There is actually an additional phase that I have not touched on yet, but will do so briefly here. Long term customers.
Once you have been able to walk people to the action phase of buying, your relationship should not end and ideally it shouldn't. It is at least 4x harder to sell to a prospective customer than it is to an existing customer. Personally, I would rather create a customer with more ease, thus continuing my relationship with the customer that has bought from me.
To do this, you will need a way to connect with them. You could do this at the point of the initial customer action by getting them to email you for a bonus or for support. You could also create a relationship with them through your social networks. Either way, you will need contact details to maintain and organize these customer relationships.
There is a complete phase beyond the initial Customer Purchase Lifecycle, and that is the Long Term Customer phase. Never forget about who your customers are.
I hope you enjoyed this training, if you have any questions or comments about the Customer Purchase Lifecycle, feel free to leave them below.
Please forgive what is likely a silly question that will be answered in the next lesson - but it seems to be implied here that I should already have affiliate links at this point. Right? Because what's the point of having a bunch of traffic from people at the purchase phase if I have nothing to sell them?
I do have a small, not likely to be super lucrative, affiliate link - and I'm glad to have it. But I guess I have the chicken or the egg question - do I write content for traffic before getting affiliate program agreement; or do I try to get affiliate program agreement and then market my content to that? I'm pretty sure it's the former since many programs probably aren't that interested in forming a partnership until they know your site has worthy content.
Sorry folks - at this point I'm not even sure what I'm asking anymore. 🤔 I'm going on to the next lesson and I'm sure I will get closer to my answer - I usually do!
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In web design classes, when creating the website there were two reference points, UX and UI. To stay on point, UX refers to the user and how they relate to the company, it's services and products offered.
I find by looking at my website as a consumer/customer, I am able to smooth out areas that may not be clearly stated or illustrated. That helps me to stay on point when creating new pages or adding new products.