Good Day Mavens! You want lots of mavens! Mavens is the term I and others use to describe the people who refer customers to you. These are not people who would refer one or maybe two customers to you. Mavens are people who will refer lots of people to you all the time. One or two or more a … [Read more...]
How to Get Leads & Referrals
Good Day A lot of us go to leads, networking, meetup, BNI, chamber or other groups that business people gather at to get to know one another and maybe get business from. We all hope for some good leads and maybe a great referral, but we don't know how to ask for them. When you attend, have a … [Read more...]
What Else I Can Do To Get Referrals? Do You Really Want Them?
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
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 Want You To Be A Saleperson For Me!
Yes, you read that right! I don't want you to be my salesperson. Unless you work for me full time and I train you in what we do and offer. And I don't want to be your salesperson either! What? In almost every leads, networking group, etc. we are told that the other people in the group can be your … [Read more...]
Slow or Fast, Most People Do Slow Wrong
I was talking to my sales consultant about a marketing proposal for a would-be client, and he told me the same thing that I've heard before. They don't have a lot of money for marketing and they really are trying to build their business by doing referral marketing. The problem is that they are not … [Read more...]