The existing economic conditions offers a great opportunity for marketers to gain a foothold in peoples' lives by putting together some things that can help them save money.
Don't underestimate the difficulties people feel they're facing at this time. It doesn't matter whether we agree with what they believe or not, it matters more how they think conditions are and how they're responding to it.
Keeping that in mind, online marketers have excellent chances to make some moves that can trump their competitors.
The obvious one is discounting or package deals which can save money. These will probably be considered part of just being in the game for the next couple years.
What's not so obvious is ways we can help our customers or potential customers that can position our companies as ambassadors of good will toward them, as we put together things that can help them save money.
Why not partner with other marketers in areas we wouldn't normally think of as connected to the people we serve? Not so much as part of what we offer, but as ancillary products or services unconnected to what we normally market.
The secret to discounting success
The secret here is to think in terms of what the majority of people would use and include that with other offers, or simply as an unrelated service you do for them.
Another thing you could do is offer up a couple choices people could make, so they don't feel left out if you only offer one they wouldn't take advantage of.
You could do something like let them know about certain discounts offered for ink cartridges for printers say, or maybe something totally different like a popular learning course that has a super, temporary discount connected with it.
One other thing we could do is put together a web page that offers certain products or services that are offered at a discount for users. Even if you don't get a piece of the action in relationship to all the products, consumers will appreciate the effort and convenience of being able to use this type of destination to help them save some money.
The combinations and things you could do are endless, and they will definitely be important for any type of online marketing strategy for quite some time to come. Make sure you include it in your marketing plans.
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Posted by: CouponMeUp.com | July 11, 2008 9:45 PM | Permalink to Comment