There are several key factors you must consider to accomplish this:
What benefits does the customer get from buying the product? Does your product or service make people smarter, faster, more attractive?
State the benefits. And again.
It's the benefits that will hook your customer. And that hook will have them grabbing their credit card. But if they don't know what's in it for them, they'll be on your competitor's Web site faster than you can clear your cache files.
Keep your site updated. And give them a reason to come back.
Maybe weekly specials, new articles or post a newsletter. Make your site an invaluable resource. Giving people incentives to come back to your site can still generate sales even if the customer wasn't in the buying mood.
Do you have testimonials from your customers? Testimonials prove your product's worth as well as establish your company's credibility.
If you don't have testimonials, one way to get them is by donating your product or service to a few qualified customers. Let them know that you're giving them the product to try for a certain amount of time in exchange for their comments at the end of the trial period.
Make your Web page as easy to read as possible. Grab customers with powerful headlines.
The headlines gently ease customers to read further into your sales message without the tact of a used car salesman trying to unload a few lemons.
Headlines also break up the flow of copy, making your Web page easy on the eyes - something your customers will appreciate.
How many Web sites have you visited with grammatical errors or words misspelled? It looks unprofessional and makes would-be customers wonder about the professionalism of your company.
Proofread your Web page copy. Then have a few more people proofread it.
The writing needs to jump off the page. Fresh. Crisp. A poorly written Web page is worse than not having a Web page at all.
