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GROWING YOUR BUSINESS WITH
YOUR MARKETING PRIORITIES
©2006 By Charlie Cook
None of us have enough
time in the day to get everything done, but small business
owners and entrepreneurs like you are particularly pressed.
You wear so many hats; there is a seemingly infinite list of
tasks to accomplish each day, from providing services to
clients, managing product distribution and delivery, to
keeping accounting in order.
You try to fit in some marketing when you can, but you're
not sure which activities are essential to do each week or
each month to build a steady stream of clients. You make
some calls, send out a mailing or put up a web site, but you
still have that nagging feeling that if you knew which
marketing activities translated into the most new business,
you could be more successful.
You want more clients or, if not more clients, higher paying
clients. So, what are the most important marketing tasks to
do in order to attract more of the right type of prospects?
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Build and Maintain Relationships with Prospects
Your number one marketing priority should be to build
relationships with lots of qualified prospects. It sounds
obvious, but remember that the reason to advertise, network
or to have a web site is to generate leads, leads you can
then convert to sales. Take a look at the number of years
you've been in business and the size of your prospect list.
If your advertising, networking and web site are working,
you should be able to generate new leads and a growing list
of qualified prospects each month. A successful website, for
example, can generate hundreds, if not thousands, of new
leads monthly.
George recently signed up for my coaching services. He has
been in business for over ten years, but his prospect list
consists of less than 150 names. George should have contact
information for thousands of prospects by n0w. Even without
an active web based lead generation strategy, if George had
added every prospect and client to his list over ten years
his list should contain over a thousand interested people.
How many more s.ales could you close if twice as many - or
ten times as many - people know how you could help them?
The first step is to get prospects' attention with your
marketing message and materials. Then you want prospects to
take the next step; to contact you, buy from you right away,
or add their name to your mailing list. Offering f.ree,
relevant information such as a report or f.ree workshop will
prompt your prospects to give you their contact information
and increase the results generated by your advertisements
and mailings.
How big is your target market? What percentage of this group
is on your mailing list?
Your goal is to help as many people in your target market
learn what you do and to get them to give you their contact
information. Once you have their permission to stay in
touch, you can go to work building a relationship with them.
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Demonstrate what you do so they understand its value and
you establish your credibility. When they know and trust
you, they'll be happy to tell you what they need and to buy
your products and services.
So how can you incorporate lead generation and building
relationships with prospects into your weekly schedule?
1. Each week reach out to get the attention of people who
haven't heard from you. Do this through your advertising,
web site marketing, articles, mailings or cold calls (if you
know how to use them). But don't spend a dime on any of
these unless you have a strategy in place for converting
this attention into s.ales and qualified leads.
2. Set aside time each week or at least each month to stay
in touch with your list of qualified prospects and past
clients. As your list grows, use your time to focus on past
clients first and use a mass mailing or email to stay in
touch with other prospects. Share an idea your prospects
they can use and they'll be reminded again and again how
much you know and why they should buy your products and
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3. Use your communication with prospects and clients to
help them identify what they need and understand how your
products and services can help them. You may think that
doing this once should be enough, but most people are too
busy to read every mailing they get or to remember the
details until its pressing or important for them to act on.
With regular correspondence you'll increase the chances of
putting your information in front of your prospects when
they are ready to buy.
4. Set aside time each day to contact qualified prospects.
If someone has sent you an email, left a ph0ne message or
otherwise expressed interest in your products, pick up the
ph0ne and call them. Quickly identify whether they have the
authority and interest to contract with you and either
continue the conversation or move on to your next lead.
Get attention; build your list of qualified leads; regularly
help prospects with your ideas; and respond to your most
qualified prospects promptly when they request services. Do
these four things every week and every month and you'll soon
have many more prospects eager to learn how you can help
them, eager to buy from you and more new clients than you
ever thought possible.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
The author,
Charlie Cook, helps service professionals, small
business owners and marketing professionals
attract more clients and be more successful.
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