1. Online Start-up
What you should think about before opening day.
Carmen Krupar, President
Cybervise - Cincinnati
2. 5 Tasks to Keep in Mind
• Build your network before you need it.
• Branding - Who will you be?
• Careful where you Delegate
• Where’s the Traffic?
• Prepare for Success.
3. Build your network before you need it.
• Social Networks
• Friends, Followers, Connections
• Start following your potential customers
• LinkedIn - be careful!
• Email addresses
• Distribution Partners - emails? blogs? their
networks?
4. Do the Math
Average Purchase = ?
How many sales ?
Assume a conversion rate of 2-10%
= How big does your network need to be
5. Example - E-commerce
Average Sale = $75.00
Advertising Budget for Launch = $2000
Day One Sales = 27
27 is 2% = 1350 visitors to your site
1350 is 2% = 67,500 Connections
7. Items you may need on hand
• Good Logo - many sizes
• Email Blast Template
• Any downloaded documents
• Twitter Background
• Twitter/Favicon Icon
• Facebook Welcome Page
• Blog Template
8. Careful where you Delegate
• This means partners, employees, vendors
• Domain name registry
• Web hosting contact
• Logins for everything - Web Admin Portal
• Company Facebook page
• LinkedIn Admin
• Twitter Address
9. Where’s the Traffic?
• 100,000 websites everyday
• Search Traffic or SEO
• 6 weeks to 6 months to get indexed
• 6 months to 1 year - non-branded
keywords
• Need a backup plan = Budget
11. Prepare for Success
• Inventory on hand?
• Office hours?
• Who will answer the phone?
• Who will respond to web inquiries?
• Where will they go?
• Automation!!!!
12. Thank you!
Questions?
Carmen Krupar, President
Cybervise - Cincinnati
carmen@cyberviselimited.com
www.cyberviselimited.com
513-351-6710