Employing Avatars On Your Enterprise Web page For Increased Sales

Francis Ford Coppola's popular movies The Godfather Parts I and II aired on AMC on Thanksgiving Day. The movies are based on Mario Puzo's novel titled The Godfather. The Godfather, Vito Corleone was a mobster.

Here are some of the business lessons I gleaned from the movie:

Build Relationships

Stay Flexible

Well, in business, the enemies could be perceived as competitors. When the Godfather said he would help, the godson asked how. The Godfather said he was going to make them an offer they could not refuse.

The Godfather sent his pseudo-adopted son, the conciliator out to California to handle negotiations. The Godfather's conciliator told the movie executive that they could deal with the unions for him and help him in other ways.

Whether you work in a government agency, corporation, or have your own business, there needs to be loyalty.

Well, I noticed that the Godfather used this technique. Well, in business, it is "I want".

Women business owners cannot be careless

The Godfather actually made the male chauvinistic statement: "women and children can be careless - but not men".

I am a lawyer, civil engineer, city planner, certified public manager, and business strategist. If levels of care could be measured, could it be proven that women business owners care less than men?

Ten (10) Business Lessons From The Godfather

What is the origin of the term Avatar?

By adding a speaking avatar to your website you will make it easier to connect and communicate with your visiting customers.

Once you have found your chosen Avatar site:

Of course there are lots of sites out there where you can create your own avatar but sites like IMVU and Meez are really there for social networking or like weeworld are for games.For a truly professional avatar you need to find sites like Sitepal.Sitepal offers over 250 2D and 3D stock characters which can all be customised with changes to age, skin, eyes, hair, lips and clothing. Clients use the avatar services for sales, marketing, customer service and training.SitePal avatars can speak pre-recorded audio in any language. SitePal avatars can also speak audio based on typed-in or dynamic database driven text, using Text To Speech engines in 15 languages.

Tips on using Avatars in your business

Avatars will improve traffic and conversions. Here are some top tips on getting the most from your avatar:Avoid overuse - set your avatar to only speak once per visit unless it is clicked by the visitor. It is recommended that you update the character every quarter and let your character reflect seasonal greetings, special promotions and company announcementsPick the correct avatar - choose a character that reflects your target market. Your character is a virtual spokesperson for your company so create one that your customers will respond to.Be creative - use your avatar for all types of marketing from answering visitors' questions in real time to a Flash tutorial movie.