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4 Ways To
Increase Sales ©2005 by
Charlie Cook
At every gym there are the regulars in the
weight room. These
are the guys and, more and more, the women who work out 5
days a
week, lifting heavier and heavier weights. You may have seen
them. They're 'bulked up' and their muscles bulge. Are they
as
powerful as they look?
Body builders may look like towers of power but few, if any,
can
play a sport. All that pumping iron builds muscle, but only
a
few people, such as NFL football players, are able to put to
use
more than 25% of the muscle they have. All that muscle looks
impressive, but if all you can do with it is lift weights at
the
gym, what good is it?
It's the same with your marketing. You may be spending a lot
of
time and money bulking up your marketing and advertising or
your website, but is there any correlation between marketing
activity and results?
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You could send out 20,000 brochures,
spend $15,000 a month on
advertising, or spend $250,000 on a web site, as one
client did.
You could bulk up your marketing with a lot of effort
and big
budgets without improving your marketing results.
You could be pumping iron with your marketing, lots of
activity
but not enough sales.
Take these five steps to make better use of the
marketing muscle
you have, attract new clients and increase your sales.
1. Set Goals for Your Business
The first question I ask people who call me about
growing their
business is what their goals are. I ask them how much
revenue
they want to generate in the next twelve months. Few
have a
specific number in mind. They just know that they want
to make
more money.
Of course you want to make more. Who doesn't? But in
order to
create a marketing plan that will get you where you want to
go,
you need a clear idea of your destination. Without a plan,
you're planning to fail.
Set your revenue goals, for the year, the month and the
week.
Write these numbers down post them prominently so you see
them
every morning. With your destination in mind you can
determine
the best way to get there.
2. Set Lead Generation Goals
To achieve your revenue goals you're going to need to
attract
prospects, lots of them. Most businesses convert 1% to 10%
of
their prospects to clients and customers, even with
excellent
salespeople. You'll need to attract 10 to 100 prospects for
every sale you’d like to generate.
Based on your revenue goals, determine your monthly sales
targets and, in turn, the number of qualified prospects you
need
to attract. That number is your monthly lead generation
goal.
Write this number down next to your revenue goals.
3. Create a Lead Generation System
Imagine your prospect is Donald Trump or Meg Whitman, the
CEO of
eBay. What's your objective? You want these busy people who
have
a lot on their minds to contact you and buy from you.
It doesn't matter what you are selling or to whom you are
selling. To attract prospects, they have to be motivated to
contact you. You need a lead generation system that prompts
them
to call you, email you or stop by your showroom.
The lack of a simple and reliable lead generation system is
the
number one barrier to growing most small businesses.
4. Avoid Losing Potential Sales
On average, businesses of all sizes miss 80% of potential
sales
due to lack of follow-up. Most companies lack the simple
marketing systems they need to capture these sales.
Once a prospect contacts you, you need a system for
converting
them to clients. And once you've closed the first sale, you
need
a system for getting your first-time customers to buy again.
And it doesn't stop there. People who have purchased your
products and services are your best source for new clients.
You also need a system for mining this resource to generate
a
flood of referrals.
Don't just "pump iron" with your marketing. Set your goals
and
establish marketing systems to generate more business than
you
can handle. When you have a reliable system for generating
leads
and converting prospects to clients, you'll develop muscle
where
you want it, in your bank account.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
The author, Charlie Cook, helps service
professionals, small
business owners and marketing professionals attract more clients
and be more successful. Sign up to receive the F.ree Marketing
Strategy eBook, '7 Steps to get more clients and grow your
business' at
http://www.marketingforsuccess.com
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