Diaper Cakes, Custom Gifts and Fleece Blankets....no customers?

Question

i have a site where i sell Diaper Cakes, Custom Gifts and Fleece Blankets..but i hardly get any customers from mt actaully website, i get lots of business through word of mouth and around town, but i hardly get any through the site, i advertise a lot and tell eveyone i know about the site, and i try to let eveyone on the web know about it to.

What can i do to get more buyers? I usally get about 4-5 sales on the site a month, i really would like to get the website sales up to around 60-70 sales.

Answer 1

try listing yourself on free directories online too. Often there are forums and directories that don't charge anything for a listing. Here is one for a start http://www.pouchmiss.com/forum.html its brand new so not alot happening just yet, but i'm sure it will slowly get busy and at least every person from now that joins up will see your business listing (you could enquire about a banner on the forum home page too).

Also, I agree with the other poster - word of mouth is great, but make sure that you see every interaction with another person as a way of getting your business out there. If you are emailing your kids school for fees etc, make sure you have an email signature with a link to your website, or any email you send out should have a signature with a link on it. Make up a bumper sticker along the back of your car with just the website address on it. I always let curiosity get the better of me and have to check the sites out when I get home just to see what its about. Good luck!

Answer 2

I have a pretty succesful business selling diaper cakes.  I market like mad, have a GREAT Yahoo! and MSN ranking (top page for "diaper cake" searches).  I am a top Diaper Cake maker.  I am having a GREAT month when I get 60 - 70 online sales in a month.  

Be patient....and think outside the box when it comes to marketing.  World of mouth is the VERY BEST form of advertising.  Make sure to include business cards on EVERY order going out.  Put signs on your car, etc.

It will come...but it takes time.

Good luck!