A Few Ways To Gain Repeat Customers Over And Over
by Roy J. Keller
Just as in any offline business all online businesses need to have repeat visitors and repeat customers. This article will give eight suggestions of methods you may want to try on your website to keep your visitors coming back on a daily or weekly basis to afford you the opportunity to convert them into customers. Customers that will visit and buy from you over and over again. Now you may not want to use all of them at once, however if you schedule a few on a rotating basis and some on a regular basis you may soon see and increase in your repeat customer base. Be sure to track your results so that you know which of these methods work best for your particular website. Check them out and have some fun with them.
Polls
Hold an interactive poll on your website. Ask visitors a poll question. Have them e-mail their vote or opinion. People love to give their 2 cents worth. They would also like to read the results the next day or week on your website.
Prize Drawings
Hold an ongoing prize drawing on your website. The prizes should be something of interest or value to your subscribers. Most people who enter will continually revisit your website to get the results.
Original Content
Give your visitors content they can't read anywhere else. I'm not saying all your content has to be 100% original, but a portion of your website should have original information. People will usually read information they haven't read before.
Quizzes
Give your visitors a quiz or a series of trivia questions. Post the correct answers weekly on your website. The people who participate will want to come back to your site to see if they were right.
News
Supply news stories related to your web site topic. People want current and up-to-date news. If you can be their first source, they will become repeat visitors to your website.
Jokes
Give your visitors a little humor now and then. Don't be so serious; tell them a joke. If they associate your website with being happy they will visit again and again.
Free Stuff
People love to get free stuff. List free stuff on your website. It could be software, services, sample products, e-books etc. The freebies should be related to your website topic. Keep the freebies coming and your visitors will return regularly.
Directories
Tell your subscribers about Websites related to your website topic. The websites should be interesting and helpful. Become your readers website directory and they will come back.
Again these are just a few ideas that have been used by successful Internet Marketers to gain repeat customers that will buy from you over and over again. Try just a few of these or start to use them all and see what happens. Remember what works for one website may not work for yours or you may just hit the jackpot and they may all work for your website and your sales may just skyrocket.
Copyright © 2006 Roy J. Keller (All Rights Reserved)
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Full time Internet Marketer for the past two years following more than thirty-three years in retail mangement in the off-line markets.
