Have you seen How To SELL Anything?

This incredible sales handbook distils an expert's lifetime of sales and marketing experience and hands it to you on a platter, in a simple, easy-to-follow format. With existing customers being the most valuable source of income for any business, this book will teach you how to increase your return business and make more profit from your most loyal customers - and even how to reduce the costs of dealing with your least profitable customers.

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E-marketing's value goes way beyond the inbox

The 'Global E-mail Attitudes Survey' of some 13,000 consumers in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific revealed that e-mail's influence over multichannel purchasing is powerful, with the majority of consumers (58%) having been driven to make a purchase in a store or over the phone by a marketing e-mail.

And, while web sites are the preferred place for consumers to opt-in to such lists, they are also very willing to subscribe to e-mail messages offline - for example when placing a catalogue order (46%), at the point-of-sale (29%), or via SMS (13%).

In addition, two-thirds of consumers indicated that e-mail inspired purchases have prompted them to further research a brand and its products while more than half say it spurred a peer recommendation.

Moreover, roughly half of consumers said they are willing to act as brand advocates in order to connect e-mail content, such as special offers and promotions, to social networks. This activity is highest in Asia-Pacific, however, where the number of consumers indicating such willingness exceeds the global average.

While regional differences were identified, the research suggests a global opportunity for companies to maximize their marketing investments by connecting e-mail with various digital and offline communication and commerce opportunities.

According to Simone Barratt, managing director for e-Dialog International, "There is a tremendous opportunity for brands to strategically connect e-mail marketing to in-store, social networking and mobile channels to drive revenue, acquire new subscribers and importantly, connect the dots for cross-channel measurement and attribution. But they must not forget to take differences across borders into account so as to optimize relevance and effectiveness in every channel."

While still somewhat nascent, the research also shows that the mobile channel presents new opportunities for marketers. Some 68% of the consumers surveyed said they use their mobile devices to manage their personal e-mail while doing something else on their desktop computer.

Additionally, an increasing number of consumers across all regions are purchasing products and services based on promotional SMS messages. However, the cultural differences here were strong, with 57% of Asia-Pacific, 21% of European, and 14% of US consumers having done so.

"While Asia-Pacific consumers tend to be more sophisticated across mobile and social channels than other regions, the value of an e-mail address and its ability to drive cross-channel customer conversations thata ultimately turn into conversions cannot be discounted," said Darren Fifield, managing director for e-Dialog Asia-Pacific. "E-mail is a permanent, and very influential, fixture in the consumer's life and there are abundant opportunities to continue using it globally to improve long-term customer loyalty through data-driven, cross-channel coordination."

Have you seen How To SELL Anything?

This incredible sales handbook distils an expert's lifetime of sales and marketing experience and hands it to you on a platter, in a simple, easy-to-follow format.

With existing customers being the most valuable source of income for any business, this book will teach you how to increase your return business and make more profit from your most loyal customers - and even how to reduce the costs of dealing with your least profitable customers.

You'll learn to sell yourself, sell your products, and sell your brand on the internet, writing high-conversion landing pages, social media posts, and more. You'll start attracting customers you didn’t even know existed, and learn the top trade secrets for customer retention.

You'll become a lean, mean selling machine. See how the experts do it and learn to adapt what they've done for your own profit. You'll learn to write strong, powerful, effective sales copy, whether it's for a sales script, sales letter, flyer, insert, advert or just about anything else.

You'll learn how to sell whether you're selling by telephone, by mail, or even meeting prospects face-to-face. You'll find out how to size them up, present yourself, nail down their true needs, close the sale, and learn to tackle the tricky ones.

You'll discover the biggest secrets of successful direct mail sellers, sales letter writers, and how to segment and choose the right prospects for each campaign.

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