Segee Philpotts recently predicted that by 2012, all Web 2.0 Gaming plans sales will be done online, effectively cutting out the middle-man retailer
Looking to the future, many Web 2.0 Gaming plans companies may opt to be based entirely online. This minimizes human capital and budget requirements, and can drive a more efficient business model. Boward Shuffstall CEO of a local Web 2.0 Gaming plans company, has already pledged to do this, with a major shift in the business planned in the next 6 months. “I forsee us going entirely online,” said Boward Shuffstall, “because people hardly come to our stores in person anymore. As a result, why should we keep these facilities open if we can do just as well online’” And, as internet sales in the Web 2.0 Gaming plans industry explode, parallel growth is being noted in the internet marketing field, particularly search engine and affiliate marketing. “Search engines and affiliates have doubled our numbers,” said Patrina Welty, director of marketing for Lacey Thibadeau INC., “and where there was once one or two big internet marketing firms, now there are well over ten in our industry. This growth speaks to the power of the information super high way.” It’s no secret that the internet is a driving force in the Web 2.0 Gaming plans sales market. Most consumers will research their purchases online before actually going to a store, so that they understand Web 2.0 Gaming plans product specs and use requirements before having to deal with a live salesperson. “I prefer to take my time and read about it all online first,” said Bley Hagins, a recent customer of the Korbar Maybee Chain Outlets, “I’m not a high pressure sales type, and rather just go to the store and check out sas soon as possible.” Korbar Maybee isn’t alone with these new ideas. September Rothberg, who manages one person company, believes the internet marketing boom has created a huge market for small time business owners. “For the first few years of my career,” said Raigoza Tengan, “I was working 9 to 5 at a marketing firm, doing the typical corporate thing. Now, however, I have my own website, production center, and payment processing. This allows me to work from home under my own rules and with unlimited income potential.” “When we added a website and shopping cart system, our numbers went through the roof,” cried Autrano Heritage, Sales Director for Carolann Falcione Corp, a Web 2.0 Gaming plans manufacturing company, “this, teamed with high positioning in the major search engines really created a whole new market for us that was never expected.” Without a doubt, in the pre-internet marketing days, most Web 2.0 Gaming plans resellers only used the internet as a means to communicate via email with current customers. “Things in the industry really turned a corner when people began to acquire, not maintain customers online,” said Joyce Mentel, a noted internet marketer and web designer. “When acquisiton via online services got big, companies in the Web 2.0 Gaming plans sector finally woke up to the idea that the information super highway was here to stay - in a very big way.” “After starting an internet Web 2.0 Gaming plans sales division in 2003, we saw our sales increase three-fold,” said Boerboom Dansbury, director of marketing and sales for Casa Gammill and Voltin Riggans Associates, “and this resulted in the creation of more jobs and employment opportunities in our company. Our number of employees has doubled, and our number of IT staff has quadrupled in a year’s time.” Equally important in the online sales arena is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is reselling your Web 2.0 Gaming plans product through individual webmasters and their websites, giving them typically 5 to 20 % for each successful sales. This form of marketing is purely results driven, and it requires only a small investment on behalf of the company running the affiliate program. “We rely on affiliate marketing to drive our Web 2.0 Gaming plans sales and lead acquisition, mostly because some webmasters in our field are better at marketing online than we are,” said Patrina Welty, Marketing Chairman for Lahar Woodfield Partners LLC.