Early Adopters of 3D TVs Push Sky’s Recently Launched 3D Channel to 70,000 Subscribers

After making a big impact at the cinema, 3D entertainment is expanding into thousands of homes equipped with special 3D TVs. There are about 140,000 of them across the nation, and Sky aims to accommodate this emerging market with a new product. The satellite TV provider now broadcasts in 3D for 14 hours a day on a dedicated channel called Sky3D. This comes at no additional charge to those already subscribed to the company’s Sky+ HD service, and it is compatible with most 3D TVs on the market.

Now, just a few months after launching their 3D TV channel, the UK’s largest pay-TV company boasts subscriptions from about half of those 3D television owners. Sky plans on pursuing an event-driven model; Sky3D viewers can expect to see concerts, special occasions, hit movies, and sporting events. The company views this sort of programming as the key to achieving the next step of mainstream 3D TV acceptance. A chief supporter of Sky’s new service is Panasonic, and they, along with a multitude of other TV manufacturers, are predicting a significant rise in 3D television ownership within the next decade.

When compared to the overall ownership of HD televisions, the numbers become less impressive for 3D TVs. The overall adoption of the new format has been slow, and growth is expected to stay sluggish for years to come. The current limited availability of 3D-formatted DVDs and Blu-ray Discs has hindered 3D television sales. Also a factor, as with many new technologies, high prices, along with a general sense of consumer caution, have limited the current appeal of 3D TV. An appeal, which experts say, will be broadening relatively soon.

DisplaySearch, a consulting firm which tracks TV-tech trends, predicts global shipments of 3D televisions to hit 90 million by the year 2014. 3D TV appears to be following the path of HDTV, which has had a similar slow rise to prominence. As all 3D TVs on the market are by definition also categorized as HDTVs, the two formats may become one and the same, with more future HDTVs being made 3D-capable at lower prices. Current offerings average at a costly £2,000.

Despite its problems at present, 3D television looks to have a bright future. With 3D films becoming more popular each year, it only seems natural that TV would follow suit. But with a large increase in price over regular HDTVs, and content which is only just emerging through outlets like Sky3D, don’t expect the third dimension to make it big on the small screen just yet.

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How To Promote Your Products and Profit Massively From Them – Part 1

So you have created that product and are sure it is a winner but you do not know how to go about getting it in public glare because of the fact that you are short on cash and are on a very tight budget. We can agree that product promotion is one of the toughest nuts to crack online. Many people have rolled out wonderful products and services but never saw it take off like they thought it would because they either did not do their research properly before launching the product or they do not have adequate information with regards to product marketing.

There are various methods that are involved in promoting your products. While some of them entail spending money, others entail using your head to think out what steps to take and what to do.

1. If you have a list(s), send an email to them announcing the launch of your products and services. If you have been able to sell to their lists, you should by now, be able to identify which lists and subscribers are always ready buyers. Hence, it is important that you separate the consistent buyers from the others. These are the first people you want to send an email to as they are always willing to buy from you. Then, you can then send to the other subscribers on the list. This creates a buzz. If you do not know how to separate the buyers from the other subscribers, simply look at the history of payments compiled by your payment processors and separate them from the others. There are softwares that you can use in comparing both lists so that you delete their names and emails from the list of those who are not consistent buyers.

2. Get in touch with your joint venture partners. These partners are extremely important in the success of any business particularly when it is online. You have people who have highly populated lists of over 30,000. If you do business with just 10 like that, it will start a steady traffic that may culminate in over three hundred thousand visitors in a space of just one week. If you are new to joint venturing, it would be best that you offer those you want to joint venture with a larger share of the sales which could sometimes be as much as 90%. Don’t be scared of this figure, as you’ll recoup it in the long term. All you need do is make sure that so many of the subscribers subscribe to your ezine, ecourse or newsletter. This would give you the opportunity to make money from them later on. The reason this method is effective is because of the level of trust your subscribers have for the person you want to joint venture with. In short, what you have is a ready crowd of people willing to buy from you as long you come through the person they know. It is like when a relative of your uses a particular product that is highly beneficial. If she recommended the product to you, there is a higher tendency that you’ll buy because you have seen the results and trust what she is saying.

