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Casual Articles - eCommerce and Efficiency
Selling isn't an opportunity to manipulate the potential buyer to do what the seller wants, rather than providing the buyer what he wants. If how you sell is without importance to your customers, that means they don't get what they expected.Remember Walt Disney's saying: "Do what you do so well that people want to bring their friends to see you do it again." From my point of view, the greatest compliment for a seller is the customer's referral.If you want your business able to satisfy customers you must pay a special attention to the followings: How you treat customers. Treat them right. They want to feel like valued custome
Can you see the parallel here?
In the near future, savvy photo researchers will not need the handholding from one of the conglomerates to find their photos. Using the increasing power of the Internet, the researchers will go swiftly to the source of the image (the photographer) and deal directly with the source (you) for delivery of the product.
Mitch Kezar, a Minneapolis-based photographer with a specialty in outdoors, especially hunting dogs, fishing, and winter sports, is one of the pioneers who are proving that this way of doing business is about to explode on the scene. He is already successful at it with a number of his clients. He’s currently busy expanding, scanning 12,000 hunting/fishing/outdoor images
I guess that by now most of us would know what a blog is. The word Blog is the short or Web Log, and the term Blogosphere refers to what the online community of people who blog, sometimes which are hyperlinked very extensively with each other.The key differences between a blog and a normal website is that blogs are frequently updated, and most blogs use a very personal language, representative to the personality of the author the blog.Through the past few years, the numbers of blogs have grown tremendously and exponentially, and today, even people without technical education can set up an account on
Such a network is taking shape, however, on the Internet. Daily, more and more photo researchers are finding that by using the Web, they can eliminate costly hours of searching for “just-right” images. They can also save money by buying directly from the source (you).
HAPPY CUSTOMERS
Using Amazon.com, the cyber bookseller, as an example, we can draw a parallel to this situation. Amazon.com is not a book publisher, (not yet, at least) but a go-between for booksellers and people who shop via the Internet. Amazon.com fulfills orders and receives a percentage of the revenue for its work.
But Amazon.com, given the present state of the Internet, does nothing different than what book publishers could also do themselves –- thus reducing delivery time and eliminating commissions to Amazon.com. This would make customers happy.
Search systems on the Internet now allow customers to find what they’re looking for in a matter of seconds. Common sense tells us, for example, there’s no need to go through a middleman to find a book, if you can find it on the Web directly through the publisher. This eliminates both the sales unit and the distributor entirely.
No doubt in the near future, publishers will set up their own cyber mall Internet service and supply customers with their products directly. The technology is there.
Can you see the parallel here?
In the near future, savvy photo researchers will not need the handholding from one of the conglomerates to find their photos. Using the increasing power of the Internet, the researchers will go swiftly to the source of the image (the photographer) and deal directly with the source (you) for delivery of the product.
Mitch Kezar, a Minneapolis-based photographer with a specialty in outdoors, especially hunting dogs, fishing, and winter sports, is one of the pioneers who are proving that this way of doing business is about to explode on the scene. He is already successful at it with a number of his clients. He’s currently busy expanding, scanning 12,000 hunting/fishing/outdoor images
International trade is the exchange of goods and services between countries. This type of trade gives rise to a world economy, in which prices, or supply and demand, affect and are affected by global events. Political change in Asia, for example, could result in an increase in the cost of labor, thereby increasing the manufacturing costs for an American sneaker company based in Malaysia, which would then result in an increase in the price that you have to pay to buy the tennis shoes at your local mall. A decrease in the cost of labor, on the other hand, would result in you having to pay less for your new shoes. Trading globally gives consumers and countries
Today, it’s very different. We are seeing the cost of hardware and software, and related services, dropping dramatically. The equivalent technology today is in the range of $4,000 to $10,000. A small business today, armed with the correct hardware and software, can effectively compete with the stock agency conglomerates.
YOUR ADVANTAGE
You have two areas to your advantage: speed and price.
