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                        Marketing Online
                    Finding new and keeping
                  customers using the internet




                            Nygllhuw Morris & Jon Jackson




June 2, 2010                    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Introductions                                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
                                                                                 Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
      Biz E commerce workshops:                                                  Legal issues
                                                                                 Future


                1. Introduction to ecommerce

                2. Using the internet (email, search engines)

                3. Using e business to improve your business

                4. Finding/keeping customers using e commerce

                5. Getting your business on line




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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Workshop Topics                                                            Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    The four steps to successful Internet marketing                       Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           The main online marketing tactics                                     Future

      •    The top 10 Internet marketing blunders
      •    Legal issues for Internet marketing
      •    Internet marketing in the future?
      •    Using Email as a Marketing Tool
           (Making emails look good!!!)




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Finding new and keeping existing                                           Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      customers using the Internet                                               Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • By the end of this workshop you should:                                  Legal issues
                                                                                 Future




               – Be able to develop a strategy for retaining
                 customers using the internet
               – Be able to develop a strategy for gaining
                 new customers using the internet
               – Be able to implement practical internet
                 marketing ideas immediately in your
                 business



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         The four steps to successful
              Internet marketing




June 2, 2010                    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Similar to normal marketing                                                Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Choose a target                                                          Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Promote to them
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

        (encourage them to phone, visit, or email you)
      • Have something they want
      • Make a sale
      • Convert them to a loyal customer so they
        come back




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Also about other technologies                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Cellphones                                                            Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Palm PDAs                                                             Future

      •    TVs
      •    Emails
      •    Fax machines
      •    ATMs
      •    Touch screen kiosks




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      The four stages to Internet marketing                                      Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      1. Choose your targets                                                     Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
      2. Get them to your business                                               Future

      3. Grab their interest immediately
      4. Give them a reason to return




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      1. Choosing your targets                                                   Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • It‟s too expensive trying to target everyone                             Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Apply the 80/20 principle                                             Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • The Internet allows you to target segments
      • Choose the top 3 targets
      • Tailor your ideas for each target




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Case study: local motel                                                    Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      Identify one possible target:                                              Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – normal methods of promoting to this target?                           Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – what online methods are there?
      • New NZ customer:
         – Links from regional websites
         – AA portal, Jasons, PureNZ listing
         – Referral organisations:
              • information centres
              • motels in other regions
      • Existing customers:
         – email newsletter
         – promotions
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Marketing Mix
Internet marketing should not be conducted
by itself. The internet should be just one part of
your marketing mix.
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      2. Getting Them There                                                      Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      Two methods to get people to your site:                                    Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Offline
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Online




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Offline advertising                                                        Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • A web site is just another sales tool                                    Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Tell everyone (your customers) about your
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

        website:
         – press releases
         – newsletters
         – competitions
         – tell them in person
      • Include your domain name (www address)
        on EVERYTHING!




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Offline advertising                                                        Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Advertisements                     •   Uniforms                       Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
      •    Billboards                         •   Signage                        Legal issues
      •    Brochures                          •   Sponsorship
                                                                                 Future

      •    Business Cards
      •    Envelope Stuffers                  •   Directories
      •    Invoices                           •   Loyalty cards
      •    Mailing and shipping               •   Give aways
           labels                             •   in fact, anything!
      •    Letterheads
      •    Newsletters
      •    Posters
      •    Packaging
      •    Rubber Stamps
      •    Direct mail


June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Offline advertising                                                        Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Can be an effective way to get traffic                                   Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Is traditionally very hard to measure
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Our advice?
         If you do what you have always done,
         then you will get what you have always got:
               – If you‟ve been successful, then keep doing it
               – If you haven‟t, then be prepared to change




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Online: Driving traffic to your business                                   Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Can be accurately measured                                               Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • How do people get to your website?
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         1. Typing in your web address directly
            (or guessing)
         2. Clicking on your advert at another site
         3. Clicking on a hyperlink from another site
         4. Doing a search and getting a list of sites
            – then choosing your website from the list
      • You need to do more than hope your customers
        will search for your site



June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
                                                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      The most important word in internet marketing?                             Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future
       Permission!




