How to Use an Automatic Responder for Effective Prospect Follow-up

Written by Herman Drost


When a prospect shows an interest in your product, if you don't deliver what he wants immediately and follow up on him, you lose sales. No matter what you're selling online, using an automatic responder to do personalized follow up, can drastically increaserepparttar amount of sales you receive. It can also dramatically cut down on manual follow up of your prospects.

Once a prospect requests your information there are a million and one things that can divert his attention from it.

For instance:

His computer crashed, he has to wait several days to get it repaired. His wife called, her car broke down again. He has to pick her up. The kids are screaming,repparttar 124990 dog is chewing on their favorite toy. His friend needs a ride torepparttar 124991 airport...now!

These are just a few examples of what can happen to cause your prospect to forget about your offer. That's why it is so important to get your offer in front of a prospect more than once. The ideal number is 5-7 times.

How an automatic responder (autoresponder) works

These programs automatically return a prewritten message to anyone who sends a message torepparttar 124992 autoresponder's email address. They usually allow for one or more follow-up messages.

Types of automatic responders

Single follow up - this one will reply once only to any message sent to it. These are very useful for letting someone know that you have received their mail and will get back to them shortly, or you could inform people you are away on vacation.

Multiple follow up – these are often called sequential autoresponders. They can be programmed to follow up over a period of days, weeks, or months with any number of sequential messages.

Features:

Send multiple follow up messages Messages can be personalized A copy of each requestors message can be sent to your e-mail address. Can create an online form to insert in your web page. Supports both plain text messages or HTML. Broadcast email updates to your entire customer list Attachment support - your messages can contain one or more attachments. Tracking URLs - setup a tracking URL to track click throughs from your messages Totally Ad Free Automatically adds an "Unsubscribe" link atrepparttar 124993 bottom of each message.

How To Write Powerful, Persuasive Web Pages

Written by Jeff Smith


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How To Write Powerful, Persuasive Web Pages

Wouldn't it be incredible to be able to consistently convert 3-5% of your visitors into eager buyers?

You've no doubt heardrepparttar 124989 1-2% goal that seems to be in every marketing book going. You may be shocked to know that you can definitely do better!

There are sites that regularly pull more - inrepparttar 124990 3%-5% range, with spikes to 10-15% with well targeted traffic generation campaigns.

Isn't that more like it?

Many factors will lead to better conversion results for your webpages including:repparttar 124991 products you sell, your competitive advantage, how well targeted your marketing is, your competition, and even how long your product has been onrepparttar 124992 market.

No doubt though, your sales letter will berepparttar 124993 primary factor in converting visitors to your page into buyers who put money in your pocket.

So what'srepparttar 124994 secret to writing web copy that sells?

This is not an exhaustive list, but IS based on actual testing I've done overrepparttar 124995 last 12-months where my own web conversion for http://www.infoproductcreator.com has gone from a measly .5% to well over 3% with spikes inrepparttar 124996 10-15% range.

Here's what I've found to makerepparttar 124997 biggest factors in making a ho-hum webpage into a super seller.

Copy Tip 1: Keep It Simple

Focus on one product or service at a time. Don't confuse your prospect. Be super clear on your key benefit right up front, then follow with additional benefits. Go forrepparttar 124998 jugular, you only have one shot, in most cases. Words sell better than pictures in most cases. Always be thinking - can I be more direct, succinct, torepparttar 124999 point?

Copy Tip 2: Write A Killer Headline

It'srepparttar 125000 single most important part of your sales letter. If you have not spent at LEAST doublerepparttar 125001 time on your headline than onrepparttar 125002 rest ofrepparttar 125003 letter combined, shame on you! I spend on average 4Xrepparttar 125004 effort on my headlines than onrepparttar 125005 rest ofrepparttar 125006 sales letter.

Copy Tip 3: Write A Killer Sub-Headline

Same rules apply as writing your headline. You can reinforcerepparttar 125007 same benefit as is in your headline (my personal preference) or introduce another hot benefit.

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