| An effective way to increase your profits and | | | | you're selling abaseball magazine you could add a |
| sales isto bundle many products or services | | | | free baseball whensomeone buys a subscription. |
| together into onepackage. This gives people more | | | | You're now targetingpeople who want the baseball |
| reasons to buy yourproducts and services. People | | | | magazine and those thatwant to play baseball out |
| also have come tobelieve package deals are a | | | | in the yard. Some peoplebuy a package deal just |
| better value. You wantall the products or services | | | | to get one of the products. |
| to be closely related. Forexample: if you're selling a | | | | There are many sources where you can find |
| computer you could add insoftware, hardware, | | | | productsand services to create a package deal. |
| computer furniture, etc. | | | | You can buythem from wholesalers or drop |
| There are many ways to go about choosing the | | | | shippers. You canbuy the reproduction/resell rights |
| rightproducts or services to bundle into one | | | | to other people'sproducts. Team-up with your |
| package. Youcould survey your customers and | | | | competition to createa package deal. You could |
| see what productsor services they would like you | | | | joint venture or crosspromotion deal with other |
| to offer in the future. | | | | businesses. You could alsocreate your own |
| Spy on your competition and see what products | | | | products and services. Be creative! |
| andservices they're offering or not offering. If | | | | About Author: Randy Swanston has been |
| you wouldlike to, bundle unrelated products or | | | | studying marketing techniques for several years. |
| services together,ask your customers which ones | | | | He has learned from some of the best experts in |
| would be of interestto them. | | | | the industry. He still studies with them. What he |
| Bundling can also increase your target markets | | | | brings you is a compilation of all the gems |
| whichin return would give you a larger audience to | | | | gathered from the best of the best. |
| sell yourproducts and services. For example: if | | | | |