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Permission Marketing                                                       Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Sending promotional information via email                                Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        to those that have given permission                                      Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Electronic version of direct marketing
      • Requires patience
      • The internet is not invasive like normal
        advertising – the customer decides what
        to view




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Success tips for permission marketing                                      Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Get Permission                                                        Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Remind them they gave permission                                      Future

      •    Personalise your offers
      •    Use optimal timing (seasonality issues)
      •    Don‟t send them email too often
      •    Keep each email simple
      •    Make realistic promises
      •    Provide a way to opt out




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Warning                                                                    Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • No spam!!                                                                Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Having the details of a customer is very
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

        powerful. Don‟t abuse it.




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Main online marketing tactics                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Search engines                                                        Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Reciprocal links                                                      Future

      •    Banner ads
      •    Viral marketing
      •    Affiliate programmes
      •    Mailing Lists




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      3. Grab their interest immediately                                         Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • “Get inside your customer‟s head and find out                            Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        what they want!”                                                         Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Maintain visitor interest
      • Give visitors something to do




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      What do visitors look for?                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    High quality content                                                  Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Topical and relevant Information                                      Future

      •    Ease of use
      •    Quick to download
      •    Frequently updated
      •    Activities:
            – join
            – play
            – look
            – learn


June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Promoting a Motel Using the Internet                                       Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Group Exercise:                                                          Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         How could a motel website maintain interest?                            Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Now remember to
        go home and do it
        for your own business




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      4. Getting visitors to return                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
                                                                                 Blunders

           “A relationship is like a shark, you know.                            Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues

            Either you move forward or you die.”                                 Future



                                                              Woody Allen


      • You need to build a relationship with your
        customers
      • It is a huge waste if you cannot get people to
        come back
      • Build your email list



June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Building Your Mailing List                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Get email addresses!                                                     Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Ask – on a day to day basis
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Provide reassurance of integrity
      • Provide incentives:
         – freebies (downloads, reports)
         – newsletter
         – competitions
         – advance purchases
      • If you can, get more than their email address



June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Make it easy to join                                                       Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Provide suitable incentives                                              Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Capture only an email address at the start
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Break down the barriers to signing up:
         – no personal information at first
         – Don‟t rush the relationship




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      How do you get them back?                                                  Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Send regular emails (be careful of spamming):                            Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Newsletters                                                           Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – News items
         – Updated features
         – Contests
         – Advance purchasing
         – Joint promotions with other small businesses




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Summary                                                                    Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • The Internet can increase your marketing                                 Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        options                                                                  Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Your website is your key internet advertisement
        – you need a website traffic plan
      • New “internet” marketing tactics are really
        “old” marketing tactics that have evolved to take
        advantage of the internet




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Remember:                                                                  Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      1. Choose your target                                                      Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
      2. Get them to your business                                               Future

      3. Grab their interest immediately
      4. Give them a reason to return




June 2, 2010
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                       The main online
                       marketing tactics




June 2, 2010                    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Main online marketing tactics                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      A. Search engines                                                          Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
      B. Reciprocal links                                                        Future

      C. Banner ads
      D. Viral marketing
      E. Affiliate programmes




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      A. Search Engines                                                          Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Searchable indexes (databases of websites)                               Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Directories v search engines
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      How do search engines work?                                                Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Robots / spiders                                                         Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • They roam around looking for key words to
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

        assess the relevance of your site
      • Need to make your site as relevant as possible
      • Main way is META tags
           – What would the META tags for
             Destination Queenstown be?




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Preparing for Search Engines                                               Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Think pages, not website                                                 Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Write “META” tags
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – keywords, page titles and descriptions
      • Enter the mind of your target customers
      • Exercise:
         – Write 20 keywords or phrases to describe
           your business
         – Then write 20 words for the person next to
           you




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Submitting to Search Engines                                               Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Register with the top search engines/directories                         Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Google                www.google.co.nz                                Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – Alta Vista NZ         www.altavista.co.nz
         – Yahoo! NZ             www.yahoo.co.nz
         – SearchNZ              www.searchnz.co.nz
         – NZSearch              www.nzsearch.co.nz
         – Yellow Pages          www.yellowpages.co.nz
         – UBD                   www.ubd.co.nz
      • Also list with any industry specific portals and
        directories (eg: motels with Jasons)


