“If can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” joked Senior VP of Sales Sivret Weader, “because we’re going to be cooking up a Euro Gaming Standards sales storm”
Equally important in the online sales arena is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is reselling your Euro Gaming Standards product through individual webmasters and their websites, giving them typically 5 to 20 % for each successful sales. This form of marketing is purely results driven, and it requires only a small investment on behalf of the company running the affiliate program. “We rely on affiliate marketing to drive our Euro Gaming Standards sales and lead acquisition, mostly because some webmasters in our field are better at marketing online than we are,” said Donella Navratil, Marketing Chairman for Hoskie Loynd Partners LLC. Marketing online, however, is not as easy as it looks. Thousands of websites compete for top positioning in the search engines, and, as search algorithms change and top search engines create new market areas, some websites can lose out. One day, you might be number one for “buy Euro Gaming Standards”, a week later, number 100. The difference between these positions is obvious: no one wades through 100 results for a Euro Gaming Standards product unless the first 99 are extremely poor. In general, most competitive industries online rely on top 10 placement, because of the reality of how web surfers behave. Hoskie Loynd isn’t alone with these new ideas. Sophia Muta, who manages one person company, believes the internet marketing boom has created a huge market for small time business owners. “For the first few years of my career,” said Patty Rubinson, “I was working 9 to 5 at a marketing firm, doing the typical corporate thing. Now, however, I have my own website, production center, and payment processing. This allows me to work from home under my own rules and with unlimited income potential.” Without a doubt, in the pre-internet marketing days, most Euro Gaming Standards resellers only used the internet as a means to communicate via email with current customers. “Things in the industry really turned a corner when people began to acquire, not maintain customers online,” said Johannes Carrino, a noted internet marketer and web designer. “When acquisiton via online services got big, companies in the Euro Gaming Standards sector finally woke up to the idea that the information super highway was here to stay - in a very big way.” “With internet Euro Gaming Standards sales booming, we may have to cut back on in person sales teams,” said Twyla Riliford, director of Human Resources for Inocencia Dubbs INC, “mainly because we are losing money in that operational area. As we move forward, we’ll give those employees new job opportunities in our Euro Gaming Standards company before we actually lay them off, so that they can continue to grow with our company if they so desire.” And, as internet sales in the Euro Gaming Standards industry explode, parallel growth is being noted in the internet marketing field, particularly search engine and affiliate marketing. “Search engines and affiliates have doubled our numbers,” said Padgett Kettman, director of marketing for Wingler Loggains INC., “and where there was once one or two big internet marketing firms, now there are well over ten in our industry. This growth speaks to the power of the information super high way.” It’s no secret that the internet is a driving force in the Euro Gaming Standards sales market. Most consumers will research their purchases online before actually going to a store, so that they understand Euro Gaming Standards product specs and use requirements before having to deal with a live salesperson. “I prefer to take my time and read about it all online first,” said Paulina Zonia, a recent customer of the Ronni Faires Chain Outlets, “I’m not a high pressure sales type, and rather just go to the store and check out sas soon as possible.” Looking to the future, many Euro Gaming Standards companies may opt to be based entirely online. This minimizes human capital and budget requirements, and can drive a more efficient business model. Gruenberg Engen CEO of a local Euro Gaming Standards company, has already pledged to do this, with a major shift in the business planned in the next 6 months. “I forsee us going entirely online,” said Gruenberg Engen, “because people hardly come to our stores in person anymore. As a result, why should we keep these facilities open if we can do just as well online’”

