Posts Tagged ‘Customers’

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All business owners are constantly trying to find better, easier, and cost effective ways for obtaining more customers and thus increasing their profits greatly. I recently came across an article on Small Biz Bee that listed some ways to win more customers for free!

• Charities.
• Name Tags.
• Freebies.
• Better voicemails and voicemail options.
• Great testimonials.
• Your Email address and your companies website.
• Word of mouth advertising or “tell a Friend”.
• Open houses.

Use these first ideas as a starter pack, a launching pad to brainstorm more opportunities across your unique business to grow your customer base, and keep them coming back for more.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

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In sales it can be very difficult to not only make your pitch perfect but to also ask for the closing deal at the end of your pitch. People today are more concerned with where their money is going, if they truly NEED this product or service you are selling, and if they can afford it.

When you do get to the end of your pitch and you’re ready to ask for the order, avoid using any sort of tricky measures in order to get them to buy. Customers are not stupid, nor do they appreciate being treated as if they were, and they will definitely walk away if they sense something fishy is going on.

Entrepreneur.com suggests looking at your customers objections or hesitations as a way of being able to provide them with even more information regarding your product in order to make them trust that buying it would be the right thing for them.

Strengthen your confidence every day. This is done by practice, continuous learning, reading, surrounding yourself with successful people, massive activity and the lessons you get from every experience. Put the wisdom from these experiences into your next approach.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Springwise:

When heading out to their local watering hole for a drink, some customers prefer to serve themselves.

The TableTender system, available in Britain and the United States, is designed and built for each specific venue. There’s a tap (or several) located at each table, which allows patrons to pour at their leisure—to a point.

The system is designed to comply with drinking regulations, shutting off after dispensing around 11 pints of beer and only resuming once a waiter has checked the table.

The amount dispensed is displayed on a meter at the table, as well as recorded on the proprietor’s database to monitor sales and consumption by hour, day, month and table.

Like installation, pricing is bespoke, but for a ballpark figure: the first bar to install the system paid USD 110,000, excluding a monthly fee for maintenance and software licensing.

While the upfront costs may be steep, ease of drinks purchase combined with lower costs for wait staff could make for a profitable addition to bars seeking to stand out from the competition.

Photo by TableTap.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.