Any traditional conglomerate is bogged down with costly dinosaur-like administration. And paradoxically, this administration adds to the price of their product. In contrast, when photobuyers deal with you, they deal directly. No middleman is involved, further reducing the per-photo fee to the buyer.
If the aggregate stock photo collections of independent individual photographers totals more than 450,000,000 photos, why don’t more photobuyers today use independent photographers rather than the large stock agencies?
Because we’re not quite there yet. Not enough photographers are knowledgeable about what’s called “eCommerce." Photobuyers are not ready to abandon traditional shopping behavior. And without a built-in network to jump aboard, independents find themselves floating aimlessly in cyberspace.
Such a network is taking shape, however, on the Internet. Daily, more and more photo researchers are finding that by using the Web, they can eliminate costly hours of searching for “just-right” images. They can also save money by buying directly from the source (you).
HAPPY CUSTOMERS
Using Amazon.com, the cyber bookseller, as an example, we can draw a parallel to this situation. Amazon.com is not a book publisher, (not yet, at least) but a go-between for booksellers and people who shop via the Internet. Amazon.com fulfills orders and receives a percentage of the revenue for its work.
But Amazon.com, given the present state of the Internet, does nothing different than what book publishers could also do themselves –- thus reducing delivery time and eliminating commissions to Amazon.com. This would make customers happy.
Search systems on the Internet now allow customers to find what they’re looking for in a matter of seconds. Common sense tells us, for example, there’s no need to go through a middleman to find a book, if you can find it on the Web directly through the publisher. This eliminates both the sales unit and the distributor entirely.
No doubt in the near future, publishers will set up their own cyber mall Internet service and supply customers with their products directly. The technology is there.
Can you see the parallel here?
In the near future, savvy photo researchers will not need the handholding from one of the conglomerates to find their photos. Using the increasing power of the Internet, the researchers will go swiftly to the source of the image (the photographer) and deal directly with the source (you) for delivery of the product.
Mitch Kezar, a Minneapolis-based photographer with a specialty in outdoors, especially hunting dogs, fishing, and winter sports, is one of the pioneers who are proving that this way of doing business is about to explode on the scene. He is already successful at it with a number of his clients. He’s currently busy expanding, scanning 12,000 hunting/fishing/outdoor images
Ah sales. The word is so easy to say and spell. It flows off the tongue without effort. But hidden beneath that single syllable word is a myriad of situations and problems. Organizations, jobs, stock markets, and economies rise and fall with the ramifications of its impact. “Sales?” “Yep, got some more.” “Alright! Let’s go out and celebrate.” Or “Sales?” “Not yet. I promise tomorrow.” “Eh - Gimme some more Pepto.”Closing a sale is sometimes as simple as running into someone, listening to his or her distress, needs, and pleasures and helping them achieve relief or attain their desires by giving them the product or service you have that addresses thos
Because we’re not quite there yet. Not enough photographers are knowledgeable about what’s called “eCommerce." Photobuyers are not ready to abandon traditional shopping behavior. And without a built-in network to jump aboard, independents find themselves floating aimlessly in cyberspace.
Such a network is taking shape, however, on the Internet. Daily, more and more photo researchers are finding that by using the Web, they can eliminate costly hours of searching for “just-right” images. They can also save money by buying directly from the source (you).
HAPPY CUSTOMERS
Using Amazon.com, the cyber bookseller, as an example, we can draw a parallel to this situation. Amazon.com is not a book publisher, (not yet, at least) but a go-between for booksellers and people who shop via the Internet. Amazon.com fulfills orders and receives a percentage of the revenue for its work.
But Amazon.com, given the present state of the Internet, does nothing different than what book publishers could also do themselves –- thus reducing delivery time and eliminating commissions to Amazon.com. This would make customers happy.
Search systems on the Internet now allow customers to find what they’re looking for in a matter of seconds. Common sense tells us, for example, there’s no need to go through a middleman to find a book, if you can find it on the Web directly through the publisher. This eliminates both the sales unit and the distributor entirely.
No doubt in the near future, publishers will set up their own cyber mall Internet service and supply customers with their products directly. The technology is there.
Can you see the parallel here?