June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      How to do it yourself                                                      Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Write your META tags                                                     Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Get web designer to put them into your page
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

        (or do it yourself)
      • List on search engines or directories
        (look for „add a site‟ or „submit URL‟ link
      • Check your listing every few months




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B. Reciprocal Links




  • Complementary sites work best
  • Look for sites with similar target markets
  • Look for industry associations
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Example: Promoting a Motel online                                          Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • What types of businesses could a motel                                   Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        seek reciprocal links with?                                              Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

               –   motels in the same chain
               –   information centres
               –   industry associations
               –   complementary businesses:
                     • tourism operators
                     • conference organisers, etc




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      C. Banner ads                                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Ads in a rectangular window                                           Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Usually at the top of a web page                                      Future

      •    Click on banner ad to find out more
      •    Payment options:
            – free contra deal
            – pay per view
            – pay per click through
            – pay per sale




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Banner Ads                                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Evaluating Effectiveness:                                                Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Ad impressions                                                        Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – Click-throughs
         – Click-through rate
         – Conversion rate




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      D. Viral Marketing                                                         Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Strategy that encourages individuals to pass on                          Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        a marketing message to others                                            Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Is the internet term for word of mouth
      • Creates the potential for exponential growth




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Viral Marketing                                                            Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • 1996: Hotmail.com                                                        Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Offered free email accounts                                           Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – Advertising budget only $3,000
         – Every hotmail email sent ended with the ad
           “get your free email at hotmail.com”
         – 12 million users in 18 months
         – Now over 100 million users




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Viral Marketing – the secrets                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Give away products or services                                           Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – This doesn‟t have to cost you anything                                Legal issues
                                                                                 Future
           eg: free reports
      • Provide for easy transfer to others
      • Exploit common motivations and behaviours
      • Utilise existing communication networks
      • Think about what you can do to get people to
        pass your message on
      • Be aware of becoming too successful without
        the support mechanisms in place


June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      E. Affiliate Programs                                                      Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • You earn a percentage commission from                                    Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        a click-through sale                                                     Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Banner or text link on your website
      • Earn commission on all sales
         – eg: Amazon pays 5-15% commission




June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      How affiliates work                                                        Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Affiliate includes a link to an online retailer:                         Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Affiliate‟s visitor clicks on link                                    Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

         – Affiliate‟s visitor visits online retailer
         – Affiliate earn a commission on any
           purchases made during the visit
      • Most famous example is www.amazon.com
         – Began in July 1996
         – 600,000 affiliates
         – About 25% of sales
      • May not get instant sales, but is an active
        reciprocal link

June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      One last point                                                             Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      Most of this stuff is free!                                                Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
      (except for the cost of your time)                                         Future




June 2, 2010
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                    The top 10 Internet
                    marketing blunders




June 2, 2010                    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Top 10 Internet blunders                                                   Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Using free web hosting services                                       Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Destroying your site with technology                                  Future

      •    Not asking for, or acting on, customer feedback
      •    Relying too much on search engines
      •    Not managing email communications effectively
      •    Not having an opt-in mailing list
      •    Measuring site traffic by „hits‟
      •    Not using your domain name opportunity
      •    Thinking you‟ll get rich quick online
      •    Not understanding the real power of the Internet

June 2, 2010
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Top Internet marketing blunders                                            Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    Poor search engine metatags                                           Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           Poor site navigation                                                  Future

      •    Irritating design features
      •    Slow sites
      •    Not managing email communications effectively
      •    Static unchanging content
      •    No physical contact information
      •    Forgetting about off line methods
      •    Forgetting about the marketing basics
      •    Trying to do everything yourself

June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
                                                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
                                                                                 Blunders

               Remember oblivion is                                              Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future


               just one mouse click
                      away!




