Good Morning As the vacation season is coming to an end, most of us are getting back to running our businesses and realizing that we need to be getting our current, past and new customers back through the doors or getting the phones to ring. Now, before Labor Day, plan out your marketing for the … [Read more...]
How to Get More Customers
August 16, 2012 by
Good Morning Does this sound familiar? You need more customers and you have no idea how to get them in the door! How do you come up with the next great idea to bring them in? Talk to your friends and family? Talk to your "friendly competition"? Talk to your vendors or customers? Really! You … [Read more...]
Impress Your Customers
August 9, 2012 by
Good Morning Here is a very easy way to impress your customers, especially your new ones. Send them a handwritten thank you note by U.S. mail. I know a lot of you would want to send it by email because it's easier. Yes, it is, but it's cold, impersonal, very easy to overlook and not appreciated … [Read more...]
What Else I Can Do To Get Referrals? Do You Really Want Them?
August 2, 2012 by
Last week I wrote about ways to get more referrals. Here are some more ways to get more customers each month. Here is an easy one. Tell people what you want! Don't ask them to just give you a referral, tell them exactly what kind of referral you need and what they must do to get it to you. You … [Read more...]
Referrals, Why you want them and how to get them
July 26, 2012 by
Good Morning Each month I conduct a free mini seminar on marketing your business. More about this month's at the end of this tip. The last seminar's subject was on 10 ways to increase your referrals by 10 per month. This week I will cover a few of the 10 ways to increase referrals. But first … [Read more...]
I Don’t Have Time, So I’ll Do What Ever Comes Up and Hope!
July 19, 2012 by
I was at the 2nd meeting with a new friend and client. We are planning out the marketing of their business. We are on a tight timeline, but we are taking the time to plan out what we want to happen. Because we are taking our time planning out the marketing, we will achieve our goals. All too often … [Read more...]
