Start a Fire Sale! Give Your Faithful Clients Bonuses!

When is the last time you received an unexpected gift? Or a larger gift than you had expected?

Every quarter, I receive something special from the gardening magazine to which I subscribe: a packet of seeds or a ten page booklet on bird calls or a pair of knee pads for getting down and NOT dirty in my garden.

My cheese service surprises me with a hunk of Gouda, a quality merlot with one third off, a discount coupon to be used by a certain date.

The result? I buy more cheese and wine than I should, and I've extended my Gardening magazine subscription to 2010.

Gifts and bonuses pay off: increased sales, and the opportunity to sell more pricy offers to customers who know and trust you.

Here are several suggestions of ways and wherefores for bonuses in your marketing.

1) build your opt-in list by offering a bonus of a specially selected e-book. The book will complement product(s) you intend offering later. Repeat this practice offering quality material, not TIRED material.

2) Survey your subscribers and reward their participation with a free or greatly reduced and vital software tool. Use surveys to get the feel of what works and why. Ask your customers to evaluate products. Include their responses via your auto-responder system.

3) Use a live chat as a bonus. Chat rooms develop relationships and strengthen loyalty. You may use the live chat bonus six months of the year.....three months on and three months off. Your customers will be looking forward to its return. Be sure to include recorded directions for installing any software that you market. The operative word? HELP before you are asked, thereby creating customer satisfaction and cutting down on refunds.

4) Create a free ezine as a bonus. Customers and prospects want to learn what succeeds and why: the ideas, the software products, the gurus, the new sites, the marketing strategies, the improved services and materials you and your network are creating with THEM in mind. So, YOU tell them...in print in the ezine and via recording.

5) Use bonuses to rev up your sales. Wording like this works ......", this product will be available for you at a 35 percent discount until (MONTH/DAY/YEAR)." ORDER NOW!

Gladys Margaret Williams continues adding to her 100 TIPS for health and well being at fasterlane@getRresponse.com. She also owns a clickbank storefront. For information about either, e-mail Gladys at gwilliams1931@yahoo.com

---

A Website Model That Makes Money Online

I would like to share with you one simple stratergy... Read More

Ten Simple Tips To Create A Money Magnet Web Site!

Staying awake at night wondering how to pump up your... Read More

Classified Ads - What Works & What Doesn?t

Do classified ads really work? Should you include an email... Read More

Internet Marketing: 10 Hypnotic Psychological Desires To Empower And Make Your Ad Irresistible

Psychology is the engine that drives human behavior.You can't make... Read More

Stitching Up a Niche

I am a great admirer of businesses that serve and... Read More

Do Your Words Need Protection?

Recently, attending a local event, I found myself chatting with... Read More

You are Being Lied About Reciprocal Links!

Exchanging links has been an important part of generating traffic... Read More

How to get an Internet Marketing Education Without Spending a Nickel

Do you want to create a passive income? Are you... Read More

Success is a Process, Not an Event

We all need a little inspiration once in a while,... Read More

5 Fast Ways to Improve Your Website

Building a website is easy. Building a successful e-business is... Read More

Making Money from Websites - Common Pitfalls of Beginners and How to Avoid Them

Making money online is really easy to do because the... Read More

3 Services Your Online Business Cant Live Without

It doesn't make any difference if you're promoting your own... Read More

Internet Marketing In A Room FULL Of Naked Men!

NO, that's not one of my secret dreams :-) It's... Read More

Learning More About Your Customers to Achieve Maximum Online Profits!

Knowing about the people who buy your products or use... Read More

The Power Of Giving

1.Why give away what you could sell?That's a fair enough... Read More

Five Proven Methods for Internet Marketing Success

There are hundreds of ways that you can promote your... Read More

Standing Out Head and Shoulders Above the Rest

Using Online Communities to Differentiate Your WebsiteAs a young girl... Read More

Writing a Website That Sings!

If your online sales have taken a dip lately, your... Read More

10 Ways To Make Your Sales Soaring

1. Maximize the effectiveness of your banner ads. Don't just... Read More

Beware the Click Without the Conversion

Why is this funny?Because in essence, a "click-through" places money... Read More

How To Win The Marketing War, Capture Your Prospects Mind

As a marketer you are engaged in a "War" with... Read More

How To Increase Your Online Sales Anytime

Hold a discount sale on your web site. Use the... Read More

Internet Marketing Tip - Go For The Bronze

Go for the bronze.Repeat...go for the bronze.That's right, DO NOT... Read More

Marketing Trends from the Digital Frontlines

The web and ways to market on the web continue... Read More

How To Increase Your Profits By 40% Or More With No Extra Work!

Before I expand on the above heading, I do have... Read More

Five Steps To Successful Web Marketing And Sales Process!

The basic principles used successfully by brick and mortar storefronts... Read More

Online Business Mistakes

Everybody makes mistakes, but nobody likes to talk about them.... Read More

Four Steps To Eliminate Frustration and Turn Your Online Failure Into Internet Success

OK, you've been bustin' your butt trying to make money... Read More

How Do You Live the Internet Dream? Automate, Automate, Automate!

There's no doubt that one of the things that excited... Read More

Internet Marketing Online: Secret To Gain An Advantage Over Your Competition By Using Bartering

If you've a business, you must always keep an eye... Read More

6 Ways to Guarantee Your Website Will Fail (and how to fix them)

1. Your website is an electronic brochure 2. Can't be... Read More

I Finally Figured It Out - The Largest Stumbling-Block To Online Success

We're going to talk about one of those issues that... Read More

What The Internet Marketing Gurus Are Doing That You Are Not

Do you want to join the well known gurus like... Read More