Web Design, E-commerce, and Online Marketing and SEO services in Broward and Miami, Florida

One of the vital cogs in the online marketing mechanism is effective customer interaction.  With the number of commercial websites rising with unprecedented rapidity and market niches  diminishing into almost invisible blips, the key in effective online marketing lies in retaining the visitors and converting  them into customers as much as in attracting new visitors.

Retaining a customer is by far a more difficult job since the audience keeps comparing your site to that of your competitors. If their product or service offering is better than yours, chances are that your customer may get disenchanted and eventually seek a better option. Bleak stories aside, let us see what you can do to improve the customer interaction.

Concentrate on usability

If you are not running the Smirnoff or Johnnie Walker website, the chances of your audience waiting for that huge Flash file to load is very very low. Audiences need quick relief for their needs and you as an online business need to understand that fact.  So simple is the best way to go forward. This is true for website navigation, content placement, shopping carts and gathering information.

It is also important in SEO. Neither the users nor the search engine spiders like to wait or look hither and thither for information. Keep it simple. It’s a lesser burden on your dev team as well.

Offer good, usable information

You have a great design and possibly killer marketing content that can make audiences drool. But what if your audience looks for something more than the marketing yada yada?

A buying decision is a long process. Let us refresh our memories.

1. Problem recognition

2. Information Search

3. Evaluation of Alternative

4. Purchase decision

5. Purchase

6. Post-purchase behavior

This process is something that you have to keep in mind when arranging your content. If you offer a product or a service, make sure that your audience is retained within the site on all these aspect.

Simplify the purchasing process

Most websites require a customer to register him/herself before any purchase is made. This is cumbersome and the chances are that a particular customer may not make repeat purchases unless the overall product offering is above par. So why capture all intricate details of a customer. Make it simple. EBay or Amazon having thirty odd data fields to capture doesn’t mean that you have to do the same.  Capture only the most important data to successfully process the transaction and then encourage the customer to register to get better deals or other incentives.

Writing a straight forward frequently-asked-questions (FAQ) page

FAQ is usually an accepted format of questions followed by answers, with the goal of reducing unnecessary customer interaction. FAQ sections are best done on a single page using HTML to allow readers to navigate quickly top to bottom. They can save your more savvy online customers a lot of hassle, and build business.

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