2016 Marketing Calendar for Cell Phone Shop Owners
It’s that time of year again when we set our sights on planning for this new year.
How was 2015 for your cell phone shop? Did you meet your expectations? Did you make the money you wanted? Did you add the processes that would help you do more?
CellStore Software Visits the Canadian Wireless Trade Show
On October 28th and 29th, CellStore Software completed another first. We showcased our services at the Canadian Wireless Trade Show. This was our first trade show. The days leading up to the 28th were full of pamphlet printing and designing banners. Alvin (co-founder) was our lone representative at the event.
The Canadian Wireless Trade Show is Canada’s premiere wireless trade show. Wireless professionals from around the Canadian industry, and abroad, travelled to the Toronto Congress Center for the two-day event. Day one coincided with the worst rainstorm of the year but the show was still well attended.
Attending trade shows was something that we had avoided in the past, since we chose to work on improving our product. However, the opportunity to mix and mingle with some of the Greater Toronto Area’s best cell phone retailers, cell phone repair shops, and wholesalers was too good to miss.
CellStore Software's Blog is Finally Live
Welcome!
Hi I’m Alvin, founder of CellStore Software.
As a cell shop owner, you face real problems running, managing, and growing your business. Your shop is an important part of your life and your community. You provide valuable services to customers, and your business supports your local economy and the families of the staff that you employ.
Your days are busy. From the time you start in the morning until your close your doors at night, you move, serve, inform, teach, fix, help, count, market, file, and more. Running your store is the most important thing you’ll do most days. And when you are home or with friends, your cell shop is with you. You are thinking about how to bring in more customers, how to improve your services, and how to sell more.
How Much Should Cell Shop Software Cost?
How can you offer CellStore’s services at such reasonable prices?I get asked this question daily by cellphone shop owners. In this short article, I will answer that question and clarify how much the software to run a cell shop should cost.
So let’s get started.
Software that offers POS, repair ticketing, and reporting in today’s market can vary widely in their prices.Most software solutions will range between $500 and $2500/year. Of course, depending on other variables like how many stores you have and the number of employees, that price can actually range higher.
Part 2: Email Marketing - How to Market Your Cell Phone Repair Store
You’ve opened the doors to your virtual storefront and now eagerly await your first visitors. But, like your brick and mortar store, flipping the sign from Closed to Open won’t be enough to bring them in. It will take some work. It will take some marketing.
Your first instinct may be to promote your store like crazy. In the digital space, this could be through pay-per-click ads or SEO for higher search rankings.
And these are effective strategies for their purposes. But, here’s why you should focus on your email marketing strategy before you think about site traffic.
Picture this:
You run a big ad campaign that draws in droves of customers. They come in, take a look around, inquire about your services and buy your products. It’s a big success.