… How I got an $826,221.62  Sales Increase Rob Snell SNELL BROS. [email_address] Yahoo! Store Case Study:
Yahoo! Store Case Study:  How I got an $826,221.62  Sales Increase   Part 1
store 9   revenue-share project (I get paid by the click)
DISCLAIMER   The STATS you are about  to see are  true .  Personally identifiable information about the STORES used has been removed…
Store9, Year 0
design GOOG-friendly RTML, pimped the cart
Store9, Year 1
seo   +   ppc converting keywords, built some links
Store9, Year 2
conversion free shipping  model, free gift  with purchase, & converting keywords
Store9, Year 3
boosting  low or no growth
Store9, Year 4
Shaking the tree Hit your email list regularly Track how emails perform Learn from your mistakes Segment your customers Keep what sticks
background on me…
Snell Bros
retailer dog supplies, comics, baseball cards pokemon, copyshop
Comics
web marketer Yahoo! Store dev, RTML, SEO, PPC, Conversion, Analytics
Gds 1997
…  steve & click We got a spokesmodel…
writer/speaker blog,  Y!  columns, book, newsletters, webinars, search speaker, seminars
My own blog
Ystoreblog
book
Amazon book
[email_address]
seminars
email list  info @ystore.com
click
about Ron and Top Right
Topright
thinking  about emails
relevant customers   (buckets)
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relevant products
Store SERPS
View source
relevant offer
Make me an offer… New 2009 releases Liquidations Free shipping offers Free gift with purchase Tie into seasonal, timely
relevant writing
Writing good emails Be personal Be real Share good content Tie into seasonal, timely
tell stories
building emails
Content comes from product
custom RTML
Custom RTML
easy peasy mail
Get IDs from store URLs
Go to the CONTENTS page
Create a NEW ID
Edit & Update:  Custom Type/Template
easy peasy mail
How I doubled $$$
segmented 90% of customers into 3-5 buckets
What segments? What products customers bought  What activity customers do What level of expertise  How much $$$ spend Where they live How often they order How long since ordered
How Top Right segmenting works…
How Top Right email tool works
How I track $$$
My favorite email stats Number of emails sent Unique emails opened Unique clicks Conversion Rate of campaign Number of orders Total Revenue
Real numbers on real emails
Old School…
indextools
Indextools: sales by entry page
Indextools 90 day graph
Y! last 120 days
topright
TopRight monthly revenue
TopRight (RPE) revenue per email
 
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