Ecommerce Seminars

Google Optimization: E-Commerce @ $1 Cost (Part 1)

February 6th, 2004

by Brian Klais

Originally published in MarketingProfs

If consumers find e-commerce appealing because it helps them find and buy products easily and in less time, then your Web site is no longer the shortest distance between points A and B: Google is. This means that the notion of an e-commerce site itself becomes entirely fragmented, as every page becomes a potential entry point and selling opportunity.

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Netconcepts to run site for US taxidermy firm

January 20th, 2004

Originally published in New Zealand Herald

Why did Van Dyke’s, a South Dakota supplier of equipment to animal trophy-makers and collectors and a subsidiary of Cabelas, chose Netconcepts to overhaul its website and ecommerce strategy?

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Case Study: Steve Spangler Science

January 1st, 2004

Steve Spangler Science logo

  • Revenue has doubled every quarter
  • Website drives catalog readers to buy
  • Blogging a sales success
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Case Study: Van Dykes

January 1st, 2004

Van Dyke's logo

  • Online orders have increased over 500%
  • Over a 350% increase in site Traffic
  • 9,000 unique product pages indexed in Google
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Case Study: Guild.com

January 1st, 2004

Guild.com logo

  • Sales up 41% after 4 weeks
  • #1 ranked on key products
  • 10,000 new pages indexed
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Don’t Let Spam Laws Kill Your E-mail Marketing: 7 Steps to Take Now to Gain Competitive Advantage

American Marketing Association webcast series — online

December 4th, 2003

Seminar by Brian Klais

E-mail marketing is about to undergo a massive transformation due to both new California anti-spam legislation, which takes effect January 1st, and pending Nationwide legislation. The risks of non-compliance are significant - from $1,000 per e-mail up to $1 million per incident. You need to be prepared.

What you may not realize is that these changes also offer opportunities to gain competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Join Internet Marketing Expert Brian Klais, GravityMail’s Vice President of e-Business Services for an important and informative presentation covering:

  • A laymen’s overview of the new spam laws in both California and Nationwide
  • Important implications for marketers
  • Strategies for complying and thriving in this new legal environment

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A Hacker’s Lucky Dip

December 1st, 2003

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Unlimited

Cybercrime, in all its facets - hacking, online fraud, security breaches, information theft, defacements, electronic espionage, and service interruption - seems to be at an all-time high. If the threat doesn’t seem real enough, peruse some of the thousands of defaced home pages immortalised at…

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Ecowool

November 1st, 2003

Ecowool screenshotThe previously existing site for ecowool was very well search engine optimized; our priority was to improve presentation, useability and ease of purchase. Our target result - to dramatically increase traffic and sales. A significant part of the budget was allocated for post-completion optimization and marketing.

[ database | client admin cms | SEO ]

Visit The Site: Ecowool

Internet Marketing workshop

New Zealand DMA workshop — Auckland, NZ

October 7th, 2003

Workshop by Stephan Spencer

Join us for a hands-on, one-day workshop on Internet marketing tactics, including search engine optimisation, copywriting, conversion, and web project management. Each module will be jammed packed with practical advice, online resources, tools, tips, case studies - including the “inside scoop” on what worked and what didn’t - and interactive critiques of attendees’ websites and online marketing efforts. With a live Internet connection, we will examine in-depth:

Search engine optimisation
You want to get to the top of the search engines? Ah… but which search engines should you target? What keywords are your prospects searching for? And how do you get your site to the top for those keywords and then stay there?

Learn the tactics that will make your site ’scream’ in the search engines - ethically and sustainably - without costing you a fortune ongoing.

  • Hands-on keyword research
  • Fine tuning your content, HTML, design, and site architecture for optimal rankings
  • Workarounds for poor search engine practices (such as frames, question marks in URLs, Flash, pop-up windows, links that say “click here,” page titles like “Welcome to ABC.com”, pull-down navigation menus)
  • Making your e-commerce or database-driven site “search engine friendly”
  • Building links (directories, niche sites, etc.)
  • Google’s secrets revealed (PageRank, hyperlink text, etc.)
  • Pay-per-click search engines (Overture, etc.)
  • Benchmarking & competitive intelligence
  • Measuring the return on your search engine marketing investment

Improving conversion rate
So you’ve got visitors on your website, but will they “convert” to customers? Improving conversion on your site is an art and a science that involves a mix of clever copywriting, compelling offers, a follow-up strategy, meaningful metrics for measuring success, and more.
  • Developing a unique voice / personality
  • Active vs. passive tense
  • Verbs vs. adjectives
  • “You” vs. “we”
  • Toning down the marketingspeak
  • Fine tuning your offer
  • The call-to-action
  • Segmenting
  • Personalizing the content and the message
  • Marketing metrics: cost per click, cost per conversion, customer lifetime value, churn rate, etc.
  • “Blogging”

Working with your web developer
What are the ingredients for sucess when launching a redesign or a new site? What processes are helpful in keeping the project and the vendor on track? What are reasonable expectations of the client and the vendor? What goes into (and what doesn’t go into) an effective brief or specification? How do you manage the legal risk?
  • Writing a strategic brief, creative brief, functional spec, content plan, etc.
  • Budgeting and resource allocation
  • Vendor selection
  • The art and science of estimating time and costs
  • The web development process
  • Change management
  • The project extranet
  • Web development contracts
  • Liability and disclaimers
  • Ownership of source code
  • Terms & Conditions for your website users

We guarantee that after this intensive workshop you’ll walk away with loads of practical, actionable tactics and tips. So what are you waiting for? Register today.

BIOGRAPHY
Stephan Spencer, M.Sc., is the founder and president of Netconcepts, a full-service interactive agency with specialization in search engine optimisation, e-commerce, email marketing, and Web site auditing. They count amongst their U.S. clients: Birds Eye, Wella, Midwest Express Airlines, InfoSpace, Homestead.com, The Sharper Image, Cabela’s, and MP3.com; local clients include Westpac (NZ), The Fletcher Trust, nzgirl, SmokeCDs.com, TrustPower, and Business in the Community.

Stephan is a columnist for Unlimited. He has also written for Marketing Magazine, Management Magazine, Catalog Age, and Building Online Business. He has been featured on the cover of In Business magazine in the U.S. Stephan is a frequent speaker at Internet conferences around the globe - Berlin, London, Toronto, Santiago, Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. He currently serves as a director of Sales & Marketing Executives International.

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Google Change Good News for Marketers

October 2nd, 2003

Originally published in Catalog Age

The news that Google is continuously reindexing the Web is a gift for online marketers says Brian Klais, Vice President of EBusiness at Netconcepts in an interview with MultiChannelMerchant.

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