In the near future, savvy photo researchers will not need the handholding from one of the conglomerates to find their photos. Using the increasing power of the Internet, the researchers will go swiftly to the source of the image (the photographer) and deal directly with the source (you) for delivery of the product.
Mitch Kezar, a Minneapolis-based photographer with a specialty in outdoors, especially hunting dogs, fishing, and winter sports, is one of the pioneers who are proving that this way of doing business is about to explode on the scene. He is already successful at it with a number of his clients. He’s currently busy expanding, scanning 12,000 hunting/fishing/outdoor images
When it comes to personality profiling, the human development industry has countless tests and assessments from which to choose. These instruments may differ greatly on the surface - in the number and names of the archetypes each model advocates and the method through which a person's type is determined. But at their core, they are all attempting to accomplish the same objective: divide humanity into a manageable number of types and describe each type as a set of distinct and demonstrable characteristics. These "psychometric" instruments are designed to "measure the minds of respondents and provide them with greater insight and understanding of themselve
But Amazon.com, given the present state of the Internet, does nothing different than what book publishers could also do themselves –- thus reducing delivery time and eliminating commissions to Amazon.com. This would make customers happy.
Search systems on the Internet now allow customers to find what they’re looking for in a matter of seconds. Common sense tells us, for example, there’s no need to go through a middleman to find a book, if you can find it on the Web directly through the publisher. This eliminates both the sales unit and the distributor entirely.
No doubt in the near future, publishers will set up their own cyber mall Internet service and supply customers with their products directly. The technology is there.
Can you see the parallel here?
In the near future, savvy photo researchers will not need the handholding from one of the conglomerates to find their photos. Using the increasing power of the Internet, the researchers will go swiftly to the source of the image (the photographer) and deal directly with the source (you) for delivery of the product.
Mitch Kezar, a Minneapolis-based photographer with a specialty in outdoors, especially hunting dogs, fishing, and winter sports, is one of the pioneers who are proving that this way of doing business is about to explode on the scene. He is already successful at it with a number of his clients. He’s currently busy expanding, scanning 12,000 hunting/fishing/outdoor images
The last few weeks have been taken up with preparations for the launch of my latest online venture.You may recall in a recent email how I started to dabble in affiliate reselling and met with immediate and albeit unexpected success.Now I am taking the experiment a quantum leap forward with the launch of a portal website featuring 12,000+ ClickBank products plus a sprinkling of the best of the latest affiliate reselling opportunities.Window dressing the storefrontI have already tweaked the system so that at will I can do an instant makeover of the 12 featured products.For a month I shall leave them as they are to monitor ret
Can you see the parallel here?
In the near future, savvy photo researchers will not need the handholding from one of the conglomerates to find their photos. Using the increasing power of the Internet, the researchers will go swiftly to the source of the image (the photographer) and deal directly with the source (you) for delivery of the product.
Mitch Kezar, a Minneapolis-based photographer with a specialty in outdoors, especially hunting dogs, fishing, and winter sports, is one of the pioneers who are proving that this way of doing business is about to explode on the scene. He is already successful at it with a number of his clients. He’s currently busy expanding, scanning 12,000 hunting/fishing/outdoor images to put up for sale on the Internet.
“Our site uses a keyword searchable data base to guide buyers through. First they can review thumbnail-size images, then by clicking on them they can see a 5x7 image they can drag to a shopping basket. Which, then, of course, can be emailed or called in to my office. We then ship the buyer the slide they want FedEx, or if they want a digitized image we scan the photo at a high res and digitally fulfill the request, or send straight digital images.
"We’ve polled about 200 customers, who have shown great interest in being able to call up exactly what they’re looking for, from someone who knows the difference between a flushing dog and a retrieving dog, or a slip sinker from spinning bait.
"Our clients have lamented to us about experiences with calling large photo agencies for such niche-market images, only to find themselves wading through 300 pulled images, all of them wrong content.”
Such efficiency as what Mitch offers will appeal to everyone in the photo buying community. And individual stock photographers will find themselves sought after.
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