What is wrong with ecommerce content

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What is wrong with ecommerce content? It's not complicated, the answer is simple ... you just need to care about the content you present to your site visitors! A presentation by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. of ContentIllustrated.com - industry expert in Internet Retail Product Content.

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What Is Wrong With Ecommerce Content?

Or Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things!

FromContentIllustrated.com

First, What Are We Talking About?

It’s not complicated,

We talking about what everyone has that sells products online…

A Product Detail Page!

You Know, They Look Basically Like This »»»

This is boring!

What is a customer to think about a company that publishes a product page like this?

That they don’t really care enough about the customer to produce good content!

They Say Content Takes Too Much Work And Too Much Money!

Content Is A Commitment

Would you say this company is committed to informing, educating, or even selling the product?

NO!

If The Retailer Doesn’t Care Why Should The Customer?

Poor Content Turns A Retailer Into A Commodity Retailer

If you are not selling the product, what are you selling?

Why should a customer buy from you?

It Is A Fact – Better Content Sells Better!

This is not rocket science!A better visitor experience yields better conversionA better visitor experience begins with your content!

So Why Is There A Problem?

Because the simple fact is that …

Most retailers believe ANYBODY can design their content …

That content isn’t worth the investment …

That elaborate content is unnecessary …

That there is no ROI on content …

What Most On-line Retailers Believe Is

Wrong!

Content Is An Engagement!

Your Content Should Be Interesting!

Not Boring!

Not Bland!

It Should Be Engaging, Informative And Worth The Effort To Find It!

This product content was created by the SKUfactory.com [SHC]

Good Content Should Dazzle Your Customers!

What Should Retailers Do?

Stop using the same boring people to design the same boring content …

Stop Scraping and Pirating content …

Get better help from people that know what they are doing …

Good Content Sells Your Products Not Your Price!

Take the time to learn the difference …

Demand better results and spend what it takes to get it …

Decide to be excellent …

See It’s Not So Hard?

Is It?

You just need to make a commitment …

Be prepared to be original …

Recognize that content is not trivial …

That content is a specialized skill set …

Use solid knowledgeable partners …

Start With A Content Strategy

A Content Strategy is a plan to achieve specific realistic results

Create Your ROI Threshold*

Set Content Targets*

Establish A Target Product Group*

Define A Realistic Budget*

Select Your Content Partner

Build Your New Content

Analyze Your Results Over Time

Refine & Continue

* Contact The Author For Help!

So What Is Wrong With Ecommerce?

Nothing That A Little Great Content Couldn’t Fix!

So what are YOU waiting for?

Insight From ContentIllustrated™

To Learn More Visit:

www.ContentIllustrated.com

www.InternetRetailSEO.com

www.InternetRetailInsights.com

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