Discounts: An Overlooked Internet Marketing Tactic
June 27th, 2009 by Bob Bly
Internet buyers LOVE discounts, yet most info marketers don’t use them nearly enough.
A case in point: on 4/9/09, we sent an e-mail to my list offering one of my e-books at the cover price of $79.
It generated 32 orders and $2,528 in revenues — not great, not bad.
Thursday of this week we sent the identical e-mail to the same list but added a P.S. offering the book at $49 — a $30 savings — if they ordered by midnight Sunday.
While orders are still coming in, we have already sold 155 copies at $49 each, generating $7,625 in revenues so far.
Does it bother me to let people have a $79 product for only $49?
Of course not. What’s important is not profit per sale, but profit per e-mail blast … which the discounting tactic will more than triple before the weekend is over.
P.S. Of course, discounting works with products where you have a large enough margin to sustain it — and in the case of e-books, the margin is close to 100%.
I wouldn’t do this with my own services, because discounting would lower my revenue per hour.
While my supply of e-books is limitless, time is not: you only have so many hours in the day to work, and when you work for less per hour, you are working harder to make less money.
Who wants that?
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June 27th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Actually what’s important is lifetime profit per client. Keeping the doors open to be the most helpful to each person brings the best results for everybody. For example, when somebody has a “Fire Sale” I unsubscribe them and tell them why. It makes them very angry to hear why I think Fire Sales are bad business.
June 27th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Chas: you are making a common error: being guided by your personal preferences. YOU may unsubscribe when someone sends you a fire-sale e-mail, but let me assure you that you are a minority. When we offer a discount, our unsubscribe rate does not spike one iota, AND our sales increase substantially. Offering discounts actually INCREASES lifetime customer value, as customers love when you offer them a special bargain for being just that — a customer!
June 27th, 2009 at 9:50 am
This is actually a TOP technique of another famous millionaire marketer, I’ve got his famous course that outlines how to do “discounts” the right way.
The name of that marketer… Frank Kern.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I agree, discounts are great for generating extra sales and upsells. Works very well for eBooks and other downloadable digital products. As Bob has pointed out, you are not decreasing your margin or reducing inventory.
Everyone loves a price break, especially in these tough times.
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July 7th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
This style of marketing seems to be the new trend or maybe it’s an old principle. This is a similar strategy to what I am using in video marketing. I create short, catchy videos that lead viewers back to free offers or discounted offers. I accumulate a majority of my traffic from posting my videos free to http://www.Adwido.com and letting them help me target specific keywords to boost targeted traffic.
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August 18th, 2009 at 9:51 am
It is fact that most of the online buyers like offers, and they buy more if there is a discounted sale is offering by a website, compare to non discount sale offering by the same website, even though they hike the rates temporary and give them discount on that. There fore it is suggested to give discounts to increase sales on your website. It will be prove to be a success shot.
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Yes you are right. As we are also having a marketing department so we can understand that what the client needs and what extra from our side we can offer. Discounts are best strategy for the business growth.
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