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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: TAN: web and business stats |
| From: | Brad Flowers |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:15:20 +0100 |
try this...
www.statmarket.com
Brad Flowers
HGTV New Media
flowersb
hgtv [dot] com----------
>From: Jefferis <Jefferis
pathway [dot] net>>Subject: FLASH: TAN: web and business stats
>Date: Mon, Aug 23, 1999, 12:22 PM
>
> Thought I might be able to tap some corporate wisdom.
>
> I need to put together a sales manual for my new salespeople. I was
> hoping to use some current stats on the growth the internet, growth of
> businesses, sales volumes, and percent of sales for one point.
>
> I was also hoping for some stats to promote regional business or big city
> businesses showing how the effective use of existing client mail lists,
> e.g., could increase percentage of sales through online ordering.
>
> Anyone know of a site that gives this type of information?
>
> Also, for my own curiosity, anyone have a Top Ten and Bottom Ten list for
> business that do/don't do well on the internet <G>. I deal with a few
> local merchants in my small town, that I can't recommend for a web
> presence. One, a small clothier, can't compete with the big boys in price
> or name recognition [LL Bean, Brooks Brothers,etc.]. And personally,
> when buying a suit... I want to feel and try on the merchandise. I don't
> trust catalog sales. Even among his existing client base, I don't see
> him getting many orders via the internet.
>
> BTW, I visited a little hole in the wall antique store and bed and
> breakfast last weekend, which looked like a dumpy little place. I was
> just curious and asked this grandmother if she was on the internet, and
> suddenly I felt like I was in a Discover brokerage commercial. "Sure,"
> she said, " I sell about $1,000 a month on ebay, and I have a friend who
> sold $5,000 last month. I'm on a list for bread and breakfasts, and
> don't want my own web page, cause I can't handle all the business that
> comes from that one listing."
>
>
> I also remember that when JP Morgan started getting stock tips from his
> shoe shine boy, he sold all his stocks in 1928-9 and stayed rich
> throughout the Great Depression. I don't know exactly how that applies,
> but it kinda feels the same way lately.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Jefferis Peterson, Pres.
> Peterson Sales
> Web Design and Marketing
> 410 Woodland Ave.
> Grove City, PA 16127-1824
> http://www.PetersonSales.net
> jeff
petersonsales [dot] net>
> Tel. 724-458-4160
> Fax. 724-458-7169
>
> ICQ 19112253
>
>
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