Have you ever wondered what ‘best practice’ looks like for online retail marketing? I have found one of Australia’s best in the business. Kelly Baker-Jamieson left her job with a top tier law firm to start her own online retail store ‘Edible Blooms‘ with a great idea and a small list. From day one she had orders streaming in and she’s never looked back.

Our resident online retailing expert Paul Greenberg from the National Online Retailers Association (NORA) had this to say about Kelly and Edible Blooms:

“In Kelly we see the very best in female entrepreneurship… We use Edible Blooms in our business and I will go on the record saying that the if you want immediately the best ROI in marketing today, it wouldn’t be Google, but it certainly would be an Edible Blooms hamper’

How about that!

In this fireside chat with this online marketing expert we explore:

• How Kelly used a small list of people she had met to get orders in the door from day one.
• Tips on how to capture email addresses and other data through your website
• The power of understanding your customers and how to translate that knowledge to your website
• How she has used PR to drive awareness
• The power of gratitude

We also discuss what makes Edible Blooms different and authentic. Edible Blooms employ over 50 staff members and have 7 offices across Australia and New Zealand. Using high quality products and florists to create what they call a unique floral experience. Kelly also talks on the benefits of starting her business and how she balances her business with her family.

Edible Blooms has an incredible website, here are Kelly’s top tips for a top performing website:

1. Really good imagery
2. Video experience – examples include: how they do what they do, people behind the brand etc. Identify all the barriers people may have to purchasing and address them in video.
3. Trust icons – what are the things that you do that are really important to your customers. People need to feel really comfortable with you to give you their email address and/or their dollars. I delve into the trust factor in my book The Boomerang Effect if you want some practical tips on how to implement this in your business today.

Edible blooms can boast 60% of their clients as repeat customers, we uncover how they go about creating an excellent customer experience. Here are Kelly’s top tips to create an excellent customer experience in your business:

• Actively seek feedback from customers
• Don’t just seek feedback but implement improvements and fix problems
• Don’t ask for too much – the key to getting good feedback is making it easy to give feedback.

Also in this episode of Australia’s best small business marketing show we have a listener question about facebook pages versed personal pages which I defer to good friend and previous co-host of the show Luke (Lukeeee) Moulton of Plankton Digital

I’ve got some exciting news for anyone interested in utilising outsourcing as a strategy in their business. I am going to be taking another tour with motivated small business owners to the Philippines from June 13-15, 2016. The tour is for anyone who wants to find more time to work on their business not in it and/or reduce labour costs to re-invest into the business. The tour is with previous guest of the show David Warne and we’re going to host a webinar all about it on April 27 at 10am AEST. We will cover all your questions and explore what it means for you to outsource to the Philippines and if it’s right for you.

PLUS Kelly kindly shares a discount code for Edible Blooms so you can start showing the love to your family, friends, clients and prospects. To get 10% off simply enter the coupon code THANKYOU (case sensitive).

That’s right, another HUGE show, so pen and paper at the ready and let’s get stuck right in.

EPISODE TIMELINE

00:39  Welcome & overview
03:05  Today’s guest introduction – Kelly Baker-Jamieson of Edible Blooms
03:50  Insights into Kelly and Edible Blooms from Head of NORA Paul Greenberg
05:29  Interview with Kelly Baker-Jamieson – Part 1
19:05  Insights in to Netregistry & Key Person Of Influence
21:00  Interview with Kelly Baker-Jamieson – Part 2
46:49  My top 3 attention grabbers from my chat with Kelly Baker-Jamieson
48:49  Motivational marketing quote of the week
49:40  Listener question on facebook pages verses personal pages
53:15  Information on an upcoming outsourcing tour of the Philippines
55:20  Wrap-up and insights in to next week’s guests

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RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

Edible Blooms official website

Episode 217 with Paul Greenberg or how to nail your online retail marketing

Episode 111 with Andrew Griffiths on the power of gratitude in business

Episode 255 with David Warne about outsourcing to the Philippines

Buy Timbo’s new marketing text book The Boomerang Effect

MY TOP 3 MARKETING ATTENTION GRABBERS FROM THIS EPISODE

1. Build that email list. If you don’t know what to give away in exchange for an email address then join the Small Business Big Marketing Forum over at CrankMyMarketing.com
2. Website pro-tips – have great imagery, include video experiences, add trust icons
3. Marketing isn’t rocket science!

INSPIRATIONAL MARKETING QUOTE

Rand Fishkin of Moz once said …

“The trend of design toward simplicity and accessibility in software happened for a reason—simple sells, simple is usable and simple scales.”

OVER TO YOU …

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