How To Build A Website That Sells Something ( and get it set up in 3 hours) Will Ward @willward1
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About This Class: This is a test. This is a business class, not a web design class This is a 35,000 foot overview Money is attracted to speed Don t get bogged down with technology. If you re stuck: 1) Google it 2) Ask in a forum 3) Hire someone to fix it (I ll show you where later)
Types of Selling Sites Single Product ecommerce: www.drinksoma.com Multi-product ecommerce: http://www.socksaddict.com/ Professional Service: http://19days.com/ Lead Generation (sales happen off-site): http://www.maritimesales.com/
The Big Idea: Creating a selling website is something you can do in a matter of hours, for less than $200 The Bigger Catch: Because making a site is easy, you have to work much harder to stand out
Today, you ll learn how to: Part I: Create Your Strategy Free Legal Advice in DC Target Market Measuring Demand Creating USP Your Offer Q&A Part II: Build Your Site Domain name Install Wordpress Find and install a theme Customize theme Integrate Paypal Get more Wordpress help Q&A Part III: Promote Your Site SEO Other platforms Paid traffic More resources Q&A Drinks?
Part I: Strategy
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Key Strategy #1 Ultra Specific Target Market Who (two qualifier method) Why (holiday gift, travel, life stage) Psychographics (tribes) Behavior (past customers or opt-ins)
Key Strategy #2 Measuring Online Demand With Google Keyword Planner
Key Strategy #3 Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) 1) Buy this product for this specific benefit 2) This positioning is unique in the market 3) Strong enough to attract the right customers
Examples of USPs Fresh, hot pizza delivered to your door in 30 minutes or it s free 15 minutes could save you 15% on your car insurance USPs on the internet: http://fizzle.co/sparkline/10-examples-ofkiller-unique-selling-propositions-on-theweb
Key Strategy #4 The Mouthwatering Offer 1) You give me $X, I ll give you Y 2) Bonus / Free extras? 3) Guarantee / Risk Reversal 4) Call to Action Here s exactly what to do next
10 Minute Power Break: Write Down: 1) Target market 2) Version 1 of your USP 3) 5 keyword ideas 4) Your about page: 5 sentences. Your story. Your product s story. Your physical location. How to contact you
Part II: Build Your Site
The Minimum Costs Involved: Domain Name: www.yourname.com Cost: ~$15 per year Web Host: stores your website, sends it to visitors, provides email Cost : ~$60 per year and up Wordpress Theme: software that controls the look and feel of your site Cost: free up to $200+) Paypal: Allows you to accept credit card and other payments Cost: ~3% of your sales and monthly fee for advanced features
Step 1: Pick Your Domain Name Use keywords you researched in Strategy phase Easy to remember and spell See what s available related to your keywords at: www.nameboy.com
Step 2: Hosting and Wordpress A. Hosting Options Hostmonster (lower end) Install WP Engine (higher end) B. Content Management System Wordpress (Free, open source) C. Log-on to your new site!!! http://www.yoursite.com/wp-login D. Configure your email (we will skip this step here)
Step 3: Install Themes & Plugins Themes: The look and feel of your site WooThemes Theme Forest Plugins: Extend Wordpress functions Woo Commerce Wordpress SEO, Backup
Step 4: Configure Your Site About Page => Home page Quick and Dirty Logo Gravitar 2 products Products to front page [?] Currency & payment config
Getting Help With Wordpress Fiverr.com Cheap logos Basic technical questions Elance.com Customizing your theme Integrating credit card processing Making your site faster (caching)
Part III: Promote Your Site
80/20 SEO for ecommerce Have a lot of content Unique content: Do not copy anyone else s (or your own if you can avoid it) text Target 1 keyword per page with the Wordpress SEO plugin Get links from other well-established sites
Steal the Traffic of Other Sites Ebay store => email list => your site Etsy store => email list => your site Amazon => email list => your site In person => email list => your site YouTube videos => your site Pinterest postings => your site Guest post on popular blogs => your site
Paid Traffic (advanced) Google Adwords Google product listing ads Google retargeting and Facebook ads Amazon product feeds Banner ads
Here s What To Do Next: Go home and put up a crappy version 1.0 of your site Commit to working on it for 30 days Get 5 products listed Get a compelling story on your About page Build 5 links to your site from other sites
Q & A Get these slides and videos at: willward1.com/kcdc