The quality and relevance of the content of a retailers’ web pages can mean the difference between a sale and a bounce. One of the main reasons that people use the internet is to get information about something.
Content, which is the information part of a website, is one of the ‘trade-offs’ that is used by retailers to attract customers to their sites. If it’s good, the customers may make a purchases and visit the site again.
Remember the ‘good old days’ when your post-box was filled to its capacity with flyers, brochures and promotion letters? Indeed, for the most part you can now use direct mail to inform your customers and other consumers what they can find on your website…
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is used by retailers to get their websites ranked higher with organic searches on websites like Google. Also, retailers change the structure and content of their websites to make it more SEO friendly. Even more, they acquire and exchange links from other websites to improve their position on result pages.
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A blog page is a cost effective platform that retailers can use to interact with their customers. As a result, customers are increasingly making their final decision to buy a product by reading reviews. Also, they interact with other on the blog-page to help them with their purchase decision.
Despite being the continent with the highest growth potential and a growing middle class population, retailers find it difficult to move online in Africa. South African online sales recently surpassed the 1% mark of total retail sales. However, Africa and other African countries require exponential growth to catch up (Export & Import South Africa).
Continue reading Some Reasons Why Retailers Battle To Move Online In Africa
How ever inviting it may seem, starting an online retail business is not easy. So, here’s some points that may help prepare you what is coming…