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Product Creation and The Art of Proper Pricing

Some entrepreneurs short-change themselves when it comes to fixing a price for the products they create. Often individuals do not factor in accurate costs that can lead to a realistic price that allows the business to recoup expenses in research and development. It is also possible to fail to take into account other factors such as site development costs and administration, overhead and general profit required after expenses.There are two primary ways entrepreneurs look at this process. They will either fix the price lower hoping for high sales volume to gain a return on investment or they assign a higher price believing the product may be niche oriented and may have fewer sales.Perhaps the best approach may be to start with a higher price and reduce it once a certain threshold has been reached. This is an approach that is often seen with the launch of new electronic devices. The initial offering relies on marketing buzz and high consumer demand among early adopters of new technology. Once the first rush of sales are over the company often reduces the price to appeal to consumers who have an entirely different approach to purchasing consumer electronics.Some businesses use a marketing approach that rewards an early purchase. These pre-ordered products can often help offset immediate expenses, allow the consumer to feel rewarded for beating a deadline, and if the consumer likes the product they can be an effective sales staff that may be motivated to share the details of your new product with others.If you are the creative genius behind a product designed for market you may need to seek advice in determining a price that allows you to make a living while continuing to provide the product long-term.There are many individuals who had to close their cyber shutters simply because they under priced an item and they couldn’t sell enough of them to offset the difference.Many of these business owners saw a profit from every sale, but it was not enough to cover the expenses of the business. The truth is these businesses may have done a great job in marketing and they may have developed a respectable number of repeat customers. The problem is often a simple case of assigning the wrong price to the right product.By the time they recognize their mistake many of these businesses are at a loss in knowing how to correct the error. They often feel that if they reassign a higher price they will lose customers. The truth is if the business has supplied the product at a lower price the buying public may conclude the product is only worth this lesser amount. In some cases it may be possible to remove the product from the market for a period of time. If the product is popular consider allowing several months to pass before unveiling a new marketing plan, a new website look and an improved list of benefits and testimonials. When you reintroduce the product assign the corrected price. This strategy may allow you to correct the mistake and capitalize on the hope of renewed consumer demand for a product consumers may have missed.You could also readjust your price and strategy by altering the price upward knowing that you will receive customer complaints and the potential loss of sales and then work at developing an affiliate program that will broaden the exposure to your product among those who have probably never heard of your product creation. Be sure to factor in the percentage you will pay your affiliates in the pricing structure. New customers can help offset the loss associated with the exodus of those who do not understand the need for an increase in price.Of course the best strategy is working to ensure early in the process a price that adequately reflects the overall investment and profit requirements of your creation.

Simple Tricks To Sell Your Product

How to achieve good sales in the product that you are selling? In any campaign that you are about to launch, you need to put in efforts to influence the decision making of your customers, and to be totally in the favor of your company. Well, the whole idea is to play with the psychology of the consumers!Let’s look at some tricks, which you can use to influence the mind of the consumers. These tricks are useful not only to the ordinary sales person, but also to larger firms.Firstly, consider using mutual exchanging, which is the most powerful trick. You can start off by giving freebies to the customers. Initially, the customer will accept it, but from the next time, he will feel obliged and will try to return the favor. For example, offer your product free initially. If the customer is satisfied with the product, he will pay for it the next time. This principle causes some confusion to some. To be effective, remember that the product should be given totally free without any condition to be fulfilled. For instance, it is definitely against the principle to quote in your sales line, “Spend over $40 and get a free download of an ebook!” The right sales tag should be “Download the ebook absolutely free!” If the ebook is really good and useful, the customer might think of buying other ebooks from your company, and even recommend your site to other friends.The next trick is to present something as of high value, but it should cause only a small or no amount for the company to produce it. An example is that of information. The whole idea is to attract the customer that you are revealing to them a big time, valuable secret, which is not known to anyone at all. But beware that you do not turn the big secret into another advertisement.Most customers do not reject free samples. And that’s the next tip. Give out free samples to your targeted customers. However, bear in mind you should use good quality products only. Some companies have not been successful in using this tip because they distribute samples of poor quality or even rejected products! The customers have a bad impression of the product and will therefore not buy it.Catch the customers with words that initiate immediate action. For instance, “One time offer”, “Offer while stock lasts” and “Last Day offer”, just to name a few. These are really motivating as the customer gets the impression that the offer is valid for a limited period only and the product is limited edition. What’s next? The customer feels that he should go out and buy it before it is too late.Another way to increase sales is to trick the customer in making a commitment, step by step towards the goal, without realizing it. How can we achieve this? To begin, when a customer requests for some information, provide him with the relevant details for free, and make him fill a form with his contact information. The content of the form can be getting offers and information about products in future. A word of caution – no advertisement at this point! Once the customer provides his contact information, then will you start the advertisement about your products and services! A good example is to conduct surveys.You can increase the sales of your products if you apply the tricks appropriately in your business.