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Advice - Eight Amazing Ways to Jump Start Your Sales
| Title : "Eight Amazing Ways to Jump Start Your Sales ".Advice,Business,Small Business Eight Amazing Ways to Jump Start Your Sales And Make a Good First Impression 1. Find a strategic business partner. Look for ones that has the same objective. You can trade leads, share marketing info, sell package deals, etc. 2. Look hard at your business card. In essence it is your “mini resume”. Take advantage of your least expensive, yet most frequently used marketing tool - your Business Card. Does it look homemade? Does it show or tell what you do? Have a landscape service? You should have drop dead gorgeous photo. If you can’t show what you do with a photo, then make sure your logo is in color and your card is eye-catching and hard to throw out. Remember this, people retain 80% of what they see and only 20% of what they hear. This exercise may take some time, but is very worthwhile. Choose the most important benefit that you provide to your customers and expand upon why your customers would believe you are the best in the industry. Then develop a tag line that describes your extraordinary benefit. You will end up with an eye catching mini advertisement that captures who you are and what you do. It will differentiate you from the competition. If your company is still using a white plain card, with merely contact information, you are missing a great opportunity to make that first important impression. 3. Remember to take a little time out of your day or week to brainstorm. New ideas are usually the difference between success and failure. Take at least one hour a week (minimum) to work ON your business, instead of IN your business. If you execute these ideas, the payoffs will be immense. 4. Take risks improving your business. Sometimes Businesses don't want to advertise unless it's free, sometimes you have to spend money to get results. 5. Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc. 6. Ask people online to review your web site. You can use the comments you get to improve your website or you may turn the reviewer into a customer. 7. Out source part of your workload. You'll save on most employee costs. You could out source your secretarial work, accounting, marketing, etc. 8. Combine a product and service together in a package deal. It could increase your sales. If you're selling a book, offer an hour of consulting with it. Dian Miller, Mid Atlantic Sales Elevation Business Cards Specialty Business Cards from www.elevateyourimage.com |
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