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
                                                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
                                                                                 Blunders

                Now a quick break                                                Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future



               for Jon to talk email
                   in more detail



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                      Legal issues for
                     Internet marketing




June 2, 2010                    New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Legal issues for Internet marketing                                        Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      A. Consumer legislation                                                    Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
      B. Hyperlinking                                                            Future

      C. Privacy




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      A. Consumer legislation                                                    Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • You need to still comply with all the normal                             Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        rules of business:                                                       Legal issues
                                                                                 Future
         – Sale of Goods Act
         – Privacy Act
         – Consumer Guarantees Act
         – Fair Trading Act
      • See www.findlaw.co.nz




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      B. Hyperlinking                                                            Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Widely believed anyone could link anywhere                               Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • In some situations linking is not welcome
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Customary to ask if it‟s okay to link to a
        particular site – this also might result in a link
        back to you




June 2, 2010
Hyperlinking example
                                   Acme Web design
                                   also provide a link
    You design a site              and claim they
  for a client and link            designed the site
   to it from your site




  You can find out who‟s linking to you though...
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      C. Privacy and confidentiality                                             Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • When you collect personal information about                              Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        customers you should be careful                                          Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Information provided for one purpose can not
        be used for another
      • Unless specifically stated you can‟t
         – rent
         – sell
         – giveaway
         your customers‟ personal information.




June 2, 2010
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                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Other confidential information                                             Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Your suppliers and other contracting                                     Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        parties have the right to expect that you will                           Legal issues
                                                                                 Future
        keep information private.
         – You should have appropriate provisions in
           place to keep it safe.
      • Your staff also have the right to expect you will
        look after their personal information.




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           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Legal issues about privacy                                                 Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Existing laws cover online activity:                                     Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Privacy Act                                                           Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Existing codes of practice:
         – NZ code for e-tailers
         – DMA e-marketing code of practice




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Develop a good privacy policy                                              Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Write a privacy policy to reassure potential                             Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        customers you will not pass on their details                             Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Explain how your business uses the customer
        information being gathered
      • Visit www.the-dma.org for a privacy policy
        template to copy…
         – Search on “Privacy Policy Generator”
      • See www.privacy.org.nz (Office of the Privacy
        Commissioner)




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      The opening page!                                                          Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
                                                                                 Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      In summary…                                                                Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • You cannot trade unfairly, or promise things                             Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        that are untrue                                                          Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Your products and services must do what you
        said they would do
      • You cannot sell other peoples names




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                     Internet marketing
                        in the future?




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           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      As the internet matures…                                                   Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Bandwidth                                                                Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Faster                                                                Legal issues
                                                                                 Future
         – Everywhere
      • Payment
         – More than just credit cards!
         – On-line EFTPOS?
      • Experience
         – Virtual Reality
         – Augmented Reality
      • Customisation
         – Knowledge driven
         – Your Web!



June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Example: Tourism                                                           Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Book entire itinerary before leaving home                                Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      • Virtual tours before booking
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Holiday locations boom as physical workplace
        becomes less important
      • Virtual tourism – don‟t need to physically leave
        your home




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Virtual tour                                                               Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Sheraton Fallsview – Niagara Falls, Canada                               Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
                                                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Retail                                                                     Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Shop from anywhere                                                       Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
        eg: www.woolworths.co.nz                                                 Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

      • Distribution becomes a key issue
      • Customers are in control
         – intelligent price-comparing robots
         – virtual holographic products to „kick the tyres‟
         – shopping as a form of entertainment




June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      More to look forward to…                                                   Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      • Mobile internet                                                          Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features
         – Location based marketing!                                             Legal issues
                                                                                 Future

            • Combining internet and GPS
         – Handheld mobile commerce
      • Home of the future
         – Home automation
            • “The self-stocking fridge”
         – Entertainment on demand
            • “Personal media”
      • Online Video Service & Products


June 2, 2010
           Enterprise Wanganui Training - E-commerce Programme
           Marketing Online - Finding and keeping customers using the internet

                                                                                 Workshop Topics
      Workshop summary                                                           Four steps
                                                                                 Online tactics
      •    The four steps to successful Internet marketing                       Blunders
                                                                                 Email Features

      •
                                                                                 Legal issues
           The main online marketing tactics                                     Future

      •    The top 10 Internet marketing blunders
      •    Legal issues for Internet marketing
      •    Internet marketing in the future?




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