it really isn’t all that hard to keep the various aspects of your personal and business lives separated on Facebook, and there are included features such as friends lists and privacy settings that allow you to manage your different Facebook personas more effectively.
The first step is to segregate your “friends” contacts into different lists. As you can see in the example above, you could create a custom group under which you could set up more specific groups. Of course there are many ways by which you can use the Facebook friends list, but one of its best features is the ability to label your contacts for ease in setting privacy options.
The Importance of Privacy Management
You may have two or more different Facebook friends lists (for business or personal use) depending on how extensively you use Facebook. You may have a list for people you don’t know personally for instance, and another for friends that you know in real life. You may also assign contacts to lists for work relationships or business contacts. As you can see, you can get very detailed about the different categories that you place your contacts in.
The purpose of all these different friends lists is to be able to set access levels for each of these groups easily. While you may want to create smaller and more focused lists for contacts that you plan to message or tag regularly, you are pretty much able to make your lists as large as you want for privacy settings.
Friends lists can be created right from the Friends page, or you could select names while setting up your privacy options. You first choose the feature that you want to restrict access to and select the “customize” option from the menu. You could enter the name of the individual or the friends list that you want to block, or you could type in multiple names, upon which you will be asked to create a list. The Privacy settings for each list can then be changed by clicking on the appropriate link on the upper right of the Facebook page.
The beauty of this business solution is that no one on any of your lists will be able to tell that you have made changes to your access settings. You don’t have to worry about any of your business contacts finding out that you have blocked them from certain parts of your account, nor will you have to worry about your personal details being seen by anyone other than the friends you select.
A Powerful Marketing Tool for Your Business
Another way to keep your business separate from your personal is by creating a Facebook Fan Page. The Fan Page is a powerful marketing tool that enables you to help build your business online. You can share your business and products with your customers and your fans, as well as post relevant links, news, updates and specials for your company. Once you get a fan base they will interact with your page and their comments and posts will be shared by their connections, giving you a very broad audience and a quick and easy way to market your services and products.
You may want to start by creating a page for your business so you can use this to promote and share your products and services. The graphics below illustrate how easy it is:
You may then want to create a Page Badge or a Page Feed to place on your website or your blog to further promote your services and capture a fan base. Below are sample Facebook fan page badges and feeds.
Facebook can be an effective business solution for your online social marketing needs. It is always advisable to keep your business separate from your private life. That is not to say you can’t personalize or humanize your business face for a more well rounded profile.
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