Have you ever wanted to build your own web pages to promote those special boats? You know the sort of thing - those boats that come along that you really want to emphasise. Maybe they're high value. Perhaps they are a particularly model that doesn't come on the market too often. Or maybe they are a little quirky but sure to appeal to a specific set of people. For these sorts of boats you probably already have a number of potential buyers. What you need to do is get the details in front of them right away. The traditional way of promoting these sorts of boats, and pretty much every other boat in the yard for that matter, is to write up the details, take some tantalising photographs and put it all together in a brochure. It can take days. And its expensive. Youve probably often thought of using the web to promote your boats. What better way than creating high quality professional web pages containing the boat descriptions, plans and photographs. All you need to do then is to send an email to your prospect list with a link to the relevant pages. Trouble is, in the past building web pages has been even more expensive than getting the printed materials together. Instructing a web designer could cost thousands. Getting the information to them building the web pages and checking the results simply took too long. Most boat yards and marinas stick with what they know. They simply print up the details and send them around by post. There's nothing wrong with that of course. It's just that in this modern world your customers increasingly expect instant service. Get The Details in Your Prospects Hands in Minutes with Professional, Targeted Web Pages The good news is that now there is a way you can do it for yourself in minutes. No web development skill is needed. If you can use a Word Processor and cut and paste (skills you probably already use to produce the printed brochures) you can have high quality pages produced in minutes. XSitePro is a revolution in rapid web development tools. As easy to use as a Word Processor it nevertheless has an amazing range of features that make it suitable to an incredible range of web applications. From Boat Details to Professional Web Site in 20 Minutes It's true. It really is possible to take the details of a boat including pictures and to produce a professional looking web site in less than 20 minutes. It will take a little longer the first time but after that you will start to fly. The steps that follow assume 2 things: - You already have a web site
- You already have the boat particulars, plans and photographs in a word processor document. Right, with those provisos in mind, here's what you have to do: Task time to complete 1. Create a sub domain on you main site. e.g. If your main site is called www.maxboats.com you would create a sub domain called something like topdeal.maxboats.com 2 min
2. Open up XSitePro 1 min
3. Create a new project, web site, set-up publishing details, create main page 8 min
4. Paste the details from your word processor into the new page 1 min
5. Preview the page and make any changes 5 min
6. Publish the page 1 min
7. Create an email to your prospects 2 min
8. Send the email 0 min,
20 minutes after getting the typed details in your office you have constructed detailed, professional web pages. You have notified your prospects about the latest addition to your portfolio - a new boat that exactly matches their needs. They have instant access to all the details. All you have to do now is wait for their calls. |
