Everyone Wants Direct Links

If you send virtual promotional material
– a newsletter, a social media post,
an email
– give your prospects direct links
to your products
in their country-specific store.

Almost no one is going to
search for your product.

Many prospects are so accustomed
to receiving direct links
they don’t know HOW
to search for your product.

I receive emails from readers
in countries I sell very few books in
asking for direct links.

Yes, they prefer to email the writer
of a book
than to search for that book
at their online store.

Give your prospects
direct links.

Send Your Newsletter

Send your newsletter.

I know. I know.
You’re busy.
You think you have nothing
to say.
You don’t want to
‘bother’ people.
Etc.

First, they want
to be ‘bothered.’
That’s why
they signed up
for your newsletter.

You will receive
some unsubscribes.

Those are people
who have changed their minds.
Or maybe they’re going through
some personal sh*t.
Who knows?

But at one time,
in the past,
they wanted your newsletter.

The remaining people
on your list
still want your newsletter.

Give them what they want
and send it.

Second,
we’re all busy.

But newsletters
are the best sources
of sales.

And most of us
would be happy
to have a few more sales.

Third,
you have plenty to say.

Tell subscribers how other people
are using your product.

Tell them why people
love your product.

Tell them
why you developed it.

Show them a photo
of your dog
and the product.

(Photos of pets
put most customers
in a good mood
and people in good moods
buy stuff.)

You worked hard
to develop
your newsletter subscriber list.

Use it.

Communicating Price Increases

I gave my readers
(customers)
5 months warning
about the increase
in prices for my Romance Novels.

This did a couple of things.

It prepared the readers
mentally for the price increase.

They had time
to grumble about it
(which they, surprisingly,
didn’t do with me),
to get angry or upset
and then to calm down
before my next book (product) released.

It also gave my readers
an opportunity
to buy the existing books
at the lower price.
That bump up of sales
at the end of the year
was VERY much welcomed.

And it relayed
that I was being open
and honest with them.
Readers (customers) might not
take any action
upon hearing about
a price increase
but they like knowing about it
in advance.

Consider giving your customers
notice
of price increases.